Sentences with phrase «as legislators see»

Today, as legislators see it, dual enrollment offers something for everyone: academic enrichment for kids who have maxed out the honors and accelerated classes their schools offer; a glimpse of college rigor for high school laggards; and a leg up on a career for those who enroll in trade programs.

My guess is the NJEA is making an enormous mistake, that Sweeney will win, and that Murphy will emerge weakened as legislators see that he refused to throw a fellow Democrat a life - preserver in his hour of need.

Not exact matches

As we have seen during prior tax reform efforts throughout US history, there are likely to be some impacts of this tax plan that legislators could not predict.

As legislators grow weary of culture wars along with their constituents, «you're going to see the states respond to it whether the feds are going to or not.»

Input your information to see how the change would affect your schools, then share your results with all interested stakeholders, such as state and federal legislators, school board members and superintendents.

Or maybe, it's a smart way to suggest to your supporters that you DO N'T just see them as ATMs with legs, and that you might have some potential to be a informed, intelligent legislator.

«As a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.&raquAs a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.&raquas up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.»

The image of Gov. Andrew Cuomo lifting Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie virtually on to his toes following a two - way deal on ethics legislation was seen by some legislators as demeaning and disrespectful.

This is generally the rule in other democracies as well, but their legislators are free to introduce exceptions to the process in whatever manner they see fit.

Dicker's report, along with a Daily News report that Independent Democratic Conference head Jeff Klein might support a new tax to fund pre-kindergarten, were seen as shots at Cuomo, in an ongoing feud with legislators that started last week.

Some state legislators and environmental advocates see it as a chance to make sure oil and gas wastes from hydraulic fracturing in neighboring states like Pennsylvania stay out of wastewater plants and landfills.

We look forward to seeing Metzger thriving as a smart, progressive legislator and an embodiment of the model that WFP hopes to replicate all over the state.»

«As citizens meet Mr. Gieseke and see his leadership skills, they will find him to be a high caliber candidate that can serve the District well and has the experience to bring legislators together to solve problems.»

What worries county legislators, and anybody else who sees the Nevele project as the best hope for chronically depressed Wawarsing, is that the initiative may be fatally tainted by revelations of Treanor's misconduct.

It's the best deal I've seen as a legislator in 33 years.»

«I told him that I thought he had an outstanding career as a legislator, that we needed him badly in our city and state delegation, and I saw unlimited opportunities for him,» Rangel said in an interview.

As we have seen in the case of Barclays, and News International, the culture set from the top matters, and it matters that in a modern society we don't have unelected legislators sitting unaccountably in a golden palace.

It was neither a surprise nor a shock that freshman alderman Lynn Eckert trounced 20 - year Kingston legislator Pete Loughran in what many saw as an old - Kingston - versus - new - Kingston matchup.

The company does work with the New York government, but Bruno doesn't see that as a problem, as all of their contracts are achieved through public bidding and state legislators are legally barred only from lobbying after retirement from office, not from taking other types of jobs.

«I think there are enough county legislators who don't see Kingston as a priority who would make things much more difficult than the deal we have now,» said Carey.

«For state legislators, it is much harder to raise taxes on income or sales or cut spending on education or other vital services, while legalizing and expanding gambling is seen as a relatively easy and painless source of revenue and job growth,» said Lucy Dadayan, the Rockefeller analyst who wrote the report.

Republican legislators seen as targets for «yes» votes include Sens. Roy McDonald of Saratoga, Greg Ball of the Hudson Valley, Jim Alesi of Monroe County and Mark Grisanti of Buffalo.

McLaughlin's evident focus on local employment as a candidate and legislator notwithstanding — a 2014 Times Union story observed that she «has fought for jobs access for those in the city's minority communities» — it remains to be seen if this commitment will translate to votes in the Democratic primary, the city's de facto general election.

The cornerstone of that argument, and the way Cuomo sees himself as different and potentially more viable than more obvious 2020 prospects like Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown or even home - state Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has always been that Cuomo gets done what other politicians — usually legislators — simply talk about.

The issues with pot holes in my district this year are among the worst I've seen during my time as a county legislator.

Republican Ronk, perhaps piqued at being seen «by some legislators» as a patsy for the Democratic chief executive, spun it into a virtue.

I have seen many other examples of this type of cooperation in my role as county legislator.

Susan Lerner, the executive director of Common Cause, said she would like to see an end to the practice of treating LLCs as independent entities for purposes of campaign finance laws, a ban or else «absolute transparency» for legislators» side jobs and an end to pots of discretionary funding that lawmakers can direct.

ALBANY — As the Capitol waits to see what the anti-corruption Moreland Commission turns up in its preliminary report, state legislators have escalated their involvement in a legal challenge to the commission's subpoenas, court filings show.

Most legislators are convinced by Cuomo's efforts on paid family leave and they see the inclusion of it in his budget and the way he rolled out the issue in the State of the State as a sign of steadfast commitment.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

But legislators, already sour on Cuomo after a failed special session and aborted pay raise, as well as the rollout of his State of the State message and budget presentation, see the move as an unnecessary encroachment.

Madison County legislators decided late last month to wait and see what New York state does, as any laws or regulations the state adopts would preempt a local law, officials said.

Many advocates and legislators see the budget as the best place to negotiate Raise the Age because Cuomo has the most leverage during negotiations.

We should not be voting on a $ 291 million proposal until we see all the details and do our due diligence as legislators,» said Senator Len Fasano, a deputy leader.

Nevertheless, it's safe to say that Albany experience hasn't been seen as an asset at the voting booth when legislators seek to move to the federal level.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who in 2015 became the first black legislator to head the chamber, said before Obama's election in 2008, he didn't know if he'd ever see a black person elected as president in his lifetime.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

Krueger said she is disappointed by what she sees as an attitude held by many legislators that there is nothing wrong with the status quo.

Conners presented the county's fiscal figures for 2017 to legislators prior to their regular meeting on Monday, highlighting some of the successes the county saw as well as looking to future items lawmakers could pursue to help save taxpayers money.

Legislators on both sides of the aisle in the U.S. House of Representatives say they love science, which is seen as engine for innovation and economic growth.

As a result, successive governors, legislators, and state superintendents often had limited interest in seeing them through.

He is an alumnus of the school who has seen and participated in education from numerous vantage points, including as a teacher, a principal, as part of President Obama's transition team, and as a state legislator.

Parents from Bridgeport, New Haven and Hartford stood on the steps of the Capitol in Hartford Monday morning to call attention to charter and magnet school state funding discrepancies they see as unfair to their children.The group asked legislators to...

The result was that school officials were able to pare down the opening bids for new school construction from $ 433 to $ 300 per square foot, an important development as the city tried to make the case to state legislators that it deserved billions of dollars more each year as part of a school funding adequacy lawsuit (see Hanushek, «Pseudo-Science»).

Johnson sees the portrayal by Patrick and others of a dysfunctional public school system as a rhetorical ploy to advance narrow private interests, and he hopes that the Senate can keep the bill from coming to a vote where legislators can be pressured into a «for us or against us» position on school choice.

So isn't it time that parents across the state ask some pointed questions of their legislators, the ones whose votes are seen as a big step toward dismantling our public schools?

«My students deserve to have the same opportunities as students from other districts — now it is up to our state legislators to see that they do.»

As I learned from last year's NCSL Legislative Summit (see my takeaways here), state legislators are eager to receive input from teacher educators.

The key document in framing the crisis this time was the Coleman Report, which highlighted the ways in which educational inputs did not translate into educational outputs and thus motivated legislators to see schooling as a production function that needed to be made more efficient.