Sentences with phrase «rights against the department»

Three East Hampton Town Highway Department workers have reportedly agreed to withdraw complaints they filed with the New York Division of Human Rights against the department's superintendent

Not exact matches

Catherine Lhamon, the Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that the government would «vigorously enforce Title IX's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity, in every applicable school.»

The settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and Red Granite Pictures, which was co-founded by a stepson of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, also covers U.S. forfeiture claims against the producer's rights and interests in two other pictures, Daddy's Home and Dumb and Dumber To.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

Though the DOJ's report did not recommend seeking charges against the officer who shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown during a confrontation this summer, it did say that the department routinely violated the constitutional rights of black residents.

Thus the annual Human Rights Report of the U.S. State Department, mute the previous decade on discrimination and the occasional acts of violence against Christians, included in its January 1990 report the observation that «Christians have had difficulty in getting permission to build new churches» and that «Christians complain that there are barriers to Christians rising to high positions in public service, public corporations, universities and the military.»

Organised by the newly - formed Right to Food Coalition, whose members include the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance, Foodbank NSW, Red Cross, SecondBite, Blacktown City Council, NSW Department of Health (South Western Sydney District), Liverpool City Council and others, the centrepiece of this conference is the presentation by Joel Berg, Executive Director of the New York Coalition Against Hunger.

Clyne should get his first England cap against either San Marino or Estonia, and with England also lacking in the right - back department at the moment he has a fantastic chance to make that position his own.

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers...

Thousands marched to the Department of Justice's headquarters in D.C., to mark the 54th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s «I Have a Dream» speech with a demonstration — led by the Rev. Al Sharpton — against the Trump administration's civil rights record.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used the case of Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who successfully challenged the bedroom tax at the Supreme Court, to prevent other people from relying on the Human Rights Act when appealing against benefits decisions at the first tier tribunal.

Case in point: a petition on the NAACP site urging the U.S. Justice Department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman attracted so much attention that their servers couldn't handle it:

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

For the first time ever, the three main parties (center - right UMP, centrist MoDem, and center - left PS) put on top of a 50 - odd lists candidates with a non-European ethnic background («candidats de la diversité»), most either from North Africa, a few from the French Caribbean departments or sub-Saharan Africa, most against incumbent mayors from the opposite party, thus with lower chances to succeed.

Nearly a year after the federal Justice Department declined to bring civil rights charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a black college student in Pleasantville, Westchester County in 2010, the victim's family has agreed to a $ 6 million settlement, a lawyer for the family announced.

Detained former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, on Tuesday filed a N10bn fundamental human rights enforcement suit against the Department of State Services, its Director - General, Mr. Lawal Daura, and the Attorney - General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami.

Now, the law department needs more money to hire an outside lawyer to defend Antonacci against an upcoming civil rights suit.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's civil rights chief has come out against a policy requiring visitors to the county's Department of Social Services office to show ID and submit to warrant checks by Ulster County sheriff's deputies.

When the previous government announced it was appealing against the European Court's original ruling in 2005, the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, Lord Firkin, said: «It has been the view of successive governments, including this government, that persons who have committed crimes serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence should forfeit the right to have a say in how the country is governed while they are detained.»

Eleven - year - old Michael Jacques, left, and 8 - year - old Katelyn Jacques, right, of Waterford participate in the protests against the common core test contracts outside of the NYS Education Department on Monday evening, August 11, 2014, in Albany N.Y. (Selby Smith / Special to the Times Union)

Kiarre Harris, whose children were removed from her custody by a Family Court judge, has filed civil rights complaints with both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that both the school district and Erie County Child Protective Services discriminated against her because she is black.

The Department of Education on March 16 directed its employees to get students and parents involved in the all - out war that Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the chancellor have been mounting in Albany against teachers» seniority rights.

The National Rifle Association filed suit against the New York State Department of Financial Services and Governor Andrew Cuomo (D.) on Friday, alleging they violated the group's First Amendment rights.

James, an ally of de Blasio who's clashed with him at times, has filed a record total of 11 lawsuits since she took office, including one against the city for its treatment of children in foster care and another alleging the city Department of Buildings violates disabled people's civil rights by giving landlords a pass on fixing elevators.

