Sentences with phrase «hold rally calling»

Also at 4 p.m., Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato, state Sen. Joseph Addabbo and the parents of Karina Vetrano, who was murdered last August, hold rally calling for the New York state Commission on Forensic Science to adopt guidelines permitting use of familial DNA matching, 164th Avenue and 83rd Street, Queens.

At noon, NYC Councilman Costa Constantinides and advocates and supporters hold rally calling for the Council to vote on INT.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Members of the «Stand With Us» group hold a rally calling for the rejection of the proposed Iran nuclear deal outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles (Photo: Mark Ralston for AFP / Getty Images)

At noon, five months to the day after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Make the Road New York will hold a rally calling on FEMA and Congress to deliver the aid and resources thousands of Puerto Ricans desperately need to recover, FEMA Offices, 285 Fulton St., Manhattan.

At 3:30 p.m., Families for Excellent Schools holds a rally calling for the charter school sector to grow to 200,000 students by 2020, Foley Square, Manhattan.

Not exact matches

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

The Republican presidential nominee held a campaign rally in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin on Monday in which the crowd chanted «Paul Ryan sucks» and Trump railed against what he called «corrupt» media and a «rigged» election system — a frequent accusation the Manhattan billionaire has brought up without evidence.

Ms. Knoop applied for a permit to hold a rally on the steps of the gold - topped, Greek Revival State House in Montpelier and said a group called the Peace & Justice Center handled the liability insurance.

Rallies are being held across the province to mark the anniversary and call on governments to re-commit to public health care; Darcy will be attending the rally in New Westminster at Sapperton Park.

and how do these American muslims respond to the muslim brotherhood holding a rally in Cairo's al azhar mosque calling for the killing of all Jews?

The rallying call follows Poland holding a similar event called Rosary at the Borders last year where tens of thousands of Catholics gathered at locations along the country's 2,000 - mile border to pray for the salvation of the country.

Regeneration International, a group founded on Bob Rodale's principles of regeneration, held a Cool the Planet, Feed the World rally at a restaurant called Le REcyclerie on Monday evening.

Sure, the home results have been ridiculous — S.C. took apart East Carolina, UAB, Missouri and Georgia by an average score of 41 - 8 — but the Gamecocks needed help from a late pass interference no - call to hold off Vanderbilt in the season opener, and they actually trailed Kentucky by 10 points at halftime in Lexington two weeks ago before rallying.

Supporters and individuals who have experienced speedy trial issues — including Cuomo's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy — held a rally at the Capitol yesterday calling for action on Kalief's Law by the Senate Codes Committee and by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fix New York's speedy trial statute.

TrueBlueNY, a progressive group, held a rally in New York City today, while the Working Families Party in a statement called on him to resign his leadership post in the midst of the investigation.

At 6:30 p.m., Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm, transportation advocates and community members hold rally for call for a vote of support by Community Board 4 on DOT's Traffic safety proposal for Queens Boulevard from 74th Street to Eliot Avenue, Sushi Island, 87 - 18 Queens Blvd., Queens.

The Unite union will hold a rally in Westminster today calling on the government to stop the «bonfire of the quangos».

A contingent from Buffalo boarded buses at the LaSalle Metro Rail Park and Ride at 4:30 a.m. today for Albany as part of the New York Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival — one of more than 30 such rallies being held across the nation.

Local groups and citizens held a rally over the weekend to call on the U.S. Department of Defense to halt PFOS discharges from Stewart Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York, which drain into the city's main drinking water source and the Hudson River.

He sent a letter to Donald Trump about gun control, held a conference call with Sen. Amy Klobuchar about election security, rallied with Al Gore against offshore drilling and, of course, started picking on de Blasio again.

Bitcoin dropped about 10 percent this week despite calls that it would rally on the back of major blockchain conference held in New York City.»

At 12:30 p.m., the Brooklyn HDFC Coalition holds press conference and rally to call for a Moratorium on all foreclosures and demand that shareholders insure that low income HDFC co-operatives thrive, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

At noon Wednesday, Riders Alliance will hold a rally on the City Hall Steps calling on Mayor de Blasio to be the «bus mayor,» and to «make buses run faster on our streets for 2.5 million riders.»

From 9:30 a.m. to noon, advocates hold a march and rally to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, calling on the government to do more to decrease overdose deaths.

