Sentences with phrase «by appointees of the governor»

Defying Gov. Andrew Cuomo, lawmakers gave final approval to legislation that would return NYRA to private control after a four - year period in which the organization's board of directors was dominated by appointees of the governor.

The ethics panel is run by appointees of Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate leaders, and Silver, the Assembly speaker.

Not exact matches

She's an appointee of Gov. Andrew Cuomo (approved by the Assembly and Senate) and the leak has raised questions over whether the investigation is motivated by the governor's rivarly with the mayor.

JCOPE is composed of appointees by the legislative leaders of the Assembly and Senate as well as the governor.

This position is duplicative of the Office of General Services (OGS) chief procurement officer, who chairs the New York State Procurement Council, which has representatives from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), the Executive Chamber and allows for eight legislative appointees, in addition to another by the Governor.

Actually, there's a legislation - free way to achieve the same result: Mayor de Blasio — who has said of Cuomo, «He's in charge and he should just own up to it» — can leave no doubt that that's the case by instructing all four of his MTA appointees to support whatever the governor wants.

Ms. Reiter said the governor's appointees would support a meaningful raise only if the Legislature — which is not due back in the capital until early January — held a special session before the end of this year to pass legislation that would «address the public's concern and opposition by making the position effectively full - time and limiting outside income.»

The New York State Investigations Commission (a somewhat obscure entity headed by appointees of former Governor Pataki, Senator Joe Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver) is investigating earlier investigations of Troopergate.

The governor, who was at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was accompanying by some of his security aides and other political appointees, was received by INEC staff and the administrator of Okene Local Government Council, Engr.

The board, known as the PACB, consists of one appointee each by the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader and once killed then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's dream of a West Side stadium.

«Oversight of the Executive Branch should not be done by the Executive Branch,» said Reinvent Albany Executive Director John Kaehny, referring to a university whose board is controlled by the governor being investigated by an office headed by a Cuomo appointee.

At the Kaduna meeting, it was learnt that Emir Sanusi accepted his «faults» after the five governors reminded him that he was an appointee of the governor and his palace was being funded with public funds approved by the Ggovernor and his palace was being funded with public funds approved by the GovernorGovernor.

It would consist of six appointees each by the governor and legislative leaders.

The package includes bills that would create an independent budget office, prevent the governor's appointees from donating to political campaigns and require financial disclosure for members of the regional economic development councils that were formed by Cuomo.

For example, at the State University of New York, whose board members can not be fired by the governor, the university's counsel sent a memo stating that «the executive orders apply to State University Board members, appointees of the board, including presidents and system administration senior managers and employees of the State University who serve in management / confidential positions.»

Lawmaker pay was placed last year in the hands of a supposedly independent commission, but the commission adjourned without recommending an expected increase in November — and it was led by Cuomo appointees who echoed the governor's public remarks that legislators hadn't made a case for a raise.

A Christie appointee running the state Ethics Commission, which was asked to investigate the matter, defended the trips by saying the governor «sort of went as a personal thing.»

The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.

The Environmental Facilities Corporation, largely comprised of appointees by Governor Andrew Cuomo, approved the full loan last month.

Although the governor does appoint the state Board of Regents, the fact that his appointees must be approved by both houses of the state legislature all but guarantee that Cuomo will have to present ostensibly compromise - orient players.

Still, on Wednesday, State Board of Education Chairman Bill Cobey, a McCrory appointee, told leaders that he was «encouraged» by the governor's statements.

One of Governor Dannel Malloy's recent appointees to the Connecticut State Board of Education is not only a representative of the charter school industry but his company is collecting a multi-million dollar contract that is funded and managed by the State Department of Education and the very board he has been appointed to.

A year ago, almost to the day, a group of Bridgeport citizens, including Maria Pereira, attended the State Board of Education meeting to request Governor Dannel Malloy's political appointees REJECT applications by two more charter school companies to open privately run, but publicly funded facilities in Bridgeport.

But in a sadly predictable move, Governor Dannel Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education continued their incredible record of failure by refusing to step at today's State Board of Education meeting to protect Connecticut's public school parents and children.

The charter school application submitted by Steve Perry and approved by Governor Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education included the names of the members of the Governing Council of Steve Perry's new charter school...

At yesterday's State Board of Education meeting (June 1, 2016)-RRB-, Governor Malloy's appointees voted to allocate even more funding for charter schools, while pretending their primary responsibility to adequately fund public schools wasn't being undermined by Malloy's actions.

Newark Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Cerf took the helm of the district in 2015 after a tumultuous run by former school superintendent Cami Anderson, an appointee of Governor Chris Christie who stepped down eight months before her contract expired.

The 13 - member board is a mix of governor appointees, legislators, and citizens appointed by the Legislature.

To be eligible for the Optional Retirement Plan for Political Appointees (ORPPA), you must be an officer or employee appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Attorney General to a position of deputy, counsel or director.

Florida has a commission - based judicial appointment process wherein the governor appoints all members of the nominating commissions, with some of the governor's appointees come from candidate lists submitted by the Florida Bar.

The judicial council forwarded to Governor Parnell the names of two potential appointees for the supreme court vacancy created by Justice Morgan Christen's move to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Adjudicators who are appointed by cabinet order (variously referred to as Order in Council (OIC) or Governor in Council (GIC) appointees) have very little job security, beyond the term of their appointment.

The Integrated Relocation Program is mandatory for members of the Canadian Forces and the RCMP, public service executives, deputy ministers, Governor - in - Council appointees, and public service employees represented by unions.

The use of the department's Integrated Relocation Program is mandatory for members of the Canadian Forces and the RCMP, public service executives, deputy ministers, Governor - in - Council appointees and public service employees represented by unions.