Sentences with phrase «held public officials»

She has fought corruption, prosecuted white collar criminals, brought down organized crime operations and held public officials accountable for their abuses of power.

By working with a strong, independent Enforcement Counsel at the Board of Elections, we've held public officials accountable time and again for breaking the law and cheating New Yorkers,» Schneiderman said.

Against a background of these events and actions, in which more than fifty congregations are now involved and in which hundreds of people have gained experience in dealing with elected and appointed authorities, the story of the Nehemiah Project can he understood As Saul Alinsky said: «The relevant skill in modern urban life is that of knowing how to hold public officials accountable» — and that, as we shall see, is what EBC and the Nehemiah Project have been all about.

However, more reporting is no panacea to counter corruption and hold public officials to account, domestic institutions and civil society need to be robust in order to effectively use this information to force governments to allocate revenues for development.

I am committed to working to reform our system of government in a way that increases transparency and holds public officials accountable to the people they serve.»

Bharara had eagerly testified at the Moreland Commission's first public hearing, telling its members, «It is your challenge, amid high hopes, to hold public officials to account, to expose obscure corners of graft and greed, and to restore faith in honest government.»

«We need to hold our public officials more accountable and address these issues before they turn into dire problems,» Alan Ellerbe said.

We want an end to mayoral control, state takeovers and other privatization schemes that remove our right to hold public officials accountable for the education policy they set; and curiously target cities whose public school systems serve primarily African - American and Latino children.

Climate Science Watch: Climate Science Watch is a non-profit public interest education and advocacy project dedicated to holding public officials accountable for the integrity and effectiveness with which they use climate science and related research in government policymaking, toward the goal of enabling society to respond effectively to the challenges posed by global warming and climate change.

Climate Science Watch engages in investigation, communication, and reform advocacy aimed at holding public officials accountable for how they use climate research in addressing the challenge of global climate change.

Last week, President Obama fulfilled that promise with the rollout of Ethics.gov, which «brings records and data from across the federal government to one central location, making it easier for citizens to hold public officials accountable.»

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The official said the EPA chief has alienated colleagues by jockeying for the role of attorney general, a position currently held by Jeff Sessions, who has come under frequent public criticism from Trump.

ACA planners attempted to undermine the insurance company model by proposing a public option - government - managed insurance that officials could deck out with generous benefits while subsidizing coverage to hold down policy prices.

What the group — which was co-ordinated by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and over 100 media entities around the globe — found was a trove of files that detail the holdings of 140 politicians and public officials, including the prime ministers of Iceland and Pakistan and the president of Ukraine.

But in our interview, Baquet did say there were a few instances while he was managing editor in which he regretted holding back details from the public due to ominous warnings from intelligence officials over potential consequences.

«We believe that public officials must be held to a higher standard, and whether intentional or not, misusing taxpayer dollars is unacceptable,» wrote Sens. Johnny Isakson, R - Ga., and Jon Tester, D - Mont., chairman and ranking member of the Senate committee, and Reps. Phil Roe, R - Tenn., and Tim Walz, D - Minn., chairman and ranking member of the House committee.

Billionaire Vincent Bollore is being held for questioning by French judicial police Tuesday as part of an investigation into possible bribes of public officials in two African countries.

All public officials with total cryptocurrency holdings amounting to at least 10 million won are required to declare their holdings.

According to him, the current Public Service Ethics Law excludes cryptocurrency and that's why he suggested a bill that will require officials to disclose their cryptocurrency holdings.

The Court later expanded this holding to include public «figures,» like film celebrities rather than limiting the holding merely to government officials.

In the celebrated case New York Times v. Sullivan, the U.S. Supreme Court held «the First Amendment protects the publication of all statements, even false ones, about the conduct of public officials except when statements are made with actual malice (with knowledge that they are false or in reckless disregard of their truth or falsity).»

And even though the public outcry against it caused enforcement of the legislation to be put on hold, it was not rescinded, and thousands of public officials have already agreed to abide by it.

If the bishops persist in pressing them on abortion, Catholic politicians will either be «precluded from holding high public office, because attacked by their own church's officials and otherwise harassed by their coreligionists,» or else, if they are elected, it will be «precisely because they are portrayed by coreligionists as renegades from the church.»

Anyone holding to the hope that more simple methods can be effective is invited to read the daily headlines chronicling the scandals and corrupt practices of public and private officials, most of whom, sad to relate, are church members technically in good standing.

