Sentences with phrase «held hearings»

But the PAC held hearings on only half of these (see Figure 13).

Over the last year, the Commission has held hearings in each of the five boroughs, and conducted an online survey of 300 business owners to better understand the challenges faced by New York City's small businesses.

Assembly Housing Committee chair Vito Lopez has already held hearings on rent regulation.

The wage board, appointed by Governor Cuomo, has held hearings and will make a decision early next year.

The department's primary watchdog, the New York City Council, has not held hearings on the intelligence division's operations and former NYPD officials said council members typically do not ask for details.

But the issue's task force has been out of operation since 2009, and the council hasn't held hearings on the likely closing of the Interfaith Medical Center at 1545 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.

On Tuesday, the NYC Board of Elections commissioners held hearings on designating petitions for the September 9 Primary Election.

The wage board, appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has held hearings and will make its decision early next year.

The wage board, appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, has held hearings and will make a decision early next year.

We have talked about it for many years; the Senate has held hearings the Assembly has held hearings.

The Senate also held hearings on the issue of criminal justice reforms following the death of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man whose death in police custody led to protests in New York and around the country.

When he cross-examined her, Molo pointed out that Paulin's husband held investments in Merck and Con Edison while she advocated legislation requiring a certain vaccine made by Merck and held hearings as head of the chamber's energy committee.

The town board's interest in acquiring land for open space and other community purposes has been in high gear this month, as it also voted to issue a $ 2 million bond to buy 12 acres at 359 Pantigo Road and scheduled or held hearings on the purchase of properties on Old Stone Highway in Springs and on West Lake Drive in Montauk.

On March 15, 2013, the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings on the London Whale scandal.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday insisted the never - held hearings on water quality issues in the state were not prompted by a request from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.

«The inquiry held hearings around Australia, received over 250 public submissions and obtained vast quantities of data, information and documents from Coles and Woolworths, other retailers, Metcash and many suppliers.»

As early as the l950s Congress held hearings on the possible negative effects of television.

As early as the 1950s, the U.S. Congress held hearings on the possible negative effects of television.

Mr. Chair, committee members, I know that earlier today you held hearings on the government's plan to rewrite the tax rules for private corporations.

Officials held hearings to hear what residents face in their desperate hunt for homes.

In February, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held hearings on digital currencies and discussed the Securities and Exchange Commission's role in regulating initial coin offerings.

Back in 2011 the Senate held hearings on incentives for homeownership.

Along with quite a number of other colleagues, I sat on that internal committee and we held hearings across the country.

The Senate held hearings Wednesday about the potential economic benefit of having unmanned aircraft in U.S. airspace, and the Federal Aviation Administration has chosen six test sites for domestic drones.

The House of Commons ethics committee held hearings this week to take a closer look at the breach that involves Facebook and, allegedly, the political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica.

The DOL has had an extended comment period and has held hearings on its re-proposed rule — it initially tabled the rule in 2010 — and is expected to make significant changes to the proposal.

First the judge will hold a hearing where he will formally pronounce the sentence, Ortiz said after a jury decided on Friday that Tsarnaev, 21, deserved the death penalty.

The U.S. Senate will hold a hearing with regulators to discuss the risks posed by cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

The Senate's Special Committee on Aging will hold its hearing on drug prices on Dec. 9.

In a letter sent Wednesday to Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman US Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R - UT), committee Democrats called on him to hold a hearing on Valeant and Turing later this month.

The Senate Armed Services Committee will most likely hold a hearing next month specifically to examine how the Pentagon squandered $ 12 million on direct costs and around $ 20 million in overhead for the gas station.

The Australian probe will have power to demand information from businesses and hold hearings.

The House Financial Services Committee plans to hold hearings about the data breach, which exposed 143 million customers to identity theft.

Republicans have called on the House Financial Services Committee to hold a hearing, while Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, chairman of the domestic policy subcommittee of House Oversight Committee, is planning his own probe.

Separately, a House Financial Services subcommittee is set to hold a hearing on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings Wednesday.

This after the House Oversight Committee held a hearing with Mylan CEO Heather Bresch that left it with more questions than answers.

WASHINGTON - Senate Banking Committee holds hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1500 GMT.

The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on tax reform on Thursday.

«The Republican Senate refuses to hold hearings on [Supreme Court nominee] Judge Garland, refuses to fund the President's request for Zika aid and takes the most days off of any Senate since 1956, but thinks Facebook hearings are a matter of urgent national interest,» Jentleson said.

He said it's «nothing new» to hold a hearing with multiple circuit court nominees, something Tobias disputed and said the Republicans were underselling.

On November 8, the US House of Representatives held a hearing on the effectiveness of a 1999 law known as the Kingpin Act, which is used to sanction individuals suspected of involvement in the drug trade.

But the network will have a hard time convincing the CRTC, which will hold hearings on April 23.

In an unusual mid-December display of bi-partisanship, the House Financial Services committee announced plans to hold hearings to address SEC settlement practices and «concerns about accountability and transparency,» according to Chairman Spencer Bachus.

The lawmakers, who control the tax - writing House Ways and Means Committee, said they would hold hearings on the measures, which are sure to be heavily attended by Washington lobbyists.

President Barack Obama nominated Garland to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court last year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but McConnell declined even to hold a hearing.

also said his committee intends to hold a hearing about the data breach at a later date, according to The Hill.

«After receiving an initial briefing from Equifax, I have decided to hold a hearing on the matter so that we can learn what went wrong and what we need to do to better protect consumers from serious breaches like this in the future,» Walden said in a statement.

said Friday that his committee intends to hold a hearing on the historic data breach, which cybersecurity experts said dwarf other high - profile security incidents affecting companies like Yahoo (yhoo) and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Mary Jo White to become chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on pending nominations.