Sentences with phrase «back against the council»

Monroe also pushed back against the council's determination that the Adirondack Park will be threatened if portions of the Boreas Ponds Tract may be classified as something other than Wilderness.

Not exact matches

Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director who announced his resignation on Tuesday after failing to persuade Trump against the tariffs, stood in the back of the room.

The National Chicken Council has started to push back against criticisms, releasing a study this week that called out the increased environmental impact of slower - growth chickens.

In addition, the Governing Council announced it would purchase asset - backed securities with underlying assets consisting of claims against the euro area non-financial private sector and euro - denominated covered bonds issued by monetary financial institutions (MFIs) domiciled in the euro area.

Both companies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars so far this year alone: Uber fought back against a New York City Council proposal the company believed would have hindered its growth in the five boroughs.

The high court has backed moves by Camden council to fine anyone busking without a licence up to # 1,000, despite a high profile campaign against the policy from comedians Mark Thomas and Bill Bailey and musician Billy Bragg.

Allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office — including former Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy now at the Rochester Business Council — in recent days have pushed back against the proposal, as have his critics in the business community.

A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.

It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the Board's $ 450 million lawsuit against Lou Ciminelli, for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.

Seven candidates who are seeking to be the next NYC Council speaker have formed a united front against the candidacy of ex-con Hiram Monserrate, a former state senator, backing his opponent, Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya.

In her final State of the City address, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito decried Trump's policies and promised that city lawmakers would strike back against federal immigration policies and guarantee women free birth control that the GOP has promised to restrict.

«It is certainly not an illustration of courage or leadership on the part of the council members, legislators, mayor or county executive, who have joined in the chorus of racist and incompetent Board of Ed members seeking my removal, so as to push back on me to not disclose their culpability in rigging the recent teacher's contract, or their complicity in trying to unfairly settling the board's $ 450 million lawsuit against (developer) Lou Ciminelli for fleecing the citizens and children of Buffalo.

In the 2009 elections, the union was part of an alliance that included the WFP and SEIU 1199 that successfully backed a host of insurgent NYC Council primary candidates against a slate of party - backed candidates.

«I disagree with the suggestion by the EU's high representative Federica Mogherini that «no migrants» intercepted at sea should be «sent back against their will,» the Home Secretary said in an article for the Times, referring to a speech Ms Mogherini made at the UN Security Council.

Last week, Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn (D - Ward 1) sent an official communication calling for Rea's reinstatement with full back pay in exchange for Rea's agreeing to drop further legal action against the city.

Second ward Common Council member Vivian Kornegay has decided against seeking re-election and is backing Mark Johnson as her successor.

The race has become something of a proxy war for the fight over the online rental site Airbnb, with the company funding advertising against Serino and an independent expenditure campaign backed by the Hotel Trades Council and the Real Estate Board of New York running commercials critical of Gipson.

A coalition of business entities ranging from the Business Council to Unshackle Upstate are pushing back against an effort to include a prevailing wage component in the renewal of the 421a tax abatement.

Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.

He's running for a City Council seat in Northern Queens and facing off against Assemblyman Francisco Moya, who is being backed by the powerful Democratic County machine.

When asked about times they had bucked their respective parties, Weprin said he had spoken out publicly against Obama's stance that Israel go back to its pre-1967 borders as part of the Middle East peace process and that he stood up to Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) on term limits and congestion pricing.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has reportedly backed out of a fund - raiser for Congressman Michael McMahon after he voted against the health care reform bill last week.

As elected officials like Mr. de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito rushed to loudly back Mr. Cuomo's re-election bid against insurgent left - wing challenger Zephyr Teachout, Ms. James was silent.

The Real Estate Board of New York, which raised $ 750,000 from business leaders last year to back mostly GOPers against WFPers in City Council races, just hired Bloomberg administration veteran James Whelan for a similar push this year against WFP - backed Senate candidates.

But she felt that his decision to veto the bill was «something that we pushed back against» and said that it was «irresponsible» for the governor to claim the Council's passage of the measure was «flawed.»

Gayle Meyers, with Statewide Senior Action Council, says her group often gets calls from people who have filed complaints to the health department against nursing homes, and never hear anything back.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton offered an aggressive defense of his police department this morning — ripping the city comptroller for calling city crime statistics «politicized,» pushing back against City Council reform efforts and knocking «headlines that misinform» during a morning address to the Association for a Better New York.

Running with support from the city's Democratic Committee, Noble led the progressive «One Kingston» coalition in a primary fight against Gallo - backed council candidates in an intra-party civil war.

At one point, he backed Liberal Democrat local council candidates against Labour in Hull, to the anger of local Conservatives.

Hundreds of building service workers gathered near City Hall on Wed, Mar. 2, asking the City Council to update an existing law to increase their job security, and help them fight back against property owners who attempt to drive down wages.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

A member of the National Security Council staff also pushed back against the senior official's assessment of the Hollande call.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton testified at a City Council hearing on the matter Monday morning, where he pushed back against nine police reform bills.

Melissa Mark - Viverito, the City Council speaker and a proud Democrat, is striking back against a pair of Staten Island Republicans who knocked her as a «socialist» to the «left of Mao» at a recent campaign rally.

Stung by Carl Paladino's below - the - belt attacks, an angry Andrew Cuomo summoned his war council on Monday to figure out how to fight back against his slash - and - burn GOP rival.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Alliance for a Better Utah pushes back against the Utah Technology Council for its State Board of Education endorsements.

PATTI DONEGAN»S letter focused on the problem of puppy mills, backyard breeders and dog brokers.Florida Statute 585.195 states each dog offered for sale shall be inoculated against canine disease prior to sale.Florida Statute 823.15 requires sterilization of dogs and cats released from an animal shelter or humane society.The problem in Orange County is the lack of enforcement of these laws, and the need to extend sterilization requirements to back - yard breeders.The public can become involved by encouraging the county commission and city councils to enforce the rules and regulations presently on the books, until a countywide ordinance can be made law that protects the needs of the consumer and the lives of the animals.

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), represented by Lisa B. Nelson, was among 22 groups represented in a «Coalition» open letter pushing back against what the Heartland Institute describes as an «affront to free speech.»

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed two lawsuits against the EPA this week for failing to enforce the Clean Water Act against stormwater polluters along Dominguez Channel and Los Cerritos Channel in Los Angeles, CA and the Back River in Baltimore, MD..

ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is an example where even some RINOs and Tea Party members are pushing back against ALEC's «cookie cutter drafted legislation» (one size fits all) to push back and even eliminate renewable energy efforts.

Mr. Gary Zalepa Jr., is / was running for CREA Director at Large with two years under his belt already and holding the esteemed position of MLS Technology Council Chair — ergo his back being raised to any protestation against CREA.