Sentences with phrase «at making new law»

I am sure there is a legal reason we do not do this, so lets look at making new law that makes life for the majority of instances easier!

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While customers must have a prescription from a doctor to make a purchase, per New York State's medical marijuana laws, anyone over 18 years old can enter the 2,000 square foot store to take a look at the merchandise.
Under the new tax law, companies that make a one - time repatriation of cash will be taxed at a rate of 15.5 percent on cash holdings and 8 percent on nonliquid assets.
According to two sources briefed on parent company 21st Century Fox's outside probe of the Fox News executive, led by New York — based law firm Paul, Weiss, Kelly has told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances toward her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox.
The New York Insurance Law defines a «misrepresentation» as a false statement «as to past or present fact, made to the [insurance company] by, or by the authority of, the applicant for insurance or the prospective insured, at or before the making of the insurance contract as an inducement to the making thereof.»
With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.
We tend to take an all - or - nothing approach when it comes to sexuality, painting with broad brushes across complex people, ignoring nuance and making up a new law, one that — let's be honest — usually puts women at risk of abuse or shame - based rhetoric.
It seems they really have listened to doctors, disabled people and made great note of the number of times it's been debated in Britain and the evidence that has been brought and they say there's no new evidence to change the law at the moment.»
Disposition: Canadian Epicurean Foods refused to settle trademark infringement of our SMOKEY CHIPOTLE trademark as of August 15, 2005 asserting that no claim could be made under Canadian trademark law, however, after admitting in the same conversation that Epicurean Foods sold products to U.S. consumers via the internet and regularly exhibited at the annual International Fancy Food & Confection Show in New York City sampling their product line (in the USA) to procure sales.
New laws allow farm wineries, breweries and cideries to sell any NY - made farm alcoholic beverage by the glass at their production facility or off - site branch store.
When your mother - in - law makes a snide comment about your new hairstyle, your friends book the next appointment at the hair salon to get your same haircut.
At 1 p.m., Hochul, DiNapoli, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as law enforcement officials from across the state, onor 26 police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice at the annual Police Officers» Memorial Remembrance Ceremony, New York State Police Officers» Memorial, Empire State Plaza, AlbanAt 1 p.m., Hochul, DiNapoli, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as law enforcement officials from across the state, onor 26 police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice at the annual Police Officers» Memorial Remembrance Ceremony, New York State Police Officers» Memorial, Empire State Plaza, Albanat the annual Police Officers» Memorial Remembrance Ceremony, New York State Police Officers» Memorial, Empire State Plaza, Albany.
A constitutional convention has at its heart an assembly of citizens charged with making proposals for the basic rules of the political system, e.g., the voting system or the creation of new national or regional law - making bodies.
Guest speakers included: Frank Anechiarico, Maynard - Knox Professor of Government and Law, Hamilton College, author of The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity: How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective; Blair Horner, Executive Director, New York Public Interest Research Group; Zephyr Teachout - Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University, author of Corruption in America; Jimmy Vielkind, POLITICO, New York's Albany Bureau Chief; Moderator: Thomas Bass, Professor of English and Journalism at SUNY Albany
They also say those same statements — made at press conference after Silver's Jan. 22 arrest, during a speech at New York Law School and in a CNBC interview — would ultimately taint any future jury should the case head to trial.
On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.
Whenever the Chairperson of the County Committee by reason of the Rules of the Democratic Party of the State of New York is a member of a District Committee of a political subdivision lying partly within and partly without New York County which is required to make a Party nomination for public office, he or she shall convene a meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County, to be held no later than five days before the last day provided by law for filing a certificate of such Party nomination; he or she shall consult with such District Committee and in carrying out his or her duties as a member of the District Committee for such political subdivision, he or she shall, to the extent feasible, be guided by the advice of a majority of those present and voting at the meeting of the District Committee for the part of such political subdivision within New York County.
The prosecutor, Preet Bharara, speaking at the New York Law School on Friday, castigated how deal - making has long been done in Albany — by «three men in a room» (the governor, the State Assembly speaker and the State Senate majority leader), who work in secret and without accountability to decide most vital issues.
Over the summer, the Department of Motor Vehicles worked with state and local law enforcement to make more than 130 arrests and confiscate more than 60 fake IDs at concerts throughout the state of New York as a part of Operation Prevent, a year - round DMV initiative focused on preventing underage drinking, according to the release.
«At long last, this puts real teeth in New York's labor law,» said Andrew Friedman, co-director of Make the Road New York.
At noon, the Anti-Violence Project, Audre Lorde Project, Make the Road New York, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, GMHC, TransLatina Network and the LGBT Community Center unveil a policy brief outlining major recommendations for government officials in New York City, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
Speaking at the Lagos House in Ikeja, while inaugurating the new board of the Lagos State Law Reform Commission (LSLRC), Ambode said such periodic review was important to him in achieving the goal of creating an enabling environment for investors, entrepreneurs and making Lagos globally competitive.
Also at 11:30 a.m., Bushwick faith leaders, small business owners and residents march and rally through Bushwick to call on Albany to close major loopholes in rent laws that are driving the loss of affordable housing in the neighborhood, Make the Road New York's office, 301 Grove St., Brooklyn.
