Sentences with phrase «by local government officials»

The woman, Kathy Nicolo (Jennifer Connelly in Perelman's work), has lost her deceased father's house through a combination of her own neglect and a bureaucratic error committed by local government officials.

Among other things, the proposal calls for «wider authority» for the state ethics board to root out conflicts of interest by local government officials.

The lawmaker said even his eyes glaze over when it comes to navigating U.S. Census data, and grows frustrated when he can not answers to questions posed by local government officials and constituents.

In the second of a two - part series, Investigative Post reports on limited progress being made by local government officials to address lead poisoning in low - income neighborhoods on the city's East and West Side.

Not exact matches

Home to the beach resort Acapulco, Guerrero was the scene of the September 2014 disappearance of 43 trainee teachers, who the government says it believes were massacred by a drug gang working with corrupt local officials and police.

A delivery battle is brewing in San Francisco (and other cities across America) and the outcome will be decided not by government officials, but by local businesses.

The drug lords need to have their drug income reduced by about 95 percent so they can no longer bribe local and national officials, and can no longer finance government and local police forces to protect their drug traffic, and spread terror throughout all those Mexican cities on the border, and then have the terror cross the border into our American cities.

As opposed to the thousands and thousands of billboards & church message boards every 50 ft with their snarky comments pushing their beliefs and quite often attacking non -(Jesus) believers and / or science directly or indirectly, all the millions of people that like to go around constantly «sharing their beliefs» about how everyone who believes differently is gonna be tortured and burned for eternity, or the countless attempts by local, state, and federal government officials to push laws based on those beliefs and to favor those beliefs all over the country.

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

Officials from both local government bodies will meet over the next month to work out a possible arrangement to build parking lots on the township property and on the pool site by 2001 for each other's use, they said.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

Those lobbying state and local government spent a record $ 226 million in 2014 trying to influence public officials, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the state's ethics and lobbying regulations.

Arguably, state officials with a legislative role who are not members of the state legislature aren't covered, but this does not reflect common practice and this hole is often filled by a state constitutional provision or a state law or a local government charter.

If the main official national records that purport to offer an authoritative picture of the state of the public finances (for instance, PESA and the Local Government Financial Statistics) can not even be compared from year to year by experts, where should we turn?

Advisory opinions from the AG's office are issued in response to requests by state agency officials and / or local government attorneys.

A diverse group of local governments, environmental protection organizations, business groups, recreational enthusiasts, newspapers and former federal and state government officials and environmental leaders are asking New York State voters to help make the Adirondacks and Catskills safer for residents and visitors alike by voting Yes for Ballot Proposal # 3 — The Public Health and Safety Land Account — this Election Day.

And invalidated his audits re waste and theft of public money by the state's local governments and school officials.

The idea to stabilize property taxes was simple: Get local government and school officials to limit tax collections from growing by no more than 2 percent each year, or the rate of inflation.

Officials were told their plans must demonstrate new recurring property tax savings by eliminating or consolidating duplicative local government services, and they were instructed to hold a minimum of three public hearings.

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

Miner was a speaker at the fourth annual Local Government Leadership Institute, a symposium for municipal officials sponsored by the state comptroller's office.

Picente also said he and his fellow county officials told the governor at dinner Tuesday night that they were upset by his proposed local government consolidation measures in the 2017 - 18 budget, and they came away comforted.

Term limits, which are common at the state and local government level, also often impose de facto age limits, because most very elderly elected officials mandated to be so old by being re-elected many times after being first elected at a much younger age.

«(Napolitano and Fugate) will meet with local officials, first responders, and volunteers to reaffirm the federal government's continued commitment to working with our state, local and community partners and helping the communities and individuals affected by Hurricane Irene to rebuild and recovery.»

According to the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the African Automobile cars left to rot at the Institute of Local Government Studies even after the Judgment Debt Commission has concluded its work and some indicted officials by the Commission still holding public positions shows that the country has not put in enough effort and commitment in tackling corruption.

New York Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson was among nine public officials honored by Governing magazine as among the most «outstanding leaders in state and local government.»

