Sentences with phrase «given locality»

The agreement makes provisions for those conditions, and also gives localities the options of using their own standardized tests, along with the state ones.

As it is currently written, S217 risks the future of pet stores and ethical breeders by giving localities explicit permission to ban the sales of live animals.

Hawkins supports giving localities the power to set a higher minimum wage than the state minimum.

Passing this legislation would help give localities greater opportunities to rebuild dilapidated and forgotten properties in a way that better serves the needs of community members.»

Cuomo almost immediately qualified that promise, saying he was open to giving localities flexibility within a certain percentage.

Gov. Cuomo proposed the plan earlier this year and some lawmakers proposed amendments giving localities a choice of whether or not to allow it.

Astorino stood in front of the residence of New Castle's most famous resident, Hillary Clinton, as he warned that home rule, a power long cherished in New York and which gives localities the ability to pass laws to govern themselves as they see fit, is being threatened by an increasingly abusive and overreaching federal government intent on socially re-engineering America's suburbs.

ALBANY — State leaders are preparing to soften Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a property tax «freeze» by eliminating the requirement that school districts and municipalities actually reduce spending, and by giving the localities credit for actions they've taken since the state imposed a two - percent property tax cap.

«But it would also give localities the ability to deal with rising expenses and mandates that they have to cover.»

Moreover, unlike consumer co-operatives which grew out of local needs, they have often taken their point of departure from an abstract idea or theory without reference to given localities and their demands.

It would have to be related to the actual situation of peoples lives in a given locality.

This positive potential is dependent on the maintenance of a relationship, between persons fixed to a given locality who produce the goods, and those who assign them worth and help re-distribute them.

People familiar with the discussions said the talks included not just public campaign finance, but also the W.F.P.'s desire to give localities the power to raise the minimum wage within their borders and the DREAM Act, which opens state tuition assistance programs to undcoumented immigrants.

But it can do research on specific regions, giving localities a better idea of what to expect in their own neighborhoods.

In fact, LAs have the power to also use this funding to work with the independent sector, in recognition that this might be the most effective organisation of provision in a given locality.

The OpenTable for iPad app proffers a great deal of very well organized information about each restaurant in any given locality.

When considering businesses that rely on a given locality, ask how the health of the locality affects the business.

As his works reflect the area and population where he exhibits, Tibaldi sees his meticulously thought - through exhibitions as postprojects, which are only made possible by a historical view of a given locality.

These niche markets may be the type of driver (for example, Spanish - speakers), the type of car (for example, rare classic cars), or based on a given locality.