Sentences with phrase «by elected officials from»

Its board of directors was appointed by elected officials from Syracuse and Onondaga County, but the organization is independent of either government

By the succession laws, the next person in line is the Speaker of the House, which is a semi-elected position (elected by elected officials from elected officials, plus being elected from their district), as is the next person, the President pro Tempore of the Senate.

Not exact matches

The news comes from a report issued Thursday by the Secure Our Smartphones («S.O.S.») Initiative, an international partnership of law - enforcement agencies, elected officials, and consumer advocates headed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

Being the center of political activity in the U.S. means that this city is shaped by people from all over the country who move here to work as congressional aides, lobbyists, policy analysts, reporters, elected officials, bureaucrats, organizers, etc..

If the bishops persist in pressing them on abortion, Catholic politicians will either be «precluded from holding high public office, because attacked by their own church's officials and otherwise harassed by their coreligionists,» or else, if they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.»

One of the saddest things is seeing people from the south getting all offended about how they are judged by how a few elected officials or gov employees behave.

Although an aquatic center would be run by the Park District, which is a taxing body separate from the village, elected officials from both boards agreed they should work together since their funds come out of the same pockets.

Platforms are not legally binding on elected officials, but represent an articulation of the party's identity that elected officials are expected to honor by default unless they are making a point of differing from the «party line» on a point.

Today, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and public officials from our community meet with him behind closed doors to decide the fate of our Puerto Rican Day Parade (which is less than 4 months away) and we in the Puerto Rican community are being double - crossed by our elected officials, once again.»

The Bridging Gowanus community planning process was convened by the local elected officials representing the Gowanus area, organized together with community leaders from resident, civic, environmental, business, arts and housing groups, and facilitated by the Pratt Center for Community Development.

Marijuana legalization in New York is getting lit with support from elected officials, and one state senator believes it could become reality by 2019.

Sixty - six percent of those polled support banning political contributions by companies that do business with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent support banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.

The plan has been embraced by a number of outside transportation experts as a serious and thoughtful proposal, though it received mixed reactions from elected officials.

Republican lawmakers have argued that public financing has not stopped elected officials from abusing the system, but good government leaders believe that it improves the legislative process by reducing the dependency on fund - raising.

In addition to supporting the pension forfeiture, 66 percent of those polled also support banning political contributions by companies that do business with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent back banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.

President Trump's decision on Wednesday to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military was blasted by elected officials in New York.

«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»

«We were just joking in our office that everyone on the second floor should resign and become a volunteer paid by the campaign, because we don't know of any laws that prohibit volunteers from acting on behalf of an elected official,» said John Kaehny, executive director of good government group Reinvent Albany.

And the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline would stretch more than 400 miles from Pennsylvania to New England, carrying natural gas through New York, but is opposed by Republican and Democratic elected officials alike because it offers the state few benefits.

The elected officials, who are both black, addressed a roughly hundred - strong Uber - organized crowd gathered in Queensbridge Park in Queens — a hodgepodge of company drivers, customers and local residents of the adjacent Queensbridge Houses, apparently drawn by the free food, children's games and classic R&B and girl - group pop blasting from the speaker system.

The party's leadership was assumed by Zimet, a former elected official from the Hudson Valley and prominent advocate, who has been complimentary of Cuomo's record on women's issues.

Under the rules of the broadcast era of politics, a young man with a funny name and a couple of years in the Senate might run honorably but would almost certainly lose, crushed by the ability of an experienced candidate like Hillary Clinton to raise money from big donors and lock up endorsements from elected officials and party activists.

In an abrupt reversal, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday dropped plans to seek a temporary cap on the growth of car - hail companies, amid growing criticism from elected city officials and a massive opposition campaign mounted by Uber.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

On the subject of exemptions from disclosures, the bill creates a windfall for elected officials by allowing them to choose which enforcer they believe would be the most favorable: JCOPE or the Office of Court Administration.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

QUEENS, NY — Queens elected officials issued the following joint statement about the congestion pricing plan proposed by Move NY: «The «Move NY Fair Plan» is far from fair and lacks any promise of returns.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

PHOTOS BY DONNA ACETO If it's June, there's a good chance you've received a Pride celebration invitation or email notice from one or more elected officials.

«Money from megadonors from multibillion dollar fossil fuel industry should be rejected by all Long Island elected officials,» said Diane Goins of Hempstead, chairwoman of the Long Island Chapter of New York Communities for Change, a nonprofit coalition of working families in low and moderate income communities.

But another letter, signed by «elected officials from across Upstate New York» and supporting an increase to $ 15 upstate no later than 2021, includes signatures from several Westchester politicians, including two Yonkers city councilmembers.

The timeline assembled by the village of Hoosick Falls — with assistance from a public relations firm, Behan Communications — details the outreach village leaders said they made to elected officials as far back as December 2014 seeking assistance in dealing with the growing realization that the town's water supply showed unsafe levels of the toxic compound.

The local market been buoyed by a swell of support from the community and elected officials, which included a rally at the store, petition drive and neighborhood hearing.

McMahon said it's clear from the six - figure salaries earned by most elected full - time officials that they should not be working side jobs.

The incumbent was flanked by numerous elected officials, from Common Council members to county legislators to local representatives in state government.

Reached by phone, he suggested the legislature, which is expected to vote on the pact this month «should insist on a clear, straightforward and transparent understanding from the two elected officials who penned [this] agreement.»

But Clark's commutation by the governor had come under criticism from Republicans and as well as some Democratic elected officials in the area.

On January 10, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer was joined by 20 elected officials and tenants from across the borough at the Manhattan Municpal Building.

At noon, Sen. Tony Avella will hold a joint press conference with The Humane Society of the United States, fellow elected officials, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute and others to urge the New York Blood Center to keep its promise to provide lifetime care to a colony of chimpanzees exploited by the center for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

Becoming The new Bronx County Democratic chair: $ 100,000 + (the 2008 campaign) Securing Endorsements from the Bronx BP, Rev. Al Sharpton, a slew of Elected Officials and Unions to topple Nelson Castro: $ 500,000 Getting Spanked: getting yours and your cronies» asses handed to you by the Nelson Castro community, and being called a «LOSER» by City Hall News: Priceless!

Also at 10:30 a.m., Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, will be joined by transit advocates from the Bus Turnaround Coalition and other elected officials for a press conference and rally to demand better bus service in the five boroughs.

Also at 10 a.m., Rep. John Katko will be joined by local elected officials from Onondaga, Cayuga, Wayne, and Oswego counties, as well as local business, transportation, and labor organizations, for a press conference to the discuss passage a long - term, multi-year highway bill, corner of South McBride and East Washington streets, Syracuse.

Throne - Holst's endorsement from Bishop, unseated by Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in 2014, caps a series of nods she's received from Democratic elected officials in New York in the lead up to the June primary against Dave Calone.

With so many of the nation's elected officials deeply enthralled by lavish contributions from the National Rifle Association, those who gathered across the country are all but spitting in the faces of officials who put their campaign coffers ahead of the interests of Americans trying to protect themselves and their children.

Katz and his allies — including elected officials such as then - State Senator Paterson — hung tough against Republican efforts to weaken the bill by excluding gay men and lesbians from protection.

After running on a platform of ethics reform, he has introduced bills to prevent elected officials from «double dipping» by collecting retirement while still in office and increasing a legislator's term from two to four years.