Sentences with phrase «confidence in our state government»

Mervyn Thomas added: «Such selective prosecutions not only undermine the rule of law, but also erode confidence in a state government that has yet to address the violence in southern Kaduna effectively, or to assist those displaced by the attacks.»

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

«There are a whole host of things that need to be done and we are not taking a holistic approach to ethics in this state that would give people confidence in their state government,» said Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat.

«Closing the loophole is an important step in curbing the corrupting influence of money and beginning the process of restoring public confidence in our state government.

«If we are going to restore public confidence in our state government, it essential that the Republican Senate Majority join the Assembly and the Governor to pass this legislation to close the LLC loophole, one of the most egregious gaps in the laws that are intended to ensure the integrity of our campaign finance system,» said Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, who sponsors the bill in the Assembly.

Days before Cuomo was elected governor, New Yorkers» confidence in their state government was at an all - time low, with a poll showing that only 14 percent believed New York was headed in the right direction.

Andrew Cuomo followed from 2006 to 2010, restoring confidence in state government by prosecuting members of his own party.

People have no confidence in state government and the number one job of the next AG is to restore the confidence.

They should have the confidence in the state government that we will renew the rent laws and protect tenants, and that is what I'm sure we will do.»

Meanwhile, an unremitting flood of corruption and scandal has further diminished New Yorkers» trust and confidence in state government.

Not exact matches

Government has passed painful austerity measures — tax hikes and cuts to benefits, salaries and pensions — to reduce state debt and strengthen confidences in its finances.

Analysts and investors worry that a government shutdown this week would hit not just consumer and business confidence, but also make it more likely that the United States will default on its debt when it reaches its borrowing limit in about two weeks.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

To begin with, though we have had to give up Jefferson's moral confidence in a rationally enlightened humankind, we have good reason to share his other motive for separating government from religion, mainly, humankind's tragic experience with melding the state's unlimited power and religion's absolute truth.

(UPDATE) A new, no - confidence vote in Madhya Pradesh's Hindu government has delayed ratification of the state's anti-conversion bill.

Some attribute this greater assertiveness to China's enhanced confidence post-2008 — the shift in relative power vis - à - vis the United States and the West more broadly has emboldened the government.

The Cabinet Manual states that «[t] he point at which the restrictions on financial and other commitments should come to an end depends on circumstances, but may often be either when a new Prime Minister is appointed by the Sovereign or where a government's ability to command the confidence of the Commons has been tested in the House of Commons» (§ 2.30).

«Now more than ever, the people of this State need to have their faith and confidence in Government restored.»

According to Governor Ambode, the Bridge which would be a PPP initiative is a testimony to the confidence the partners in the project have in the State Government and the Nigerian economy in general.

But it seems a relatively cheap and sensible step toward restoring confidence that state government — the Legislature, in particular — acts in the public's interest.»

In June 2011, he dismissed the three commissioners of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, stating that the body «has lost the confidence of its stakeholders».

«State government just squandered its opportunity to restore public confidence to the procurement process and shed light on billions of dollars in economic development spending.

As a result, New Yorkers» confidence in the integrity of our state government will further erode.

The prime minister seemed intent on playing down criticism that the government's dour comments on the state of the deficit were driving down confidence in the British economy.

In the case that one force loses confidence and supply in a serious and ongoing way they have a responsibility to the crown or state authority to request an election or suggest another government be formeIn the case that one force loses confidence and supply in a serious and ongoing way they have a responsibility to the crown or state authority to request an election or suggest another government be formein a serious and ongoing way they have a responsibility to the crown or state authority to request an election or suggest another government be formed.

We need to reform our state — from ethics reform in Albany to political reform and transparency at the local level so we can restore the confidence people deserve to have in their state government.

The New York State Reform Party issued the following statement in endorsement of Congressman Katko, «At a time when public cynicism is at an all - time high and confidence in government is at an all - time low, Congressman Katko represents the best aspects of government today.

He spoke further: I note with satisfaction the logical steps taken by Adamawa State Government in the last two and a half years to demonstrate that transparency, fiscal responsibility, accountability and timely delivery of strategic goods and services to develop the state and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corrupState Government in the last two and a half years to demonstrate that transparency, fiscal responsibility, accountability and timely delivery of strategic goods and services to develop the state and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corrupstate and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corruption.

