Sentences with phrase «counterparts in»

Democratic Assemblyman Alec Brook - Krasny (D - 46th Assembly District - Brooklyn), the first Soviet - born, Russian - speaking Member of the Assembly, has signed onto Tedisco's resolution as a co-sponsor and is urging his counterparts in Washington, D.C. to send a crystal clear message to Russian autocratic President Vladimir Putin, that invading a sovereign nation is an unacceptable violation of international law.

Most retired employees of the Buffalo school district enjoy a benefit not enjoyed by their counterparts in suburban school districts: lifetime health insurance.

The Republican members concluded by saying, «We stand with our Democratic Council counterparts in acting now to meet the budget crises that the State's inaction is imposing on Yonkers.

There is ample evidence to suggest that Liberal Democrat donors have been as strategic as their Tory counterparts in directing large donations to the constituencies they won in 2010.

That doesn't happen,» Orzechowski said, comparing the state's opaque accountability institution to its more transparent counterparts in other states.

The City Council had already passed a bill consistent with what the mayor wanted, but gave some city workers benefits that were less than their counterparts in neighboring suburban departments.

Progressive Democrats notched a big victory over their establishment counterparts in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary Tuesday as an insurgent candidate backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) upset the incumbent lieutenant governor.

But Malliotakis said she's hopeful Staten Island GOP officials will follow the lead of their counterparts in Brooklyn and hold a convention to select a candidate.

Brits will join many of their European counterparts in enjoying much faster mobile internet speeds later this year, after 4G was given the go - ahead to roll out across the UK.

With the Trump administration taking a look at and re-thinking Obama - era vehicle emission standards, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says he, along with counterparts in 14 other states, will go to court if the standards are diluted.

Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr., who styles himself a progressive reformer, is actually far more punitive toward poor and minority defendants than his counterparts in other boroughs.

In the statement, Flanagan said he shared the broad goal of cutting taxes for individuals and businesses as backed by his Republican counterparts in Congress and laid out this week by President Donald Trump's top advisors.

But they have greater influence than counterparts in the US, as approximately 40 % of formal workers are unionized in Argentina, and there is a history of strong labor mobilization (as well as corruption and influence - peddling).

They have overtaken their counterparts in Wales — the only part of the UK to see satisfaction fall since July 2015.

«And that's the only way they're going to pass it because they're going to be a number of Democratic senators who agree with their counterparts in the Assembly.»

«The government must urge its counterparts in Washington and in the EU not to succumb to the temptations of protectionism even in the face of growing trade frictions,» it adds.

Senate Republicans on procedural grounds voted down amendments backed by Democrats in the Senate that included much of the same provisions supported by their counterparts in the Assembly.

The climate change pact formed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his counterparts in California and Washington state has over the last week grown to include nine new states and Puerto Rico.

The difference between the Nigerian situation and what we witnessing here is that unlike Ghana where the OccupyGhana elements have metamorphosed into spokespersons, prophets, policy analysts, legal advisors etc for the Akufo - Addo Administration, their counterparts in Nigeria are pursuing same agenda (they pursued under Jonathan) against the Buhari administration.

Swap ideas and stories, find solutions to the thing that is driving you crazy, and meet some great counterparts in the camp community.

In fact, unlike their counterparts in public school kitchens, the cooks who graduate through D.C. Central Kitchen's culinary program are fairly well compensated and enjoy a package of benefits.

The Mt. Prospect youth commissioners join their counterparts in Arlington Heights in looking to set up a skateboard park.

All midwives are trained in the exact same neonatal resuscitation techniques as their counterparts in hospital and have to maintain their certification in this area.

The Northfield Park District has demanded that its counterparts in Northbrook and Glenview return more than 1,000 acres ceded to them 13 years ago or be sued, it was disclosed Monday.

Each toddler looks for their respective counterparts in the other group.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

It gives us a chance to highlight the stories of our five engaging sea otters and the changing conservation challenges facing their counterparts in the wild.

Mean verbal IQ scores of children in the lowest maternal education category in the intervention were also substantially higher than those of their counterparts in the control group.

She helped to found the local historical society and was concerned about the welfare of its counterparts in other towns.

Our Sheddvocate program lets anyone who loves Shedd's animals and cares about their counterparts in the wild to take actions that support our Animal Response Team.

Voters in Mt. Prospect - based River Trails Elementary District 26 approved a 50 - cent increase in the education fund rate, to $ 2.60 per $ 100, while their counterparts in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 agreed the district should sell $ 18 million in bonds to fund the construction of two new schools.

And here's some positive news for a group that rarely receives any: Toddlers in single - parent households get rid of diapers faster than their counterparts in two - parent families.

Conference calls, though, are not the only way that stay - at - home moms can keep in touch remotely with their counterparts in the world of business as video conference calls and web conferencing are two other options to consider.

Paris Saint - Germain's U17 team will face their Monaco counterparts in their age category national championship after beating Sochaux 5 - 1 in their semi-final tie in Brittany.

Southampton Under - 18s will travel north on Monday night to take on their Manchester United counterparts in the FA Youth Cup.

Premiership refs flash the yellows and reds less often than most of their counterparts in other European leagues.

Hosts India lost 4 - 0 to their Ghanaian counterparts in the last Group A game at the ongoing tournament.

In midfield there was a tenacious box - to - box display by Hojbjerg, who has undergone something of a renaissance in recent weeks and showed far more clarity than his counterparts in blue.

Dostonbek Khamdamov's passing accuracy of 83.13 % from 83 passes is the best ratio of his under 23 counterparts in the West and his 25 crosses is the second highest on the continent.

Wednesday is a busy one as well — it's matchday six in the UEFA Champions League as we host APOEL at Wembley, while our youngsters will be looking to beat their APOEL counterparts in a bid to secure a place in the last 16 of the UEFA Youth League and avoid the play - off round.

The World Cup winning women's rugby team were honoured ahead of their Tri Nations and European Grand Slam winning male counterparts in recognition for their achievement in London last September in winning the world crown for the fourth consecutive time.

Two - time competition winners Chelsea overcame strong Porto counterparts in Friday's first semi-final, and will now face Barcelona, who beat 10 - man Manchester City on the other half of the draw.

Chinese clubs spent # 331m during the country's winter transfer window, which was more than their English Premier League counterparts in January.

«Bama fans had a significant numerical edge over their Miami counterparts in the Quarter and an overwhelming one in the Superdome.

Do nt worry pal, in the nearest future, AFCON will be held in every 4 years like their counterparts in EUROPE and SOUTH AMERICA.

Their counterparts in other sports fuss and fight, but the NFL commissioner and union chief often act like teammates.

It's a truly exceptional circumstance when NFL players call their counterparts in the name of a common cause, but four straight Super Bowls» worth of shared frustration was at stake in the AFC.

To raise stock for this sort of work and, hopefully, to impress U.S. buyers, many Argentine stud farms have become as selective and efficient as their counterparts in Kentucky, California and Florida.

Those players are in no way better than there arsenal counterparts in any world.

When the WUSA kicked off its inaugural season last year, one of its appeals was the strength of its cosmopolitan cast, which allowed organizers to brag that — unlike their counterparts in MLS — they had built the best league of its kind in the world.