Sentences with phrase «accountability of our elected officials»

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Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

New Kings Democrats is a progressive, grassroots political organization committed to bringing transparency, accountability, and inclusionary democracy to the Kings County Democratic Party and the elected officials of our borough.

We need accountability and accessibility of our elected officials,» said Cobb.

Gotham Gazette is an important part of the ideals of Citizens Union — as a watchdog publication committed to accountability journalism, its work helps to an informed and engaged public is crucial to the work of holding government and elected officials accountable to their promises and actions.

NYCHA Launches NextGen Neighborhoods Stakeholder Committees; Kicks - Off Search for Resident Committee Members Comprised of residents, community representatives and elected officials from each development site, the Stakeholder Committee will work directly with the developers, ensuring constructive dialogue and accountability -LSB-...]

«We will continue to work to root out corruption and demand more of elected officials when it comes to ethical conduct,» Heastie said in a statement responding to Silver's conviction, adding that «accountability and transparency» are of utmost importance to the Assembly Majority.

Standards, testing, and accountability have been pitched in part as mechanisms to get objective information to parents (and taxpayers) unfiltered by the spin of local administrators and elected officials.

With regard to the school board term limit proposal in Amendment 8, Speaker Corcoran neglects to mention that this is one of the «bundled» amendments that will also establish a state governed charter school authorization board that can circumvent the power of our own locally elected officials in addition to establishing a parallel «public» school system that will not answer to local school boards, which is only another ploy to redirect precious, scant taxpayer dollars to entities that have little oversight or accountability.

We held an in - depth town hall with 10 elected officials and city representatives from the U.S. on climate accountability and helped deliver 1 million «We Are Still In» petition signatures to the UNFCCC Secretariat: a powerful display of commitment from communities around the U.S.