Sentences with phrase «consumer affairs committee»

He's been a member of the San Diego Association of Realtors Consumer Affairs Committee, has written articles published in the Association's magazine, has served as president of a major local housing association and was a member at large of another association.

She is actively involved in leading industry associations, including as a member of the ABA's Consumer Protection and Advertising Disputes & Litigation Committees, and as a member of the New York State Bar Association Consumer Affairs Committee.

The Consumer Affairs Committee has voted to pass City Councilman Rafael Espinal's proposed bill to establish an Office of Nightlife and a Nightlife Task Force on Friday, the Brownsville representative announced Friday.

Fang was also counsel to the Consumer Affairs Committee of the New York City Council.

Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy — who does not sit on the consumer affairs committee, but chairs the small business committee — spoke against the bill for entirely different reasons.

Sen. Pedro Espada wanted to be co-leader of the Senate; Carl Kruger wanted to be chair of the powerful Finance Committee, Hiram Monserrate wanted to chair the Consumer Affairs Committee and I just wanted the commitment that the Same Sex Marriage Bill will not come to the floor for a vote.

He was elected by his peers to chair the Manhattan Delegation and the Council's Consumer Affairs Committee, according to his website.

Espinal's opposition is significant because he chairs the Council's consumer affairs committee, which has heard and voted on other legislation to regulate the industry, including a bill to require down time, annual physicals and strict work hours for the horses.

The same day, Espinal, a Brooklyn Democrat who chairs the consumer affairs committee, said he would oppose de Blasio's efforts to impose the ban.

Councilman Rafael Espinal, chairman of the consumer affairs committee, plans to announce Wednesday his opposition to Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign promise to ban horse - drawn carriages in Central Park, sources told Capital this afternoon.

It's a totally different line of work and it's not just the drivers — also the blacksmiths, the stable workers,» Espinal said, adding that previous measures to regulate the industry have gone through the Consumer Affairs Committee.

At 10 a.m., the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee, Aging Committee, and Consumer Fraud Protects Subcommittee hold a hearing on state funding to protect consumers, including seniors, from fraud and scams, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 E. 70th St., Manhattan.

Previous horse carriage legislation has been considered by the Consumer Affairs Committee, but its chair, Councilman Rafael Espinal, opposes the ban and could have kept the legislation from the floor.

Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. David Carlucci (D - Rockland County) on Thursday slammed Equifax for refusing requests to testify before the committee, calling it a «slap in the face» to New Yorkers.

«The best teeth that regulators employ is that if you don't comply with the law than you are not entitled to the privilege of doing business in this state,» Vullo told the Consumer Affairs Committee.

Garodnick, 39, is chairman of the council's Consumer Affairs Committee and has played a key role in many recent consumer protection initiatives, including efforts to better regulate pedicabs and force street food vendors to post letter grades.

Councilman Rafael Espinal Jr., Chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee (which currently has oversight of the carriage industry) held a press conference and officially announced he'll oppose the elimination of carriage horses in Central Park.

The chair of the Assembly Consumer Affairs Committee, Staten Island Democrat Matt Titone, is promising to tackle abuses in the shady lawsuit loan industry after The NY Post revealed lenders are charging customers sky - high interest rates.

Thereafter, the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee amended the bill changing the language of the exemption to exclude «persons who engage in the business of selling or issuing payment instruments or stored value solely in the form of convertible virtual currency; or receive convertible virtual currency for transmission to another location» from the licensing requirement.

(Albany, NY) Howie Hawkins, who is seeking the Green Party nomination for Governor, congratulated consumer advocates on having the GMO labeling legislation (A3525 — Rosenthal) pass out of the Consumers Affairs Committee today for the first time.

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She served as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from 2008 to 2013, where she served as Chair of the Federal Reserve's Committee on Consumer and Community Affairs and as a member of its Committee on Bank Supervision and Regulation, the Committee on Bank Affairs, and the Committee on Board Affairs.

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian chaired the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection, the Commission on Government Administration, and the Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.

Simon is the chairman of the Assembly Subcommittee on Tuition Assistance and serves on the Higher Education, Transportation, Labor, Consumer Affairs and Judiciary committees.

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian previously chaired the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection., He has also chaired the Commission on Government Administration, and the Assembly Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Assemblymember Kavanagh, Chair of the Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee, held a press conference with Energy Chair Amy Paulin, Corporations Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz, Environmental Conservation Chair Steve Englebright, and other Assemblymembers to question the lack of transparency by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) regarding massive subsidies to a large corporation to operate upstate nuclear power plants that are set to take effect on April 1.

Assemblymember Kavanagh currently Chairs American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, the State Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection In endorsing Rivera, Kavanagh joins a growing list of local progressive elected officials at all levels of government who have announced their support for the leading Democratic candidate.

Kavanagh is currently the Chair of the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection, where he successfully advocated for increased consumer protection legislatively and in the StateConsumer Affairs and Protection, where he successfully advocated for increased consumer protection legislatively and in the Stateconsumer protection legislatively and in the State budget.

She'll also serve on the Banks, Children and Families, Consumer Protection, Cultural Affairs and Tourism, Higher Education and Social Services committees.

«Well, wherever he is, Vinny was NOT at today's budget hearing being held by the NYC Council's Committee on Consumer affairs, of which he is a member,» Mr. Prior added.

Legislative Press Release from Assemblyman James Skoufis Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Woodbury), who sits on the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection, warned homeowners of a new scam falsely requiring a fee in order to apply for the School Tax Relief (STAR) property tax exemption.

While in office Senator Duplessis held many leadership roles including Chairman of the Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs committees.

On Tuesday, HB 1145, sponsored by Rep. Dana Young, R - Tampa, passed the Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee by a wide margin, 14 - 1, and last week SB 1594, sponsored by Sen. Maria Sachs, D - Delray, passed the Senate Regulated Industries Committee as well.

Update May 20: The Oregon puppy mill bill, H.B. 2470 has now passed the Senate Consumer Protection and Public Affairs Committee.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture / Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection / Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor on 1/17/2014.

Retail Industry Leaders Association Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Jennifer Safavian recently issued the following statement as the House Ways and Means Committee began its hearing examining the economic and consumer impact of a border adjustable tax: «As the nation's largest...

Retail Industry Leaders Association Executive Vice President for Government Affairs Jennifer Safavian recently issued the following statement as the House Ways and Means Committee began its hearing examining the economic and consumer impact of a border adjustable tax:

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WASHINGTON — Covington partner Andrew Smith testified on Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at a hearing entitled, «Consumer Data Security and the Credit Bureaus.»

Regulators include, but are not limited to: Center for Medicare / Medicaid (CMS), California Department of Managed Healthcare (DMHC), Department of Health Services (DHS), Department of Labor, Department of Consumer Affairs, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Licensure for LPCs and LACs in New Jersey is managed by the state Professional Counselor Examiners Committee, a branch of the New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Consumer Affairs.