Sentences with phrase «federal officials issuing»

Short of a de facto federal takeover of the power industry, with federal officials issuing specific instructions to each plant, how was this conundrum to be resolved?

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Quite apart from the argument over OSFI - style oversight, the former federal official and others stress this segment of the market at least requires more transparency and clearer data so regulators and the Bank of Canada can better understand the credit landscape and the extent of high - risk loans issued by private lenders.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

Federal health officials issued their first Zika - related travel advisory for the U.S. mainland on Monday, recommending that pregnant women and those who plan to become pregnant avoid a Miami neighborhood where the virus has been spreading.

We're talking about something akin to the locked - down Blackberries that federal authorities used to issue key officials, including President Obama.

The local officials have been like, «This is a federal issue and we're just gonna make sure everyone is safe, that's our job.

So issues where the local government can't get their head out of their asses when its there responsibility to act and then blame the federal government, it leaves you and I the citizens to fend for ourselves, possibly for weeks at a time while the officials blame one another.

As federal officials worked with education officials in crafting new school safety rules, they also consulted clergy, Biden told a White House auditorium filled with federal officials who have worked on the issue.

Educational session panels at OGS will range in topics including farm soil management, environmentally sustainable packaging, advances in agricultural technology, and a discussion with elected state and federal officials on key issues facing agriculture.

«For emphasis, let us restate the fact that on the basis of the statement obtained from the accused, the Police had issued a statement read publicly at the May 10 press conference in the state capital and there was no mention of their naming or implicating any top government official at the state or federal level.»

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on Monday became the latest elected official to call for federal hearings into the water contamination issues in Hoosick Falls.

Specifically, these modern tribunes would be entitled to veto one piece of congressional legislation, one executive order and one Supreme Court decision; to call one national referendum, over any issue they wish (only two - thirds votes of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives may render the statute unconstitutional); and to initiate impeachment proceedings against one Federal official from each of the three branches of government during their term of office.

Following her meetings with Canadian officials, the 21st District Republican spoke with WAMC's North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley about a variety of federal issues.

That came on top of the Cuomo administration assigning the firms to manage a $ 68 million bond issue last fall, even as federal law enforcement officials were investigating allegations that New York lawmakers were doing favors for political donors.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Our city has long struggled on the federal terrain — urban issues just aren't sexy to Republican congressmen from the Ozarks — but with Mr. Schumer as one of the most powerful elected officials in the country, we're bound to do a little bit better.

Sometimes last year, a former top military officer and a governor issued an official statement accusing Federal Government of being behind terrorism activities in North - East.

O'Neill has defied the President in the past, saying in February that his officers will not enforce administrative warrants issued by federal immigration officials as a result of the expansive deportation policies.

And he'll be running at a time when the Skelos conviction, and ongoing federal and local probes of Nassau County officials, have made public corruption a leading issue in the Senate district.

Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over proposed federal budget cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.

Federal officials have accepted Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's petition to correct fire safety issues at the Indian Point nuclear plant in Westchester County.

The report found federal officials raised issues with the details loan in a letter to EFC board members prior to approval, but those questions and reservations were dismissed.

Whether to designate a certain language as an official language is not a federal issue, but a state issue.

Federal environmental officials today dismissed protests from New York and issued a final ruling that will allow operation of an open - water site in eastern Long Island Sound for disposing of dredged materials from harbors and ports.

ExxonMobil asked a federal court to invalidate a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the latest salvo in the battle between the company and the state's top law enforcement official.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced he intends to issue an executive order prohibiting anyone on the federal government's terror watch lists from buying a firearm in the state — assuming state officials are allowed access to those lists.

In New York City, without a public schedule, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whose administration was hit with a subpoena last week on the Buffalo Billion investigation from the same federal prosecutor who got the Silver conviction, issued a brief written statement saying that the Silver sentence sends «a simple message that officials who abuse the public's trust will be held accountable.»

Federal Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck and New York State DEC Commissoner Basil Seggos joined other government officials in a candid two - hour session with Ezra Prentice residents, who have long suspected oil trains and diesel truck traffic could be responsible for their health issues.

State, local and federal elected officials have created a new coalition meant to bridge the digital divide in central New York, as they say a lack of quality high speed Internet has become an economic development issue in Syracuse.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

Stymied in his efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump is poised to issue an order that could ease some federal rules governing health insurance and make it easier for people to band together and buy coverage on their own, administration officials said.

In the one month since Nixon entered the race, Cuomo has put an end to the IDC, said «the facts have changed» about legal recreational marijuana, announced plans to restore voting rights to felons on parole in New York, killed an offshore natural gas pipeline that had been in the works, and issued an executive order to prevent federal immigration official from state buildings.

Congressman Collins is the first federal official that I am aware of to stand up for Western New York on this important issue, and I commend him for joining the fight.»

The coastal contingency plan is a potentially powerful chit for New York officials to use in bargaining with Indian Point over its closure, since the federal Clean Water Act gives states control over water quality issues.

The forum will address these issues and bring together representatives from the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, as well as an official from the federal government.

The company was not mentioned in the federal subpoena issued to the Cuomo administration in late April seeking information about the actions of several Executive Chamber officials on behalf of two dozen companies.

CCVB is your liaison for tourism industry issues with local, regional, state and federal agencies, organizations and officials.

However, both SolarCity and officials with SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which is spearheading construction of the 1.2 million - square - foot facility with $ 750 million in state funding, deny that the job reductions reflect a setback for the project, which has experienced cash flow issues in recent months and may be the focus of a federal probe by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara.

One area that he will not instruct it to examine will be the issue of outside nonprofit groups created to take donations to support an elected official's policies, like the Campaign for One New York, which was created for Mr. de Blasio, and whose efforts were later examined by state and federal investigators.

Among the items in the state's initial application that federal officials rejected as «unfundable» are capital investment, rent subsidies for high - needs patients with mental and physical health issues, regional planning grants, evaluation projects and information technology.

«One of his relations has spoken to me and explained everything because I wanted to see him and talk to him wherever he was and see how I could meet some Federal Government officials on his issue.

The need for the amendment emerged from Borough President Katz's Hurricane Relief Task Force, which brings together multiple local, state and federal government agencies, elected officials and civic leaders to one table to discuss relevant recovery and rebuilding issues.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

Federal education officials made the list of schools under investigation public for the first time after the White House promised on Tuesday to offer more transparency on the issue.

«Shortly after the adjournment of the boycotted meeting, an official communication titled: Collapse of negotiation between the Federal Government and Joint Health Sector Unions was issued by JOHESU,» he said.

On Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on Thursday.

Immigration is largely a federal issue, but like many state officials opposed to the order, Mr. David was evaluating where the state's power — and state law — could be used to thwart Mr. Trump's plans.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Before they issued a request for proposals to select a preferred nanotech developer in Central New York, state officials colluded with COR Development Co. to make sure COR was selected, federal prosecutors alleged today.

Federal housing officials have issued yet another critical review of Buffalo's use of Community Development Block Grant funds.

The most effective way for scientists across disciplines to stand up for science is by reaching out to elected officials at the local, state and federal levels to offer evidence and findings to advance understanding of pressing issues from human health to the environment, said Holt and Ornstein.