Sentences with phrase «dozens of state legislators»

Dozens of state legislators, most of them Democrats, have called on GE to extend dredging operations in the upper Hudson River near two shuttered capacitor plants in Fort Edward, which dumped over a million pounds of PCBs in the river from the 1940s through the 1970s.

The only legislator to serve as majority leader in both houses, Calderon has already secured major endorsements from Assembly Speaker John Perez and State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, a former Attorney General, as well earned support from dozens of state legislators and judges.

Not exact matches

The association also met with legislators and attorneys general in dozens of other states to discuss how Airbnb hosts often do not comply with rules imposed on hotels, like anti-discrimination legislation, local tax collection laws, and safety and fire inspection standards.

Reinvent Albany joined civic groups, Brooklyn Democrat Senator Dan Squadron and Manhattan Democrat Brian Kavanagh and dozens of other state legislators in calling for the closure of the infamous «LLC Loophole.»

CIVIC CENTER — The corruption trial that rocked New York State from Albany to Lower Manhattan has some hoping a new day is dawning in the state capitol, where dozens of legislators have been convicted of corruption and abusing their office for personal gain over the last several yState from Albany to Lower Manhattan has some hoping a new day is dawning in the state capitol, where dozens of legislators have been convicted of corruption and abusing their office for personal gain over the last several ystate capitol, where dozens of legislators have been convicted of corruption and abusing their office for personal gain over the last several years.

The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), along with dozens of community members and legislators, will hold a demonstration urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to save Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center.

In the decade since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor amid reports he had solicited and slept with a prostitute, more than two dozen New York state legislators have stepped down or been convicted in a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The end product of the commission's work each year was an annual report distributed to legislators on the committees of the state house and state senate with jurisdiction over the Law Review Commission that would usually address perhaps half a dozen technical defects in the laws on the books.

Paterson said the session was productive, even as several legislators expressed frustration that dozens of state parks — including John Boyd Thacher State Park — are being padlostate parks — including John Boyd Thacher State Park — are being padloState Park — are being padlocked.

«As state legislators representing millions of New Yorkers who live within the 50 mile blast radius surrounding Indian Point we demand that FERC respect New York's authority and jurisdiction in this matter,» reads a letter sent Friday from Democratic Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, Democratic Assemblywoman Sandy Galef of Westchester and three dozen others to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Currently, at least a half - dozen legislators are under investigation for such alleged schemes, including Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez and state Sen. Malcom Smith and Assemblywoman Vivian Cook, both of Queens.

Federal prosecutors made several indictments and arrests involving current and former state legislators in recent months, adding to a record of dozens of arrests over the last seven years.

Her speech was also peppered with more than two - dozen shout - outs to fellow council members, state legislators and borough presidents, many of whom she's partnered with on ideas.

«Unidad» means «united,» and people from a dozen Hispanic organizations will come together at this conference, along with a bipartisan group of state legislators, to discuss the needs, challenges and aspirations of the growing Hispanic community in New York and what can be done to increase their economic opportunities.»

Rep. Ted Strickland's (D) primary campaign got a major boost on Tuesday when he won the endorsements of more than two dozen Democratic state legislators.

More than a dozen state legislators, legislative officials and other insiders interviewed by the Daily News give credit to Preet Bharara for targeting Albany wrongdoing but are fuming over what they say is the powerful prosecutor's publicity seeking, tarring of the entire Legislature, and wading into governance issues far beyond the scope of his office.

He also promised to repeal a law placing absolute liability on contractors when workers are injured on scaffolding, eliminate the estate tax — Cuomo and legislators this year raised the exemption threshold — and adopt a report by State Senate Republicans recommending dozens of regulations be repealed.

Albany, NY — Dozens of New York City parents joined Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Robert Rodriguez in Albany today and called on state legislators to give public charter schools equal treatment in the state budget.

Legislators, in an all night session, took the first step to change the state's constitution to require lawmakers convicted of a felony to forfeit their pensions, in answer to public outcry over dozens of Senators and Assembly members, including the two former leaders of the legislature keeping healthy pensions even though many have been sentenced to prison.

Mr. Bharara, whose office has won the convictions of about a dozen current and former state legislators in his six - year tenure, said his public corruption investigations were continuing, but he would not discuss them.

The legislators also announced (here and here) that they were forming a Senate National Laboratory Caucus, which aims to bolster support for the system among their colleagues — and demonstrate the value of the labs even to the dozens of states that don't have one.

This year legislators in more than a dozen state capitals will decide how to spend hundreds of millions of new education dollars slated for preschool.

The «details tucked into dozens of plans being turned in to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos this week were hammered out by a hodgepodge of elected and appointed officials — from governors and legislators to state school board members and local superintendents — during sometimes sparsely attended meetings, caucuses, and task force sessions.»

Rather than using the tools at their disposal to defend measures that move the Lone Star State forward, dozens of legislators have used the power of rhetoric to paint a bleak picture of the state of our schools in order to dismantle accountabiState forward, dozens of legislators have used the power of rhetoric to paint a bleak picture of the state of our schools in order to dismantle accountabistate of our schools in order to dismantle accountability.

But no charters have opened yet, as legislators still need finalize dozens of regulations for the law and agree on a way to permanently fund the schools — an objective that's become increasingly complicated as the state's public schools brace for millions in state - level cuts.»

Mr. Maslack is part of an informal network of legislators from nearly a dozen states where farming of industrial hemp has been promoted as a way to improve agriculture and create textile and other jobs.

The bipartisan state legislation is championed by Sen. Mark Grisanti, R - Buffalo, and Assemblymembers Alan Maisel, D - Brooklyn, and Linda B. Rosenthal, D - Manhattan, with the sponsorship support of 75 state legislators, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D - Queens, in addition to more than a dozen New York City Councilmembers through a resolution by Councilmember Margaret Chin, D - Lower Manhattan.