Sentences with phrase «flouting state»

Assemblyman Keith Wright's habit of smoking in Albany's legislative office building has neighbors and staffers fuming, say sources who claim the Harlem Democrat has been flouting the state's Clean Indoor Air Act for years.

New York City is flouting a state law that requires unpaid members of policymaking boards and commissions to file financial - disclosure statements — an ethics breach that allows officials on some powerful panels to make decisions without any sunlight on potential conflicts of interest.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton blamed the media for the NYPD's crackdown on disclosure of officers» disciplinary records last week — but elected officials and advocates say it is the mayor and the commissioner who are flouting state law.

Consumers who use online payday lenders may be taken advantage of twice: first, by the lenders» triple - digit interest rates that flout state caps, then with fees tacked on by the borrowers» own banks.

She goes on to note Espada is being investigated by the FBI, AG Andrew Cuomo and two DAs, adding: «He is alleged to have stolen millions of dollars in Medicaid funds, he has exploited his position in the Senate for personal gain, flouts state election laws, and makes a mockery of the democratic process.»

There's no room for new or expanding charter schools in the Big Apple — because the de Blasio administration continues to flout state law by refusing to guarantee them space, records reviewed by The Post show.

Not exact matches

The state's High Court had earlier mandated that fireworks must be stored more than 100 meters (yards) from temples - orders that were flouted at the Paravoor temple, said Loknath Behera, a top police official.

In that case, led by the civil division of the United States attorney's office for the Eastern District of California, prosecutors found that JPMorgan flouted federal laws with its sale of subprime mortgage securities from 2005 to 2007.

Church leaders exhort the government to enforce a religious agenda, though this goal flouts the principle of religious liberty through separation of church and state (a principle which now sustains attacks as never before in this century).

Even if Israel flouts American orders» as then «Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir flouted the wishes of the first Bush administration in 1992» the United States will not sanction Israel.

«Let's not forget that the existing ban on such text and images on infant formula labels is routinely flouted by companies in many Member States, with images such as shields, polar bears and unauthorised health claims appearing.

The wishes of the voters are flouted when they elect Democrats to the state senate that caucus with and function as Republicans.

NYC's most notorious landlord openly flouted rent regulation laws, according to a new lawsuit that makes an urgent plea for a state regulator to protect tenants.

It is amazing that persons, who schemed to cause loss to the state, flout procurement laws with impunity, can then accuse another of acting illegally.

They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election state's oft - flouted election laws.

A Non-governmental organisation - HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state for flouting a subsisting order of an Imo State High Court by forcefully demolishing the Ancient EkeUkwu Market in Owerri leading to many fatalistate for flouting a subsisting order of an Imo State High Court by forcefully demolishing the Ancient EkeUkwu Market in Owerri leading to many fataliState High Court by forcefully demolishing the Ancient EkeUkwu Market in Owerri leading to many fatalities.

During President Buhari's recent visit to Benue State, for instance — a trip he took only because of massive public criticism — he expressed surprise the Inspector - General of Police had flouted his two - month old instruction to relocate to the state to handle the insecuState, for instance — a trip he took only because of massive public criticism — he expressed surprise the Inspector - General of Police had flouted his two - month old instruction to relocate to the state to handle the insecustate to handle the insecurity.

A source within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state told DAILY POST on Saturday that Husein, who is a serving Commissioner was accused of flouting the electoral law, which stipulates 30 days for anyone who is in a public servant to resign his / her appointment before vying for an elective office.

The core of Ms. Sugarman's accusations was that Mr. de Blasio and his allies flouted limits on the donations to individual Democratic State Senate candidates by funneling money into county Democratic committees, which enjoy much looser spending rules.

A state that's erroneously described as the only democracy in the Middle East treats international law and conventions with contempt, flouts them with increasing regularity and maintains a brutal military occupation [of Palestine] while the whole world looks on,» Mubarak wrote.

«My state (Adamawa) chapter of the party sent a letter to them, recommending from the North - East, but they are hell - bent on flouting the constitution of the party.

For them to make teachers write the test is to flout the court order that gave an injunction during the administration of Adams Oshiomhole, stopping the state government from conducting competency tests for teachers.

De Blasio has also caught flak over the NYPD ending its practice of routinely handing out information about disciplinary action taken against officers because they discovered that they were flouting section 50 - a of the state's civil rights law.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A state agency reports today that Syracuse officials continue to flout civil service rules by keeping more than 100 employees on the payroll of the Syracuse Urban Renewal Agency when they actually work for the city.

