Sentences with phrase «state against its closure»

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Professor and activist Cornel West has vowed to fight against the school's closure, as have Harlem Councilwoman Inez Dickens and State Sen. Bill Perkins.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

In recent days, the candidates have weighed in on the closure of Indian Point and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fracking ban, and advocates are now making an aggressive push to get the campaigns of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton to come out against the proposed Constitution pipeline.

Given that we have had to endure and fight against cuts to education, aid to local governments, state operations and we are fighting health care cuts and closures of hospitals like SUNY Downstate or mental health facilities, we need to start talking about how we sustain services that people need, before we consider tax cuts.

Cilento later added, «Given that we have had to endure and fight against cuts to education, aid to local governments, state operations and we are fighting health care cuts and closures of hospitals like SUNY Downstate or mental health facilities, we need to start talking about how we sustain services that people need, before we consider tax cuts.

Education Minister Jeremy Rockcliff has long fought against such closures stating, «In many instances, schools are the lifeblood of regional communities, and we firmly believe it is up to local communities to determine their future, not have it imposed from on high against their wishes.»

We are especially proud of our advocacy efforts against puppy mills resulting in the closure of over 1,200 puppy mills in our state.

«Art 34 TFEU... [does] not apply to national rules concerning the closure of shops that are enforceable against all economic operators pursuing activities within the national territory and that affect, in the same way, in law and fact, the sale of domestic products and of products from other Member States» (Pelckmans, para. 24)

Just days later, on Jan. 4, the state of Texas issued a cease and desist order against BitConnect for the selling of unlicensed securities which has led to the crash of the BCC token and the platform's closure.

Residents of our six states may not be familiar with legislation that gives rise to such discrimination against indigenous Territorians in relation to their land, that provides for massive sea and river closures and that drastically reduces our capacity to manage the marine environment in a sustainable manner.