Sentences with phrase «director of the advocacy group»
«The Trump administration has made very clear that they've declared war on the immigrant community on all levels,» said Javier Valdez, co-executive director of the advocacy group Make the Road New York.
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Daniel Bernhard, executive director of the advocacy group Friends of Public Broadcasting, said he was optimistic about Tait's tenure, but needed to wait and see how she changes the CBC.
Girls who are on social media are more likely to feel dissatisfied about their bodies,» Josh Golin, executive director of the advocacy group, said on Democracy Now!
However, the director of an advocacy group for victims of sexual abuse by priests called the steps announced by O'Malley insufficient and irresponsible, saying only one of the named priests was new to public information.
«This is a sad status quo that sends an embarrassing and harmful message to businesses looking to bring jobs to New York» said Greg Biryla, executive director of the advocacy group Unshackle Upstate.
The new task force has its «work cut out for it,» said Billy Easton, executive director of the advocacy group the Alliance for Quality Education, which is partially funded by teachers» unions, in a statement.
Here's what happened: In 2010, a former state Department of Health employee who was involved in setting budgets and, in a previous role, developing regulations, became executive director of an advocacy group.
David Denenberg, director of the advocacy group Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil and a former Nassau County legislator who lives in Merrick, said his latest monthly water bill is $ 264.59, and 40 percent to 55 percent of that goes to pay property taxes.
«I've been on buses to Albany with her,» Leonie Haimson, executive director of the advocacy group Class Size Matters, told me.
Mike Walker, director of the advocacy group Antarctic Ocean Alliance and an observer at the meeting where the agreement was announced, said the Ross Sea preserve is a win for the planet.
The resulting confusion and inconsistency among institutions «so clearly illustrate how badly... change... is needed,» says Gary McDowell, executive director of the advocacy group Future of Research (FOR).
Says Robert Pondiscio, executive director of the advocacy group CitizenshipFirst, those are «the most important fifty - seven words in education reform since the publication of A Nation at Risk in 1983.»
Robert Goad, Trump's education policy person on the White House Domestic Policy Council, is a former aide to Republican Rep. Luke Messer, who co-sponsored the bill and former executive director of advocacy group, School Choice Indiana.
«By emulating some of the best practices to come out of the charter - school movement, the administration continues to evolve on charters and recognize their important place in the city's educational landscape,» said Jenny Sedlis, executive director of the advocacy group StudentsFirstNY.
«With zero competition, we are concerned about a «too big to fail» student loan company that has zero incentive to work for students, borrowers, and their families,» said Natalia Abrams, executive director of the advocacy group Student Debt Crisis, in an interview with CNBC.
Brad Johnson, executive director of the advocacy group Climate Hawks Vote, says Harvey and Irma are reason to finally jail officials who «reject science.»
She was also the founder and director of the advocacy group Water Matters, where she led watershed - protection efforts in Alberta, Canada.
Rashad Robinson, director of an advocacy group, said Google did the right thing.
Not exact matches
«This technological innovation must be allowed to develop, be rolled out and tested in real environments without material interference or overburdening regulations, especially at the initial stages of its adoption,» Llew Claasen, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group, wrote in a Nov. 30 letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.
«Instead of working to protect American families, President Trump's plans put the interest of big - money special interests over people,» said Nat Mund, legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center, a Virginia - based advocacy group.
«In order to trade securities, they need to be a broker - dealer,» said Jerry Brito, executive director at Coin Center, a digital currency advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. «I could imagine [Coinbase] could sell a number of other tokens» with the license.
Li & Fung's ability to exert pressure on factories can have unfortunate consequences, said Guadalupe Palma, director of Warehouse Workers United, a labor advocacy group.
Jonathan Zaid, the executive director of patient advocacy group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, said the enhanced coverage comes after years of litigation to gain this level of acceptance for medical marijuana.
says David Marlett, founder and executive director of the National Crowdfunding Association, an industry advocacy group.
«For far too long, the Gulf has been treated as a sacrifice zone by polluters,» Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program of the Sierra Club, a national advocacy group.
The efforts of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and App - Based Drivers Associations in Washington, New Jersey and California have also been cited by Rebecca Smith, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, an employment advocacy group.
asked Jerry Brito, executive director of Coin Center, an advocacy group.
«We tried this legislative approach,» said Mr. Barden, a founder and managing director of Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit advocacy group created after the massacre.
Facebook «goes into this endless hairsplitting that people should have known,» said Marc Rotenberg, president and executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit advocacy group that has brought privacy cases before the FTC.
In a separate panel discussion on Monday, Peter Van Valkenburgh, director of research at cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center, issuers should stop referring to the sale of their assets as initial coin offerings.
said Katharina Kopp, director of policy for the Center for Digital Democracy, a privacy advocacy group.
Dr David Landrum, director of advocacy at the EA, said: «As we expected, the report shows how strongly faith groups, parents and others feel about proposals to register and regulate out - of - school settings, and in particular about the role of Ofsted.
«Of course none of this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouOf course none of this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof this is necessary,» said the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a Washington advocacy grouof Church and State, a Washington advocacy group.
«If you want to start selling supplements today, you don't have to register, you don't have to show your product to be effective,» says Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, a consumer advocacy organization.
Award - winnning author, L.R.Knost, is the founder and director of the children's rights advocacy and family consulting group, Little Hearts / Gentle Parenting Resources, and Editor - in - Chief of Holistic Parenting Magazine.
«We are a growing population and one thing that has been lacking at the community center has been something to service the families and children,» said Richard Alalouf, director of South Florida Family Pride, a volunteer group that provides advocacy and support for LGBT families.
«It is clear that the complex array of federal food safety programs doesn't adequately protect America's schoolchildren,» said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group.
Margo Wootan, director of nutrition policy for the consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest, agrees.
Rabbi Noson Leiter, Executive Director of the Orthodox Jewish advocacy group, Torah Jews for Decency, and an organizer of the event identified those candidates who advance the LGBT agenda.
«We've seen Sen. Sanders consistently stand up for the community in which he serves and we always stand with the candidates who stand with us on our issues,» said Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action of New York, adding that the progressive advocacy group liked that he was an early Bernie Sanders supporter.
The funding stream could come from a voluntary surcharge on motor vehicle registrations or a penny tax on plastic bags, according to Erik Kulleseid, the director of a new parks advocacy group, the Alliance for New York State Parks.
«The last thing upstate's economy, its employers or its residents can endure are any additions to our already suffocating tax climate,» said Greg Biryla, executive director of the economic advocacy group Unshackle Upstate.
«We have long thought that state legislators should not have significant outside income because it creates potential conflicts of interest,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a good government advocacy.
«It's been a historic year,» said Lynn A. Faria, interim executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, the largest statewide advocacy group for NewYork's LGBT community.
«It sucks, but it provides us with a huge opportunity,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens Union, a good - government advocacy group.
«The Latino community will move this country forward in the years to come,» said Lucia Gómez - Jiménez, Executive Director of the immigrant advocacy group La Fuente...
«It's just member items by another name and process,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, a good government advocacy group.
Katie Goldstein, executive director of Tenants & Neighbors advocacy group, called the decision «a huge disappointment.»
«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.