Sentences with phrase «center of any elected official»

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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..

The success of the Democratic coalition will be determined by events that are out of the easy control of any elected official, namely the ability of center - left political elites to work together effectively, and the ability of the center - right to adjust to the realities of present - day America (to say nothing of the course of the economy and developments in foreign countries).

Sitting across from the curator of the Willowbrook Wildlife Center in Glen Ellyn, Michael Formento, a DuPage County Forest Preserve District commissioner, on Thursday posed a question rare for an elected official.

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.

Cuomo has decided to keep the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center in West Seneca, administration officials said — a decision that ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials.

So firm was Lopez's hold on his Democrat - dominated borough that elected officials and would - be elected officials alike would routinely make the pilgrimage to the taxpayer - funded Ridgewood - Bushwick Senior Center picnic he threw every year, and those with the power to do so approved hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of NYC and state member items that the assemblyman used to build his senior services empire.

At 10 a.m., Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other elected officials will honor local Vietnam Veterans in commemoration of Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Monroe County, the Roger Robach Community Center, 180 Beach Ave., Rochester.

Also at 11 a.m., state Sen. James Sanders and other elected officials, community groups and advocates for a Community Peace March and Call to Action Summit in light of recent killings of teenagers in Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway High School, 821 Bay 25th St., and Ocean Bay Community Center, 57 - 10 Beach Channel Drive, Queens.

On Friday, elected officials emphasized the importance of funding such centers as the East Harlem Asthma Center of Excellence, which offers programs to help families understand the disease and how to better manage it.

Elected officials and advocates previously called on the city and the company to bring the system to the entire city, with Borough President James Oddo writing a letter to Motivate in 2015 to build docks at the St. George ferry terminal, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and in front of the URBY development.

One elected official who expressed reservations about the proposed Casa Duarte Cultural and Performing Arts Center as far back as 2003 said he didn't think the project would have stayed alive this long if not for the clout of local Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, who is now running for state Senate.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

Cuomo is due to speak at 1 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in front of a crowd that will include new Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, members of the state Legislature and elected officials from across the state.

His visit, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, was the second installment of «Newsmakers 2015,» a roundtable series with CCEM members and elected officials, stakeholders and leaders as funded by the Revson Foundation.

Elected officials say the proposed closure of area senior centers will have dire consequences for Upper Manhattan.

County Executive Robert P. Astorino, other elected officials and members of the families of Westchester residents who died in the World Trade Center are expected to attend.

A large coalition of early childhood education advocates and elected officials took to the City Hall steps on Wednesday to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio — again — to fund pay parity between teachers at all pre-Kindergarten and day care centers in New York City.

Quigley joined with a number of local northern Manhattan elected officials, including New York State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez and New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark - Viverito, community leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon reception.

The decision ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials to keep the highly regarded center on the campus known for its sprawling lawns and wooded areas.

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, ManhCenter 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, Manhcenter for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 10 a.m., local elected officials in Albany join AARP New York and AG Eric Schneiderman's Office to kick off «Shred Fest 2016» — a statewide series of events that will help New Yorkers protect themselves against identity theft by providing them secure destruction of personal financial records and other sensitive documents, Sidney Albert Albany Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Rd., Albany.

At 2 p.m., Velazquez attends the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation's quarterly elected officials briefing, Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 (corner of Flushing and Carlton avenues), Brooklyn.

Lawyers pressing a lawsuit over the death of an Erie County Holding Center inmate had the chance in August to question Sheriff Timothy B. Howard, the elected official who oversees the jail where Richard A. Metcalf Jr. was strangled.

During their opening statements today in the criminal corruption trial of former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official at the center of the case.

At 6 p.m., NYC Councilman Rory Lancman, elected officials, social justice advocates and local artists celebrate the grand opening of the Social Justice Art Show, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, 161 - 04 Jamaica Ave., Queens.

He doesn't represent the views of the thousands of youth and seniors and people of all ages who frequent the Bronx Community Pride Center, or the views of the straight and gay Bronxites who work on the staffs of elected officials, hospitals, clinics, community - based organizations, businesses and arts organizations in the borough.

As far as other elected officials, many of them have taken to the Internet and social media to help spread the word, for example, posting notifications of the next available dry ice drop, or relief center stocked with donated food and cloths.

