Sentences with phrase «emergency authorities in»

So far, three people are confirmed dead, and ABC News reports that emergency authorities in Houston are receiving thousands of calls for rescue as rapidly rising floodwaters have forced residents to seek higher ground on their rooftops.

Not exact matches

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Kevyn Orr as emergency manager in March 2013, giving him extraordinary authority to fix the city's finances.

If you read to the end of Holder's letter, to the passage where he says, «Were such an emergency to arise, I would examine the particular facts and circumstances before advising the president on the scope of his authority,» it becomes clear that, despite invoking Pearl Harbor and 9/11, even he isn't envisioning a response to an attack in process, which would have to happen immediately.

H.B. 1419 Status: Pending - Carryover Grants the governor authority to proclaim a state of emergency in the event of a substantial cybersecurity incident.

Gary Norman, a spokesman for the Houston emergency operations center, said late Saturday that the person was a woman appeared to have gotten out of her vehicle in high water, though authorities had not confirmed a cause of death.

In Houston, authorities were pleading with people not to leave their homes as a flood emergency was declared.

A brief report issued by Tianshan Net, an official news Web site for Xinjiang, said that in Hanairike Township in Hotan, a crowd wielding weapons «assembled in a disturbance, and the public security authorities took emergency action and detained people taking part, rapidly quelling them.»

New York City emergency medicine specialist Stephen Wall has endorsed a program in which patients who suffer trauma or cardiac arrest are afforded some resuscitation efforts, but if these fail and the patient is pronounced dead (as determined by a remote authority), CPR will be continued — on the dead patient — until a relative or other surrogate can give consent for organs to be harvested.

One can only surmise that he and his colleagues believe that, in the emergency situation, they are authorized to override or ignore the ordinary lines of authority.

Churches should prepare their plans in conjunction with local disaster management authorities, and encourage willing members to get Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and other emergency training, so they will have the necessary credentials to help others in a criEmergency Response Team (CERT) and other emergency training, so they will have the necessary credentials to help others in a criemergency training, so they will have the necessary credentials to help others in a crisis area.

«They've been able to end food emergency calls in the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, we'd like to see that replicated across the region.»

It should be noted that a natural father without PR still has certain legal rights in relation to his child, e.g.: • an automatic right to apply to the court for certain court orders in respect to his child • in an emergency, the right to consent to medical treatment for the child • if the child is being looked after by the local authority, the right to have reasonable contact with his child and the right for the local authority to give due consideration to his wishes and feelings in relation to important decisions they make about the child, including decisions about adoption and contact arrangements after adoption.

Hence, in times of disasters and emergencies, WIN believes that donations of milk products must be allowed as long as such donations are coursed through the government authorities concerned.

«Security engagements are in top gear, as we are working with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering declaring a state of emergency at the New York City Housing Authority over what his counsel, Alphonso David, called «intolerable» conditions in public housing.

However, the authorities are yet to make a statement on the incident but emergency security response teams such as National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were deployed in emergency security response teams such as National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were deployed in Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were deployed in Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) were deployed in the area.

But this is not always the case in states where policing and emergency services are weak, and authorities are inimical and deliberately aggressive in their strategies of crowd control.

NEW YORK — Conditions at the New York City Housing Authority are so bad, it warrants an emergency declaration, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said after touring one of more than 2,400 NYCHA buildings in the city Monday.

He has visited New York City public housing repeatedly over the last month, and even declared a state of emergency last week, promising $ 250 million in additional funding in the state budget ($ 550 million has been allocated to the New York City Housing Authority since 2015).

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo allocated $ 418 million to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for emergency repairs in the state's budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed — at first begrudgingly — to match the financing.

GARDINER, N.Y. — Authorities say a small plane carrying skydivers has suffered an engine malfunction and has made an emergency landing in a backyard in upstate New York, leaving the...

The government's clear policy is to have a complete range of defence capabilities to meet seven key strategic tasks ranging from the defence of the UK and overseas sovereign territories, through an ability to project power via expeditionary interventions, to the support to civil authorities in response to emergencies.

The Erie County Water Authority last year declared a purchasing «emergency» so it could hire a law firm and then racked up more than $ 129,500 in legal fees.

Our Emergency Housing Transfer Program launches in partnership with the New York City Housing Authority and New York City Housing Preservation & Development.

The day after the announcement of the program, New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent three drones to assist the New York Power Authority with restoring power in Puerto Rico and various emergency response missions, according to the press release.

Meanwhile, the NAF has conveyed the Director General of the National Emergency Management Authority and other NEMA officials to Makurdi to give effect to the Presidential directive to assist flood victims in Makurdi.

