Sentences with phrase «includes subpoena power»

A useful investigation will require the investigator to possess (1) a sophisticated knowledge of the climate science issues involved, (2) a similar knowledge of IT systems, (3) a very high level of investigative skill and experience and (4) the capacity to access all the relevant information, which probably includes subpoena power and the ability to take testimony under oath.

And despite its investigative muscle, which includes subpoena power, the inspector general's office has no enforcement authority; it can only recommend action.

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Should the County Executive, his or her appointed Director of Budget and Management, or anyone fail to provide information including but not limited to the budget reports requested in subsection (f) above, the chair of the Commission shall notify the clerk of the Erie County Legislature and the chair of the Erie County Legislature, in writing, and the Chair of the Legislature shall compel that such information be provided to the Commission by exercising the powers available to the Legislature, in particular those powers to subpoena and require the production of evidence as outlined in article 2, section 202, paragraph h of Local Law No.1 - 1959, as amended, constituting the Erie County Charter.

The extraordinary appointment of Schwartz included granting him civil subpoena power, the first time since the Moreland Commission's demise that the century - old Moreland Act has been wielded.

The companies, according to a source and to companies that have acknowledged separate subpoenas, include: six full - service development and real estate companies, three real estate firms, three engineering / architecture firms, two manufacturers, two lobbying firms, a power - plant company, a construction firm and a cellphone tower / communications company.

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

The commission has broad powers, including the authority to review normally confidential records and to subpoena witnesses.

Notable examples of the power of this volume include: subpoena forms that enable you to subpoena as many witnesses as needed and the proof of service forms that enable you to serve as many parties as you wish — all in one easy document assembly session.

These discovery and subpoena tools are all basically derivative of the common law trial subpoena power, and certain other powers that were vested in courts of equity, which is constitutionally recognized in federal criminal trials in the 6th Amendment which includes a right «to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor» and applies in civil trials by tradition, court rule and statute.