Sentences with phrase «state officials acted»

State officials acted as if that was the plan all along, even though a printed copy of the meeting agenda included the original $ 511 million request that was to be voted on Wednesday.

DiPizio has filed a lawsuit in state and federal court claiming that state officials acted illegally when they terminated her company's contract to build the Canalside ice rink, alleging the contract was given to a Rochester - based firm that had contributed big money to Cuomo and other officer holders.

He has not attended school board sessions since being ousted from the board by state officials acting on a request from the majority of his fellow board members.

Not exact matches

The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The United States, which in July said would take «strong and swift economic actions» if President Nicolas Maduro goes ahead with the Constituent Assembly, could also further sanction senior Venezuelan officials after acting against 13 prominent figures last week.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

Emails obtained by Judicial Watch from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit show that MacManus forwarded the news of Ambassador Christopher Stevens's death to the official in the State Department Legislative Affairs Office with instructions not to «forward to anyone at this point.»

While in Israel acting as a technology delegate for the United States, an Israel Defense Forces official told me an amazing story about the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

Jones was elevated to serve as acting assistant secretary of state responsible for the Middle East and had neither been offered the job on a permanent basis not told that he would not get it, said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The memo stipulates that the federal government would not stand in the way of states that legalize marijuana so long as officials acted to keep it from migrating to places where it remained outlawed, and out of the hands of criminal gangs and children.

Nor, officials said, was Secretary of State Tillerson informed of the situation until days after the department's acting assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, Francisco Palmieri, finally called in the Cuban ambassador in Washington, José Ramón Cabañas, to present a diplomatic note of protest on Feb. 17.

Three U.S. intelligence officials, who declined to be identified by name, said they believed the attack was state - sponsored because of its resemblance to previous hacks traced to Russian intelligence agencies or hackers acting at their direction.

«The White House officials who provided this week's briefing stated that several White House employees came forward and «confessed» that they failed to forward official records from their personal email accounts to their governmental email accounts within 20 days, as the Presidential Records Act requires,» Cummings continued.

New York State Comptroller DiNapoli wrote to the Chief Executive Officers of Apple, Google / Motorola, Microsoft, and Samsung asking them what steps each company is taking «to protect its brand and assure public officials that it is acting responsibly.»

Officials in Iowa and New York had their act together and scrambled — successfully — to keep production facilities and jobs in their states.

Silver's counsel, Allen & Overy partner Michael Feldberg, previewed the defense strategy of attacking the definitive link between an official act and a thing of value to prove a bribery charge after McDonnell v. United States.

Brazil's federal government must provide financial support to the nearly - bankrupt state of Rio de Janeiro in order to avoid the shame of a disappointing Olympics, according to a top official in the administration of Acting President Michel Temer.

Accepting payments or «kickbacks» of this nature is a violation of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), CFPB officials stated.

But after Constantine made Christianity the official state religion, Christians in Rome were less counter-cultural and more complicit in the acts of the empire.

They officially separated church and state, forbade public officeholders from attending religious services «in any official capacity,» made marriage a civil act, and legalized divorce.38 (Rousseau saw the importance, in the struggle between church and state, of the authority to marry.

• The existence of a shadow government of unelected officials, acting independently or at times in cooperation with elected officials, presents the United States with a serious constitutional crisis:

(b) A State organic program's governing State official may investigate complaints of noncompliance with the Act or regulations in this part concerning organic production or handling operations operating in the State.

(2) When a certifying agent or a State organic program's governing State official fails to take appropriate action to enforce the Act or regulations in this part.

(b) Persons subject to the Act who believe that they are adversely affected by a noncompliance decision of a State organic program may appeal such decision to the State organic program's governing State official who will initiate handling of the appeal pursuant to appeal procedures approved by the Secretary.

(2) Makes a false statement under the Act to the Secretary, a State organic program's governing State official, or a certifying agent shall be subject to the provisions of section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.

(c) A State organic program's governing State official may review and investigate complaints of noncompliance with the Act or regulations concerning accreditation of certifying agents operating in the State.

Although it's still early in the legislative process, California officials are preparing to challenge the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which would allow wagering at six horse racing tracks and sports betting at the 57 tribal casinos located within the state.

At the same time, officials around the nation have been trying to figure out how to respond to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind in December 2015 and requires each state to come up with its own accountability system that must include at least one nonacademic measure.

The Fox Valley Park District makes every effort to comply with the State of Illinois Public Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which states that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts and policies of those who represent them as public officials and public employees.

This morning in Austin, our state's newly elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is holding a press conference to announce his first official act in office.

Wheaton Park District officials Monday welcomed an announcement by the Du Page County state «s attorney «s office that it would not take legal action against the district for alleged violations of the state Open Meetings Act.

A Chicago Park District attorney reiterated Tuesday that park district officials have not violated the state «s Open Meeting Act but said he will cooperate with the Cook County state «s attorney «s investigation of an alleged violation.

Mass Audubon has communicated its concerns to federal and state officials, and we continue to participate in the environmental review processes through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act, and other agencies.

The case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The state's attorney's office sued the park district last May, alleging district officials improperly took office in the southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The Cook County state's attorney's office filed a civil lawsuit last May that alleged Park District officials improperly obtained their offices, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

School board officials said The Healthy, Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 requires them to change pricing because the law states that schools must charge on average no less for paid student meals than the district receives in federal free meal reimbursement.

State Agency Section Meeting / USDA Workshop (1110) Key Area 1 - Nutrition 7/14/2015, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Donna Parsons, RD, SNS, Cindy Long and other USDA officials The Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act of 2010 is set to expire in September 2015.

Bohrer wrote the information in these interviews «directly undermine crucial elements of the crime charged: that Percoco was a State official at the time he performed an official act, and that he was a State official, held himself out as a future State official, at the time he entered into a quid pro quo agreement with the Syracuse defendants.»

The Logan Act officially prohibits any state level official from acting on behalf of the United States diplomatically

In a strongly worded letter, Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has accused officials at the Department for Education, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, of breaking the Coalition Agreement, by intervening in a High Court case over inclusive admissions in religious schools.

State officials across the nation are worried about the «woodwork effect» of the Affordable Care Act — when big parts of the health law go into force in 2014 and million already eligible for Medicaid but aren't already enrolled emerge to sign up for the program.

The Court stated: «To qualify as an «official act,» the public official must make a decision or take an action on [a] «question, matter, cause, suit, proceeding or controversy,» or agree to do so.»

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

The bill, dubbed the «Every Student Succeeds Act,» would ban federal officials from requiring states and school districts to rate the job performance of teachers and principals, though states could continue doing that on their own.

Due to the fact that the press does not have much love for elected officials, the media has helped to create an aura about these two prosecutors, making Rudy Giuliani the Mayor of the City of New York, and making Preet Bharara arrogant enough to confront the President of the United States of America in what appears to be an act of insubordination, when he said that he would not return his boss» phone call.

In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.

Cuomo and state environmental officials on Saturday called on the EPA to establish a maximum contaminant level for 1,4 - dioxane in drinking water — and said that if the feds don't act the state will begin the process of regulating the man - made chemical.

The news is significant, not only as it temporarily exonerates Silver — once one of the state's most powerful elected officials — though he can be retried, and the acting U.S. attorney has indicated he will, in fact, seek to take another legal crack at the former Manhattan Democratic lawmaker.

The document, signed by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Director of Operations Jim Malatras includes an agreement to suspend portions of the SAFE Act that created a statewide database for ammunition purchasers to undergo a background check — a project that was hampered by technical glitches since state officials sought to implement it.