Sentences with phrase «appointee of the governor»

JCOPE has been criticized at times for an opaque process and good - government organizations have questioned its effectiveness, given the panel is composed of appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.

The ethics panel is run by appointees of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate leaders, and Silver, the Assembly speaker.

Defying Gov. Andrew Cuomo, lawmakers gave final approval to legislation that would return NYRA to private control after a four - year period in which the organization's board of directors was dominated by appointees of the governor.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

Smart allegedly met with Local Government administrators and other appointees of Governor Bello from the seven LGAs in Kogi West at Riverton Hotel, Lokoja on Tuesday to finalise arrangements for the political rally.

«We continue to believe that the contract review and audit power of the Comptroller should be increased — not supplanted by new appointees of the Governor.

Its structure has been criticized, because appointees of the governor, Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans have the ability to block enforcement actions from proceeding.

They will characterize Dr. Rodriguez as a Republican, even though he is a lifelong Democrat who was recently endorsed by the Los Angeles County Young Democrats and is a trusted appointee of Governor Jerry Brown to the California Commission for Teacher Credentialing.

The commission was first proposed in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 142 billion budget in January and would be composed of appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.

But the proposed Senate board also removes oversight from the Department of Public Instruction — headed by the nonpartisan, statewide elected superintendent of public instruction — instead placing it in the Department of Administration, headed by the handpicked political appointee of the governor.

It was gathered that Senator Smart Adeyemi and appointees of Governor Bello were the brains behind the purported rally.

You're allowing somebody to treat an appointee of the governor in a very disrespectful way.»

In 2011, he served as an appointee of Governor Cuomo to the Judicial Compensation Commission.

Only 8 percent of voters said they trusted the often - maligned Joint Commission on Public Ethics, a lobbying and ethics regulator which has appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.

At the Kaduna meeting, it was learnt that Emir Sanusi accepted his «faults» after the five governors reminded him that he was an appointee of the governor and his palace was being funded with public funds approved by the Governor.

Sugarman is an appointee of the governor, as is Leahy Scott, the inspector general.

One of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» two appointees, Mack will serve on a board chaired by Cornell University President David Skorton, an appointee of the governor.

Things got very testy between Fran Reiter, an appointee of Governor Andrew Cuomo, and James Lack, a former State Senator who is representing the Republican led state Senate on the Commission.

The IG is, of course, an appointee of the governor.

The state Attorney General's Office argued the pay raise commission, which is made up of appointees of the governor, legislative leaders, and the state's chief judge, is legal and that the case should be dismissed.

«If she is the appointee of the governor, I will certainly be supportive of her.

«I have determined there's a good possibility she will be the appointee of the governor,» Silver told the New York Post.

Things got so bad that the Senate approved the ultimate critique: a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing the 15 - member board and making the state superintendent an appointee of the governor.

He previously served as the President of the Board of Governors of the California Community College System, as an appointee of the Governor.

From 2009 — 2012 he served as a Trustee for the State University of New York (SUNY) as an appointee of the Governor.

They are appointees of the Governor and the legislative leaders.

Newark Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Cerf took the helm of the district in 2015 after a tumultuous run by former school superintendent Cami Anderson, an appointee of Governor Chris Christie who stepped down eight months before her contract expired.

From 2007 through 2012 Eggert served as an appointee of Governors» Brown and Schwarzenegger in several senior policy positions including Science and Technology Policy Advisor to the Chair of the Air Resources Board, Commissioner for the California Energy Commission, and Deputy Secretary for Energy Policy of the California Environmental Protection Agency overseeing clean energy and environmental policy development for California.