Sentences with phrase «done by elected officials»

Councilman Rafael Espinal, who represents East New York and Cypress Hills, told the crowd that while the process has ended in the community board, more work will be done by elected officials in conjunction with the community.

It's done by elected officials all over the nation and the world.

I do care if it is done by an elected official in his capacity as that elected official.

The Moreland Commission is charged with coming up with ideas for campaign finance reform, but it also has the power to investigate potential wrong doing by elected officials.

Not exact matches

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

It could be a House of Cards political thriller: A high - ranking elected official and his family are wined and dined by a rich and powerful foreign agent who does business with the government.

By the way I wonder if some one sneezes in front of one those «elected officials» do they say «bless you»?

Here the Pope says yes: «When it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and public morality.»

The best we can do is catch a slight glimpse of him as he speeds by us in this life, and hope that he will in some way help prepare us for the day when we elect public officials who wear beanies and have term themes to write.

However, I do find it interesting that Coffey is inserting himself into a battle taking place at the county level where it just so happens that Rice is the only Democratic countywide elected official who survived the 2009 sweep by the GOP.

Sixty - six percent of those polled support banning political contributions by companies that do business with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent support banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.

«When we allow for the editorials in New York City to tell our story, when we allow for columnists and other individuals and elected officials who honestly are doing a disservice to their community by not understanding election law,... [to be] going out there and blasting the hardworking men and women at the Board of Elections, we think it's appalling,» he argued.

In addition to supporting the pension forfeiture, 66 percent of those polled also support banning political contributions by companies that do business with the level of government they contribute to, and 55 percent back banning elected officials from earning income outside of their government salary.

They were put out about the fact that the governor didn't brief them before going public with his initial estimate of $ 30 billion worth of damage caused by Sandy — a number that later grew to $ 42 billion when he formally briefed them and local elected officials at a meeting in his midtown Manhattan office.

«I want to know: why does Rob Astorino think that I am and all the women up here less than he is,» Ms. Quinn said at press conference in Grand Central Station, where she was joined by women's rights groups and several elected officials.

«We were just joking in our office that everyone on the second floor should resign and become a volunteer paid by the campaign, because we don't know of any laws that prohibit volunteers from acting on behalf of an elected official,» said John Kaehny, executive director of good government group Reinvent Albany.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

The commission advises created another new criminal offense of «undisclosed self dealing» by elected officials who don't tell the public they may have a financial interest in a particular bill or policy.

C.B. 1 has been working with our elected officials to undertake a participatory, community - centered, collaborative process by creating a Seaport Working Group — by doing this we have jumpstarted the dialogue before the ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) has even begun — another first.

I was told by self - proclaimed experts and elected officials that this couldn't be done.

Workers, advocates, community leaders and elected officials rallied to call on Governor Cuomo's Wage Board to do right by New York's 229,000 tipped workers.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

Council Member Eric Ulrich, the sole Republican elected official to have endorsed Bo Dietl for mayor, last night made clear that his endorsement does not extend to an independent run by Dietl.

Among the dozens of speeches delivered by some of the state's top elected officials throughout caucus weekend in Albany, it was difficult to find one in which the specter of Washington — and Trump, in particular — didn't loom large.

While the reforms put forth by DiNapoli could help ameliorate corruption in the state government, said Nicole Gelinas, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the other moderator at Wednesday's event, «How do you convince other elected officials to tie their own hands and in effect not give themselves these opportunities for corruption?»

The law creates more transparency in local government by holding all county elected officials to a high standard of conduct and enforces stricter penalties for those who do not abide.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Despite a concerted drive in recent weeks by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-..BY PAUL SCHINDLER Despite a concerted drive in recent weeks by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-..by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-...]

The rally, which was billed as «Don't Steal Possible,» was organized by Families for Excellent Schools (FES) and by elected officials, including Senate Co-Majority Leader Jeff Klein and Assemblymembers Robert Rodríguez and Marcos Crespo.

Though he vowed to be independent in his own relationship with the mayor, Mr. Stringer did not opt to criticize by name any other elected officials who might historically serve as a check or a critic to the mayor's policies, who have rarely been out of step with Mr. de Blasio.

