Sentences with phrase «as elected officials including»

Schneiderman has so far won endorsements from labor unions 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare East and 32BJ, as well as elected officials including U.S. Reps. Jerry Nadler, Charles Rangel and Jose Serrano, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

The bipartisan breakfast table featured several community leaders as well as elected officials including Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore), Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island)

Not exact matches

The hotel lease includes a standard GSA provision barring members of Congress or other elected federal officials - such as the president - from having any part of it.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

Along with fellow Commissioner Michael Scott, a host of elected officials and invited guests, the tandem took aim at critics, including some media members who have characterized the proposed park as being Mayor Richard Daley's multi-million dollar playground, and have claimed the Northerly Island project is being pushed forward at the expense of several neighborhood parks that have fallen into disrepair.

NYSUT had never been big fans of King to begin with, having passed a vote of no - confidence in his tenure as commissioner, including knocking the roll out of the Common Core education standards, which education observers and elected officials had said was was flawed.

Mr Awah, at the ongoing AASU Delegates Congress in Khartoum, Sudan has fraudulently chosen his friends and cronies as official representatives of national student unions across Africa including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone among others for the purposes of electing his friends into office as his tenure as Secretary General of the continental student body ends this weekend.

It is also among four amendments Cuomo has proposed as concurrent resolutions with the budget plan, including the adoption of same - day voter registration, limiting the outside of state lawmakers and term limits for elected officials.

The questioner (who happened to be a YNN videographer) then asked Gillibrand if she thought women should be offended by Eliot Spitzer's candidacy for New York City comptroller, as some of her fellow female elected officials have suggested — including NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but she had a political motive in seeking to link Spitzer and Weiner together in hopes of tarring the former congressman, who is one of her rivals in the mayor's race.

Two days later, the newly - minted governor held a press conference to announce his transition team, which included no lobbyists or elected officials to, as he put it, «maintain the public's confidence» in the process of transferring power from the Pataki administration to the Spitzer administration.

Superdelegates are party insiders of all sorts — they include state and national elected officials, as well as Democratic National Committee members.

DOWNTOWN — Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and his successor as attorney general Eric Schneiderman are planning a comprehensive ethics reform agenda that will likely include an independent ethics watchdog and an independent prosecutor, Cuomo said after the pair's first official meeting Friday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo introduced a five - pronged package in January that included these reforms as part of his 2018 State of the State agenda, and the organizations were led to believe they would be part of the state's finalized budget after months of discussions with elected officials, a spokesman for the Legal Aid Society said.

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

● Prohibit any former high level federal employees — including elected officials — from ever working as a foreign lobbyist.

Rice has the support of the more conservative elected officials including the democratic leaders of Queens, Brooklyn, Nassau and Suffolk as well as considerable support among those who are «tough on crime» including the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association.

But in a 2016 ruling in a Virginia case, the high court said «official acts» by an elected official had to include specific use of government power, rather than acts that could be perceived as «constituent services.»

Neighborhood organization presidents like Warren Schreiber and Devon O» Connor including CB11 Chair Jerry Iannece, as well as every elected official from Congresswoman Grace Meng to District Leader Mary Ann Dorsa (including the entire Queens County Democratic Organization) have all endorsed Paul Vallone as the best choice for District 19.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by elected officials and members of the business community as he signed his 18th Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers shall include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

As such, I was recently joined by elected officials and members of the business and labor community to sign my eighteenth Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers must include requirements to employ local workers.

A number of black elected officials» names had been circulating as potential No. 2s for Cuomo, including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, whose local troubles were deemed too toxic for the AG's reform platform; and Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is well - regarded but lacks executive experience and isn't considered a heavy hitter.

As elected officials struggle to address the ongoing opioid crisis, one of the more controversial proposals has been legal injection sites, where addicts would have access to clean needles, medical staff, and a variety of information and services — including treatment options.

