Sentences with phrase «districts veto»

The bill allows charter schools to open in low - performing districts, and gives school boards in high performing districts veto power over the schools.

Not exact matches

And in a turn that is likely to be most significant for his campaign, in 2014 he was indicted for corruption, on charges stemming from his veto of a $ 7.5 million appropriation for a public integrity unit, seen as a bid to pressure a district attorney to step down.

North Carolina Republicans have used the current districts to achieve veto - proof majorities in both chambers.

On the basis of the First Amendment, as well as the general principles of the Constitution, he opposed public payment for chaplains in Congress and the military, spoke out against national proclamations of days of prayer (though as president he did «recommend» them) and while president vetoed congressional efforts to incorporate churches in the District of Columbia (fullest statement, V: 103 - 105) At the same time, Madison frequently opined that it was appropriate for private citizens to support chaplains and various kinds of semiorganized public religion through voluntary contributions (V: 104,105)

State lawmakers this week overrode a veto by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to allow park districts to separate the special recreation fund from the general fund.

April will likely be the last - ditch stand for Senate Democrats, who had hoped Gov. Andrew Cuomo would veto the Republican - drawn Senate districts.

Samuels had hoped Cuomo, who, according to Ed Koch, recently reiterated his pledge to veto any partisan redistricting plans, would veto the money included in thie 2011 - 2012 budget deal for LATFOR, which essentially enables the continuation of the current (read: partisan) method of redrawing district lines.

Further complicating matters - because of court action, no date for next year's primaries has been set yet, and Governor Cuomo is threatening to veto the legislature's new district lines.

Governor Cuomo has threatened in the past to veto new district lines that are gerrymandered, and not done by an independent commission, but Cuomo has remained silent on the subject in recent weeks.

The governor's offensive began with a Sunday statement from Budget Director Robert Mujica about a proposal to combat educational inequality not with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.

Further complicating matters, Governor Cuomo has threatened for months to veto any district lines that are not drawn up in a non partisan manner by an independent commission.

Governor Cuomo in 2011 threatened to veto any district lines that were gerrymandered and politically partisan.

State legislative district lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Senate and Assembly must complete newly drawn district lines in the first few weeks of the year, and Cuomo has threatened to veto new lines that are not drawn in a non partisan manner by an independent commission.

And starting next year, he'll go through several politically thorny issues such as a possible veto of newly drawn state and federal district boundaries as well as the debate over hydrofracking.

Also, we've yet to see exactly what Grisanti's district will look like, since the tweaked LATFOR lines have yet to be released, and the possibility of a veto from Gov. Andrew Cuomo or (as seems more likely at this point) court intervention into the redistricting process could throw a wrench into the works.

He insisted his proposal leaves open the question of where to put the new facilities because of the Council's long - established practice of giving its members veto authority over zoning changes in their district.

State legislative district boundaries are approved as a joint resolution; as such, they are not subject to gubernatorial veto.

Congressional district lines are approved as regular legislation and are thus subject to veto by the governor.

Despite all the speculation on whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will stick to his pledge to veto LATFOR's gerrymandered and politically influenced district lines, there's a growing possibility that he'll never get the chance because the maps — as they currently stand — might not make it out of the Legislature at all.

He said one option is for him to veto the Legislature's district models and then allow the courts to decide the matter.

White Plains, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) voted tonight to override County Executive Robert P. Astorino's veto of the legislative re-districting plan, and now the new maps of the county's seventeen districts will be in effect until the next Federal Census is completed ten years from now.

However, on other issues, Quinn hewed closer to the mayor's policies, saying that community education councils should «in some cases» not have veto power over co-locations in their school districts and that the next schools chancellor need not «necessarily» be an educator.

Clearly leaving the door open for a settlement, Cuomo said a veto can be averted if district lines are redrawn more fairly and reforms for the future are put in place by lawmakers.

ALBANY — State Senate Democrats again called for Gov. Cuomo to veto any legislative districts redrawn by the Legislature — but this time ensured they could block a possible override vote.

A state judge assigned a special prosecutor to investigate the veto following a complaint filed by a left - leaning watchdog group, which accused Perry of trying to leverage his power to force the resignation of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.

Perry's veto cut $ 7.5 million in funding to the state's ethics watchdog housed in the county district attorney's office.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

The outgoing mayor also vetoed a council resolution to place an additional assessment on commercial taxpayers in the Uptown Business District to cover the costs of repairing and upgrading the canopy.

Kaminsky, 37, said his efforts for his Assembly district included securing aid for victims of superstorm Sandy and successfully urging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to veto a controversial plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal 19 miles off Jones Beach.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vetoed legislation to transfer jurisdiction to prosecute crimes at New York City's jail from the Bronx district attorney to the DA in Queens.

Cuomo has vetoed legislation to transfer jurisdiction to prosecute crimes at New York City's jail from the Bronx district attorney to the DA in Queens.

Cuomo purposefully gave away the Senate to the Republicans when he reneged on vetoing partisan district lines in 2012.

Assemblyman Dov Hikind and a Jewish group criticized a state report on the East Ramapo school district, saying that the report's recommendation to install monitor with veto power over the school board is «unjust» and «an insult to the community.»

The majority leader also said that he will not support veto power for the independent monitor of the East Ramapo school district.

By obtaining 16 votes, and the governor's mansion in 2010, the Republicans had the power to veto any Democrat plan to gerrymander assembly districts.

The Times, in a strongly worded editorial, chastised Cuomo not only for failing to follow through on his vow to veto gerrymandered legislative districts but for engaging in tactics that represent a step backwards in Albany's already undemocratic culture.

State Legislators say they are revising the lines for new Senate and Assembly districts, after Governor Andrew Cuomo called previous maps «hyper partisan» and threatened to veto them.

First, they were permitted to draw the new Senate district lines in a manner widely viewed as favorable to the GOP, after Governor Andrew Cuomo backed off on a threat to veto what he said were «hyper political, hyper partisan lines».

Dani Lever, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's press secretary, said the city could block the formation of any special tax district it did not want by vetoing the capital project associated with it.

Gov. Scott Walker issued 99 partial vetoes of the $ 76 billion state budget on Wednesday, including a provision that would have allowed low - spending school districts to raise more money from property taxes.

New York taxpayers caught a huge break yesterday, when Gov. Cuomo vetoed a bill that would've let school districts borrow to cover pension costs.

«I join with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the District Attorneys of New York, Bronx, Kings and Queens County, and the law enforcement community, in calling upon Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto this legislation.

«Among other items, the agenda will include a revised version of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance Article VII bill that I was forced to veto earlier this year to prevent an unaffordable increase in school aid, an appropriation bill to authorize distribution of $ 607 million in federal Education Jobs Fund money to school districts, and necessary legislation to reorganize the New York City Off - Track Betting Corporation.»

In January, Majority Leader John Flanagan questioned whether the state monitor at the district should have veto authority over the board's actions.

The governor has the power to veto these district map proposals.

Meanwhile, Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Congresswoman Gwen Graham called for a veto of the bill over language allowing districts to decide whether to allow non-classroom personnel to carry guns.

Malloy has said he'll veto the Republican budget that passed the state General Assembly because it raises taxes, de-funds pensions and takes money away from struggling school districts.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inching away for a while now from his earlier blanket promise to veto any congressional and district lines drawn by the legislature, expressing a preference for a an agreement on acceptably partisan lines drawn by lawmakers over a court - controlled solution.

Aides for Gov. Andrew Cuomo say he's ready to veto legislative district boundaries drawn by the Legislature.