«I've been told by a good Republican source, another elected official who's a Republican that I know very well, that (Erie County GOP Chairman) Nick Langworthy sent out the message, «Stop everything that Poloncarz's administration is doing.

The US attorney didn't make any specific recommendations about how to purge the state of dirty pols, but he did make clear that the growing list of cases against elected officials at the state and local levels brought by his office indicate that the problem is far from solved — despite claims to the contrary by any number of self - appointed «reformers.»

But, despite the reverend's constant pronouncements to the contrary, same - sex marriage is now almost universally embraced by city elected officials and for Mr. Díaz Jr. to further climb up the political ladder he may need to ensure his 2007 vote against gay marriage doesn't become a future liability.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and schools chancellor Carmen Fariña have been accused by advocates and some elected officials of doing too little to integrate the city's schools, which a recent study found are the most segregated in the nation.

The list of witnesses was revealed by Silver defense attorneys in motions laying out what questions they want asked to weed out biased jurors, such as, «Do you have any opinions about politicians, elected officials, or anyone that works in politics — positive or negative?»

The commission advises creating another new criminal offense of undisclosed self dealing by elected officials who don't tell the public they may have a financial interest in a particular bill or policy.

Plans to remove the school's trailers along with the building's subsequent expansion are welcome news for the families of this community and I thank all our elected officials, the School Construction Authority, and community advocates who worked so diligently to do right by our children.»

The rezoning was touted by the de Blasio administration as an example of how to meet the interests of developers while expanding affordable housing, but it drew sharp criticism from activists in the neighborhood and some elected officials, who argued it didn't go far enough in ensuring that space would be reserved for the neighborhood's poorest residents.

The mishap didn't dampen Cuomo's mood at the holiday event attended by elected and government officials, family and friends, sources said.

He says the bill would replace the state Committee on Open Government with a commission that has the power to bring enforcement actions, to fine elected officials who abuse the Open Meetings Law and compel the release of records of municipalities that do not abide by the Freedom of Information law.

Five minority legislators have proposed amending the county charter to include a prohibition of hiring elected officials» relatives for positions that don't require a Civil Service exam, which — if approved by the legislature — would go to residents for a vote.

But Thursday afternoon, after elected officials began contacting FEMA, the agency notified Onondaga County by email that it putting on hold the new maps and did not know when changes to the floodplains would become effective.

This selection weighed against the selection of Zach Carter as Corporation Counsel (because he reportedly befriends disgraced public official John L. Sampson, but was a John Gotti, Jr. slayer and Abner Louima defender and knows that «Stop & Frisk» is not racial profiling when done right) may suggest bi-polarity for the mayor - elect, but I trust not paranoia for me as I am at a befuddled disadvantage on what to expect next: but we can ask a de Blasio agreement with Gov. Cuomo that neither of them will be involved in selecting the next Council Chair (because that would not only be unlawful but power prejudice ugly in these times of moral decay by the elected).

«Parents struggle to do what's best for their children, and at least so far, in this country parents are not dictated to by local elected officials about how to feed their children,» he said in his email.

A spokesperson for Vallone, Austin Finan, called the use of outside expenditures «an unfortunate reality,» but the campaign did not oppose the assistance, noting that he was backed by unions, Democratic clubs, elected officials, as well as business groups.

The proposed changes did not include Term Limits nor the Two - hat rule which would prevent any elected official from accepting another Rockland County job paid for by the taxpayers.

De Blasio spokesperson Karen Hinton responded to a Gotham Gazette inquiry about the relationship between the mayor and Borough President Diaz Jr., by stating that «Mayor de Blasio works with elected officials from across the City to address urgent issues, as he does with Bronx President Diaz.

«We need elected officials in Congress with the courage to lead and Max Rose has done that throughout his life,» New York's junior senator said in a statement provided by the Rose campaign.

The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.

Sander feels gratified by his experience in local government and characterizes it as truly accountable: «If you don't fix the pothole or plow the snow,» elected officials hear about it.

Most strikingly, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called the ruling «outrageous» and declared that it «must be overturned by the courts and if the courts don't protect parents» rights then, as elected officials, we will.»