Downing Street later insisted the prime minister still had «full confidence» in Mr Hain, who also serves in government as secretary of state for Wales.

«It erodes confidence in the Government's stated ambition of growing the economy and our international trade,» the report says.

And the practical solution for all this is to put the practical budget in place with a practical, balanced budget to be paid of in a short amount of time — five to seven years — and that will instill the confidence in business and the people for a promising future for the federal government and our states.

Andrew Lansley MP: «Last Thursday, the local medical committees, which are the statutory bodies required to represent GPs across the country, met in conference and passed a vote of no confidence in the Secretary of State and the policies of the Labour Government.

«The recent rash of wrongdoing by legislators in Albany has shaken the public confidence, the public trust in government — from one end of the state to the other,» Cuomo said in announcing the commission on Tuesday flanked by district attorneys from around the state and New York City.

«And I tell this to my colleagues, most of whom are completely honorable public servants in the state Legislature: You've got to do something about this... this is the kind of stuff that makes people lose their confidence in government.»

He expressed appreciation for the confidence investors had reposed in the state government, saying that it was an eloquent testimony of the state government's credit worthiness.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A coalition of government reform organizations called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature's top leaders to publicly negotiate ethics reforms needed to restore public confidence in New York state government.

Senator David J. Valesky (D - Oneida) a vocal proponent of reform who first came to Albany in 2004, said «this measure is a positive step towards a State Government that has the full faith and confidence of the people it represents.»

He asked them to be abreast of the state government's initiatives; bring their experiences to bear and live up to the confidence reposed in them.

«I note with satisfaction the logical steps taken by Adamawa State Government in the last two and a half years to demonstrate that transparency, fiscal responsibility, accountability and timely delivery of strategic goods and services to develop the state and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corrupState Government in the last two and a half years to demonstrate that transparency, fiscal responsibility, accountability and timely delivery of strategic goods and services to develop the state and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corrupstate and enhance the confidence of its people is a viable template to fighting corruption.

Jonathan expects that the Governor will work even harder in his second term to justify the confidence in his leadership clearly expressed by the Edo State electorate and assured him that the Federal Government will continue to give all possible support and assistance for development in the sState electorate and assured him that the Federal Government will continue to give all possible support and assistance for development in the statestate.

«I also want to seize this opportunity to assure Lagosians that the State Government will do everything within its powers to check the excesses of Developers who flout its regulations and will restore efficiency and confidence in the building control and supervision process,» the Governor said.

After announcing his intentions to run for the attorney general's position, Humbach said New York state residents suffered another blow against their confidence in government.

Norwich has been identified by the government as one of the areas in the country needing additional support to ensure all local children get a brilliant education and good start in life.Future First research shows alumni are crucial in inspiring current state students to greater motivation, confidence and success in the world of work.

He said voters, «given the lack of confidence they have in government in Washington and that type of centralization, want their governors» to figure out solutions that work for their states.

It is the first law enacted in over ten years that provides long - term funding certainty for surface transportation, meaning States and local governments can move forward with critical transportation projects, like new highways and transit lines, with the confidence that they will have a Federal partner over the long term.

In an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail on the heels of the Fed's monetary - policy decision Tuesday - in which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnatioIn an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail on the heels of the Fed's monetary - policy decision Tuesday - in which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnatioin which the central bank took a small step back into re-investing some of its own balance sheet to ease monetary conditions - the influential bond manager gave a vote of confidence to the Fed's strategy, criticized the Obama administration and Congress for a their lack of innovation and leadership, and argued that unless big government - policy changes are made, the United States faces years of economic stagnation.

U.S. climate action was on full display during COP23, with over 100 prominent leaders from U.S. state and local governments, private sector and academia gathering in Bonn to voice support for the Paris Agreement and buoy confidence in the negotiations.

«In America, where the stability of courts and of all departments of government rests upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing justice be developed to a high point of efficiency and so maintained that the public shall have absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration,» the canon stateIn America, where the stability of courts and of all departments of government rests upon the approval of the people, it is peculiarly essential that the system for establishing and dispensing justice be developed to a high point of efficiency and so maintained that the public shall have absolute confidence in the integrity and impartiality of its administration,» the canon statein the integrity and impartiality of its administration,» the canon stated.