Sentences with phrase «advocates say»

Advocates say it would be about $ 40 million a year, and insist that's a worthwhile investment to reduce the influence of big money on the political system.

Tenant advocates say they can not compete, dollar for dollar, with the deep pocketed real estate industry.

Without stable housing, drug regimen compliance is not a realistic goal, advocates say.

With former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver getting 12 years in prison on a corruption conviction earlier this month and former Senator John Sampson to be sentenced next week, good - government advocates say the time for reform is now.

Watson will provide more user - friendly and practical responses to 311 questions than the existing system, its advocates say.

Advocates say much of the credit for the act's success belongs to Long Island residents who supported the legislation.

With the legislative session winding down this week, advocates say they're hopeful one of the bills will be enacted in the 2017 session.

While the permitted work is limited in scope, advocates say they're leery after already getting bamboozled by the city and the developers.

Doctors can now prescribe medical marijuana for chronic pain, but some advocates say that is not enough.

Advocates say the stabbing death, allegedly committed by a student who says he was bullied, shows the city is not doing enough.

Domestic violence advocates say the task force, which expired in late 2011 at the end of Steve Levy's administration, brought together police, court and county personnel and domestic violence victims and allowed the group to address problems as they emerged.

But advocates say the figures do not take into account the disparity in local taxes, where poor districts have lower collections of local property taxes.

Advocates say failing bus service is not just an issue of commuting, but also of equity — bus riders earn about 30 percent less than their subway counterparts, according to the city comptroller's office, and tend to be primarily immigrants and minorities.

Advocates say they prevent overdose deaths.

Advocates say some of the biggest obstacles to protecting the future of the Adirondack Park are Trump Administration policy changes and budget cuts.

- Lawmakers are also discussing a provision that would strip gun owners of their firearms if convicted of domestic violence, tightening what gun control advocates say are loopholes in the state and federal law.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a federally funded program on Sept. 6, promising free meals for all NYC students, but Jewish advocates say 30,000 students in yeshivas aren't getting the free meals because none of the food is certified kosher.

Lobbyists and advocates say it can be easier to slide provisions through the Legislature by inserting them into budget bills, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo has increasingly used the budget — where he has greater authority to draft language — to highlight the policies of his choosing.

Advocates say the city will need 25,000 units of supportive housing over the next 10 to 15 years.

In 2016, for example, only 15 of the 977 cases that tenants lodged were decided in their favor — a fact advocates say illustrates the need for stricter laws.

Lawmakers and advocates say the tax — which charges drug companies 2 cents per milligram of opioid - based medications at the first point of sale — will likely be absorbed by consumers in the form of higher insurance premiums and co-pays.

Now Governor Cuomo is being urged to support what advocates say is the «most ambitious climate legislation in the country» — the Climate and Community Protection Act.

And business advocates say they haven't seen anything of note such as workers» compensation reform or regulatory concessions — to make up for that since.

Comptroller Finds Problems with Homeless Shelters as Advocates Say 1 Year of Funding is Not Enough

And business advocates say they haven't seen anything of note such as workers»

The vast majority of perpetrators, advocates say, are family members.

The Norwood News filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request for all documentation related to the contamination, which advocates say should have been discovered by the Parks Department before construction even began.

Advocates say the passage of A02005 would be a triumph for tenants since it would also restore to rent regulation some apartments that had been decontrolled.

And while the tax cap has exemptions for higher pension costs and other unique expenses, advocates say that's not enough.

The current limit of around $ 100,000 for all campaigns per year makes it easier for large donors to influence policy, reform advocates say.

Politics trumped science, qualifying illnesses not yet clear, costs will be high, reform advocates say

Advocates say it would cost less than a dollar a week.

Advocates say medical marijuana — not recreational use — could be approved soon in New York.

Patient advocates say Cuomo's aides told them the governor would consider the Gottfried - Savino bill to permit wider use of medical marijuana if it were passed by both houses of the legislature and came to his desk.

The loss means the Legislature continues to have sole discretion over school funding, but public school advocates say they aren't ready to give up yet.

Early childhood education advocates say they are going to do a major push for pre-k funding at the state level when Indiana lawmakers return in...

Good government advocates say that while closing the LLC loophole would be relatively straightforward, changing the way political action committees and party organizations operate would be a far deeper, complex structural change in New York's politics.

Good government advocates say this shows the shortcomings of the state's conflict of interest rules.

Early childhood education advocates say they are going to do a major push for pre-k funding at the state level when Indiana lawmakers return in January.

Abuse advocates say the recent spate of high - profie sexual harassment scandals should spur action on the Child Victims Act in New York.

Good - government advocates say Cuomo's campaign to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 has blurred the lines between lobbying and governing.

In his fight against the homelessness crisis, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to add 300 beds in shelters for older teenagers, a group advocates say is underserved, with 100 new beds a year over the next three years.

But some advocates say there are extra steps they'd like to see him take.

But advocates say it's still not enough, especially in New York's larger, more expensive cities.

That's a common complaint in Albany, but this year good - government advocates say the process has lacked more sunlight than in previous cycles.

Bump stocks, used in the Las Vegas mass shooting, could be banned if Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie get their way, but gun rights advocates say they'll pressure the GOPO - controlled state Senate to defeat the bill.

The airline industry's cost - cutting «race to the bottom» continues, safety advocates say, despite the passage of a broad - ranging aviation safety law in wake of the Flight 3407 Clarence crash three years ago.

Net neutrality advocates say they're also launching a day of action Wednesday focused o...

Meanwhile, good government advocates say the confusion during yesterday's primary voting suggested the state's voter registration laws should be expanded to make it easier to register to vote.

Gun - rights advocates say the watch list is flawed and could inadvertently include law - abiding people.