Sentences with phrase «fund public defense»

But last year a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit, partly because the judge said he believed a court ruling requiring the state to adequately fund the public defense system would violate the separation of powers.

Not exact matches

Donations to legal defense funds for public officials usually are capped at a certain amount.

Hiram Monserrate turned himself in to federal authorities in connection with the NYC Council slush fund scandal, a commission of his former legislative colleagues, which rarely takes action against one of its own, found reasonable cause to believe that he violated the Public Officers Law by setting up a legal defense fund and soliciting contributions from from individuals and entities that had business interests in his work as a senator.

Testifying in his own defense, Halloran admitted taking the cash, but said he considered the money payment for consulting services and never procured any public funds for the real estate developers / FBI agents.

«In defense of actions which took place as part of the public office, whether you not agree with what the type of actions were here, as they relate to his public office, those funds are useable, yes,» Ward added.

Ahead of it, the organization is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to implement reforms, most notably replacing the county - based system of public defense with one run by the state, with adequate funding.

The governor announced he's putting together a public - private legal defense fund to help immigrants who can't afford their own defense if they are targeted by the federal government.

«We will be putting together a public - private legal defense fund to provide immigrants who can't afford their own defense,» Cuomo said.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he supported the state taking over the public defense system in NY to ensure adequate funding for legal representation for poor New Yorkers.

Suffolk County was part of a 2014 settlement where New York State agreed to fund major public defense reforms for 7 - and - a-half years.

Public officials in New York would be prohibited from spending political campaign funds on personal expenses like clothing and country club dues under the two - way ethics reform deal, but paying for criminal defense attorneys and meals with political cash would still be allowed.

Their package includes plans for a public funding of political campaigns, retroactively stripping pension beneifts of a public official who has been convicted of felony corruption charges, restricting the use of campaign funds for criminal defense and tighten campaign disclosure reports to identify lobbyists.

County governments had sought the indigent legal services funding as a way to satisfy a lawsuit over state support for public legal defense.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday touted the provisions in the state budget that address criminal justice reforms, which range from raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and providing funds for the public defense of indigents.

Cuomo, who is entitled to public funds to pay for his defense, said recently that he wants to spare the taxpayers the expense.

Of course, the donations to a defense fund are not publicly disclosed, so it would be difficult for the public to flag such a conflict of interest.

The funding is designed to build on the Liberty Defense Project, a public / private partnership Cuomo recently announced that will offer pro-bono legal services and other resources to immigrants regardless of their status.

The public often learns a state lawmaker is under investigation when the official uses campaign funds to pay for a criminal defense attorney.

Start public campaign financing, close the LLC loophole in campaign finance regulations, and ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

«I've helped secure two new public schools for the district (an elementary school on 17th Street and most recently, a new middle school at 75 Morton St.), fought NYU's irresponsible campus expansion plan, established a legal defense fund for rent - stabilized tenants... and brokered a deal to renovate Washington Square Park,» he said.

Groups have been abusing public disclosure laws, the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief, «to harass scientists whose findings — or entire fields of study — they perceive as threatening their financial interests and ideological beliefs.»

«Whether this sort of harassment should be countenanced is not about any particular political or special - interest groups; instead, it is a fundamental question about whether anyone can use (or, rather, misuse) public record laws to stifle science,» the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief.

Joshua Busby is an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Texas and one of the lead researchers in the Strauss Center project on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS), a $ 7.6 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund in San Francisco, California, and three other groups asked Judge William H. Orrick of the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California to issue a preliminary injunction requiring USDA to immediately return all the records to public view.

Commerce made the memos public as part of its response to a lawsuit filed in July in U.S. District Court in Washington by Ocean Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund.

In The Measure of Our Success, Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, writes an open letter to her three sons — and to the American public.

The three groups, the Sacramento Urban League, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (maldef) and Public Advocates Inc., sent their petition last week to the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of California State University and Colleges, and the Board of...

Washington — Amid strong signals that the Reagan Administration is hardening its opposition to busing for school desegregation, the naacp Legal Defense and Education Fund has asked a federal judge for permission to intervene in the U.S. Justice Department's desegregation suit against the Charleston County, S.C., public schools.

Some 11 years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas's system of financing public schools, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has launched a new challenge in state court, charging that the finance system denies students in poor districts equal educational opportunity and should be declared unconstitutional.

