Sentences with phrase «elected by the members of our community»

«We're held accountable and are elected by the members of our community and a special prosecutor wouldn't have that same accountability to the voters,» Mr. Donovan told Brian Lehrer on WNYC this morning.

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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.

By a community - elected, five member, Board of Commissioners, each of whom serves four years.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Participants cited the uproar caused by community residents, elected officials and Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change community residents, elected officials and Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change of heart.

The Canandaigua Republican said Wednesday he's been asked by party leaders, other elected officials and members of the business community to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who will likely seek a third term next year.

Such comments have led to a push by some community members and a few of his colleagues on the Buffalo School Board to have him removed from the elected position.

(Brooklyn, NY)-- Today, a group of elected officials including Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Treyger joined City commissioners and community and business leaders to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to accelerate and streamline necessary construction on the BQE by authorizing «design - build» contracting.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by elected officials and members of the business community as he signed his 18th Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers shall include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers.

As such, I was recently joined by elected officials and members of the business and labor community to sign my eighteenth Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers must include requirements to employ local workers.

BY PAULINE PARK Christine Quinn would have been the first woman and the first member of the LGBT community elected mayor of New York City had she won this year's mayoral race.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

Senator - elect Felder will be a valuable member of our conference as we work to address the concerns raised by his community and continue to move this state forward.

His visit, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, was the second installment of «Newsmakers 2015,» a roundtable series with CCEM members and elected officials, stakeholders and leaders as funded by the Revson Foundation.

At 11 a.m., Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, joined by elected officials and members of the Sunset Park community, will release a report by his office on Sunset Park's economy.

The Summit on Latinos was a multi-coalition effort supported by NYC's Latino elected officials including Speaker of City Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federation.

It was a question posed often on a recent evening spent at Holyrood Episcopal Church by elected officials and community members who gathered to mark the six - month anniversary of the day undocumented mother Amanda Morales - Guerra sought refuge with her children at the house of worship.

Three of the five Democratic candidates for Helen Sears» seat in the City Council spoke at a forum hosted by the New Visions Democratic Club in Jackson Heights Thursday, explaining why they think they should be elected, and answering questions that community members posed.

Notwithstanding the many qualities of Jon Cruddas and the excellent work carried out by other MPs — for example Gisela Stuart and Stella Creasy — in being effective voices for their members and communities and outstanding campaigners, it is, after all, only MPs who currently have the opportunity to be elected to the shadow cabinet.

To the editor: 9/11 health care was won through the efforts of a vast coalition of 9/11 responders, community members and other stakeholders who worked alongside Congressman Jerry Nadler and a host of other elected officials to get the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act passed by the congress in 2010.

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined in front of the Edward A. Rath county office building by Commissioner of Central Police Services James Jancewicz, elected officials and members of the law enforcement community, community members, and officials from the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education («ABATE») of NY Buffalo - Erie Chapter to start the motorcycle season with a call for increased safety and awareness.

At the press conference, Borough President Katz will be joined by other elected officials and by representatives of the Israeli Consulate, the officers and board members of the QJCC, officers and members of the Vaad Haarabonim of Queens, Rabbi Michael Miller of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and members of the clergy from the various denominations represented in Queens.

«I think that it's unfortunate that those persons who are Council members who were elected by the constituents in their communities are not willing to make a decision independent of the control of county leaders... and masters that influence what it is and in fact control what it is that they do and control how they vote,» she said.

The NYS budget effort was sparked by the national Fight For $ 15 movement, and carried forward by thousands of community organizations, faith leaders, union members, and elected officials, including Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Of the 550 people who applied to be on Manhattan Community Boards, 76 new members were appointed by elected officials, according to Borough President Scott Stringer's office.

Members of a board of education for a general powers school district are elected by the voters of a community for terms of either four or six years, as provided by the school district's bylaws.

Charter schools are governed by a board of directors composed of teachers, parents and community members, who are elected by the parents and guardians of the students and by school staff members.

Among its basic goals, DSBA is dedicated to advancing the quality of Delaware's public schools, promoting efficient and effective administration of those schools and strengthening the tradition of local citizen control through the establishment of education policy by elected and appointed school board members directly accountable to the communities they serve.

Instead of seeking to dismantle public education, parents and community members are working together to reaffirm the value of a public educational system that is controlled by democratically elected representatives and is directly accountable to the public.

Student & Community Focused FCSBM affirms the importance of local control by accountable elected school board members in service to parents, students and taxpayers.

In at least 20 states, lawmakers have stripped locally elected school board members of their power in impoverished, mostly minority communities, leaving parents without a voice — or a vote — in their children's education, according to a News21 state - by - state analysis of school takeovers.

But in spite of our financial challenges, our commitment to providing every child in every community with a high - quality education is as strong as ever, and the district, parents, teachers, principals, community members, local elected officials and business leaders must work together to protect investments in student learning that will maintain the tangible progress being made by our students.

Prior to the 2002 legislation that placed Michael Bloomberg in near complete control of the city schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their role.

Hoboken Charter School is managed by a Board of Trustees made up of elected parents, educators and community members.

By working in conjunction with traditional leaders, the elected village governments, and a team of community members, Carbon Tanzania and Ujamaa Community Resource Team will establish a system of Payments for Ecosystem Services through the sale of certified carbon offsetcommunity members, Carbon Tanzania and Ujamaa Community Resource Team will establish a system of Payments for Ecosystem Services through the sale of certified carbon offsetCommunity Resource Team will establish a system of Payments for Ecosystem Services through the sale of certified carbon offset credits.

The letter to Congress is signed by public and private organizations from every state, including community development organizations; nonprofit service providers; banks and credit unions; state and national trade associations and chambers of commerce, including the American Bankers Association and other groups representing thousands of members; affordable housing organizations; schools, universities and education nonprofits; city governments, state and local elected officials and agencies; and many other businesses, ranging from very large businesses to small, family - owned businesses.

We went through some necessary restructuring, but we came through it more unified, cohesive, and focused than we've ever been as evidenced by having elected our most diverse executive committee ever, including two women, our first Latino attorney and our first member of the LGBT community.

Attended by hundreds of delegates, speakers, sponsors, partners and volunteer assistants, they are run by volunteers from the PHP community and elected committee members of PHP London.

Ms. Senft also has served non-profit organizations whose mission she champions including acting in the role of Treasurer and on the executive board of Network 2000 whose mission is to place women on corporate boards and to mentor rising female executives; serving as elected board member for the Coalition of Geriatric Services in Maryland, whose mission is to expand compassionate alternative services to seniors at home and in residential living; and as Vice President of the Roland Park Civic League for six years, whose focus is on civic engagement and the preservation of historic green space in Baltimore City, the monitoring of other land developments and the creation of a 100 year Master Plan for the preservation and modernization of the historic garden community designed by the Olmsted Brothers.

Provided no serious offence has been committed by them, any adult member of the tribe is eligible to be elected as a tribal court judge by the tribal council or elder of the community.

«By helping to elect members of the REALTOR ® party to Congress, we're working to ensure that our members continue competing in a sound, community - first business environment.»