Sentences with phrase «decades of public service»

Mr. Green is one of six Democrats running for state attorney general, and discusses his qualifications gained from his decades of public service.

«I left the Department of Justice this January with a heavy heart after two decades of public service, but eager to serve Central New York in a new bipartisan capacity in Congress,» he said.

She has nearly two decades of public service in East Harlem and South Bronx.

«I am endorsing Diana Ayala for City Council because she is a tough, tireless fighter,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. «During her decades of public service in her community and with the Speaker's office, Diana Ayala has proven that she has what it takes to fight for our working families in the Bronx and in East Harlem.

«It is my personal opinion that Dan Donovan's experience, integrity and his decades of public service to the people of this City make him the most qualified,» Mr. Antoniello said in a statement.

«I want to thank Senator Skelos for decades of public service,» he said.

Mark's decades of public service and great work leading Hobart and William Smith Colleges will be of tremendous value in this new role, and I thank him for taking the time to serve on the Gaming Commission.»

«Whether in the State Senate, the Assembly, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, or the Rye City Council, George Latimer has steadfastly supported working men and women throughout three decades of public service,» said John Santos, Vice-President of 32BJ.

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As would other key players, including former TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond (author of a detailed report outlining cost - cutting opportunities in Ontario) and former parliamentary budget officer Kevin Page, who has spent decades uncovering wasteful spending in the public service.

Flaherty enjoyed a remarkable career of public service, spending a decade in the Ontario legislature before moving to federal politics in 2006.

Montel continued to support sailors, marines, and their families throughout his two decades on television, and was awarded The Department of the Navy Superior Public Service Award in 2008.

«Before his conviction, Mr. Libby had rendered more than a decade of honorable service to the Nation as a public servant at the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the White House.

«For too long Alberta's public services have been strained from decades of underfunding and reliance on volatile energy markets,» said contributing economist Robin Shaban, who noted that Alberta has just seen the worst recession in over three decades.

I think that, following all of these huge cost - cutting measures and huge knock on the public service in recent decades, we would do well to lay off the public service a little bit.

Staring ahead at years upon years of student loan payments can be depressing, and programs that can cancel out that debt — like Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) and income - driven repayment — take a decade or more to forgive the loans.

Thus the annual Human Rights Report of the U.S. State Department, mute the previous decade on discrimination and the occasional acts of violence against Christians, included in its January 1990 report the observation that «Christians have had difficulty in getting permission to build new churches» and that «Christians complain that there are barriers to Christians rising to high positions in public service, public corporations, universities and the military.»

In the last two decades, the value of shade - grown (or simply shade) coffee farms for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision has gained widespread attention from the public and scientific communities (Perfecto et al. 1996, Tscharntke et al. 2011, Jha et al. 2012, De Beenhouwer et al. 2013).

First, as experience in the Netherlands and Nordic countries indicates, the cultivation of self - organising institutions and networks that are capable of delivering high quality public services requires decades of investment, as well as the appropriate cultural values, norms and an appropriate level of social capital.

«Kathy has been a friend, mentor, inspiration, and role model to so many throughout her four decades of dedicated public service.

Long - serving members of the Assembly packed up their offices today — filled with memorabilia showcasing decades worth of accomplishments in public service.

In a second tweet, he said Mr. Donovan, who courted controversy after he did not obtain an indictment in the Eric Garner case, «has an exemplary record of public service for Staten Island & NYC spanning 4 decades, and is a proven Island - wide vote getter.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Public Service Commission plans to convert 50 percent of the state's power sources to renewable energy over the next decade and a half.

This June, officials added $ 43 million in funding for New York City's three public library systems to the fiscal year 2016 budget, allowing for expansion of branch operating hours and a return to six - day service for the first time in nearly a decade.

«Taking care of our public employees after their decades of dedicated service is the right thing to do,» said Christopher St. Lawrence, Supervisor of Town of Ramapo, in the press release.

«Senator Goodman's personal warmth, his deep knowledge, and his commitment to the public were unwavering, and our entire community has benefited from his legacy of more than three decades of distinguished service.

