Sentences with phrase «league of women»

The proposal is supported by good - government groups such as the League of Women Voters who say corrupt public officials should not be entitled to collect state pensions for life.

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director at the New York State League of Women Voters, said the latest package of voter reforms have been a long time coming.

Citizens Union, along with the League of Women Voters, helped write the ballot language, which originally described the measure as creating an «independent» commission.

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The Buffalo News and The League of Women Voters of New York State have both named Kevin an Outstanding Citizen of the Year.

The Bar Association is also one of the groups, which include the League of Women Voters, which is not actually endorsing right now that a convention be held.

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At a League of Women Voters - moderated event held at Thurman Town Hall on Oct. 11, incumbent candidates, supervisor Cynthia Hyde (Democrat / Independent) and supervisor candidate Susan Shepler (Republican / Independent) provided different views on how well the Town of Thurman is being managed.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, said she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

Barbara Bartoletti of the state League of Women Voters said the constitutional amendments are not items that the Legislature «is going to be particularly interested in; I think they've made that case to the governor already.

The League of Women Voters» Jennifer Wilson says despite the opponents» worries, no existing rights have ever been taken away in any past constitutional convention.

Participating organizations include Citizens Union, NYPIRG, League of Women Voters, and more.

Leaders of the New York League of Women Voters have seen proposals for redrawing the district maps for the New York State Legislature in this fall's elections and they don't like them.

Smyth of Rensselaer and McLaughlin of Troy faced each other Tuesday night at the Brunswick Community Center in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County.

Democratic Congressional candidates David Calone, left, and Anna Throne - Holst take part in a debate hosted by the League of Women Voters at the Hampton Bays Senior Center in Hampton Bays on Thursday evening, June 2, 2016.

WRFA features the Oct. 25 Meet the Candidates forum at Jamestown Community College, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County and the American Association of University Woman.

An hour before Silver is to be sentenced, representatives of government watchdog groups Common Cause / NY, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, NYPIRG and Reinvent Albany will hold a news conference in Albany to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to pass comprehensive ethics reform to try to prevent future corruption cases.

,» said Barbara Bartoletti, legislative director of the state League of Women Voters.

Last week, Amedore failed to show up for a League of Women Voters Meet the Candidates event in Saugerties.

Barbara is legislative director of the New York State League of Women Voters.

Barbara Bartoletti is with the League of Women Voters, one of a coalition of groups opposing the tax credit.

JAMESTOWN - Nearly all the local candidates for this year's election were in Jamestown last night to take part in the Chautauqua County League of Women Voters «Meet the Candidates Forum» at the Robert H. Jackson Center.

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They were joined by representatives of the League of Women Voters, New York Public Interest Research Group and The Black Institute.

Both the candidates for family court judge, as well as those for District Attorney and State Assembly, will appear at a Meet the Candidates Forum, hosted by the Chautauqua County League of women Voters — on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in the Sarita Weeks conference room of Jamestown Community College.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Assemblyman Steve Otis will be the featured guest at the New Rochelle League of Women Voters» monthly «Coffee and Conversation» on Friday, November 22, from 9:30 am — 11:00 am, in the meeting room of the New Rochelle Public Library.

Dare Thompson, president of the New York state League of Women Voters, said the organization opposes term limits, which she said «takes power away from voters.»

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director of the League of Women Voters of New York State, said she's not optimistic that meaningful ethics reform will pass this year in Albany.

The recent Irene disaster haunted Olive's Meet the Candidate event, moderated by the Mid-Hudson league of Women Voters at the town's meeting hall in Shokan on Saturday, October 22.

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director for the New York State League of Women Voters, says the bill was poorly drafted, crafted without any hearings or input and rushed through at the end of session.

The effort includes nurses, advocates for the mentally ill, the League of Women Voters and the New York Civil Liberties Union, who say everyone has an interest in seeing paid family leave become law.

Blakeman spokesman Matt Coleman said the campaign was unable to make the League of Women Voters event because of a prior speaking engagement, but said they are working directly with FiOS to schedule a debate.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, who attended the speech, agrees that Cuomo will have to make an extra effort to get the proposals through the Senate and Assembly, but she says the constitutional amendments are likely «dead on arrival in the legislature.»

The League of Women Voters of California opposed Proposition 8 because «no person or group should suffer legal, economic or administrative discrimination».

The League of Women Voters» Legislative Director Barbara Bartoletti also met with the reform panel.

Further, a coalition of six good - government groups wrote to the board demanding a revision to the 1996 opinion — they were the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, Citizens Union, the New York Public Interest Research Group and Reinvent Albany.

The League of Women Voters of NYS, with its partners from WABC / TV, Univision and The Daily News, has been negotiating with the gubernatorial candidates to organize a televised debate in NYC.

The public is invited to join the League of Women Voters of Northeastern Connecticut for a continental breakfast and...

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says she hopes the governor fights for actual passage of the measures.

At Tuesday night's debate - hosted by WABC, New York Daily News, Univision and the League of Women Voters - Quinn said Weiner was «right» in that New Yorkers have «heard a lot about his personal issues.»

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a debate between gubernatorial candidates in Néw York.

The Women's History Month activities and calendar are coordinated by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women, and the Women's Action Coalition, comprised of representatives of the American Association of University Women - Buffalo Branch; League of Women Voters; New York State Women, Inc..

The New Britain Area League of Women Voters will sponsor a candidates forum where candidates in nearly a half - dozen races will get to field questions about their positions on a variety of issues facing Connecticut.

At 11 a.m., NYC Councilman Dan Garodnick, League of Women Voters of the CUNY President Catherine Grey and advocates urge the city Board of Elections to post a notice outside former poll sites alerting voters to where their voting location has moved, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The groups — Citizens Union and the League of Women Voters, — held a webinar - style briefing for reporters on Tuesday that pitched the redistricting amendment — the product of a 2012 compromise between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers — as the best chance for reforming the system in generations.

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.

Aimee Allaud — an Election Specialist with the New York State League of Women Voters, Brad Williams — the Executive Director of the New York State Independent Living Council, and Meghan Schoeffling — a Policy Analyst for the New York Association on Independent Living, joined us to explain.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to register more people to vote needs to go further, the League of Women Voters said in a statement on Monday.

«Independent has a strange meaning here in Albany,» said Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters.

The incident between the veteran Democratic congressman and William J. Kemble, a correspondent for The Kingston Freeman, took place shortly before Hinchey squared off against his GOP opponent, George Phillips, at a League of Women Voters debate in Saugerties.