Sentences with phrase «halls of the legislature»

We should honor them not only by thanking them, but also by including them at every level of policy discussion from the principal's office to the school board, to the halls of legislatures to the Oval Office, from the publishing houses to the governors» mansions.

The transformation will enable practitioners, policy - makers and leaders to use data to drive decisions everywhere from the classroom, to the board room, to the halls of the legislature.

For example, just two years after signing the compact, then - mayor Karl Dean, who's now running for governor of Tennessee, roamed the halls of the legislature pitching lawmakers on a bill to strip local elected school boards in Memphis and Nashville of our ability to reject charters, which drain resources from existing schools.

Walk the halls of legislatures.

Not exact matches

De Blasio, meanwhile, stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan last night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control.

In 1911, Roosevelt as a newly elected state senator blocked the Tammany Hall - appointee for the U.S. Senate, back when Legislatures had that power, which was ultimately a way of granting patronage posts.

``... There is no place in government or politics someone who conducts himself as Vito Lopez has; now, therefore, be it resolved that the New York State Democratic Committee (NYSDC) seeks to send the strongest possible message condemning his conduct, and declare that New York State will have zero tolerance for sexual harassment in our legislature, our party, and the halls of government; and be it further.»

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the city's plan to build a pre-K school at the New York Hall of Science, which was approved by the state legislature in June 2017 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo last night: «The city received the necessary -LSB-...]

The ghost of former legislature chair Phil Sinagra lurks the halls.

This man was one of the most pompous legislators to every walk the halls of the NY State legislature.

Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat though some functions may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large.

Whether it's in Albany or City Hall, allowing pols to dole out public funds to specific groups without any vote is a breach of the most fundamental responsibility of a democratic legislature.

But sources informed the Observer that Perkins has long been unhappy in Albany, where Democrats have languished in the minority for much of his tenure and where — after the most recent pay raise at City Hall — salaries are almost $ 70,000 lower than they are in the local legislature.

After an hour, and only minutes short of a drop - dead deadline of 7 p.m., legislature Chairman John Parete walked down the hall to the executive suite and pulled the trigger.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following in response to questions about the city's plan to build a pre-K school at the New York Hall of Science, which was approved by the state legislature in June 2017 and signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo last night:

«The city received the necessary legal approval from the state legislature to utilize the public parkland in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, which currently houses the New York Hall of Science due to a similar alienation granted decades ago.

«We need a budget proposal from the governor and legislature that finally pays the money owed to our children and prioritizes schools that need funding the most,» said Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director of the Alliance for Quality Education, at a Jan. 10 press conference outside City Hall to kick off a new push for public school funding in Albany.

Hizzoner stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan Wednesday night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control of New York City's school.

Meera Joshi, Mayor Bill de Blasio's chair of the Taxi and Limousine Commission, made the request of the local legislature's Committee on For - Hire Vehicles during a hearing at City Hall.

His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.»

Legislator Harry McManus (Area 1) was reappointed as chair of the legislature, Hall was named deputy chair, Waldron tapped for majority leader and Beach for minority leader.

MANHATTAN — The state legislature voted to pass an on - time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's halls.

A month after Kentucky's governor and superintendent of public instruction began visiting each of the state's 120 counties to promote greater community involvement in education reform, members of the state legislature's joint education committee announced that they, 3 too, would leave the marble halls of Frankfort to discuss school improvements.

When educational choice wins in the halls of state legislatures and the court of public opinion, opponents often turn to the courts of law.

«Sometimes we have groups that have the impression that they can't advance their issue on the merits of their case, but that they need to pay in order to get their issue addressed in the legislature,» said Hall.

In between, I've been certified and recertified by the Board, served as a candidate support provider, presented at NBPTS conferences and advocated for the Board and NBCTs in the halls of Congress and my state legislature.

While Christie called on the town hall members to elect a Republican legislature, he didn't mention any of the primary races being waged today by name.

Most Charter challenges fail at the minimal impairment stage of inquiry (Peter Hogg and Allison Bushell, «The Charter Dialogue between Courts and Legislatures (Or Perhaps the Charter of Rights Isn't Such a Bad Thing After All)», (1997) 35:1 Osgoode Hall LJ 75 at 85).