Long - suffering downstate residents who have been ripped off by ConEd for about 6 decades are paying for this!!!! And why is there even a Public Service Commission if it lacks the ability to stop the waste of money that consumers pay on energy bills?

He was emotional reflecting on several decades of past public service in the city.

The Windrush scandal has seen people of Caribbean descent facing deportation and the loss of access to public services despite living and working in the UK for decades.

Over the next decade the price of the financial / economic mess we are in will be paid in public sector cuts — better to cut the non-productive audit and bureaucratic command and control regimes (and I include the quangos, central government departments and the consequent costs in local government) than front line services.

In the last decade or so, we have seen record levels of net migration in Britain, and that sheer volume has put pressure on public services, like schools, stretched our infrastructure, especially housing, and put a downward pressure on wages for working class people.

We disagree — and not simply because it would be foolish to think Labour has nothing positive to learn from a politics which delivered the party three historic general election victories, record investment in, and the renewal of, our public services, and a decade of economic growth and prosperity.

A close friend and decorated US Army veteran also spoke at the public hearing, sharing how his family has personally benefitted from his decades of service.

While marking the end of this chapter of his nearly four decade career in public service, first as a teacher and administrator with Albany City Schools and then as a common councilmember and mayor, Jennings dispelled any notions of resignation or an otherwise «lame duck» administration to finish his final term.

His legacy of achievement in public service will live on for decades to come.

Oliver Huitson listens to Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, talk about the Autumn statement, tax avoidance, Union strategy and the Conservative vision for the nation — where are we headed, decades of austerity, or is Britain «de-developing»?

In addition, 80 per cent of those questioned said they were satisfied with their GP while the public perception of A&E and outpatient services in hospitals has risen over the past decade as spending tripled under Labour.

Ms Rudd sought to stress the distinction between the government's illegal immigration clampdown and treatment of legal British citizens in the Windrush generation, who came to the UK decades ago but who have have faced threats of deportation and loss of access to public services.

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Over the last decade or so, the public perception of online dating has shifted from being a bit... location aware, mobile dating services.

Also around the turn of the decade, Stipe and longtime friend and filmmaker Jim McKay created C - Hundred, a film collective devoted to producing videos, public - service announcements, and micro-budgeted shorts and features.

An aspiring high - school track star runs against the headwinds of bigotry and cyber-bullying in «1:54,» a message - first Québécois drama that unfolds like a slow - moving, decade - old public service announcement.

Federal courts have played a key role in the development of special education policy by interpreting what Congress wrote in IDEA three decades ago, and the Supreme Court is reviewing what the law means by a «free appropriate public education» as it considers Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which deals with the standard of services districts are required to provide (see «Examining the Standards for Special Education» legal beat, Summer 2017).

As special education has evolved over the decades since IDEA was enacted, public school districts have provided most of the special education services students have required.

In recent decades, public - private partnerships (PPPs) and private providers have emerged as major forces in education in the less - developed and developing worlds, often supplying the lion's share of education services where scarce resources have crippled state - run schooling.

Academic supports work, but are costly, and decades of state higher education budget cuts have left public institutions with large classes taught by less - qualified instructors, and little in the way of counseling, mentoring, and other core services.

State Board of Education members expressed shock this week upon learning just how seriously the General Assembly's newly enacted principal pay plan could hurt school leaders, particularly those who have devoted decades of service to the state's public schools.

This recommended - only policy, in place since Booklist's founding in 1905, has been adapted over the decades to reflect changes in the philosophy of public - library service.

Looking at the freedoms that define us — from the vote to the press; the values that have transformed us, from empathy to inclusion to service; the institutions that sustain us, such as public education; and the traits that helped form our young country, such as the audacity to take on daunting challenges in science and medicine — Rather brings to bear his decades of experience on the frontlines of the world's biggest stories.

Congress recently created a $ 350 million fund to bail out one particularly flawed program that is supposed to relieve the student debt of those who spend at least a decade working in public service.

The government's consumer watchdog is adding its voice to a growing chorus of warnings about problems with a federal program that permits people who take public service jobs to have their student loans forgiven after a decade.