Sentences with phrase «top state officials»

Top state officials say it is going to be another difficult year for the state budget.

The result was the introduction of an alternative measure that still impacts top state officials, both elected and appointed, convicted of a corruption - related felony.

Top state officials say it's going to be another difficult year for the state budget.

It was a more intimate gathering, with top state officials mingling with developers amid shelves stocked with portraits of old club patroons and books on history and law.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a delegation of top state officials met with Puerto Rico's governor on Tuesday to develop what he called a historic partnership with the U.S. territory to help it emerge from a deepening economic crisis.

Marcos Crespo (D - Bronx), and other top state officials including New York Power Authority president and chief executive Gil Quinones, state Budget Director Robert Mujica, and Homeland Security and Emergency Services Commissioner Roger Parrino.

Cuomo is going to Puerto Rico today with top state officials in his administration, including Secretary Melissa DeRosa, Budget Director Robert Mujica and New York State Power Authority President and CEO Gil Quiniones.

Florida and Indiana are still officially PARCC members, although signals coming from top state officials suggest that might not be true much longer.

Councils representing the competing regions have been making presentations this week to the governor's Strategic Implementation Assessment Team, a group of top state officials who are evaluating the regions» proposals.

In three recent harassment complaints against top state officials, no fewer than six different groups conducted investigations, an examination by The New York Times shows.

Crisco, a respected businessman and a former top state official, died on Monday at his home.

The only thing clear from the day's appearances by top state officials at a joint Assembly and Senate fiscal hearing was that Cuomo's tuition plan is in store for some changes once budget negotiations begin in earnest in coming weeks.

Governor Cuomo Issues Executive Order Requiring Ethics Training For All Chamber Staff And Top State Officials Sunday January 02, 2011 at 03:04 pm

The Inspector General's Office subpoenaed Andrews, as well as several top state officials, as part of its wide - ranging investigation into whether inside information and influence peddling corrupted the high - stakes bid process.

Even as investors bailed out on SolarCity after the company's latest earnings disappointment, top state officials remained confident their $ 750 million bet on the solar energy systems installer will pay off for the Buffalo Niagara region.

Some State Police officials said they believe Freilich has held onto his non-union job through four governors, and at a time when many state workers are facing the loss of their jobs, because top state officials and their political advisers believe Freilich can marshal votes in Jewish communities known for voting in unison behind candidates recommended by their religious leaders.

For six weeks, the lawyers in a major New York corruption trial have name - dropped top state officials, made countless references to «The Sopranos,» even gotten a star witness thrown in jail.

However, one top state official maintains there have been no changes to the SAFE Act.

He cited a letter from Cuomo's budget director, Robert Mujica, that suggested such executive branch leaders should get around $ 240,000, which is what top state officials in California earn.

But the severity of the fiscal problems, and Mr. Ravitch's stature as one of the leading figures in the rescue of New York City in the 1970s, have legislative leaders and other top state officials examining the proposal seriously.

The waiver request could impact some or all of the funding, although top state officials say funds for program administration are more vulnerable than funding for the programs themselves should federal officials determine Utah is out of compliance.

If the administration signs off on the $ 2.2 million transfer from charter schools to the vo - techs, it would then need to be approved by the Finance Advisory Committee, a panel of top state officials responsible for giving final approval to inter-agency budget transfers.

Two top state officials not only encouraged Andrew to speak directly to the group about moveable tiny houses but also offered solutions within the existing code which could allow for the approval of moveable tiny houses more easily than previously expected.

Under pressure from top state officials to speed up the pace of school reform, the Maryland Board of Education has adopted a comprehensive plan that will make each school accountable for the performance of its students.

He has also ordered all his staff and other top state officials to participate in ethics training and announced that he and other top officials will take a 5 percent pay cut to set cost - cutting example at the top.

A trial will begin Oct. 30 in New York City in the federal corruption case against two former top state officials and six other men, including two executives from Fayetteville - based Cor Development Co..

The Leadership Series will continue with the Road to the White House on Oct. 28 with top state officials, political pundits and media weighing in on the Presidential and statewide elections.

The governor was not among a collection of top state officials, including Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, who attended a brief meeting with Mr. Obama and his political director, Patrick Gaspard, before Mr. Obama's speech at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy.

So let's add that to the Zika virus, the open sewer of a harbour where the sailors and triathletes will compete, the street crime that has already made a victim of an Australian para-athlete and the financial and political chaos that includes a president facing impeachment, many other politicians facing indictments and the declaration of a «state of public calamity» in Rio de Janeiro, with a top state official adding that it is on the verge of «social collapse.»

Both the Power Authority and the State Police regularly provide transportation on three «executive - class» King Air turbo - prop aircraft to top state officials.

A top state official in New York recently witnessed political violence firsthand during a recent trip to Bangladesh.

Mr. Hoyt resigned from the state development corporation; after he announced his departure, top state officials, including the lieutenant governor, praised his work record.

Pork barrel spending flourishes throughout the budget bills, and the final deal includes the creation of a commission intended to pave the way for a pay hike for legislators and top state officials.

Observers around New York state and beyond will be watching prosecutors try to convict a top state official of extorting money — or «ziti» as it was referred to in emails — from company executives with business before the state.

Two members of the state Building Commission sent a letter to a top state official Wednesday reminding him of his duty to provide appraised values for state property that could be up for sale.

BREAKING NEWS: A New York State Court administrative insider says that top state officials have been briefed by the feds on pending federal corruption indictments that will include New York state court employees...

It was revealed on Wednesday that a New York State Court administrative insider said that top state officials had been briefed by the feds on pending federal corruption indictments that would include employees of New York's Office of Court Administration (a / ka / «OCA»).

Some refugees on Buffalo's West Side had the chance to meet a top state official on Wednesday.

ALBANY — A top state official claimed Wednesday that the struggling StartUp New York economic development program changed its name for the sake of simplification and not because it was...

On Sept. 22, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced federal charges against two former aides to Cuomo; a top state official who has long led state government's commitment to landing jobs in nanotechnology and other high - tech endeavors; and six others in a wide - ranging bid - rigging scheme involving state contracts.

«It is deeply entrenched, not just grand juries, but things like not allowing cameras in court,» a top state official said.

Federal prosecutors probing Albany's turnaround effort arrested two of Cuomo's former aides, a top state official and six others on bribery and bid - rigging charges.

Mr. Howe, a veteran lobbyist and longtime Albany insider, had been trying to arrange a meeting between one of his clients, Steven Aiello, and top state officials, and he had just learned that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo himself might drop in.

The top state official behind the project and two executives of general contractor Cor Development Co. were charged in September, along with six other men, following a wide - ranging federal investigation into state development projects.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to hold the attention of the people of New York and its lawmakers continued into its second week on Monday with two more detailed presentations on elements of his «Opportunity Agenda»: reforms to the juvenile justice system and the proposed creation of a commission to decide on salary increases for lawmakers and top state officials.

ALBANY — Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara wasn't the only one bringing charges against a top state official Thursday.

But the controversy surrounding López Rivera continues, with top state officials — including Sen. Charles Schumer and Gov. Cuomo — taking a pass on the parade this year.

That money is coming under greater scrutiny after complaints from state legislators over a lack of transparency in how it's given out, criticism from state oversight agencies, and the indictments of top state officials and developers involved in projects in Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany.