Sentences with phrase «by legislators about»

State Sen. Debbie Clary, a Republican who represents the Rutherford County area, had forwarded some of the jokes made by legislators about the schoolchildren's grammar to Rutherford County School Superintendent Janet Mason to show her what was being said about the schoolchildren and to urge the students to either stop writing or at least use proper grammar.

Not exact matches

What's so infuriating about the fiscal cliff is that it's entirely man - made, by legislators trying to fool the public and themselves.

And what's important there is, first, that the bubble is identified by a set of experts — a set of policy makers who are focused on this issues — and, secondly, once the recommendations are made it's a broader political decision, not just the central banking making the decision; it's a broader decision made by policy makers and legislators about what to do about the problem.

An article about a «male ejaculation bill» proposed by female legislators — isn't sperm intended for «procreation only» and shouldn't be «wasted» on pleasure?

Can the drive by media please, please, put a full court press on the candidates for Governor and the incumbent legislators to go on the record about what they think of this taxpayer ripoff and what any of them would do to stop it, once and for all?

«As a state worker, and I believe I speak for most of us, I don't believe we would be as up in arms about negotiations if we saw that Gov. Paterson and our legislators were doing their best to also reduce their salaries, their perks, their staffing patterns and to get their job done, by passing a budget.»

While DeFrancisco's sentiments about the pay commission are common among legislators, there are others who recognize the reality of legislative horse - trading and remember that the last salary hike, in 1998, was traded for the authorization of charter schools sought by then - governor George Pataki, a Republican.

Two state legislators are seeking $ 3 million in the state budget for a study of Nassau County's groundwater that would yield details about exactly where and how the county's drinking - water source is being overtaken by saltwater.

Legislators also voted to raise their own salaries, by about $ 4,000 (or 15 percent) for base salaries and more for leadership posts.

«Long Island has thousand and thousands of families that are passionate about racing as a sport,» said Mr. Gregory, who was surrounded by other county legislators, including Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue).

Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer will resign the seat she has held since since 1987 to become the Queens County clerk, filling the post left vacant by the death of Gloria D'Amico late last year, according to a Democratic source who has spoken to the legislator about her plans.

Ironic when LI legislators fund their corrupt campaign with dirty money from NYC real estate interests, NYC Cheater school interests, and NYC LLC corporations while at the same time trying to convince upstate voters about the dangers of being dominated by DeBlasio and NYC!

The bill provides a little more information about legislators» outside income, including by limiting their ability to claim that certain income should be shielded from public disclosure, a tactic that has been all too common in Albany in recent years.

The average number of people represented by these legislators will increase by about 2,579 and 1,284, respectively (to 129,089 per Assembly district and 307,356 per Senate district), due to the state's population gain.

Several legislators who were interviewed by Capital about their general positions on ethics reform have independently offered similar ideas.

In a speech in Albany before state legislators, he presented his plan to increase spending by about two percent.

Following an outcry by Queens and city legislators about widespread voting problems during Primary Day, the city Board of Elections said it is taking extra precautions to educate the public about the new voting machines before the Nov. 2 election.

NYC's 311 operators would be required to field complaints about the New York City Housing Authority under a raft of new bills unveiled by state legislators.

I was recently asked to comment about reports that upwards of thirty state legislators are leaving office by year's end.

Late last month, the Onondaga County Legislature voted to raise the salary for legislators by about $ 4,000 and that of the county executive by more than $ 33,000.

In 2006, the Times Union published several stories about questionable use and misuse of member items, government money handed out by legislators.

Finally, state legislators of both parties abuse their office by sending out legislative «updates» to constituents that frankly are nothing more than partisan campaign leaflets that cost taxpayers about $ 1 million a year.

After being sorted through by a group of the congressman's associates seated in the front row, including Mr. Kennedy's wife, Leslie, a Suffolk County legislator, about 20 queries were then put to Mr. Zeldin by the moderator.

ALBANY — This year started with heated rhetoric and grand pronouncements about how state legislators, beaten down by the lack of a pay raise, would reassert themselves.

During a hushed conversation with the lobbyist secretly recorded by investigators, one of the women he was involved with whispered to Silver that she'd been trying to meet with him because a reporter had been asking about legislators having affairs.

Cuomo said he does not know if his anti-corruption Moreland Commission has uncovered any possible illegal activities by state lawmakers, but feels legislators are making a mistake if they challenge the commission's decision to subpoena information about outside income.

«I get questions about wires all day long,» he said in an interview, referring to fellow legislators» inquiries about the possibility of surreptitious audio recordings by informants among them.

White Plains, NY — The Republican members of the Westchester County Board of Legislators issued a report on 2011 County Budget announcing support for the 2 % property tax reduction, while citing reservations about the flawed and rushed budget process, and that they are prepared to support vetoes to the budget by the County Executive that will make it more fiscally responsible.

Senate majority leader Dean Skelos told reporters after huddling privately with his members that Republicans are still talking with Governor Andrew Cuomo about a specific proposal for client disclosure by lawyer - legislators.

Dutchess County legislators had an opportunity to learn about the first of those consolidations at an information session hosted today by the County Executive — the proposed merger of the Office of Computer Information Systems with the Division of Central Services into the new Office of Central and Information Services (OCIS).

Three men — the Governor, Andrew Cuomo, the Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver and the Senate Majority leader, Dean Skelos — make all the decisions about the state budget with no transparency or participation by other legislators, let alone the public.

While several female legislators were hesitant to speak on the record about their own experiences with sexual harassment, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa spoke frankly about her own experiences with sexism in the political sphere at a recent forum organized by Berkeley College in Manhattan.

Assemblyman Scarborough's arrest was the latest in a series of scandals involving New York State legislators and raised fresh questions about the effectiveness of efforts to combat ethical lapses by lawmakers, even on mundane matters like hotel - room allowances.

Grey - Owens told Gay City News at that time that transgender advocates were already in discussions about forming a trans - focused advocacy group — with the ability to make political donations — to ensure that GENDA and other issues of specific concern to their community would be prioritized by Democratic legislators in Albany.

A Brooklyn legislator who voiced concerns about a push by the mayor and City Council speaker to shrink the horse - carriage industry was booted from two prominent committees, sources told The Post on Wednesday.

Malloy so far has been tight - lipped about whether he'll veto the budget and risk an override by legislators or sign a budget he finds objectionable.

ALBANY — Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says there is «no question» that subpoenas issued to legislators by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption will be upheld if challenged, but that the 25 - member panel should be strategic about whether it picks a fight with legislators.

Gillibrand said that because so little is known about the effects of PFOA, especially when young children are exposed, legislators should «rewrite the law» that allows for medical monitoring of 9/11 first responders to include residents affected by water contamination.

The fact that he proposed the independent redistricting process allowed him to put himself on the side of the reformers, which is a valuable thing — a poll by Quinnipiac University found about half of New Yorkers say line - drawing should be completely independent, and another quarter say legislators should have some say, but less than now.

ALBANY — State legislators have a say in which projects are supported by a $ 400 million discretionary fund, the state's business subsidy czar confirmed, but other details about how the Cuomo administration is approving funding requests remain unclear.

Members of the Erie County Legislature quizzed County Attorney Michael Siragusa Thursday afternoon about public dollars spent on outside legal advice regarding a part - time job pursued by one legislator.

That brought Apple to speak in front of Albany County legislators Thursday night, after being asked by lawmakers to update what the county is doing about the epidemic.

Instead, they watched legislators vote to increase their own salaries by about $ 4,000 a year and Mahoney's by about $ 33,000 a year.

Former Saugerties county legislator Bob Aiello is making noise like a man on the comeback trail, but will have to get past newcomer Chris Allen, who beat him by about 300 votes in 2013.

Earlier this month, legislators voted 9 - 7 to raise their own annual salaries by about $ 4,000 and 10 - 6 to raise the county executive's salary by $ 33,458.

Three sources say investigators now seek information about any funds potentially received by Glenn S. Aronow, a former Niagara County legislator who once worked for Maziarz.

In a series of separate public hearings this fall, members of Congress and New Mexico state legislators heard testimonies from the full range of people who have something to say about uranium mining — community members aggrieved by six decades of mining impacts, industry officials trumpeting new jobs from renewed uranium activity, and government regulators trying to figure out how to address both the past uranium legacy and future uranium developments.

In an Education Week commentary essay about school boards in 2009, I wrote, «[M] y sense of things, after two stints on my local school board... is that school boards have been overtaken by the «educatocracy,» by powerful trade unions, certified specialists, certification agencies, state and federal rule - makers and legislators, grants with strings, billion - dollar - contractor lobbyists, textbook mega-companies, professional associations, and lawyers — the list could go on.»

However we feel personally about prayer in school, whatever legislators say about the legality of a particular patriotic message, if even one of our students feels excluded from the patriotic experiences enjoyed by his or her classmates, then we are not fulfilling our responsibility as educators.

Some districts do negotiate over who pays the contribution — the district or individual teachers — but under statewide pension systems, decisions about benefit structures and contribution levels are all made by state legislators, state comptrollers or treasurers, or even unelected pension boards.