Sentences with phrase «concerned citizens groups»
But the Concerned Citizens group says Cuomo's plan would have broken the state's contract with NYRA by taking away some of its gaming revenue.
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«The American people have been reminded this year of reasons to be concerned for their privacy,» says the group's attorney, Patrick Murck, referencing the recent disclosures about unwarranted government spying on innocent citizens.
There are many groups — governments, non-profits, concerned citizens — working on these issues.
The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.
State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.
In almost all cases, they have been established only after a protracted struggle with groups of concerned citizens.
In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.
Save Buffalo Grove is a grassroots group of citizens concerned about the proposed development of a Downtown Buffalo Grove (pictured) on 65 acres of the Buffalo Grove Golf Course.
The Northfield Township Conservancy, a citizens group concerned about the traffic congestion major development would bring, wants to see at least 300 acres preserved, with office buildings and shopping allowed on no more than 20 percent of the remaining buildable land.
An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.
NY 19 Votes is uniting #Resistance, Indivisible, SwingLeft and long standing activist groups, Democratic and Working Families Party members and concerned citizens across the district.
According to the group's information section on the Facebook Page, «we are a coalition of concerned citizens who are supporting Leroy Comrie for Queens Borough President in the 2013 elections... join us...»
We establish alliances with other organizations as well as mobilize members of our group to persuade current officials to address community concerns and broader issues that impact the well - being of our citizens and environment.
The group, calling itself the Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape, began its walk on Sunday to urge the government to revise...
The group Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing says a proposal being circulated by the governor would «exert his control over NYRA and the future of our state's Thoroughbred racing industry.»
A group called «Concerned Citizens United» was one of the state's top spenders in the run - up to Election Day, putting more than $ 400,000 into an effort to oppose the convention and support Republican Nassau County executive candidate Jack Martins in the first three weeks of October.
The meeting was sponsored by Southtowns Concerned Citizens and co-sponsored by an array of labor and political groups.
The group Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing says Cuomo alone blocked a plan for New York Racing Association's return to private hands.
A group, Kaduna Concerned Citizens has stated that it will commence the process of recalling the Senators from the State for their heinous crime against the...
There is a group who are acting outside of the establishment, urging concerned citizens to take more dramatic measures in order to achieve more dramatic results.
The group was created by a «coalition of concerned citizens» and the page shows support for other political - themed groups on the social network such as Ruben Diaz Jr. for Mayor in 2013 and Albany County Young Democrats.
During an event hosted by the Sierra Club Niagara Group Thursday, business owners and concerned citizens touched on the benefits of wind energy.
The group Rush Citizens Concerned About Hydrofracking has been pushing for the moratorium for several months.
The coalition includes the Accabonac Protection Committee, Concerned Citizens of Montauk, the Dark Sky Society, the Garden Club of East Hampton, Group for the East End, New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Northwest Alliance, Quiet Skies Coalition, Amagansett Springs Aquifer Protection, the Surfrider Foundation, and the Third House Nature Center.
State Senator - elect Tony Avella sent the same message to Steiner earlier this week, and a similar letter from a group of concerned citizens had gathered more than 6,400 online signatures as of Sunday afternoon.
Cuomo spokesman Richard Azzopardi released a statement last week, responding to the Concerned Citizens» group's criticisms of the governor's proposals saying:
During his presentation before a large group of concerned citizens at the Washington Avenue Branch of the Albany Public Library, Sheriff Apple noted that more than half of Albany County jail's inmates are there for drug and / or drug - associated crimes.
The group was particularly concerned about the invisibility of 2015, 2016 and 2017 Rivers State budgets which they claimed had affected the efficient and effective participation of citizens in the development of their state.
«About 15 years ago when the small - scale miners were destroying farmlands and water bodies where was this group called concerned citizens?
Chris Banks, the director of community advocacy group East New York United Concerned Citizens Inc., said the city should scratch the Forbell Street location off the list of possible jail sites.
Former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, executive director of good government group Citizens Union, expressed concerns about the definition and said everyone, including good government groups, should be covered.
Shale Network for the past six years has fostered a dialogue about shale drilling between concerned citizens, watershed groups, government regulators and personnel from large energy companies by focusing on publicly available water quality data.
Lawrence Woodward of the pressure group Citizens Concerned About GM argued that «GM research really needs to be done in controlled environments.
A meeting was called of citizen groups and individuals in early 2002 as a result of shared problems and concerns regarding the approval of several solid waste and hazardous waste landfills by the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) in 2001 and 2002.
Domenici's announcement that he was amending his nuclear energy bill to delete the uranium provisions came at the end of a week - long visit to Washington, D.C., by representatives of the two groups that had led grass - roots opposition to the uranium legislation and to HRI's mining plans - Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM) and Concerned Citizens of T'iists «óóz Nídeeshgizh (CCT).
As a citizen of the United States and a taxpayer, and as a practicing biomedical applied statistician, I am especially concerned about the possibility that the funding garnered for such potentially flawed studies is detracting from other groups» ability to obtain funding to perform valid research in the valuable arena of personalized medicine.
Los Angeles, CA About Blog We're a group of concerned citizens mobilized to advocate for children in the US foster care system.
Seeing the terrorist group expanding its ruthless acts of violence across the Nigerian borders and the government of Nigeria still being unable to take proper action on the issue, new concerns have risen not only about the fate of Nigerian civilians but also about all African citizens.
According to Truth in American Education (TAE), a national, non-partisan group of concerned parents and citizens, «Andrew Cuomo Says He'll Delay Using Common Core Scores for Five Years.
But knowing about character and putting character into action are two different things, so in 1987 a group of 120 concerned citizens gathered to decide which values would be important to focus on for the students and families in the Friendswood Independent School District.
Truth in American Education (TAE) is a national, non-partisan group of concerned parents and citizens who question the Race to the Top (RTTT) and the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and much more concerning school reform.
I'm predicting that a group of concerned citizens will finally have a way of pushing back against data to give a more nuanced version of what data ought to look like in schools.
Organize groups of your colleagues and other concerned citizens to let the board know how important it is to provide meaningful support for students at high - needs schools.
The Union of Concerned Scientists is a science - based nonprofit group working for a healthy environment and a safer world and combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
Case in point: in 1915, a group of concerned citizens in Escondido began meeting every week to discuss animal welfare in their community.
In 1915, a group of concerned citizens in Escondido began meeting every week to discuss animal welfare in their community.
The proposal was made by a coalition of animal groups including Concerned Citizens for Animal Welfare, representatives of local humane societies, the Volusia County Council and Volusia County Animal Services.
> > > Should the citizens of Wood County and the State be concerned that animal > activists groups that have no legal authority were rallied from around the > country to shut down a WV small business that was in complete compliance with > state laws and agencies for over 45 years?
In 1971 a group of concerned citizens re-opened the rescue and were allowed to operate out of a small space at the Orangeburg Animal Control building currently on Ruf Road.
About Citizens for Animal Protection: In 1972, a group of concerned Houstonians founded Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) in response to the pervasive problem of thousands of neglected and stray animals.