Sentences with phrase «as public interest groups»

Business interests and organized groups, such as public interest groups, have the resources to keep controversy alive.

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Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

Interested customers are often non-profits or public sector groups, such as municipalities, Baudendistel said.

Microsoft (msft) joining the CNCF is also interesting because it leaves Amazon (amzn), the largest player in the booming public cloud market, as the only major cloud computing player not in the group.

«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groupAs such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groupas a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

But during the firwt years of television, organized groups could scarcely expect to achieve any results at all, because the Federal Communications Commission refused to recognize representatives of the public as «parties of interest» in license procedings.

For example, as the result of law suits instituted by public - interest groups, the courts held that whenever broadcasters present a particular point of view on a matter of public importance, they also must provide opportunities for opposing viewpoints to be presented.

Hence their worship services and other «religious» activities have frequently been transformed as if they were means of upholding the morale of a group in society whose special interest is the maintenance of the ideal and program of the good life in the public affairs of the day.

Often we, as religious groups, have put our institutional self interest above the public interest.

So long as deregulation is in effect, local public interest groups who have difficulty getting stations to meet their demands for reasonable reform should consider petitioning the FCC to deny the license of the station.

If this arrangement had been established twenty years ago, as some public interest and church groups urged, today we would have much more diverse programming on cable.

The larger worry for Lammers» and it is a worry worth pondering» is that religious voices in public may be heard simply as another «interest group.»

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

According to him, anyone or group intending to carry our any public protest or procession should in the interest of the public shelve such plan as the Nigeria Police Force would not standby idly and watch the peace enjoyed by the citizen of the state truncated.

On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70...

«We think New York can go further,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who described Cuomo's legislation as a «positive first step.»

«As many of you know, I ran a public interest group that worked for many of the Giuliani policies that turned this city around — like the crackdown on porn shops and squeegee men — and I don't want to turn back the clock.»

«Our view is that the government should, as the normal course of business, put contracts out to bid,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit government watchdog organization.

We exchange information and advocate for evidence - based alcohol policy as active members of alliances and forums for public interest groups

Sikora, who moved to Brooklyn in 1997, spoke of his experience with the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG); with Consumers Union; and as an organizer for the Communication Workers of America.

«It's particularly brazen and disturbing that Assemblyman Blake today announced that he will now serve private interests as a political consultant as well as attempting to serve the public interest,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of the good government group Common Cause NY.

«Our concern is that [Harris] can't devote her full - time attention to her job as deputy mayor,» said Gene Russianoff, a senior lawyer for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The paper cited recent reports by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) as evidence of the outsized influence that Albany lobbyists currently enjoy.

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

Common Cause and a coalition of reform groups, including the League of Women Voters, the New York Public Interest Research Group, and Reinvent Albany recommend reinstating the state Comptroller's role as a watchdog over state contractors.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play cupublic financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play cuPublic Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

«New York ranks consistently as one of the nation's worst in terms of voter participation, driven by state laws that create obstacles to voting,» said Megan Ahearn, program director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, «Much of the rest of the nation has developed practices that improve voter turnout.

Last week, in fact, the New York Public Interest Research Group ranked the coalition between 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association as by far the biggest - spending lobby in Albany.

«The end of session is affectionately known as Whac - a-Mole season,» said Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a consumer and environmental watchdog gGroup, a consumer and environmental watchdog groupgroup.

«Independent expenditures tend not to be particularly as big in New York as say the LLC Loophole or housekeeping accounts,» said Blair Horner of The New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to political party accounts not subject to the same campaign finance limits as candidate campaigns.

«The early voting just modernizes voting to be in the same sort of system as the rest of society,» said Blair Horner, with New York Public Interest Research Group.

Advocacy organizations such as Citizens Union and New York Public Interest Research Group have recommended that contributions bundled by lobbyists should not be eligible for matching funds.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

REBNY is every bit a «special interest» group as he claims public unions are.

As promised, the New York Public Interest Research Group has submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of the lawsuit that challenges the wording of the ballot proposal on casino expansion that voters will be asked to decide on Election Day next month.

The good - government groups in Albany took note, as New York Public Interest Research Group executive director Blair Horner tells WAMC's Ian Pickus.

«This governor has fancied himself as a sort of fiscal hawk but willing to deal with other issues from a more moderate or liberal perspective,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, citing Mr. Cuomo's conservative - minded moves, like the property tax cap, and his more progressive policies, like same - sex marriage.

«At the highest levels of government, people viewed economic development and energy policies as a gold rush,» said Blair Horner, the longtime legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play cupublic financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play cuPublic Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

«Certainly discussion of pay increases for judges creates an environment that is as positive as it can be for the Legislature,» said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Disclosure: Having met with the governor in my previous capacity as a government reform lobbyist with the New York Public Interest Research Group, my name appears on the schedules on four occasions, placing me in a tie for 66th among non-government officials.

New York Public Interest Research Group Legislative Director Blair Horner in a statement also reiterated the call for easier voter registration, including same - day enrollment as well as an end to patronage posts at boards of elections around the state.

While Hawkins is not an accountant and has never completed an audit, something he admits, Hawkins said he sees the auditor's office as a «public interest research group for the people of the city.»

New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a collation of labor unions, community organizations, and the variety of public interest groups such as Citizens Action of New York.

Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who has repeatedly criticized what he sees as a lack of independence for JCOPE, said that Sugarman's BOE work will inevitably be judged by her connections to the governor, whether those connections motivate her or not.

Bill Mahoney, research coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that if New York's corporate contribution overall limit is lifted, «All corporations will now be treated as LLCs already are, creating a massive new loophole in the state's already porous campaign finance system.»

Blair Horner, of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said that the law has served as a distraction in a year when Albany has been rocked by the conviction of two former legislative leaders and a federal investigation into Cuomo's economic development projects.

The New York Public Interest Research Group in November sent a letter asking for a formal opinion from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as to whether political parties should be considered lobbyists under state law.