Although my mother - in - law in her earlier conversations with me on phone, mentioned that the baby had some stuff blocking his nose at birth, she made it seem it was nothing to worry about in order not to stress me up during my journey to New Jersey.
On arrival at JFK Airport, I made my way to New Jersey on a rather costly Uber trip to New Jersey ($ 163) but seeing my pregnant fiancée and ever - fun mother - in - law welcome me with such happiness was worth every cent!
The new law changes criminal statute to ensure suspects convicted of making bomb threats against a community center can, at minimum, face a sentence of up to a year in jail.
They are deeply worried that the new law will result in lay offs at the plant, which makes the Bushmaster automatic weapon used in the Newtown shootings, as well as military guns and hunting rifles.
«Ministers make no apology for bringing in tough new laws and putting the fight against terrorism at the heart of the work of the Home Office.»
At 9 a.m., NYC Councilman Mark Treyger, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein and other elected officials unveil new legislation that would make it explicitly illegal for law enforcement officials to have any sexual contact with someone in their custody, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and local level affecting New York's LGBT community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation, legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.
Please call Governor Cuomo at 518-474-8390 and remind him to keep his promise for a New York statewide solution by making sure that S7760 / A9953 the Carryout Bag Waste Reduction bill become the law for New York State.
REBNY has traditionally focused its lobbying efforts — and dollars — on candidates for state office rather than in New York City, for two main reasons, Lerner said: First, the city's relatively stringent campaign finance laws have historically made it harder for special interest groups to gain as much influence here; and second, although many key issues — such as 421a tax abatements — affect only New York City, they are decided at the state level.
At a meeting in September, the chairman of the location board, Kevin Law, said that Atlantic City's decline was one of many factors the state considered as it reviewed the bidders» applications, and that deciding whether or not to grant a license in Orange County — close to New York City — was the «biggest challenge» the state faced in the decision - making process.
«As we are reminded today, those who make the laws don't have the right to break the laws,» Richard Frankel, the special agent in charge of the Criminal Division of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said at the news conference.
Using the name of her law firm and a different address (Kettner & Kettner at 270 North Avenue) Susan Kettner made a $ 125.00 campaign contribution to Latimer for Assembly, the campaign fund for New York State Assemblyman George Latimer, on April 16, 2010.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats say few of the proposed new laws it contains will make it on to the statute books before Parliament has to be dissolved for a general election, which must happen by June at the latest.
Mr. Cuomo made his demand at a meeting with Working Families officials on Tuesday and suggested that he would not even consider accepting the party's endorsement unless they agreed to using placeholders, who under the state's arcane election laws could be swapped for new candidates after the primary.
With the Government of Wales Bill bestowing new law - making powers on the Assembly there is perhaps more at stake than in 2003 and 1999, it is good timing that we put forward what is unquestionably the strongest line - up of candidates we have ever fielded for the Assembly elections.
The Senate wants to give NSF $ 750,000 so that the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) can study the impact of the new criteria, which help legislators measure if NSF is meeting a 1993 law aimed at making sure agencies spend tax dollars wisely.
The registration and other requirements could make the «cost of complying or the risk of violating the law too high» for universities to operate effectively in China, according to Carl Minzner, a law professor at Fordham University in New York City and an expert on Chinese law, as quoted at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
To see if the new law has made a difference, Salah Rasheed at Sohag University in Egypt, a member of Bedaiwy's team, asked 4150 girls and women aged between 5 and 25 years if and when they had undergone FGM.
On Tuesday, the National Assembly approved a new law that aims to simplify the national landscape for research and higher education and make it more efficient, better able to address societal and economic challenges, and more competitive at the European level.
Making all deforestation «illegal» «The Wilmar commitment sets a new global standard for industry and creates new constituencies in forest countries among the private sector for improved land - use policies and improved law enforcement,» said Frances Seymour, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and an expert in forest policy.
Rowan Freeland, an intellectual property partner at the law firm Simmons & Simmons, which mostly represents life science companies, says that the new court may also make European patents stronger by making them cheaper to enforce.
Talking to fans and reading reviews, I seem to be in the minority on this, but I continue to think that Law made a strategic mistake in pushing these new characters at us so soon after the introduction of the lawyers played by Amanda Donohoe, John Spencer, and Cecil Hoffmann last season.
To its great credit, «Motley's Law,» a new documentary film making its North American premiere at the 51st Chicago International Film Festival, exudes much of those four essential qualities of a good documentary.
Adult Swim's iconic animated comedy «Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law» is set to make a comeback with a new half - hour animated special to be produced and air this Fall, eleven years after the original series wrapped its run in 2007.
Here again, one finds Scalia willing to abandon originalism not to follow precedent but to break from it (or at least to make new law).
On top of his own policies, Trump will also have to deal with education - related decisions made under President Barack Obama, including the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act — the new federal law set to replace No Child Left Behind at the beginning of next school year.
Furthermore, any new law will undoubtedly be challenged in court, making it improbable that any voucher plan will be implemented by fall 2005, if at all.
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