Sentences with phrase «for refusing»

Add this to the ongoing feud between de Blasio and Cuomo — the city's broke Health and Hospitals Corporation is suing state health officials for refusing to reimburse $ 1.4 million in medical care given to five undocumented immigrants.

The Senate on Thursday, urged the Inspector - General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to «stop holding on to the straw» for refusing to honour its summons on rising insecurity across the country.

Trump, meanwhile, has also drawn controversy for refusing to release certain documents — his tax returns.

High - profile leftist law professor and congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout, under attack by Republicans for refusing to take a stand on the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, has just decided to do so, telling The Post, «I don't support BDS.»

Bridget Kelly, 43, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, 44, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, face nine counts in connection with the traffic tie - up aimed at punishing Fort Lee's mayor for refusing to endorse Christie for reelection.

Eleven cops have been relieved of their duties as part of the probe, and the NYPD on Wednesday announced that another, Detective Michael Milici, had been fired for refusing to cooperate with investigators.

The Senate on Thursday, urged the Inspector - General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to «stop holding on to the straw» for refusing to honour its...

Cuomo's response came as a key witness in a federal New Jersey trial softened his stance that the two governors cooked up an excuse for the traffic that paralyzed Fort Lee and punished that town's mayor in September 2013 for refusing to endorse Christie's re-election bid.

Labour grandee Peter Mandelson has praised Ed Miliband's «leadership and guts» for refusing to match the Conservative promise of a referendum on Britain's EU membership by 2017.

He last joined in the Bronx parade in 2015, but earlier this month, organizer Tony Signorile said de Blasio wasn't invited — and called him a «fake Italian» for refusing to take a stand in support of the Columbus Circle statue.

Boko Haram insurgents have since released 104 of the schoolgirls kidnapped from their school in Dapchi, Yobe state, keeping Leah behind for refusing to denounce her faith.

Lord Rennard has threatened to take legal action after he was suspended for refusing to apologise, sparking fears that the party could be torn apart by the row.

According to him, the incumbent MP and the party's Parliamentary candidate for the area, Abeiku Crentsil and the regional executives of the party rejected him for refusing to support the MP's bid during the...

For refusing and blocking federal law enforcement for working on the Gilgo Beach serial murder case.

As for Katko, Long said the fact that he's from a moderate swing district is not an excuse for refusing to support the GOP's repeal effort.

The party's Caroline Spelman made her intentions clear when she unequivocally sacked the Tory councillor Nigel Hastilow for refusing to apologise for his use of Enoch Powell's «rivers of blood» speech.

Amid the ongoing NYPD corruption probe, he criticized the decision to strip a sergeant of his gun and badge for refusing to talk to federal investigators without a lawyer present.

Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. David Carlucci (D - Rockland County) on Thursday slammed Equifax for refusing requests to testify before the committee, calling it a «slap in the face» to New Yorkers.

Owners may also be forced to appear at Environmental Control Board hearings, where they may face violation fines for refusing to comply.

«The blame for that lies primarily with the government for refusing to hold a spending review before the election.»

That was the same radio show on which he was reamed by a call - in guest for refusing to take the subway — as millions of New Yorkers do every day — to the gym or finding one closer to Gracie Mansion that he can walk to.

The government has no legally justifiable reason for refusing to provide SERAP with the information requested, and therefore, this Court ought to compel the government to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, as the government is not above the law.»

Hanna took issue with being branded as one of Koch's so - called «enemies of reform», saying he should not be lambasted for refusing to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's redistricting bill, as introduced by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, because he never technically pledged to do so.

Lazio has been beating the mosque drum for some time now, and even went so far as to accuse Cuomo of being an «incompetent» AG for refusing to investigate its funding.

12.03 - Tory MP Rehman Chishti uses the debate to attack the BBC for refusing to use the term «Da'esh» to describe Jihadi fighters in Iraq and Syria.

