Sentences with phrase «held a public hearing last»

The Plattsburgh common council held a public hearing last week to take comments on a proposed change to the city charter that would alter the form of government.

The Legislature held a public hearing last week on the Common Core.

The EEOC held a public hearing last week to consider the extent to which criminal background checks form a barrier to employment, particularly for members of minority groups.

Not exact matches

Last week, the New York State Assembly Higher Education committee held a public hearing to review the performance of the new Excelsior Scholarship program.

Following two lengthy public hearings last month, the Council's Democratic caucus has held two private meetings to air concerns.

You've got to feel just a bit sorry for the members of County Legislator Ed Romaine's tick task force, which held its first local public hearing in Peconic last week.

Among the news from public hearings held at the Palisades Center Mall and the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown last week, state officials released information that twelve properties in the Village of South Nyack will be affected by the necessary widening of the New York State Thruway Authority's right - of - way there.

The hearings also come as Senate Republicans, the IDC's governing partners, last week announced plans to hold a hearing on fraud and abuse in the New York City public financing system.

The Town Board and representatives of Pilgrim Pipeline Holdings, LLC blamed each other for the last - minute cancellation of a public information hearing scheduled for Thursday, June 18.

At a PEP hearing on the matter held last week Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, who represents the district where the school is located, said he supported the introduction of progressive public schools in the district.

DANNEMORA A public hearing on the Town of Dannemora's tentative budget for 2018 was held last Thursday.

Last summer, the State Department of Environmental Conservation held public hearing on its proposal to shut down the Indian Point nuclear power plant (located in Buchanan, NY), for up to three months a year to protect fish in the Hudson River.

Janeway, among other panelists, said the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) erred on a number of fronts during their facilitation of the public hearing process over the former Finch Pruyn timberlands, held last fall across the state.

The General Assembly's Appropriations Committee has just begun holding public hearings and state agency presentations on Malloy's proposed $ 19.8 billion budget, which is $ 569 million less than what lawmakers originally agreed to last year when they passed a two - year $ 40 billion plan.

After a contentious public hearing in the middle of last month on raising the age to purchase tobacco from 19 to 21, the Suffolk County Legislature will hold a second hearing on Tuesday afternoon at its general meeting in Riverside.

PDDs were outlawed last year, but because the Town Board never held a public hearing to end the special zoning for the 8.3 - acre property, it has to consider the developer's request, the outlet reported.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $ 100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the issue.

The City of Plattsburgh Redistricting Committee held its public hearing on the plan to change the city's wards last night.

The New York state Public Service Commission held its final public hearing last night on a proposed rate hike from a water company that serves customers in Orange and Rockland CouPublic Service Commission held its final public hearing last night on a proposed rate hike from a water company that serves customers in Orange and Rockland Coupublic hearing last night on a proposed rate hike from a water company that serves customers in Orange and Rockland Counties.

The council's redistricting commission submitted a map of redrawn districts last fall, but abruptly withdrew it in December to make revisions and hold more public hearings.

The Schenectady County Legislature held a public hearing on the issue last week, but is opening its doors to public comment this evening at 7.

Benjamin Lawsky, the state's finance chief, held two days of public hearings on Bitcoin last week.

In follow up to legislation opposed by TCTA and passed last session allowing school districts rated acceptable or higher to become «innovation districts» that can be exempt from major provisions of the Education Code, the Texas Education Agency issued proposed rules and held a public hearing April 25, 2016, to receive input.

com Orleans Parish School Board to hold public hearing on chartering last five traditional schools

Local school districts will hold Truth in Taxation hearings over the next two weeks to hear public input on proposed property tax increases, but most residents may end up paying less than last year.

Three public meetings on the proposals will also be held, and state - appointed superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard pledged last week that the community's voice — including that of the local advisory board — would be heard.

In response, the NAACP created a task force on public education, which held seven hearings around the country and last week, issued their findings.

Meanwhile, the press release quoted the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now (ConnCAN), which was founded by Achievement First's Jonathan Sackler [the same Jonathan Sackler who held a $ 40,000 fundraiser last May for the political action committee affiliated with Governor Malloy] as saying, «We welcome [the New York charter school association] and look forward to working with the Network to further ensure that the voices of communities, families and students who demand more quality public school choices are heard loud and clear in Connecticut.»

Last Wednesday, Feb 3rd, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene held a public hearing to discuss a proposed amendment to Article 161 of the New York City Health Code, which prohibits the keeping of wild animals, currently including honeybees.

I noted last Wednesday that James Inhofe, outgoing chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, held a hearing on «Climate Change and the Media.»

TAKE ACTION: The last public hearing being held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the Spectra pipeline is being held this Thursday, October 20th at 7 pm, as PS41, 116 W 11th Street in Manhattan.

September 23, 2013 — «The first in a series of public hearings to be held on meeting the legal needs of low - income New Yorkers took place last Tuesday in the Third Judicial Department.