What appears to be the blatant flouting of the country's financial regulations by managers of various state institutions has incurred the wrath of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament.

Unfortunately, Cuomo is getting away with flouting the Finance Law because members of the state Legislature — the only people with legal standing to sue him — simply don't care enough to make an issue of it.

«It is unconscionable that the state and the city have flouted the law and are subjecting over 290,000 students to overcrowded classes of 30 students or more,» said Haimson, citing a Class Size Matters analysis of city Education Department data.

Donnelly, 44, may face a more polarizing incumbent who, according to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, has flouted the law.

Yes indeed nothing except noise, hounding, torturing, flouting of court orders and vilification of opposition leaders and members in and out of courts / incarcerations without proving anything; harassments, intimidation, indiscriminate arrests and detention of Judges in order to cow them to desecrate the Judiciary and deny the people justice; promote Gestapo State and by extension, kill democracy.»

Speaking to the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) upon arrival in Ado - Ekiti, Fayose asked residents of the State to flout the curfew imposed by the incumbent and to place calls to his mobile phone if anyone stopped them.

On the controversial N852.9 State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) fund, the commission said it was clear that the Government of Dr Fayemi hoodwinked the federal government into paying its own matching grant by obtaining N852, 936,783.12 loan from Access Bank on November 25, 2013 without perfecting documentation in respect of the loan, thereby flouting the provisions of Section 11 (2) of the UBEC Act, 2004.

A Manhattan judge Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — finding that she flouted two laws and even the state constitution in a behind - the - scenes power...

A Manhattan judge Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke to City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — finding that she flouted two laws and even the state constitution in a behind - the - scenes power struggle with a political foe.

At the parley, the IGP warned all trouble - makers and anti-social elements to stay away from Kogi State throughout the period of the election as the Police will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person, no matter how highly placed in society, who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.

It warned that they should desist from flouting the law of the land and stop wasting the common patrimony of the people of the state on political jamboree at a time when the INEC had not permitted political rallies in the state.

Arase who addressed stakeholders and police officers in Lokoja, Kogi State, warned all trouble makers and anti-social elements to stay away from the state throughout the period of the election «as the police will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person, no matter how highly placed in society, who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.&rState, warned all trouble makers and anti-social elements to stay away from the state throughout the period of the election «as the police will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person, no matter how highly placed in society, who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.&rstate throughout the period of the election «as the police will not hesitate to arrest and prosecute any person, no matter how highly placed in society, who flouts the law or causes a breach of the peace.»

«I also want to seize this opportunity to assure Lagosians that the State Government will do everything within its powers to check the excesses of Developers who flout its regulations and will restore efficiency and confidence in the building control and supervision process,» the Governor said.

«As the global system struggles to adapt, we are confronted by states deliberately flouting — for their own gain — the rules and standards that have secured our collective prosperity and security,» she said.

Socialist Alternative is a political organization closely tied to Sawant that is flouting the national and state political accountability systems without any transparency or external scrutiny.

In April, she wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan saying she would freeze the state's targets for proficiency — a move flouting the requirements of No Child Left Behind, the landmark federal education legislation that sets performance benchmarks for public schools across the country.

The disturbing footage, taken at local markets in Kohima and Dimapur, show that the laws are being blatantly flouted with dogs packed in sacks with just their heads poking out, their mouth either stitched closed or bound tight with rope to keep them quiet, which is done to illegally smuggle them into Nagaland from neighbouring states.

«Activision has refused to honor the terms of its agreements and is intentionally flouting the fundamental public policy of this State (California) that employers must pay their employees what they have rightfully earned.

«By exempting the Navy from basic safeguards under both federal and state law, the president is flouting the will of Congress, the decision of the California Coastal Commission and a ruling by the federal court.»

President Obama's constitutional law professor and mentor at Harvard, Laurence Tribe, calls Obama's attempt to flout the Constitution in order to get his way on the «Clean Power Plan» (CPP) a «trifecta» since it attempts to go around three major institutions of government: Congress, the courts, and the states.

Stratas cites the SCC's recent decision in Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)(in which the court set aside the rejection of a humanitarian residency application) as a «baffling» case where the court flouted its own principle of «legislative supremacy» by ignoring Parliament's expressly stated intent that the Federal Court of Appeal should have the final say in the matter.

And states also pay big, spending millions to try to track down those who flout insurance laws.