Whereas in Sweden a Lutheran pastor is a highly paid public official, in the U.S. a pastor has to please a local membership in order to get and hold secure employment.

Rowan sold jars at Homecoming and held the official public unveiling of the line on Oct. 24 when cast - iron - stomach competitors battled it out in «Wing Wars» at the Glassboro branch of Chickie's & Pete's, a popular restaurant in the Philadelphia region.

One of them would require the Harness Racing Commission to hold open meetings on the granting of licenses; another would make it illegal for public officials or political party officials to hold financial interests in tracks; and the most severe of all would repeal the law which legalized pari - mutuel betting at harness tracks.

But if it's been man - made, and as a result of a Baha'i effort, it defaults to the state of Illinois and held as a public trust, according to state officials.

Officials will hold a public hearing on the budget on May 28, and are expected to adopt the finance document during that meeting.

GLEN ELLYN — An 18.6 percent increase in the property tax levy is projected by Glen Ellyn Park District officials and the board of commissioners is expected to hold a public hearing on the proposal next month.

A public naming contest held in October 2013 returned 115 suggestions, with some of the more popular suggestions including Prospect Park, Youth Campus Park, Pennyville Park, Legacy Park and Jane Addams Park, officials have said.

Several meetings have been held to bring together Town Square's management group, the center's design group, village and Park District officials, public works employees and the folks who run one of the mall's eateries.

Central DuPage Health Systems, which holds an option to buy the 9 - acre vacant site, is scheduled to appear at a public hearing before Glen Ellyn officials on April 11 concerning the property.

A public hearing on the matter has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday at the district's Centennial Park, 120 E. Oak St.. A special board meeting will be held after that gathering, park officials said, where district leaders will discuss «land acquisition» in executive session.

In addition to the quarterly peer reviewed Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health (JOPPPAH), the official scientific publication of APPPAH, we publish the APPPAH Newsletter and hold regional and international conferences, promote research, serve the public with valuable directories and resources, and work to enhance the pregnancy experience and maximize the health of both mothers and babies.

Two days later, the newly - minted governor held a press conference to announce his transition team, which included no lobbyists or elected officials to, as he put it, «maintain the public's confidence» in the process of transferring power from the Pataki administration to the Spitzer administration.

At 9 a.m., the state Senate Committee on Local Government holds a public hearing to listen to local governments, local elected officials and local government advocacy organizations regarding shared services and discuss how Albany can better partner with localities, Legislative Office Building, Van Buren Hearing Room A, second floor, Albany.

«As the Mayor of Rochester, I can see every day what's happening to our great state: government services have stopped working, economic development has stalled, and too many of our public officials have forgotten the reason they hold office — to work for you,» Duffy wrote.

As NYC's public housing stock crumbles around them, unionized workers are fighting to hold onto perks that cost the city money and manpower, while delaying changes housing authority officials say would improve the quality of life for the 400,000 residents living in their deteriorating buildings.

New York state environmental and health officials held a public meeting Monday night in Washingtonville in Orange County.

He then went on to study Politics and History at Swansea University after which he returned to the Valuation Agency and then full time as a trades union official for the Public and Commercial Services Union, a role he held until until 2004.

«Today's decision sent a simple message that officials who abuse the public's trust will be held accountable,» Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had negotiated four state budgets with Silver, said in a statement.

A Public Hearing was held on the foregoing Local Law Intro., on Wednesday, June 23, 1993, due notice thereof having been published in the official newspapers of the County of Erie, and after due deliberation thereon, I, DENNIS T. GORSKI, County Executive of Erie County, do hereby APPROVE and SIGN said Local Law this 9th day of July, 1993.

State officials are holding a public hearing this week to discuss plans for replacing 115 - year - old bridges linking the mainland to islands near the brink of Niagara Falls.

A constitutional convention that is properly held — with independent, non-elected official delegates — could make real change and reengage the public.

Frustrated public officials and community leaders on Monday will hold a Harlem rally in support of making Stewart - Cousins the chamber's first black woman majority leader.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

The official who held the seat previously, Bill de Blasio, was elected to the citywide position of Public Advocate in 2009.

It would be advisable to hold multiple hearings in different parts of the state to get valuable insight from experts, public officials, and the general public.

Officials will have to disclose to the public all the outside income they receive, from who, for what and whether there is any connection to the state government or the office that they hold.