Sentences with phrase «state acting commissioner»

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But the fix is provisional; insurers have been exiting the Affordable Care Act marketplaces over deep uncertainty about the health law's future, and insurance commissioners in some states have had to plea with firms to remain committed to the exchanges.

«What finally scared the insurer into acting was our threat to report the incident to the state insurance commissioner.

«Pete, without a doubt, is the best commissioner in the state and will be a tough act to follow.

The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.

As commissioner of NYSDOT, Karas succeeds Acting Commissioner Cathy Calhoun, whom Cuomo named director of state operations.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's acting tax commissioner took heat Tuesday from Democrats and Republicans in the state Legislature over delays in the STAR rebate program.

While swearing in the new commissioners, the governor said they (new commissioners) were capable hands who would assist him in moving the state forward, admonishing them to shun all acts of corruption.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

«I am confident that the 10 percent reduction can be achieved without requiring new closures of state parks or historic site by reevaluating our operations to identify additional efficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and examining how savings from actions taken in the current fiscal year will help in in the next fiscal year,» said Andy Beers, acting commissioner of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, before a joint legislative budget committee this morning.

Marc Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said government agencies routinely lobby the Legislature on issues they determine are in the state's interest, and NYCO's proposal to mine state land easily met that standard.

In addition to Martens and Driscoll, the board that will vote today is stacked with Cuomo appointees, including the state» acting health commissioner and the secretary of state.

New York state's acting health commissioner is touring the state this week, advising New Yorkers to get off the couch and get some exercise.

Ms. Calhoun, 53, has been the acting commissioner of the state's Department of Transportation since August, and her background could help Mr. Cuomo with one of the biggest headaches of his current term — the deterioration of New York City's subway system, which was the subject of a New York Times investigation this weekend.

On Wed., July 22, New York's Wage Board voted to approve a $ 15 minimum wage for fast - food workers in chain restaurants.The state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, has 45 days to act on the wage board's recommendation.

On the day the results of the state tests were announced, state Department of Environmental Conservation acting commissioner Basil Seggos and top Cuomo aide Jim Malatras visited the Rensselaer County village to meet with concerned residents.

The federal act was drafted by U.S. Secretary of Education John King, the former New York state education commissioner, following the repeal of the No Child Left Behind Act on Dec. 10, 20act was drafted by U.S. Secretary of Education John King, the former New York state education commissioner, following the repeal of the No Child Left Behind Act on Dec. 10, 20Act on Dec. 10, 2015.

Of the individuals who currently have titles such as chair, director, CEO, commissioner, and acting commissioner at the state's largest agencies, subagencies, and authorities, only 16 of 51, or 31 percent, were female.

Erin Crotty, acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said, «The closure of Fresh Kills not only marks the culmination of years of effort to bring the state into the age of modern solid waste management practices, but presents a tremendous opportunity to turn this blighted landscape into an environmental success story.»

It names as defendants the Adirondack Park Agency, APA Chairwoman Lani Ulrich, the state Department of Environmental Conservation, and Basil Seggos, the DEC acting commissioner.

Idris added that directives will be sent to various state commands, tasking the state commissioners of police to swing into action with their inputs that Force Headquarters can act on.

According to a released by the spokesperson to the governor, Habib Aruna, quoted the commissioner saying the Mansard Group has already indicated interest to be part of the State's Health Insurance scheme, adding that Government would also appoint health insurance agents who would act between Government and the people to ensure the success of the scheme.

Former state education commissioner John King must recuse himself from decisions directly related to New York, even when he takes over as acting US secretary of education after Arne Duncan steps down, according to a federal official.

The state's acting prison commissioner, Anthony Annucci, declined to answer specific questions at a legislative budget hearing about last summer's prison escape at Dannemora, saying an ongoing investigation of the breakout is still underway.

Law students working with Yale's legal services organization plan to file a class - action lawsuit in Federal District Court today against Gov. Dannel Malloy of Connecticut and the state's acting and former health commissioners on behalf of residents affected by Connecticut's Ebola quarantine policies, including two who were Yale graduate students.

