Sentences with phrase «fairness to states»

Preserving the deduction of state and local taxes is not a partisan issue, but about basic fairness to states like New York, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Wednesday in a statement.

The Groups believe independent oversight is the only way to guarantee basic fairness to state vendors, including MWBE firms and small businesses.

«The agreement worked out among the governor, Speaker Silver and Majority Leader Skelos — a stark contrast with the political deadlock in Washington — will bring more fairness to the state tax code and help ensure that children in our public schools will begin to see restorations from the devastating education cuts of recent years,» he said.

Not exact matches

Were these provisions to become law, they could result in some states, legislatively, providing one level of care or protection to some of their citizens and a different level to others — which, could violate the equal protection and fairness requirements of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

Now, you may or may not find that to be a persuasive argument about the state of income inequality in Canada — as our own Chris MacDonald has pointed out, determining the fairness of CEO pay is more complicated than it seems.

Yet too often, consumers don't have the basic facts they need to assess the fairness, integrity, and security of these trading platforms,» the Attorney General stated in the release.

The Department should reconsider the fairness of that approach and the efficiency of researching the statute of limitations applicable to every claim and defense in every state, and to instead exercise its authority to simply provide full relief to borrowers it finds were defrauded.

Farrell's argument is the more effective because he regularly pauses to state, with generosity and fairness, the objections that might be raised to his thesis, and then proceeds to answer such objections in a way that is almost always convincing.

In all fairness, the gloppy casserole - like dish you're left with is pretty darn tasty, but if you're expecting this disaster of a recipe to yield something resembling enchiladas, or the stated serving sizes, you better think again.

As long as we're talking about stretching the rules, fairness requires that we give equal time to those notorious reprobates at Boise State, who have had to schlep a bit of baggage to their new conference, the Mountain West.

The report states Pogba's arrival at the Bernabeu may have been detrimental to the club's wage structure, and in fairness it's easy to see why Real might not think he'd be worth the hassle at this point.

There is a fairness issue that arises, however, when teams that don't win league titles can drop to lower divisions and can compete for state titles, especially when the league champion gets knocked out in a higher division.

True, there are stated procedures to discipline an erring judge; and in fairness, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has latterly gone on the offensive to discipline some of such judges.

In the interim however, State Governors have continued to appeal for release of payment on the grounds of fairness because some States had already received refunds under previous administrations.

«New York is the progressive beacon for the nation and we are going to work every day until November to elect more Democrats, because this state sees a different future — one filled with hope, fairness and opportunity for all.

The public want the costs of social security kept under control, but they have also retained a strong sense of fairness and empathy for those who need access to social security and other forms of state support such as tax credits.

She added, «The time has come for every Democrat in the State Senate to unify, stand and work together to ensure our state leads in progressive governance, fairness and the respect of voters» decisions.&rState Senate to unify, stand and work together to ensure our state leads in progressive governance, fairness and the respect of voters» decisions.&rstate leads in progressive governance, fairness and the respect of voters» decisions.»

These state party chairs know that at its best the Democratic Party fights for freedom, fairness, and families,» said Evan Wolfson, founder and President of Freedom to Marry.

But who doubts that in the era of globalisation, we need to think hard about how we reconcile the principle of free movement of people with perceptions of fairness and the requirement to sustain our welfare states?

Assini said that he would not concede until all votes had been accounted for, stating, «In all fairness to the voters, you should let the votes be counted.»

Some supported the proposal on equity and fairness grounds, since elites were already perceived to benefit disproportionately from the state's resources, through special - interest appropriations of oil wealth, and because it would bring a huge benefit to low - income Alaskans and those living at a subsistence level.

When we have people harassed, summarily evicted, we have to leverage the power of the state senate to reform housing court, for it to become a place of fairness and justice and not simply an assembly line for eviction.»

«Doing so would send a message to all New Yorkers, and to our nation that we are a state that values fairness and respect of all of its residents.»

Tedisco and Murray's legislation, which is being drafted, would bring fairness to the Governor's proposal for state workers by requiring the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller and all 213 state legislators to be in good standing with their state and local taxes before they can take office.

«I look forward to the day when New York and all states accept this basic principle of fairness.

«With this action, New York will uphold our continued commitment to deliver equal rights, forbid discrimination of any kind, and remain true to the principles this state and nation were founded upon — fairness and justice for all.»

He urged state lawmakers to send a signal to the rest of the nation, and the world, that Connecticut is a place that will always recognize fairness and equality.

In his final State of the State address on Wednesday, Connecticut Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy says fairness is the reason why Connecticut is sticking to policies that are contrary to what he says is growing inequity in Washington.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has previously pursued legal action to shut down the sites in New York State, citing reasons including concerns for the games» fairness and transparency.

In his liberal - themed speech, Malloy called on the state legislature to send a message to the nation that Connecticut stands for fairness, amid growing national inequity and unfairness.

The committee faced a very difficult task, in fairness, given that the levels of change being determined by the terms of reference would probably amount to the most dramatic redrawal of local election constituency boundaries in the history of the State.

«This is about fundamental fairness,» said Cuomo, who said the state gives more money in tax dollars to Washington than it gets back in services.

This year, our state has a chance to take a historic step forward to restore fairness, opportunity and economic security to working families.

He said the state under the leadership of Governor Aregbesola has demonstrated high sense of fairness to religious organisations in the state.

The PM spoke of five key reforms that he wanted to see inside the supranational body, which were: competitiveness, flexibility, reciprocal power flow between member states and the EU, democratic accountability, and fairness.

Take «fairness» in wages: the natural state is to pay wages based on a person's production and supply of skills.

Segun was in control of all the members of the House of Representatives from Ogun State and the three senators and these people had issues that were raised and I was in the committee that listened to them and Segun had always said (in fairness to Segun) that he had no problem with the governor of Ogun State and it is the people he leads that have issues and he thinks for the issue to be addressed, we should be relating to those people.

We expect that at all material times, the state security agencies, will discharge their duties in fairness and accordance to the supreme laws of our land.

«We are also committed to demonstrating fairness and equity in the way we execute projects all over the state.

Also at 3 p.m., Alcantara and Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda and the Bodega Association introduce legislation to promote greater fairness in the regulatory enforcement methods of the New York state Liquor Authority, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«It is essential that those who care about social justice, fairness and equality, who value public services and care about the future of state education, do not allow this to happen.»

Last week, the state Assembly voted to pass marriage equality in New York, affirming their commitment to fairness and equal rights for same - sex couples.

Mr Hutton told the audience the welfare state was built around «fairness» and said: «We can not reasonably ask hard - working families to pay for the unwillingness of some to take responsibility to engage in the labour market.»

The legislation was passed as part of the 2016 - 17 state budget and marks a major accomplishment in the Governor's efforts to restore economic justice and fairness to working families in New York Sstate budget and marks a major accomplishment in the Governor's efforts to restore economic justice and fairness to working families in New York StateState.

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Proffering solutions to tackle these challenges, Nana Addo suggested the formulation of models that will guide the conduct of these debates in agreed state institutions, just like other parts of the world to promote fairness.

He states that when people believe in the fairness of their leaders, they would be ready to do everything within their power to protect their fatherland.

I am running again, thanks MOFYCBS J. I am running to restore integrity and fairness to New York State government.

BY SHELDON SILVER Since we first introduced our proposal to extend New York's millionaires tax in May, the State Assembly's Democratic conference has led the way in the fight to bring fairness to our tax code.

He then went on to endorse the principles as set out by the Prime Minister, saying «The principles are competitiveness, flexibility, that power must be able to flow back to member states and not just away from them, democratic accountability and fairness.