Astorino skipped the speech at SUNY Purchase, but issued a statement calling Cuomo «utterly shameless» for holding a «political rally masquerading as a State of the State address» and suggesting he has raised property taxes — which he hasn't.

The so - called report card faults Moinian with failed relationships with tenants, vendors and workers, and the group is holding a rally today near City Hall to bring awareness to the issue.

Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan, who is now the co-convenor of Solidarity Scotland, rallied the crowd and called for similar events to be held in Edinburgh, Dundee, Fife and across Scotland.

Stressing the importance of being a «voice for freedom,» Gov. Rick Scott will once again hold a rally in Miami today calling on Venezuela to completely release Leopoldo Lopez and all political prisoners.

The rally was ostensibly held to call for an end to what organizers are calling New York's «failing schools crisis.»

Hours before the governor's announcement, Nixon held an environmental rally where she called Cuomo's environmental record «lacking.»

James held a rally at City Hall on Sunday to call on the State to fully fund city schools in line with the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and to criticize Gov. Cuomo's education reform policies.

ALBANY, NY (08/04/2011)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), which represents Albany County probation officers, will hold a rally at 5:30 p.m. Monday, August 8, 2011, at the Albany County Office Building, 112 State St. in Albany calling on the county to make a fair contract offer.

The Naples Republican held a similar rally calling for Lopez's release in May, after news reports suggested Lopez's health was failing.

With that backdrop, advocates and clergy members held a rally at City Hall calling on Governor Cuomo to support 15,000 units of supportive housing in New York City, plus another 5000 units elsewhere in the State.

Vigils / solidarity rallies were held across the state, nation and world to pay tribute to the Orlando victims, including one outside the historic Stonewall Inn, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for federal action on stricter gun control measures.

A mentally ill man's mother, who claims cops fatally shot her son after she called 911 seeking medical help for him, held a rally outside US Attorney Preet Bharara's Manhattan office to push for charges against the officers.

Also at noon, the End AIDS NY 2020 Community Coalition holds a rally and press conference to call on Cuomo to invest $ 70 million in this year's budget for the Plan to End AIDS in New York by 2020, steps of City Hall, Manhattan.

Also at 7 p.m., a rally is held outside Schumer's residence as part of a nationwide day of action against Trump's «climate denial» cabinet nominees, calling on the newly - minted Senate minority leader to use his powers to block confirmations, 9 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn.

At 10:30 a.m., New York for Democracy holds a rally in support of making this the 17th state to call for a constitutional amendment against «corporate personhood» and «money as speech,» the Well, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a Christmas themed rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday afternoon, where he called Clinton a «snake.»

Some prominent members of the Yoruba socio - cultural group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), have called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Speaker of the state House of Assembly and relevant security agencies, to bring the National Coordinator of the group, Otunba Gani Adams to book for his role in the anti-Jega rally, held in Lagos on March 16, 2015.

In early October, he held a rally off Almond Street, calling on the New York State Department of Transportation to release an independent consultant's report on a contentious tunnel replacement option.

Family members called the show of support at the rally «overwhelming» and Garner's widow, Esaw Garner, said she hoped the officers who arrested her husband would be held accountable for his death.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz held a rally in the town of Cicero, calling on his supporters to stay united.

A mentally ill man's mother, who claims cops fatally shot her son after she called 911 seeking medical help for him, held a rally outside US Attorney Preet Bharara's Manhattan office Thursday to push for charges against the officers.

NEW PALTZ — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders held a joint rally with New York congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout on Friday in hopes of notching a progressive electoral victory and continuing his so - called «political revolution.»

(A rally organized by Columbia University professor David Eisenbach will precede the debate, at which participants will be calling on all the candidates to hold a public hearing and vote on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act).

At 1 p.m., Sen. Adriano Espaillat, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, advocates and Northern Manhattan seniors hold a rally to call on ARC XVI Fort Washington Senior Center's landlord to renew the center's lease agreement, ARC XVI Fort Washington Senior Center, 4111 Broadway, Manhattan.

Also at 12:30 p.m., human rights advocates hold a rally to denounce what they call the Obama administration's «attempt to minimize ongoing, widespread human trafficking and forced labor conditions in Malaysia» to advance the TPP free trade agreement, outside Malaysia consulate general, 313 E. 43rd St., Manhattan.