Sentences with phrase «governor claims a group»

The former New York governor claims a group of Democrats is trying to prevent him from getting on the ballot for city comptroller.

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At an unrelated event Thursday, Cuomo denied an allegation made by the party's state director, Bill Lipton, who claimed the governor said, «If unions or anyone give money to any of these groups, they can lose my number.»

The government reform group's Jessica Wisneski said that «although the governor is quick to claim progressive bona fides,» Cuomo has not followed through on promises to pass progressive measures.

The group said because those claiming to be members of a coalition against the government of Governor Rauf Aregbesola have lost face in the state they have perfected a plan to seek relevance giving false impression of planned protest.

The Niger Delta Avengers has refuted the claim that it nominated Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka; a former Abia State governor, Mr. Orji Kalu and five others to negotiate with the federal government on behalf of the group.

The group's Jessica Wisneski says that «although the governor is quick to claim progressive bona fides,» Cuomo has not followed through on promises to pass progressive measures.

The group, New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, says the historic Marriage Equality Act was passed illegally, claiming that state legislators and Governor Andrew Cuomo operated behind closed doors to get the bill passed.

Another anti-gambling group has released a study debunking Governor Cuomo's and the legislature's claims about the benefits of permitting more casinos gambling in New York.

While the group backed by Cuomo's allies claims that they're the only one for which two of four statewide candidates — the governor and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul — endorsed the rules, Caruso wrote it would be an «unfortunate precedent» for the court to assume other candidates, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, were undecided about adopting that set.

A group, Southern Borno Leaders of Thought has faulted a claim that the deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha was fraternizing with the...

Gathered outside Mr. Cuomo's Midtown office, the activists from left - leaning groups including Make the Road New York, New York Communities for Change and Crown Heights Tenant Union called the Democratic governor a Republican, said he had done the equivalent of urinating on them, and even claimed he would be arrested before he sought re-election in 2018.

A number of other charter school and education reform front groups, including Educators 4 Excellence, Excel Bridgeport and Achieve Hartford were active around the state but claim that they did not communicate with the governor or legislators and therefore do not need to reveal how they spent their money.

As reported in today's CTMirror, it wasn't even two hours after Governor Malloy signed the «education reform» bill into law before the three groups representing the school superintendents, principals and school boards went back on their word, claiming that the new law gave them the right to implement policies that student's standardized test scores can account for 50 percent of a teachers evaluation rather than the 22.5 percent that was listed in the draft bill and agreed to by all of the parties last January.

His inquiry found evidence that concerns had already been raised, including an internal council email about claims that head teachers had been «hounded out... as a result of organised community action focused on a group of Muslim governors».

The Trojan Horse claims emerged from an unverified, anonymous letter which set out a strategy for a group of hard - line Muslims to install sympathetic staff and governors in Birmingham schools.

However, the role of governors has been put under scrutiny with the so - called «Trojan Horse» allegations in Birmingham, where there are claims that hardline Muslim groups have sought to gain influence over school governing bodies.

One of the Boston Consulting Group's «claims to fame» is the recent plan to privatize Philadelphia's public school system, a plan that was adopted by a right - wing governor and has led to the closure of public schools across that city and the rapid expansion of privately - owned, but publicly - funded charter schools.

The school governor who challenged the screening of Al Gore's climate change documentary in secondary schools was funded by a Scottish quarrying magnate who established a controversial lobbying group to attack environmentalists» claims about global warming.

The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is blasting Governor Gina Raimondo over her budget cuts that the groups claim... Read More