Sentences with phrase «done by an independent commission»

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.

«I believe it should be done by an independent commission.»

Cuomo says he has not changed his mind about a long standing threat to veto any lines that are partisan, and not done by an independent commission.

The governor also rescinded a campaign promise to veto any redistricting lines that were not non — partisan and done by an independent commission, and in mid-March agreed to new lines for the legislature that critics said were blatantly gerrymandered.

Not exact matches

For those who don't know or aren't located in the USA: the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (or «SEC») is an independent federal agency which was founded in 1934, by then - President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

It follows independent research, jointly commissioned by Keep Britain Tidy and Harrogate Water, which shows an overwhelming majority of bottled water consumers want to do the right thing -LSB-...]

Chelsea believed that the red card was undeserved and decided to appeal on the decision, but according to the Independent Regulatory Commission hearing, Terry knew what he was doing by stopping an «obvious goal scoring opportunity» with his tackle.

Demand that all redistricting be done solely by independent commissions.

SilentHunter, Some of the differences are that a newspaper is publishing an account and a dossier; that this is going to an independent complaints commission which the police do not control; that both supporters as well as opponents of the government will ask questions about this - in parliament, on blogs, and in many other places - no doubt pushing for an inquest with a jury, and be pushing for broader changes in policing to ensure its consistency with the human rights legislation we now have (such as those being advocated by Stuart White here on Next Left).

Ms. Glen told the Council's Committee on Housing that several independent studies, including those done by Columbia University and the Citizens Budget Commission, showed that mandating real estate interests receiving the tax deduction to pay union rates would result in 30 percent fewer affordable units getting built.

Cuomo had previously pledged to veto any lines drawn by LATFOR, on the grounds that the process was inherently partisan, and therefore didn't meet his standard for nonpartisan lines drawn by an independent commission.

Koch and good government advocates met earlier with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos who formally informed them he does not intend to meet today's deadline to support an independent commission, as required by the ex-mayor's NY Uprising pledge.

The redistricting amendment, I recall reading, allows the State Legislature to nix the maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission if the State legislators don't like the result.

«So long as a State has «redistricted in the manner provided by the law thereof» — as Arizona did by utilizing the independent commission procedure in its Constitution — the resulting redistricting plan becomes the presumptively governing map,» Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in the majority opinion.

«That you, Isah Hamman Misau of Hamman Misau Residence, Turaki Street, Misau, Bauchi State, on or about December 15, 2014, at the Independent National Electoral Commission Headquarters, Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, did utter a false document to wit: a Statutory Declaration of Age deposed to at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on December 15, 2014, by submitting same to the Independent National Electoral Commission knowing it to be false and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1 (2)(c) of the Miscellaneous Offences Act Cap M17, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable under the same section of the Act.»

Mr. Obaze, in a statement on Sunday, said the result as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not reflect what happened in the field.

A key issue is whether in fact the Moreland Commission appointed by Cuomo to investigate public corruption was a mere instrument of the governor — with which he could do whatever he pleased — or an independent entity.

New Yorkers have been betrayed by every Assemblymember and Senator who promised to establish an independent redistricting commission and didn't.

People say you don't deserve any congratulations as the opposition has described the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission as fake and that it contradicted the ones announced at the various ward units.

Eligible voters in Osun State have been urged to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), even as the state government declared Monday, April 16, a work free day to enable them do so.

Based on a review by independent researchers, the Education Commission of the States is discounting the conclusions of a small study that showed teachers from Tennessee who received national board certification did not markedly affect their students» achievement.

The book was particularly to address the rapidly expanding group of self - published or independent authors — but what author doesn't want to sell more books, even those commissioned by traditional publishers?

The lines between gallery and independent artist are becoming more blurred all of the time, and many artists supplement income by doing commissions and selling prints.

The Charity Commission discovered that the Tate spent more than # 700,000 on seven works of art by trustees in the past nine years, but did not seek independent valuations or even require the artist - trustees to leave the room while the purchases were approved.

The Chief Justice of Ontario, the Honourable Warren Winkler started by asking what he thought was the fundamental question «why do we need an independent law reform commission?»

In its decision in the 2009 HudBay proceedings, the Ontario Securities Commission noted that an adviser's success - based compensation may adversely affect the ability of a board to rely on financial advice: «a fairness opinion prepared by a financial adviser who is being paid a signing fee or a success fee does not assist directors comprising a special committee of independent directors in demonstrating the due care they have taken in complying with their fiduciary duties in approving a transaction.»

An independent survey of U.K. professionals commissioned by lingerie retailer Ann Summers earlier this month found that 74 % of lawyers end up pushing workplace boundaries and doing something they regret at their firm's holiday party.

An independent agent does not work for any particular insurance company and is often paid by commission only.

What was needed then and now was for an independent audit to be commissioned and publicized by an unlicensed party because they legally could do it.