One of the arguments made by state officials in favor of same - sex marriage — including Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the Independent Democratic Conference — is that rites for gay couples would lead to larger sales tax receipts for state and local governments.

The law creates more transparency in local government by holding all county elected officials to a high standard of conduct and enforces stricter penalties for those who do not abide.

The «bosslets» who ran these agencies weren't appointed by the governor, but were instead named by legislators or local officials, adding to the complexity and opaqueness of government.

Jenyo, who was flanked by the state Chairman of the party, Sikirulai Ogundele, and other officials, further alleged that election materials were not supplied to some local governments like Ijebu Waterside.

The effort is being led by the Wellness Institute of Greater Buffalo and Western New York Inc., government officials including councilmember David Franczyk, local businesses and community stakeholders.

The government's spending watchdog cited the specific example of a # 20 million counter-narcotics programme in Iraq that was brought down by local officials grossly over-billing the project's number of work days.

Report such properties to a state registry to be developed by the New York State Department of Financial Services, which will share that information with local government officials

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, State Sen. David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester) said, «Like many New Yorkers, I am shocked and outraged over the alleged misconduct undertaken by various public officials at the state, city, and local government.

He also urged all government officials at the state and local government levels to steer clear of religious matter by ensuring that no religion is imposed over another.

Empower Voters to Reduce Property Taxes and Costs of Local Government - This plan «requires county officials to develop localized plans that find real, recurring property tax savings» - Cost - saving plans would be up for voter referendum in the November 2017 elections - «If the plan is not approved by a majority of voters, the county government must prepare a new plan for approval in November 20Government - This plan «requires county officials to develop localized plans that find real, recurring property tax savings» - Cost - saving plans would be up for voter referendum in the November 2017 elections - «If the plan is not approved by a majority of voters, the county government must prepare a new plan for approval in November 20government must prepare a new plan for approval in November 2018.»

Mahoney has been a proponent of the most ambitious Consensus idea, to create a new metropolitan government, a proposal that has been widely attacked by other local officials.

The bill, which would have allowed video lottery terminals, or VLTs, at two Ulster County resorts, was opposed by county officials, local government officials and at least one area business association who feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a much - coveted casino license.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just unveiled Step One in what will be a multi-pronged reform proposal in the wake of last week's back - to - back corruption cases: Empowering local district attorneys to better ferret out and prosecute wrongdoing by dirty elected officials at all levels of government in New York.

The bill, under which the VLTs would have been operated by the Catskill Regional Off - Track Betting Corp., was opposed at the time by Ulster County leaders and other local government officials because they feared it could damage the county's chances of securing a casino license.

We recently announced an event that will explore how hostile government officials at the federal, state and local level have become to the press, and by extension, the public's right to know.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

The larger question being asked by union officials and elected officials alike is: Can a local government keep its property tax increase at or near the property tax cap, and at the same time pay its union workers with new contracts?

LOWER EAST SIDE — A small - business forum to spearhead recovery efforts for local entrepreneurs in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is being hosted Friday by government agencies and elected officials.

Ken Girardin, an analyst with the Empire Center for Public Policy, an Albany think tank that advocates for lower taxes and restrained government spending, said, «These higher pay figures reflect bad decisions by both local officials, who signed off on costly deals with the PBA, and state officials, who refuse to fix the state's binding arbitration system that's rigged» to benefit unions.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

Sander feels gratified by his experience in local government and characterizes it as truly accountable: «If you don't fix the pothole or plow the snow,» elected officials hear about it.

The goal of the new rule is to help local governments identify vulnerable areas affected by climate change that they can show to federal and state officials as a way to obtain money for things like road rebuilding.

Local officials claim this is proof that the government's environmental preservation efforts have been successful, but recent research by climate scientists suggests a more worrying explanation for rising water levels: not only is climate change thought to be responsible for increased rainfall and snowfall in the area, it has also caused, by some estimates, up to a fifth of the permafrost which covers 80 % of the plateau to melt.

Transferred to Detroit to put a local SWAT team through a training regimen, LAPD Lieutenant Paul Cutler finds himself the target of a homicidal genius who is protected by government officials.