David's missive asserted that Johnson had agreed that the city should kick in $ 400 million toward the MTA's emergency construction plan — against de Blasio's wishes — and that the state would withhold $ 200 million in funding from the Housing Authority until the mayor, council and tenant leaders picked a private contractor to undertake repairs.

Government officials from the Volta River Authority, Ministry of Power, Attorney General Department, Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Energy Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency among many others helped in putting the BOOT Agreement with the Ameri together to generate 250 megawatts emergency power plants to fix the dumsor problem.

Emergency proxy votes were offered to residents in Barnet, with would - be electors urged to return later after the local authority failed to provide up to date registers.

Following the unfortunate boat incident that occurred on Saturday, the Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has summoned an emergency meeting with all commercial boat operators in the state on Tuesday, February 2, just as it vowed to clamp down on boat operators who continue to contravene the rules and regulations guiding their operations.

«This emergency regulation will allow the DEC to tap into its superfund authority both to investigate the extent of the contamination of PFOA in Hoosick Falls and more importantly to begin remediation,» Seggos said.

He listed those in the team as the state's ministries of health, information, environment, agriculture, State Hospitals» Management Board, Red Cross and Red Crescent, UCH, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital and State Emergency Management Authority.

The Health Commissioner added that the ministry have made contacts with UPTH, primary health centres, and other relevant authorities to be at alert for any emergencies and called on the public to contact the following numbers 08056109538, 09062277699, and 08033124314 in case of emergency.

According to Adesina Tiamiyu, General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, the fire incident was very severe, ravaging the company involved in plastic making.

Poloncarz said he recommended the boil water advisory after extensive, consensus - driven discussions with representatives from the Health Department, Office of Emergency Services, emergency managers in affected towns and in consultation with Water Authority eEmergency Services, emergency managers in affected towns and in consultation with Water Authority eemergency managers in affected towns and in consultation with Water Authority engineers.

Senator Terrence Murphy and Assemblyman David Buchwald sponsored a bi-partisan bill that would arm school bus drivers across the state with the authority to administer an epi - pen to a child in case of an emergency.

In addition, within the next two years, all existing equipment on each bus would have to be synchronized so that when an emergency button is activated, the precise location of the bus would be relayed to a transit authority's command center via a GPS device.

Frederick Rudolph — Adjei, the Eastern Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourism Authority, also indicated that the Ghana Airforce is on standby to airlift patrons in case of an emergency.

The New York City Housing Authority has launched an emergency effort to inspect for lead in units with small children.

Cuomo said he's ready to declare an emergency that could result in an independent monitor to circumvent NYCHA's slow - moving bureaucracy and speed up repairs of decrepit conditions in the authority's 178,000 apartments.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo allocated $ 418 million to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority for emergency repairs in the state's budget, Mayor Bill de Blasio agreed...

Looking ahead to next month's potential cash - flow crisis, Megna said Paterson will send up a separate bill asking for the statutory authority to push some of the payments due to school districts by June 1 to later in the month, allowing the state to draw more heavily on its pool of short - term emergency funds.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency in the city's housing authority on April 2, citing the lead issue, mold and other environmental and safety hazards.

Officials from the New York State Liquor Authority, the city Sheriff's Office and the Office of Emergency Management discovered four unlicensed stills, in addition to over 40 cases of illegally manufactured spirits packaged and stored in the back of the winery.

WAMC's Jim Levulis speaks with Ken Lovett of the New York Daily News about the end of a special legislative session in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo declaring a state of emergency in regards to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the expansion of ride - hailing services in upstate New York and Long Island.

In addition to his private outreach, Mr. Cuomo has appeared alongside mostly black and Latino residents multiple times this month to decry the «filth» of New York City Housing Authority developments and to threaten to declare a state of emergency for the agency.

Only a few days earlier, during an appearance at the Jackson Houses in the Bronx, the governor, who served as the federal housing secretary under President Bill Clinton, said he was prepared to declare a state of emergency in the buildings of the New York City Housing Authority — which would allow him to replace its failing management team, appointed by the city.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency last week at the New York City Housing Authority, saying its 400,000 tenants have had to endure gaps in basic maintenance that have left some units barely fit for habitation.

Going further, Mr. Bragman said the town has the right to declare a public health emergency and act under that authority to provide in - home filtration where wells are contaminated.

Ogbeh, however, said the National Emergency Management Authority has been mandated to rebuild villages in Benue State and ensure they are not far from one another to ensure military protection.