Sentences with phrase «justice services official»
The Cuomo administration's handling of complaints against Jay Kiyonaga, a former Division of Criminal Justice Services official, has prompted concern about a pattern of protection of alleged harassers.
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Neither the National Offender Management Service nor the Youth Justice Board were able to supply information on the number of official complaints of sexual abuse in custody or the number of investigations, criminal charges or convictions following a complaint.
A top official at the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who was found to have threatened female employees with physical violence and engaged in years of sexual harassment, racism and ageism was not disciplined by the agency, which instead punished two women who provided testimony about the case to the state IG's office.
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Marc Molinaro called on Cuomo to apply the «Vance Standard» to the employees of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who allegedly suffered abuse from a top official — including two women who claim they were victims of reprisal by the agency itself.
Chris Amato, a staff attorney for Earth Justice and former official with the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, said his organization has experienced delays at that agency and the Public Service Commission that have made it difficult to weigh in on policy proposals.
Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.
The three EC officials appeared individually before the Chief Justice in the company of their lawyers, at the office of the Judicial Service located at the Supreme Court on Monday.
A state investigation of Brian Gestring, a senior official with the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, found that he had created an environment «rife with incidents of sexual harassment, ageism, racism, and threats of retaliation and physical violence.»
The three top EC officials today [Monday], appeared individually before the Chief Justice in the company of their lawyers, at the office of the Judicial Service located at the Supreme Court.
Other stakeholders in the Justice System including, officials of the Ministry of Justice, Private lawyers, the police, the prison and their service delivery.
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The meeting began quickly as the Legislature breezed through a number of smaller budgetary matters including the official acceptance of grants from the New York State Office of Children and New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The Division of Criminal Justice Services has fired a top official there after it was reported he was never disciplined following repeated sexual harassment allegations.
The US Justice Department, which sued New York in 2010 to force election officials to take extra steps to count military service members» absentee ballots in the general election, is again sounding the alarm on this issue, which could require moving the annual primary date from September to June.
Officials at the state's Department of Criminal Justice Services did not immediately respond to Klein's criticism.
«We share the concerns of community members, law enforcement officials and youth facility staff that current policies at the Office of Child and Family Services, including the closure of 14 youth facilities, are making a bad situation worse in the juvenile justice system,» said CSEA President Danny Donohue.
Established in 2001, it was created by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 with the idea of merging the 700 probation officers who handle family court welfare work, 810 guardians ad litem who represent children's interests in child abuse and care cases, and the children's branch of the Official Solicitor's Department.
«Police are concerned that other packages could have been sent out to other legal counsel or justice officials who have dealt with Amsel,» the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release yesterday.
This work had progressed to the point where, shortly after becoming Minister of Justice, I felt that a broader and more comprehensive review could be undertaken by these officials working jointly with persons outside the public service.
Plourde also said the move will be good for access to justice as the influx of francophone lawyers to Ontario and English - speaking lawyers to Quebec will ensure clients who speak only one of Canada's official languages receive better service in both provinces.
The UK has set up a dedicated task - force comprising officials from our office, Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunals Service who are working with other government departments and business to ensure successful delivery of the UPC.
The event will feature presentations from the honourable Justice Paul Rouleau (Ontario Court of Appeal), Professor Julie MacFarlane (Windsor) and representatives of the Office of the Commissioner of Official languages of Canada, Office of the French Language Services Commissioner of Ontario, the Legal Information Centre, the Legal Centre for Ontario Women, the legal clinics» Access to Justice in French program, and more!
However, perhaps a prosecution of a law society under Criminal Code s. 122 for its failure to perform its duties in regard to access to justice by at least trying to solve the unaffordable legal services problem would fail because, even if an official knows that a decision does affect his / her personal interests, there is no offence, «if the decision is made honestly and in a genuine belief that it was a proper exercise of his jurisdiction.
The Alberta government has established a working group, including the Superintendent of Insurance along with officials from the departments of Transportation, Service Alberta, Justice and Solicitor General, and Municipal Affairs to develop appropriate regulatory approaches for ride - for - hire companies in Alberta, including ride sharing services.
More pointedly, officials from Korea's Financial Supervisory Service were found to engage in insider trading prior to the justice minister's premature statements.
presided over by Hong Nam - ki, minister of the Office for Government Policy coordination, and attended by officials from the ministries of justice, finance, and science and ICT, as well as from the Financial Services Commission, the Korea Communications Commission, the Fair Trade Commission and the National Tax Service.
In a Dec. 13 statement published by the Office for Government Policy Coordination, officials from the Ministry of Justice, Financial Services Commission, Korea Communications Commission, Fair Trade Commission, and Ministry of Information and Communication laid out possible policy approaches — subject to legislative approval — for the country's booming cryptocurrency market.
According to Choi Heung Sik, the director of South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC), the country's integrated financial regulator that examines and supervises financial institutions, several officials and employees of the FSC sold bitcoin immediately before the premature statement on a possible cryptocurrency trading ban was released by Justice Minister Park Sang - ki.
In a Dec. 13 statement published by the Office for Government Policy Coordination, officials from the Ministry of Justice, Financial Services Commission, Korea Communications Commission, Fair Trade Commission, and Ministry of Information and Communication laid out possible policy approaches - subject to legislative approval - for the country's booming cryptocurrency market.