Sentences with phrase «editorial boards»

In the aftermath of Sheldon Silver's arrest, reform groups and editorial boards are trying to determine what changes to the law and legislative rules are both winnable and will actually help create more honest government.

«This is probably the toughest budget we had to do because we're battling a hostile federal government,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a conference call with editorial boards earlier this month.

The press conference, drawing a throng of reporters the week before the Democratic primary, comes as the editorial boards of publications like the New York Times and New York Observer, along with several labor unions, buck Ms. Hochul in favor of Mr. Wu.

Current Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito also accepted unpaid help from the firm, which editorial boards denounced.

He could beat the Republicans over the head with the LLC loophole because the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Senate Democrats support closing the loophole, as do all of the watchdog groups and independent experts and editorial boards,» said Kaehny.

The speaker won 68 percent of the vote thanks in no small part to the combined efforts of his allies in labor and the Working Families Party and in spite of the fact that he was widely lambasted by editorial boards and even saw the NY Times back Newell.

The first spot touts the endorsements of the amendment from newspaper editorial boards both upstate and downstate (New York's largest and most prominent newspaper, The New York Times, urged a «no» vote in an editorial last month).

Will he reach into the Editorial Boards of the NY Daily News and Albany Times Union and expose «Editorialgate» the endorsement of Hevesi over «Honest» Chris Callaghan Boss Tweed would be so proud of them.

Lipshutz said the assemblyman, who has not received a single newspaper endorsement to date for his AG bid, has been invited to interview with the editorial boards of every other major publication in NYC that has picked a favorite to date.

A wide array of good government groups, editorial boards and Lopez's fellow Democrats — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Silver — have called for Lopez to give up his Assembly seat, too.

The groups say the proposed reforms were sensible, straightforward and supported by dozens of rank and file legislators, and endorsed by numerous editorial boards.

Back in January, the commission issued an order redefining «lobbying» to include p.r. firms» outreach to editorial boards and similar media.

Closing the LLC loophole has been endorsed by good government groups and editorial boards across the state, including the Times Union's.

Silver himself is fending off calls he step down as speaker — mostly from Republicans and newspaper editorial boards — after being criticized for keeping an initial $ 100,000 settlement fee with the employees a secret.

He has received support for that proposal from various editorial boards, including the New York Times, and good government groups.

This is not the first time Silver has been criticized by newspaper editorial boards or unelected Republicans like state party chairman Ed Cox and it won't be the last.

His lucrative arrangement with the personal injury princes at Weitz & Luxenberg, whose name partners were leaders of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, was fodder for editorial boards, which regularly highlighted the brazen conflict of interest.

Newspaper editorial boards, columnists and magazines continue to cite Sirota's investigative reporting for International Business Times on the public pension system.

Last week, Michael R. Bloomberg submitted to on - the - record interviews with the editorial boards of The New York Post and The Daily News.

«They'll hear about it from (newspaper) editorial boards and they'll start to get the word,» he said of the pressure on Assembly Democrats to renew mayoral control.

Good government groups and editorial boards have been railing against the LLC loophole for years.

With political leaders and editorial boards recommending that she serve out the remainder of former state AG Eric Schneiderman's term, which ends in December, the acting AG and former state solicitor general, Barbara Underwood, seemed the prohibitive favorite to get the Legislature's approval as interviews got underway yesterday.

Wilson had the cash advantage (thanks to an investment of about $ 4 million of his own money) and nearly all the newspaper editorial boards in the state behind him, and DiNapoli did not, unlike his fellow Democratic statewide contender, AG - elect Eric Schneiderman, have the support of the party's standard - bearer, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo, behind him.

Multiple newspaper editorial boards have also endorsed Underwood keeping the job through the remainder of the year.

The Democrat - turned - Republican put out a press release today calling on the candidates for governor and editorial boards statewide to embrace legislation he proposed earlier this this year that he says would end late budgets «forever» in New York.