What started as a constituency of one with Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy grew last week to include elected officials and party leaders from the county next door, Genesee, with Sen. Mike Ranzenhofer becoming the first senator to break with the minority conference and endorse Paladino over Lazio.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

I believe policy can be advanced most effectively when an elected official works with all groups that can be affected and who stand for justice — I would include people with disabilities at the table when crafting legislation that I sponsor or co-sponsor, as they would represent the largest minority group in the U.S.

The working group is expected to include members of the 75MCA, the District 2 Community Education Council and CB 2, as well as representatives for local elected officials.

Quigley joined with a number of local northern Manhattan elected officials, including New York State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez and New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark - Viverito, community leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon reception.

It would include all elected officials at all levels of government, from the state down to villages, as well as slews of appointed officials.

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.

«Themed as a traveling sideshow, 15 state - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release states.

The letter hews more or less to the same script as previous missives sent by elected officials — including AG Andrew Cuomo — noting the plant's closure is harming not only the 305 workers involved, but also the economy of the entire region.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

Best known in the political world as «KPK», Keogh has worked behind the scenes for a number of Democratic elected officials, including: Former NYC Councilman Sal Albanese, former Council speaker and mayoral / gubernatorial contender Peter F. Vallone and Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings.

The ad also include Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Traficant and William Jefferson - but it's a sign of New York's status over the past two years as a Babylon for politicians that three of its elected officials are featured.

Mr. Cuomo's behavior, including deceiving the public as to the workings of the Commission, falls far short of the minimum ethical standards for the highest elected official in our state.

Katz and his allies — including elected officials such as then - State Senator Paterson — hung tough against Republican efforts to weaken the bill by excluding gay men and lesbians from protection.

The crowd at Spence's swearing - in included Democratic elected officials such as U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and County Executive Dan McCoy, as well as labor leaders Mario Cilento of the AFL - CIO and Joe Sano of the Organization of Management / Confidential Employees.

The 51 - member council on Feb. 5 is expected to push through a hefty raise package for all elected city officials that could include boosting council members» salaries to as high as $ 150,000, the sources said.

Many top elected officials have already pulled out of the procession over Rivera's inclusion, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Charles Schumer, as have nearly all the major sponsors — including Goya Foods, AT&T, Corona, JetBlue, the Yankees and media outlets Univision and Telemundo.

They will be kicking off the parade in section 4, which includes first responders as well as the most prominent New York Elected Officials and political organizations.

The rally, which was billed as «Don't Steal Possible,» was organized by Families for Excellent Schools (FES) and by elected officials, including Senate Co-Majority Leader Jeff Klein and Assemblymembers Robert Rodríguez and Marcos Crespo.

It stops slightly short of some other elected officials, including Rep. Jerry Nadler and most of the 2013 mayoral candidates, who have called for Lopez's immediate resignation from his Assembly seat and from his post as chairman of the Brooklyn Democratic organization.

This Ombudsman respectfully requests our elected officials, including County Executive Ed Day, Assemblypersons Kenneth Zebrowski and Ellen Jaffee, as well as Senator David Carlucci, to share with our readers the projected costs of removing and replacing the numerous signs needed to re-label the Tappan Zee bridge as the Mario Cuomo bridge.

His remarks came as thousands of people — and elected officials including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio — rallied in Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan, about four miles from Cuomo's office, and marched uptown to demonstrate their opposition to Trump's order.

Police and local elected officials, including Councilwoman Annabel Palma, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and the chair of the local community board stood around waiting on the mayor for 45 minutes as the light faded.

Some elected officials, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and IDC Leader Jeff Klein, have argued in favor of recognizing Columbus Day as a means to honor the contributions of Italian - Americans in history.

«He will also serve as a representative and ambassador to external constituents, including government and elected officials.

Ending the deductions, known as SALT, remain a key sticking point for New York elected officials and other high - tax states that stand to be negatively impacted if the provision is included in the final bill.