Sentences with phrase «illegal in»

«Based on a prior law the City Council passed, racial profiling is illegal in New York City, as it should be,» said Quinn.

«During this sad time, my family and I would again like to implore people to stop texting - while - driving,» said Kelly Cline, A.J.'s mother, who fought to make texting while driving illegal in New York State.

Senate Majority Leader John McKinney, a Republican from Fairfield, says online gambling is currently illegal in Connecticut and he believes it should stay that way.

During earlier testimony, Lacewell said it is not illegal in New York for companies who do business with the state to make campaign contributions.

Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda, but the bill which is before parliament proposes tougher sentences for people convicted.

Republicans in the Hudson Valley have sent a complaint to Federal Election Commission alleging Sean Eldridge, a Democrat running against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson, accepted an illegal in - kind donation from a local economic group.

She contended that while using a bump stock might be illegal in New York state, owning or selling one is not.

Pay discrimination is wrong and it's already illegal in New York.

Scileppi said people were confused at first, because they thought the items to be illegal in the state.

A pride flag hangs at City Hall after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June 2015, still conversion therapy is not illegal in New York.

But prosecutors say bribes, kickbacks and extortion are just as illegal in New York as any other state.

The services have previously been illegal in the state, except for in New York City.

Secretary general Kofi Annan declared the invasion illegal in 2004.

Although hormonal growth promoters are illegal in the UK, it is widely feared that the use of antibiotics may be contributing towards the development of drug - resistant bacteria, with potentially serious consequences for animal and human health.

Extremist pro-life activists believe that abortion should be illegal in all cases except where it is medically necessary to save the mother's life (and where there is no hope of saving the child), whereas more moderate pro-lifers would allow exceptions for pregnancies resulting from the rape or incest of the mother.

Iain Duncan Smith's «workfare» programme was branded illegal in October, when he lost an appeal against a court judgement which said the department had failed to give welfare claimants sufficient information about what would happen if they refused to take part in free work for high street companies.

East Hampton Village Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr., who has spoken forcefully about the nation's gun policies in the aftermath of mass shootings, has conveyed his strong support for legislation co-sponsored by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. that would make so - called «bump stocks» illegal in New York State.

Marijuana remains illegal in New York, though possession of small amounts has been reduced to a low - level violation subject to a fine.

Sounds extremely bias and intentional to segregate others out of their self created districts and should be illegal in every way.

And to those who would say business, unions or the rich will buy the support of the political class without a government administered subsidy, I would highlight that it is illegal in Canada for businesses and unions to fund the national political parties and the maximum individual donation is $ 2,400 each year.

Growing and selling marijuana remain illegal in those states.

Selling fireworks is still illegal in Westchester County.

It is illegal in france to wear a conspicuous cross in their public schools.

It may still be illegal in some countries, but that would require a hearing of some kind to establish.

MMA is illegal in New York, but the Seneca Nation operates under its own rules, and brought a bout to the state this weekend.

Also at 11 a.m., officials at the Center for Bioethics and Culture Network will call on Cuomo to take a clear stance against paid surrogacy, which is currently illegal in New York, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Cannabis was first made illegal in the UK in 1928.

Firstly because same - sex relations are illegal in every part of the country.

Beyond the semantics, this means that officers could use physical force to get children to do what they're told, a practice found to be illegal in the past.

Beginning Feb., it will be illegal in NY to pose for a selfie with a tiger or lion.

But adopting a similar stance towards food produced outside the EU using processes which would be illegal in the UK is considered a debate that can not be had.

Although the WTO ruled the move to be illegal in March that year, it refused to impose any sanctions on the USA.

Arie Nieuwenhuijzen Kruseman, head of the Royal Dutch Medical Association, recently claimed that some UK doctors have told him that they practice euthanasia, despite the fact that is currently illegal in the UK.

Ride - hailing services have been operating in New York City for years, but remain illegal in the rest of the state.

Many hundreds of other pieces of legislation have been passed: 404 forms of behaviour are illegal now that were not illegal in 1997.

Panhandling on city streets isn't illegal in New York, as long as the person isn't acting aggressively.

One controversial bill he sponsored would have allowed payday loans, which are illegal in New York, with check - cashing stores offering loans with as much as 200 percent interest.

There's apparently nothing illegal in those Podesta electronic communications discussing support or lack thereof in the presidential primary campaign.

It is illegal in New York to rent empty apartments in buildings with more than three units for fewer than 30 days, a law that has proven challenging for Airbnb.

Emails obtained by the investigator show the campaign rejected two attempts, first because the corporation attempted to purchase the ticket, which is illegal in New York, and the second time because the company's founder, a Canadian national, tried to personally buy it — that's against federal law.

Renting an entire apartment for 30 days or fewer is illegal in New York, and Airbnb has faced opposition from a broad coalition of interest groups including hotel operators and unions, tenants groups and affordable - housing advocates.

The complainants (who at the moment will remain anonymous) even alleged that they was willing to go to News 12 and the Journal News to expose the actions of Mr. Lafayette concerning the process to challenge the signatures, fraudulently having people on Democratic voter rolls and abusing his absolute power over the voting process as Westchester democratic chairman, Mount Vernon City Committee Chairman and Westchester County Democratic Commissioner of Elections which they felt was illegal in nature and the DA's office was against the complainants going public with their complaints.

While M.M.A. is legal in 49 states and nationally televised, political controversy has kept it illegal in New York since 1998.

«New Yorkers shouldn't worry that a knife that is legal in Onondaga County will be illegal in Manhattan.»

They said they feared it would promote late term abortions, including partial birth abortion, which are currently illegal in the U.S.

Allowing cows to move within the residential areas atimes obstructing traffic should become illegal in this modern age.

Judges» reliance on commercial bail bonds, a routine practice in the U.S. that is uncommon or illegal in most other countries, is a significant reason that NYC spends $ 10 million each year to jail thousands of defendants who post bail within a few days and are released, according to Comptroller Scott Stringer, who wants it ended.

I want to focus on a different type of answer, a counter to the implication within the question that marijuana should be illegal in the first place.

Narcotic is also illegal in Singapore and US.

Tourism benefits from people who would like to experiment and have a little fun but it is illegal in their own state / country.