The editorial boards applaud Bharara and lavish him with praise.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed plan to limit the sale of soda and other sugary drinks to containers that are 16 ounces or less has drawn national attention, been widely criticized by editorial boards and columnists, and has made him a target for attacks from several groups including the Center for Consumer Freedom which ran an full page ad in the New York Times.

In this case, the piece went out over the opinion wire for a particular chain, so I'm assuming that editorial boards follow a similar practice.

Nevertheless, Spitzer's nearly last - minute entry into the sleepy city comptroller's race ignited both the city's editorial boards as well as nearly every organization he annoyed as attorney general or governor.

Cuomo said the tour will include himself, Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy and other members of his administration speaking before community groups, newspaper editorial boards and other venues.

In the email, which Murray forwarded to Capital Tonight, he points to DeFrancisco receiving both his pension and his salary as a state lawmaker — a legally allowed practice known as «double dipping» which good - government groups and newspaper editorial boards have decried over the years in state government.

«Even after a state ethics report criticized him for covering up allegations of sexual harassment against a powerful assemblyman, even after a prosecutor said his failure to act might have put other women at risk, even after a number of editorial boards called for his ouster, Mr. Silver is still standing strong.»

Editorial boards have weighed in.

Michael Lamb has also contributed to Psychology today and serves on editorial boards on several academic journals.

Currently, she serves on several boards of consultants and editorial boards and serves as senior faculty at the Simkin Center for allied Birth Vocations at Bastyr University which was named in her honor.Today her practice consists of childbirth education, birth counseling, and labor support, combined with a busy schedule of conferences and workshops.

He has over 650 peer - reviewed publications and is a member of the editorial boards of several journals, including The Lancet.

Parsons currently serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation and the Athletic Training Education Journal, and is a current member of the BOC Standards Committee.

Ms Norsigian also serves as a board member of Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research and on numerous other advisory and editorial boards.

- how you can claim it's unfair to characterize evangelicals as anti-intellectual while following a man who believes conspiracy theories from the National Enquirer, thinks climate change is a hoax, says vaccines cause autism, and displays such breathtaking ignorance regarding the state of the world and foreign policy that no former presidents will endorse him and multiple generals, foreign policy experts, editorial boards, and heads of state have denounced him as dangerously uninformed,

Academics (and even newspaper editorial boards) might get by with just being right on the facts, but Trudeau has to bring along the many Canadians with serious doubts about legalization.

The BTTC will work throughout the Lower Mainland with speeches, public appearances, editorial boards, digital media efforts and other ways to help ensure Metro Vancouver voters understand the benefits of expanded transportation options.

A number of antitrust experts watching the trial, as well as the editorial boards of publications like the Wall Street Journal and The Economist, have argued that the Justice Department has failed to make its case.

He also serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Organization, and is a former Series Editor of Advances in Strategic Management.

Simon was and is a member of the editorial boards of numerous international and national business journals.

Upstart Entwistle has launched a full - on offensive, meeting with government ministers, visiting editorial boards and hammering home his point to any other media that will listen.

Times editorial board member Elizabeth Williamson writes that wealthier tech employees seem to support Clinton; meanwhile, those living in «a less glamorous Silicon Valley, inhabited by brainy young people whose long hours power the big companies and whose college debt is so heavy that some of them can't even qualify for a credit card» are «feeling the Bern.»

She added in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial board that «the question is whether it will be one committee or two.»

One week later, in early November, the editorial board of the Daily Progress, Charlottesville's local paper, opined that because Republicans also control Virginia's General Assembly, «we believe Ed Gillespie has the best chance of leading Virginia to a brighter economic future.»

In the runup to the gubernatorial election, the editorial board of the Martinsville Bulletin wrote that the newspaper wouldn't be making endorsements in state or local races: «It's not for a lack of interest.

This opinion piece from The New York Times editorial board — part of a larger series on gun violence that also looks at the horrific statistics on the murder of women in the U.S. — focuses on the «boyfriend loophole,» something that may be familiar to regular Broadsheet readers.