Sentences with phrase «as state legislators called»

Port Authority officials and developers are trying to slip»n' slide away from blame for water leaks inside Ground Zero's $ 4 billion transit hub, as state legislators called for an investigation into the cause.

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One of the Parkland school shooting survivors is calling on tourists to boycott the State of Florida for spring break as a way to get legislators» attention focused on gun control.

A series of local events highlighting legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions is being held around the state this week and next as part of a build - up to the formal launch of a new coalition called Fair Elections for New York on April 17.

Also at 10:30 a.m., elected officials, wineries and Finger Lakes residents call on Cuomo to reject Circular enerG's trash incinerator proposal and urge legislators to pass bi-partisan bills that would support Home Rule in the state expedited power plant siting process, known as Article 10, LCA Room, (130), LOB, Albany.

Legislators Ed Rath, Lynne Dixon, Kevin Hardwick and John Mills are sponsors of a resolution calling on state lawmakers to add U-47700 (known as «Pink») to the New York State list of controlled substastate lawmakers to add U-47700 (known as «Pink») to the New York State list of controlled substaState list of controlled substances.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

Last week, Suffolk County legislators called on the state Senate to support raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18, except for certain serious crimes such as murder and some violent felonies.

Governor Cuomo is now calling for an independent investigation by the state's ethics board, and one of the legislators named in the scandals, Assemblyman Vito Lopez, has decided not to seek re election as Brooklyn Democratic Party leader.

«There's no question that the Trump administration's policies are meant to damage progressive states such as ours,» Mulgrew told the assembled legislators, calling for a $ 1.5 billion investment in state education aid and «a state budget that protects our children and public schools.»

[67] Paladino has proposed the use of repeatedly calling special sessions to pressure uncooperative legislators into passing his legislation, much as governor Paterson did during the 2009 New York State Senate leadership crisis and the 2010 budget negotiations.

Gathered at the United Palace Theater palace on 175th Street in Washington Heights last week, Luna and many of Upper Manhattan's other most prominent leaders called on state legislators in Albany to recognize the changes as they redraw the state's congressional lines ahead of the 2012 election.

A host of questions have popped up in New York of late as controversy swirls over corruption in Albany and the pay of state legislators - with some, like Schneiderman, calling for pay increases in order to help prevent corruption.

Law professor Marci Hamilton (at mic) at the state capital in Albany as part of a two - day lobbying effort calling on legislators to pass the Child Victims Act.

rang out as they waved blue towels, blew yellow whistles and called on state legislators to hold the line against the governor's attacks on state services and pensions.

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...

Even as NEA and AFT affiliates rallied rank - and - file members to the state capital in order to remind legislators that they will attempt to make them pay for opposing the union's will, Parent Power groups such as Black Alliance for Educational Options rallied members to call state senators and made clear that families would no longer sit on the sidelines.

As teachers around the state are writing, emailing, and calling their legislators, asking them to pass a bill to permanently decouple SBAC from their evaluations, the committee that advises the State Board of Education on educator evaluations is still meeting to discuss revisions to other parts of the evaluation guidelstate are writing, emailing, and calling their legislators, asking them to pass a bill to permanently decouple SBAC from their evaluations, the committee that advises the State Board of Education on educator evaluations is still meeting to discuss revisions to other parts of the evaluation guidelState Board of Education on educator evaluations is still meeting to discuss revisions to other parts of the evaluation guidelines.

Legislators cited the great recession as a dire example of why young people should learn how to handle their finances responsibly before they are in over their heads in debt when it called on the Washington Department of Education to integrate financial education skills and content knowledge into the state learning standards.

Use e-mail, snail mail and phone calls to let your Legislators know that, as a constituent, you support the proposed rules of the Oklahoma State Board of Commercial Pet Breeders specifically and animal welfare efforts generally.

Email or Call your State legislators, introduce yourself as a constituent, and ask them to support these and other humane bills.

Less than a week after the supreme court struck down a civil justice reform measure known as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009, some state legislators called for a study of term limits for appellate judges.

One of the Parkland school shooting survivors is calling on tourists to boycott the State of Florida for spring break as a way to get legislators» attention focused on gun control.

The students also formed an organization called Never Again MSD, leading peaceful demonstrations at the Florida Capitol and the White House, as well as meetings with state legislators.

More than 140,000 letters were sent to state legislators and calls flooded the governor's office as Planned Parenthood supporters spoke out against the pending legislation.