To that end, Paterson predicted state lawmakers will pass the budget extender he sent to them last week that includes furloughs for some 70 percent of the state workforce, and again attacked the unions for refusing to negotiate a deal to help close the $ 9.2 billion deficit.

ADDED: Newt Gingrich ripped AG Andrew Cuomo for refusing to investigate the mosque proposed for construction near Ground Zero.

His excuses for refusing to take part in any debate during the campaign period have been so ludicrously lame that even he must have had trouble delivering the words with a straight face.

Westchester County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino is slamming Gov. Andrew Cuomo for refusing to get involved in ongoing contract dispute between the MTA and the LIRR, which could lead to a crippling strike of the commuter railroad's employees.

In the end more than a dozen of them were arrested for refusing to move.

It concludes: «We reject the MoD's arguments for refusing to disclose the measures it took in order to reduce the funding gap to # 6 billion.

Northern Ireland's Ashers Bakery, earlier this month found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a pro-gay marriage cake, is to appeal the court ruling... Read

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrestles with whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in the state, a Queens councilman has lauded him for refusing to buckle to pressure and allowing a critical deadline to pass rather than speed up a review of the controversial drilling method's potential impact on public health.

Once aboard, Hizzoner — who was joined by a pack of journalists — launched into a diatribe against Cuomo and MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who last week blamed de Blasio for refusing to spend the city's $ 4 billion - plus budget surplus to fix the subways.

Along with its increasing political importance, the M5S has attracted considerable criticism for refusing alliances with the traditional political parties and for the command and control centralised management of its parliamentary group.

The NAO have also criticised the government for refusing to hand over Cabinet committee papers relating to the decision to construct the two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

The county executive had called for eight regional debates, and criticized Cuomo for refusing to engage in a pre-primary head - to - head with Teachout.

The Conservatives have attacked the Government for refusing to say how many escaped prisoners have been returned to their cells.

Quite to the contrary: the UKIP leader offered a self - satisfied speech in the European parliament, where The Guardian's Zoe Williams likened Farage to a «man who had set fire to the country club because they never gave him a good enough reason for refusing his application.

Or they suggest the EU is trying to somehow punish Britain for refusing to tailor its laws to whatever demand we happen to be making at the time.

It comes as the prime minister has been heavily criticised for refusing to debate other party leaders ahead of the general election on June 8th.

Dozens of current and retired officers from the NYPD — including Frank Serpico, who exposed corruption in the department in the 1970s — rallied on Saturday morning in support of Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers player lionized and reviled for refusing to stand during the national anthem.

He recently appeared on «Capital Tonight» and slammed AG Andrew Cuomo for refusing to investigate where the mosque's funding would come from.

A sixth GOP county chair from Carl Paladino's home turf of Western NY has thrown his support behind the Buffalo businessman's run for governor, and also issued a statement slamming Rick Lazio for refusing to agree to a pre-primary debate.

AW: My reasons for refusing to answer the question is because my engagement before 1999 has diplomatic implications particularly my work in Libya and Austria.

Mr Paul Afoko, who has since gone to court to reverse the decision of the party but failed, was suspended for refusing to appear before a Disciplinary Committee set up to investigate allegations that had been leveled against him.

(CNN)- Former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich once again called out President Barack Obama Tuesday for refusing to negotiate with congressional Republicans over raising the debt limit.

If the Electoral Commission believes that a Māori applicant is prevented, by the manner in which the applicant last exercised the option given by section 76, from being registered as an elector of the district to which the application relates, the Electoral Commission must notify the applicant of its reasons for refusing the application.

The veteran Harlem Democrat, who is facing mulitple primary challengers for the second year in a row, took his «Republican colleagues» to task for refusing to heed Obama's call for the so - called Buffett Rule to help pay for extending the measure that reduced the interest rate from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent.

The state Rifle and Pistol Association praised the Senate GOP for refusing to vote «yes» on microstamping.