Several members of New York's congressional delegation, including Reps. Charlie Rangel, Jerrold Nadler, Gregory Meeks and Hakeem Jeffries have called on the Justice Department to investigate federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.

The governor last month directed the state housing department and division of human rights to investigate landlord policies and practices that discriminate against individuals based on immigration status, national origin, ethnicity or race.

The Justice Department slapped the city with a federal lawsuit in December over alleged civil - rights violations against teen inmates.

October 31, 1997 University of Chicago Cancer Research Center to present 3rd Illinois breast - cancer summit October 31 The University of Chicago Cancer Research Center (UCCRC), working in collaboration with the Y - ME National Breast Cancer Organization and the Illinois Department of Public Health, will host «Practical Issues in the Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer: Helping Patients Make the Right Decisions,» a federally sponsored summit meeting to educate physicians and other healthcare providers about the latest developments in the battle against breast cancer.

Saying its customers «have a right to know when the government obtains a warrant to read their emails,» Microsoft has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department.

December 9, 2013 • On Monday, federal prosecutors announced indictments against 18 current and former deputies of the L.A. Sheriff's department for corruption and civil rights abuses inside the nation's largest municipal jail system.

O'Neill does not wage internal war against Schmidt and CIA Director George Tenet (Alec Baldwin) for bragging rights alone, but because he realizes that the absence of clearheaded decision making, including informed contributions from various departments, is needed if the country is going to be able to counter Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.

According to N. Eugene Hill, assistant attorney general for the state, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on an appeal to two suits that were brought against the Agriculture Department in April 1982 by the state education department, individuals, andwelfare - righDepartment in April 1982 by the state education department, individuals, andwelfare - righdepartment, individuals, andwelfare - rights groups.

In a «Dear Colleague» letter released last year, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Education (ED) issued guidance for schools on avoiding discrimination against students on the basis of race when administering school disciplinary policies, and warned that if minority students are subject to disciplinary actions at a higher rate than other students, schools could be faulted for civil - rights violations.

The study was required by the department's office for civil rights in return for dropping a complaint against the district's program for language - minority students.

For sure, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights should respond to specific complaints of discrimination against students, including when it comes to discipline.

Washington — William Bradford Reynolds, chief architect of the Reagan Administration's civil - rights policies, defended himself last week against attacks by Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who hope to block his promotion at the Justice Department.

A legal - aid organization has filed a class action against the Chicago Board of Education and the Illinois Department of Education, charging that thousands of Chicago - area homeless children are being denied their right to a free public education.

Allegations against celebrities along with a recent resolution agreement between a California district and the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights should be stark reminders that schools must be vigilant about policies and practices regarding harassment and hostile environments.

PURE filed a complaint last December against CPS with the Office for Civil Rights of the US Department of Education over this policy.

There is already talk that the Trump Administration will gut the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, which has worked vigilantly under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama to address issues such as overuse of harsh traditional school discipline against Black and American Indian children.

But the bill was scheduled for a vote the same week as a debate over Department of Homeland Security funding erupted, and anger from the far right against House leadership was running high.

Every administration has a different philosophy that governs the work of the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).28 Education Secretary DeVos» actions show a clear deprioritization of the office: Under her leadership, the Education Department announced that the OCR will not actively investigate patterns of discriminatory practices, 29 rolled back guidance to prevent discrimination against transgender students, 30 and refused to commit to continue the Civil Rights Data Collection.31

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is investigating a complaint against charter schools in Washington, DC.

• Filing a complaint against the school district with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights

North Carolina civil rights groups are urging the U.S. Justice Department to launch a federal investigation into two North Carolina school districts that allegedly discriminated against immigrant youth.

• The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has seen a surge in Title IX complaints against K - 12 schools for wrongdoing in sexual assault cases similar to those targeted at colleges and universities.

Her department has also taken action against various civil rights initiatives from the Obama administration such as guidance on the rights of transgender students, and her department announced it was scaling back civil rights investigations and would avoid looking into systemic issues.

While no such federal law exists, courts and the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), as well as the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, issued significant guidance in May 2016 asserting that Title IX prohibition against sex discrimination encompasses discrimination based on a student's gender identity, including discrimination based on a student's transgender status.