Sentences with phrase «while state elected officials»

While state elected officials often set up private accounts or use their state campaign accounts to pay off hefty attorney fees — recently convicted former State Sens. Joe Bruno and Efrain Gonzalez both did — it has been completely under the radar on the city level.

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Several Sanders surrogates and campaign aides — including state Sen. Bill Perkins, of Harlem, who is one of the few New York Democratic elected officials to break ranks and endorse Sanders over Clinton — held a conference call with reporters today, calling Clinton out for waffling on the license issue, while also attacking Sanders» own record on immigration reform.

The state Democratic Committee pushed back in a statement, knocking Cox's stake in a gas drilling company while also pointing to the Republican elected officials who have been arrested on corruption charges in recent years.

Molinaro, who has been highly critical of Cuomo, said that while he won't run for the state's highest office, he believes New York needs «new leadership, new ideas and renewal of a spirit of community that too many of our elected officials have abandoned,» and he vowed to be an «ardent supporter» of whoever is ultimately tapped by the GOP.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes Democrats on the national stage to threaten a government shutdown over gun control, the state's top elected official in Congress disagrees such a tactic is needed.

State elected officials on Wednesday mourned the shooting death of NYPD Officer Miosotis Familia, who was assassinated ambush - style while sitting an mobile - command unit.

-LSB-...] Rockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective [cont] ED DAY SAYS CORRUPT POLITICOS SHOULD LOSE STATE PENSIONSRockland County TimesRockland County Legislator Ed Day is sponsoring two resolutions that, if passed, would strip elected officials of pension and retirement benefits when an official is convicted of any felony offense against public administration while holding elective [cont] Original source -LSB-...]

For the first time in my life, I witnessed New York elected officials pound their chest proudly while cutting nearly $ 7 billion in funding for the people they serve, tripping over themselves to cut taxes for millionaires while simultaneously cutting healthcare services for seniors, women, and the disabled and killing jobs across the state.»

While the reforms put forth by DiNapoli could help ameliorate corruption in the state government, said Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the other moderator at Wednesday's event, «How do you convince other elected officials to tie their own hands and in effect not give themselves these opportunities for corruption?»

While stating that the party remained in intact, Maku described Agbaso's leadership of APGA as void, adding that Oye and other party officials were elected through a properly organised convention of the party duly monitored by INEC and other appropriate agencies in line with the party's constitution and the Electoral Act.

But some elected officials and advocates are pointing out that while the state appears to have a lofty MWBE participation goal — they increased it from 10 percent of state contracts in 2011 to 30 percent in 2014 — it is not being transparent about how its goals are being implemented.

And while SUNY is not releasing the names of enrollees, it appears that the VDC plan was selected by all of the newly elected legislators who were not previously on a state or local payroll, based on official biographies.

While several of his fellow southern Brooklyn elected officials were criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio over Hizzoner's decision to allow plans for two charter schools to share space with traditional public schools in Bensonhurst to move forward, state Sen.

«I'm so excited to be elected and serve another four years to serve with these great folks and work on behalf of the people of the state of New York,» Schneiderman said while flanked by western New York elected officials.

«While acknowledging the potential negatives of such a convention — e.g., the risk of amendments being approved that would weaken the home rule authority of local governments — the Executive Committee viewed the opportunity to strengthen the position of municipalities in New York's governmental structure as more important and voted to approve NYCOM's support of a «Yes» vote on the constitutional convention question facing New York voters this November, with the additional stipulation that municipal officials would need to run for and be elected as delegates to the convention if our intended outcomes are to be achieved,» the guide states

That means she'll start collecting a state pension while continuing to serve as an elected official — as is allowed under state law, she said.

«We can, however, state categorically that Senator Sampson has not betrayed the public's trust while acting as an elected public official.

«Every elected official brings in his own leadership team,» Flynn stated, while noting that he's kept more than 80 assistant district attorneys from the previous regime.

Superintendents and education representatives from all 133 school districts in Virginia told the state's elected officials that they can't have «best - in - the - nation public education and a best - in - the - world work force» while cutting the education budget for the third year in a row.

Reaction to the state and congressional maps was drastically different, with independent groups and elected officials blasting the state lines as gerrymandered to keep Senate Republicans in power, while praising the congressional lines drawn by a court - appointed judge as fairly drawn.

While the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for theWhile the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for thewhile promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for the 1 %.

While a Con Con, as it is often called, would provide a chance for enacting reforms on things like government ethics, term limits for elected officials, modernized voting and voter registration rules, and more, it would open up the entire state constitution to change.

While there is an exception for court - ordered evaluations and for consultations even without personally evaluating someone, there is no explicit exception allowing psychiatrists to tell elected officials, in public or in private, their views of a public figure's mental state.

While eligibility for vouchers varies state - by - state, Trump promised to campaign nationwide and call upon individual states and cities to elect officials in support of school choice.

While eligibility for vouchers varies by state, Trump promised to campaign nationwide and call upon individual states and cities to elect officials in support of school choice.

A frenzied press conference of state and local elected officials and parents echoed a singular sentiment: While JPS has problems, we don't need the state to fix them.

Our state's elected officials have approved a bill that provides funding to arm school staff, including teachers, coaches, librarians and counselors, while dramatically increasing funding for police and high level surveillance security in schools.

So while Malloy and Jumoke congratulate themselves about their education reform achievements, parents in every other Hartford school would do well to remember, smaller class sizes, having a teacher and an instructional assistant in every classroom and providing more support services is not a result of Malloy's education reform efforts but a result of Malloy, the State of Connecticut and the City of Hartford actually stepping forward and providing the resources necessary to make appropriate changes --- changes that should be being made at every Hartford School if only elected officials would address the broader issue inadequate funding for Connecticut's schools.

While this is old news to the local elected officials on the front lines of coastal flooding in the United States, the findings will hopefully inspire much - needed action at the federal level.

The Fourth Circuit holds that «when a state agency is operated by market participants who are elected by other market participants, it is a «private» actor,» and therefore must be actively supervised by other state officials to receive state action immunity (while also stating that its «opinion should not be read as precluding» an otherwise undefined category of «more quintessential state agencies,» not «composed entirely of private market participants,» from «arguing that they need not satisfy the active supervision requirement»).

While leaders and elected officials trumpet the importance of family, current policies and practices at the federal, state, district and school levels rarely provide sufficient support to teachers or to parents, nor is anyone held accountable for comprehensively and consistently engaging a diverse range of families.