The leaders of the bipartisan Election Commissioners» Association sent a letter this week to Judge Gary Sharpe that urges legislative leaders to take action on setting state and federal primary dates in order to comply with the federal MOVE Act.

Cathy Calhoun, the acting DOT commissioner who counts as former bosses state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, then - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and ex-Gov.

He said it was likely the state's acting health commissioner had «no clue» as to the amount of a safe dose.

Quoting acting DEC deputy commissioner Thomas Berkman's reference to the project's «potential for significant adverse environmental impacts,» the document states, «the very large number of affected communities demands a scoping process that can accommodate their effective participation to identify issues of local and regional concern.»

Dr. Howard Zucker, acting commissioner of the state Department of Health, recommended that New York residents get flu shots, since the symptoms resemble the early stages of Ebola.

It is important to remember that the symptoms exhibited by this patient can be indicative of other illnesses and that there is no confirmed case at this time,» Dr. Howard Zucker, acting commissioner of the New York State Department of Health (DOH) said in a statement,

Cuomo also announced that the state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, had signed an order that would raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 an hour over a few years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo — joined by Vice President Biden — is expected to push today for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage for all workers statewide after the acting state labor commissioner gives final approval to a recommendation raising hourly pay for fast food workers to that amount.

And he sat impassively at an open cabinet meeting as two of his appointees — acting health commissioner Howard Zucker and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens — recommended that the state not allow natural gas hydrofracking, citing public health «red flags» and a lack of scientific data supporting its safety.

The acting State Health commissioner Dr. Zucker will be traveling the state taking that message to New YorState Health commissioner Dr. Zucker will be traveling the state taking that message to New Yorstate taking that message to New Yorkers.

Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.

«The people of New York expect more out of the Republican members of the New York Congressional Delegation who voted to disapprove of the Clean Power Plan,» said Basil Seggos, acting commissioner of the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.

State Regents Chancellor Merryl Tish and the acting state education commissioner recently issued a letter that calls on the governor to create and push a bill that would allow the state to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like BufState Regents Chancellor Merryl Tish and the acting state education commissioner recently issued a letter that calls on the governor to create and push a bill that would allow the state to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like Bufstate education commissioner recently issued a letter that calls on the governor to create and push a bill that would allow the state to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like Bufstate to both remove and replace school boards in troubled districts, like Buffalo.

[1] He served as acting commissioner until May 2014, when he was unanimously confirmed by the New York State Senate.

«As the acting health commissioner, I consider the people of the state of New York as my patients,» he said.

Mario Musolino, the acting commissioner of the state Department of Labor, will then issue a formal wage order based on the panel's report.

Acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker said he had been reviewing fracking health studies since taking over the state's project last spring.

A letter detailing the agency's decision from Brandye Hendrickson, acting administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, was emailed Thursday to Paul A. Karas, acting commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, and Matthew J. Driscoll, acting executive director of the New York State Thruway Authostate Department of Transportation, and Matthew J. Driscoll, acting executive director of the New York State Thruway AuthoState Thruway Authority.

The governor's announcement, articulated by his acting Department of Health commissioner Howard Zucker and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens, delays any potential gas drilling in New York State for at least several more years as more data becomes available.

Under state law, each major party has one commissioner in each county, and they are to act as a check and balance to each other.

In one of her first acts, Dr. Tisch and David M. Steiner, then the education commissioner, engineered New York's winning application in the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition, bringing the state $ 700 million.

But throughout that process, the man leading the state's Health Department remained its «acting» commissioner.

Although the Harvard criteria were based on zero patients and no experiments were conducted either with humans or animals, they soon became the standard for declaring people dead in several states, and in 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) was sanctioned by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

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Peter McWalters, commissioner of education in Rhode Island, said he and most state chiefs have learned to live with the federal act, which he now fully supports.

After the sweetness - and - nice between New York State Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluaState Education Department (NYSED) and the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluaState United Teachers (NYSUT) to win $ 700 million from the federal Race to the Top fund last year (see my Education Next story), NYSUT yesterday sued the state's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluastate's Board of Regents and NYSED's acting commissioner John King over the decision last May to ratchet up the importance of student test scores in a teacher's annual evaluation.