Sentences with phrase «iaa lobbying days»

(Disclosure: I've joined a number of IAA lobbying days to see first - hand how IAA's voice has grown over several years.)

Afterward, at an event kicking off a lobbying day for more than 300 evangelical pastors on Capitol Hill, Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and a leader of Evangelical Immigration Table, said that anyone who says the bill provides amnesty needs «a course in remedial English.»

The video comes as a major lobby day is to occur on Tuesday.

It's also NARAL Pro-Choice NY's lobby day, with hundreds of advocates gathering to push for Cuomo's (yet unreleased) Women's Equality Agenda.

Although your conferences, events, policy summits, lobby days, fly - ins, call - ins, rallies, and other all kinds of other activities will likely be taking place at an actual venue, you can just set up your own venue with the name of your event.

At 11:15 a.m., the American Cancer Society holds a pep rally ahead of its lobby day, Legislative Office Building, The Well, Albany.

Also at 10:30 a.m., the Firemen's Association of the State of New York, other firefighters groups and state Sens. David Carlucci and Joseph Griffo discuss presumptive cancer coverage and other issues ahead of their lobby day, Empire State Plaza meeting room 7, Albany.

At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul, personal finance author Jean Chatzky join AARP members from across New York on AARP's annual lobby day to urge lawmakers to enact Cuomo's proposal to create a workplace retirement savings option that private sector companies could offer their employees, The Well, LOB, Albany.

It is, among other things, charter school lobby day in Albany, and the state Legislature is in session.

Here's why Moskowitz is canceling a day of school: to undermine and disrupt a lobby day meant to support Mayor de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K.

«Here's why Moskowitz is canceling a day of school: to undermine and disrupt a lobby day meant to support Mayor de Blasio's plan for universal pre-K,» he wrote.

He greeted all the other patrons at the bar, mostly teachers and education advocates in town for a lobby day the following day at the Capitol.

Speaking with reporters during NARAL's lobby day in Albany, Miller said she did not want to wade into the politics of who should be leading the state Assembly as calls mount for Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down for his handling of the confidential settlement.

Speaking of MTA funding, Riders Alliance transit activists are leading a rally and lobby day in Albany Monday to push Governor Cuomo and legislators to pass a congestion pricing plan and fund the MTA.

And email campaigns coordinated with ad campaigns, earned media, lobby days, phone calls, etc. can often win the day.

At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul addresses the National Institute for Reproductive Health lobby day, Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 5, Albany.

Business groups took offense earlier this month because Cuomo unveiled his «Fight for Fair Pay» campaign while they held their small business lobby day at the capitol.

The coalition was in town on April 24 for a lobby day and rally.

According to Carroll, on May 30, 2017, high school students came to Albany for the first - ever lobby day in support of the Young Voter Act.

TWU 100 President John Samuelsen said the focus of the lobby day must be on «ending the scourge of assaults,» and on ensuring that the «empty promises of the M.T.A.» to install partitions and alarms would be filled.

The two women will take part with other survivors and advocates in a lobby day at the state Capitol Tuesday that will include a press conference.

At 11:30 a.m., advocates gather for an environmental protection fund lobby day, Empire State Plaza Concourse, Meeting Room 6, Albany.

At 8:30 a.m., educators representing 11 state - supported schools serving deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students will kick off their lobby day, where they'll ask lawmakers to treat the students equally and increase state funding by 4.8 percent — the same percentage increase Cuomo has recommended for public school districts in his proposed 2015 - 16 executive budget, 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Also at 8 a.m., small business owners and business leaders will assemble for their annual lobby day, and 9 a.m., they'll hear from a variety of speakers, including Sen. George Amedore, an NFIB member and owner of Amedore Homes, Meeting Room 1, The Empire State Plaza, Albany.

It's going to be a VERY busy day down at the Capitol — lobby day, with many groups — including college students who want to preserve TAP, NYS Farm Bureau members, raise - the - age supporters and NFIBers — making their respective cases.

Add one more name to the list of people descending on the Capitol for lobby day: State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King.

From 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, will hold a rally and lobby day, LOB, Albany.

From noon to 2 p.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, will hold a rally and lobby day at the state Capitol / LOB, Albany.

In lieu of the massive rallies it has held biannually since 2013, the charter school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools will hold a modest lobby day on Jan. 20 in Albany.

The Legislature is back in session after its winter break, and it's lobby day at the Capitol, so expect things to be both busy and crowded.

To accompany their lobby day, which is expected to draw some 500 parents and students to Albany, the Alliance for Quality Education has released a hard - hitting video that casts the school funding disparity in starkly racial terms.

Tuesday is lobby day at the Capitol, meaning a busy day is on tap.

After being told by her Assembly leadership she could not screen the Academy Award - winning film «Spotlight» in a legislative hearing room during a May 4 lobby day on child sex abuse issues, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey has found a new location within the Capitol complex.

It's Tuesday, which means it's lobby day down at the state Capitol — a typically very busy, very crowded experience.

While the two halves of the charter sector are holding different lobby days, they will be advocating for overlapping legislative priorities.

Lt. Governor Robert Duffy spoke at today's Equality & Justice lobbying day in Albany, Politics on the Hudson reports.

The U.F.T.'s annual Albany lobbying day is also scheduled for March 4.

The group had been one of the more visible pro-charter schools organizations in New York politics, backing rallies and lobby days that included teachers and children descending on the Capitol to bolster the issue with lawmakers.

Dadey, along with the League of Women Voters and the New York Public Interest Research Group are conducting an afternoon lobby day on the issue.

He did say that the current slowness of action in Ulster County is basically pro forma for an industry still working out its kinks, legislatively, around the state and nation, and that it's just such issues that will be raised at a state capitol lobbying day being set up for early May.

Typically, the Assembly speaker addresses teachers in Albany at the union's annual «lobby day» after the session opens.

On Tuesday, NARAL Pro-Choice had their annual lobby day in Albany.

The two labor leaders were in town for a lobby day that drew thousands of union members to Albany to protest the governor's proposal to create a sixth pension tier, which they insist will reduce retirees benefits by 40 percent.

The annual lobby day is hosted by the New York City Charter School Center and Northeast Charter Schools Network, two groups that maintain a decidedly less confrontational political posture than Moskowitz's Success Academy and a group that lobbies on its behalf, Families for Excellent Schools.

10:30 AM — LG Kathy Hochul, personal finance author Jean Chatzky join AARP members from across New York on AARP's annual lobby day to urge lawmakers to enact Cuomo's proposal to create a workplace retirement savings option that private sector companies could offer their employees.

In a pre-reform environment, he found ways to draw attention to these most important issues — through public forums with expert testimony and lobby days with passionate advocates — when the traditional institutional means were blocked.

More than 1,100 UFT members had a successful lobby day in Albany on March 4.

On Earth Day lobby day at the state Capitol, whether or not to allow hydrofracking in New York continues to be the dominant issue.

The Brewers Association's current activities include an annual lobbying day, featuring a tasting, in Albany.

Regular opportunities to participate in support of policy and advocacy work, including sign on letters, briefings, and lobby days.