Sentences with phrase «equity lawsuit with»

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David Sciarra is with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, the group that successfully brought the lawsuit for more school funding.

The report takes particular issue with the Cuomo administration's claims when it comes to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit and Foundation Aid funding.

According to a lawsuit filed by parents with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, New York State has systematically discriminated against districts with black, Latino, and poor students by inadequately funding their education.

With less than two months remaining in his tenure as attorney general, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has filed two lawsuits against President Obama's former car czar, Steve Rattner, alleging he paid kickbacks in order to obtain $ 150 million in investments in his private equity firm, Quadrangle Group, from the state pension fund.

In their meetings with lawmakers, UFT members advocated for a substantial state funding increase, noting that Albany still owes New York City public schools $ 2 billion as a result of the 2016 settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawsuit.

She estimated Buffalo schools would be owed more than $ 100 million in aid from the state, had Albany followed the decision that came out of a landmark school funding lawsuit won by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, a group Nixon got involved with when her oldest teenager began as a kindergarten student in a New York City public school.

Walcott testified that the mayor was «outraged» that the state did not come through with the city's fair share of aid for next year and froze additional funds that were supposed to come to New York City schools as a result of the settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawsuit.

Despite tremendous political pressure, New York governor George Pataki defended the case and ultimately prevailed at the appeals - court level (full disclosure: my firm served as co-counsel with the New York attorney general's office in the trial of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit).

Will a state supreme court, as part of its remedy in a fiscal equity lawsuit, decree that all children be given a choice of any school, public or private, with the state paying the cost?

Under Ralia's leadership, PEJ has launched new landmark education lawsuits in Minnesota and New Jersey, built coalitions across the country for families seeking justice, and most recently, partnered with 50CAN to strengthen the chapter in the education reform movement utilizing legal strategies for educational equity.

Within Black America, there is a lot of disagreement between old - school civil rights players — who continue to see integration, busing and equity lawsuits as the cure for achievement gaps between blacks and whites — and the younger generation of African - Americans, who understand that more - systemic reforms (including breaking ranks with the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers) is critical to black economic and social advancement.

As part of a $ 45 billion buyout by a group of private equity firms, TXU — now named Luminant — settled a series of lawsuits with Environmental Defense and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Similarly, when your buyer is a first - timer with little down payment, a seller's chances of recovering major damages in a lawsuit are far more remote than when the buyer has assets, including an existing home with lots of equity.