Sentences with phrase «calling for reform measures»

Editorial pages from New York City to Buffalo are calling for reform measures, and good government groups say Governor Cuomo, who came into office vowing to win back the public trust, may find his very legacy in jeopardy.

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As we've written about before, more and more advocates are calling for measures to decriminalize marijuana and reform the criminal justice system, as advocates say that not only are the current laws unfair, but they are also expensive and ineffective at stopping crime.

Even without investigations dominating the headlines, lawmakers were likely to contend with growing calls for ethics and campaign finance reform measures following the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to 12 years in prison.

He called for cross-party support to make any necessary reforms of party funding laws, saying he was «ready to take all further measures».

Lawmakers won't be called back for a special session to pass more ethics and campaign - finance reform measures, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he would like to see broader changes included in a constitutional convention.

«Dan Donovan has proposed a pension fund reform agenda, which calls for common sense measures to increase the integrity of the pension fund, prevent fraud and increase transparency.»

We have seen this in New York where the Green Party's initial calls for marijuana reform, marriage equality, a fracking ban, and measures to reduce income inequality came to be widely embraced,» noted Hawkins.

In anticipation of this week's special election in Harlem, the IDC released a video, calling on all 32 Democrats — the number required to pass legislation — to join them in declaring their support for progressive measures like ethics and voting reform, codifying a woman's right to choose, and more.

Expressing vociferous criticism of the so - called tax - reform measure, he said it would be «a potential catastrophe,» amounting to a multibillion - dollar tax increase for Long Islanders, driving down property values, and resulting in residents fleeing the region.

Cuomo's wide - ranging, 10 - point ethics reform agenda advocates for a public campaign financing system, early voting, and several additional measures that reform - minded advocates and legislators have been calling for, as well as others of his own.

A microsimulation modeling approach would, for example, allow FEMA to compare the price of NFIP premiums that reflect true flood risk — as called for in the Biggert - Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 — with measures of policyholders» ability to pay.

In addition, the report takes a hard look at the Adult Basic Education (ABE) system at the state Department of Education (DOE) and calls for a series of reforms, new investments, and accountability measures.

Before your editor tears apart the problematic thinking behind the latest version of the Center for Education Reform's so - called Parent Power Index, let's give the organization credit for at least providing a measure of which states are expanding opportunities for high - quality education.

Even as the party itself is divided over embracing Common Core standards, has a retrograde on education in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and compensated.

After all, it was centrist Democrat reformers (along with liberal Democrat reform allies) who pushed the administration early on to call for a speedy reauthorization of No Child, and stood by over the past year as Duncan and his team at the U.S. Department of Education have engaged in what can be best called a misinformation campaign that has denigrated No Child's accountability measures as being broken.

Relief, anger and calls for reform as MEPs support measures to boost region's cap - and - trade scheme

Less than a week after the supreme court struck down a civil justice reform measure known as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009, some state legislators called for a study of term limits for appellate jreform measure known as the Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009, some state legislators called for a study of term limits for appellate jReform Act of 2009, some state legislators called for a study of term limits for appellate judges.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signaled an openness to modest gun - control measures following what he called an «evil massacre» at a South Florida high school last week that left 17 dead and prompted passionate calls from teenagers for reform.