He stood outside the Westchester County Center in White Plains Tuesday with several elected officials and business and education leaders, saying Westchester has a number of locations at the ready and is the smartest choice for the e-commerce giant.

Also at 11 a.m., elected officials in Queens will gather for the grand opening of the «Helen Marshall Cultural Center» Queens Borough at Queens Borough Hall, Queens Borough Hall, 120 - 55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Also at 3 p.m., on the National Day of Prayer, faith and community leaders, elected officials, and other members of The Bronx community will gather at the Kingsbridge Armory for prayer in support of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center, W. Kingsbridge Road and Davidson Avenue, the Bronx.

The Summit on Latinos was a multi-coalition effort supported by NYC's Latino elected officials including Speaker of City Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federation.

During their opening statements Tuesday in the criminal corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, prosecutors and Silver's defense attorneys painted sharply different images of the elected official at the center of the case.

Elected officials joined business and municipal leaders exploring new ideas - in a spirit of working together toward economic growth - The conference was hosted by CRREO, the New Paltz Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), and sponsored by The Advocacy Coalition of the Hudson Valley.

Finally, on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at a meeting held at the Palisades Center, the collective efforts of the Bi-Partisan Rockland County and New Yrork State elected officials, the many Rockland commuter - citizens who showed up to protect their interests, as well as the long - term efforts of this newspaper, led to a victory to restore this vital express bus service!

On the 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center, at the first of six planned events around the state, the governor spoke to a seated assembly of more than 100 people, including state and local elected officials and everyday New Yorkers, relaying an overall message that kept with his recent record but was also engineered as a response to the widespread «middle class anger» evident in the 2016 presidential election.

City Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) commended White's work both as an elected official and as the executive director of J - Cap, a drug rehab center in southeast Queens.

BROOKLYN, NY — A group of elected officials called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to fund Brooklyn's first dedicated center to treat burn victims after the borough saw an uptick in fires last year.

The building — which will include a media center, green roof, snack bar and planetarium — will be constructed using nearly $ 10 million from the city earmarked through the efforts of local elected officials.

The decision ends five years of protests, demonstrations and pleading by families, former patients, staff and elected officials to keep the highly regarded center on the campus known for its sprawling lawns and wood...

Few elected officials delivered the resources Lopez could for his slice of northern Brooklyn, where senior centers, healthcare facilities and housing sprouted up thanks to Lopez's largesse.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Northern Manhattan's elected officials are taking the issue of domestic violence head on during a community forum Thursday evening at the Isabella Geriatric Center.

INWOOD — Residents, elected officials and senior service officials are calling for the Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reverse his proposed closure of three of the four local senior centers in Inwood and Marble Hill.

State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his full policy agenda for the 2018 legislative session on Wednesday, returning to his traditional State of the State format: a single address at the Empire State Convention Center, chock full of slideshow - aided proposals and lofty rhetoric, with legislative leaders of all five conferences and other statewide elected officials accompanying him on stage.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment Alliance for Multilingual Multicultural Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association for Bilingual Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians for Justice Californians Together Campaign for Fiscal Equity Campaign for Quality Education Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center for Teaching Quality Citizens for Effective Schools Coalition for Educational Justice Council for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC, Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Higher Education Consortium for Special Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on Education Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center for Learning Disabilities National Council for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National Education Association National Latino / a Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents for Unity Philadelphia Education Fund Public Advocates Inc..

A spokeswoman for the New York City Charter School Network, a research and advocacy group, said in a statement, «it is not the practice of the NYC Charter School Center to endorse either appointed or elected public officials.»

Friends of the Earth worked with local and national groups including the Environmental Law and Policy Center, the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, Green State Solutions, Iowa PIRG, Iowa Environmental Council, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Move to Amend, CREDO Action and Physicians for Social Responsibility in the debate about the cost recovery bill, taking out radio and TV ads, phoning more than 100,000 Iowans, and mobilizing thousands of activists who called and wrote their elected officials.

We also encourage community engagement and help educate voters so they will understand how elections and elected officials can jeopardize or enable the provision of health care at Planned Parenthood health centers

The Schuyler Center works to educate communities and elected officials about the value of access to: high quality prenatal and postpartum supports and services for families with young children, including maternal, infant and early childhood home visiting; and high - quality early care and learning.