Sentences with phrase «criticized by advocacy groups»

It has since been criticized by advocacy groups, mostly prominently the New York Civil Liberties Union, for what the organization has called unfair suspensions for minor infractions that had helped compound the so - called school - to - prison pipeline.

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The most infamous of the basketball - rapper group was Allen «Jewelz» Iverson, whose single «40 Bars» was criticized heavily by advocacy groups and then - NBA commissioner David Stern:

Chin's sentiment was echoed in a statement by two of the largest senior advocacy groups in the city, AARP NY and LiveOn NY, which criticized the budget for cutting senior homecare services by $ 2.2 million and other changes.

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

Senator Johnson has been sharply criticized by Scot Ross, director of One Wisconsin Now, an advocacy group that focuses on advancing progressive leadership and value.