Washington — The Reagan Administration's education policies are «out of step» with the beliefs of the American public, according to a survey on «prominent issues in the 1984 elections» commissioned by the Project on Equal Education Rights of the now Legal Defense and Education Fund.

In Florida, where the affiliate the NEA controls with the AFT is battling fiercely with Gov. Rick Scott and reformers unified under Scott's predecessor (and rival), Jeb Bush, the union gave $ 250,000 to progressive outfit Florida Watch Action, and handed over $ 500,000 to the state affiliate's Public Education Defense Fund.

In that case Jepsen and Malloy used public funds to come to the defense of Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, when Pryor decided that while the law required that Paul Vallas could only stay on as the head of Bridgeport's school system if he completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class instead.

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The school system and public education advocates believe the county commissioners — by way of the local taxpayers — are the «last line of defense» against reduced state and federal funding and other unfunded state mandates.

The National Coalition for Public Education — which includes 50 organizations, including the Children's Defense Fund and the National Urban League — has also written that portability would expand the amount of students served through Title I and result in the poorest districts getting less of overall Title I dollars.

Mathis was previously the regional director at Partnerships to Uplift Communities (a public charter school network in Los Angeles, CA), adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California, and project director of a Children's Defense Fund project at Maya Angelou Public Charter Spublic charter school network in Los Angeles, CA), adjunct assistant professor at the University of Southern California, and project director of a Children's Defense Fund project at Maya Angelou Public Charter SPublic Charter School.

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1912: NEA endorses Women's Suffrage 1919: NEA members in New Jersey lead the way to the nation's first state pension; by 1945, every state had a pension plan in effect 1941: NEA successfully lobbied Congress for special funding for public schools near military bases 1945: NEA lobbied for the G.I. Bill of Rights to help returning soldiers continue their education 1958: NEA helps gain passage of the National Defense Education Act 1964: NEA lobbies to pass the Civil Rights Act 1968: NEA leads an effort to establish the Bilingual Education Act 1974: NEA backs a case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court that proposes to make unlawful the firing of pregnant teachers or forced maternity leave 1984: NEA fights for and wins passage of a federal retirement equity law that provides the means to end sex discrimination against women in retirement funds 2000s: NEA has lobbied for changes to the No Child Left Behind Act 2009: NEA delegates to the Representative Assembly pass a resolution that opposes the discriminatory treatment of same - sex couple

Colorado and Missouri are among 39 states that have strict prohibitions on public funds» going to religious schools, known as Blaine Amendments, which voucher advocates consider the last line of defense for opponents of private school choice.

As senator, she fought for education funding and workers» rights, and she defended public service workers who came to our nation's defense on Sept. 11.

The AFT poured even more money — $ 750,000 — into the Public Education Defense Fund operated by the Florida Education Association (which is both an AFT and NEA affiliate).

Jon Vaupel has worked to improve outcome and opportunities for children while working for the Children's Defense Fund, Senator Biden, the US Department of Education, DC Public Schools, and Baltimore City Public Schools (as a kindergarten teacher).

At that point, Valeant was over 30 % of the fund, investors had been pulling money and the management team conducted their second, slightly - freakish public defense of their Valeant stake.

Public registries for convicted animal abusers — much like those that monitor and publish the whereabouts of sexual offenders — have been proposed in California and are being encouraged in other states in a campaign by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

The ALDF's executive director Stephen Wells said in a statement, «The Animal Legal Defense Fund hopes the administration reverses course on this decision and will explore all available means to restore free and fair access to such vital public information.»

Through the documentary's website, Sherrill is raising funds to help offset its cost of the documentary, fund a public opinion survey about public perceptions of pit bulls and how the media contributes to them, and establish a legal defense fund for people trying to keep their dogs in jurisdictions that have banned them.

-LCB- Bend, OR -RCB--- Demonstrating its commitment to protecting wild places for their habitat and recreation values, Ruffwear, the leader in performance dog gear, has donated $ 50,000 to The Conservation Alliance's Public Lands Defense Fund.

This year, the Institute and Cavallo Point Lodge will welcome groups like the Trust for Public Land, Environmental Defense Fund, Public Health Law and Policy, and the Marine Mammal Center through its special Institute group rate.

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) has found a non-profit home in Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) which provides it fiscal sponsorship and logistical support.