Sentences with phrase «including assembly member»

Many community leaders including Assembly Member Francisco Moya were on hand for the unveiling of the street sign.

A task - force set up to enforce sanitation by - laws in Komenda Edina Eguafo - Abrem (KEEA) has arrested five persons, including an Assembly Member for allegedly indulging in open defecation.

ALBANY, NY (02/24/2014)(readMedia)-- Area leaders, including Assembly member Patricia A. Fahy (D - Albany), today joined a statewide coalition of labor, faith and community organizations to push back against Gov. Cuomo's proposed tax breaks for the wealthy and well connected.

The seven, including an assembly member who is said to be the mastermind of the lynching and subsequent burning of a part Captain Maxwell Adam Mahama's body arrived at the Court premises at about 8:10 am Thursday amidst tight security.

The plan, though, has met opposition from the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, the neighborhood's Community Board and local elected officials, including Assembly member Deborah Glickhave.

Participants who will gather at the Capitol include «members of the Albany Can End Homelessness in New York State campaign; members of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assistance.

(Some, including Assembly members Harry Bronson, Aravella Simotas and Tony Jordan as well as State Senator Mark Grisanti and the chamber's mainstream Democrats, complied with the subpoenas.)

Also at noon, advocates for people with developmental disabilities, including Assembly members Angelo Santabarbara, Patricia Fahy and James Tedisco, state Sens. George Amedore and Neil Breslin, and former Assemblymen Harvey Weisenberg and Tom Reynolds, highlight the need to for the state to cover the cost of paying direct service providers a living wage, Senate lobby, state Capitol, Albany.

Lawmakers in the full - newbie category (i.e., likely to be in the VDC plan) include Assembly members Rodneyse Bichotte, Todd Kaminsky, Roxanne Persaud, Jo Anne Simon, Latrice Walker and Carrie Woerner, and Senators Marc Panepinto and Richard Funke.

Elected officials present and pledging their support included Assembly members Richard Gottfried and Linda Rosenthal (both Manhattan), Mark Weprin (Queens) and Karim Camara (Brooklyn.)

The seven included an Assembly Member from Denkyira - Obuasi, William Baah, who turned himself into police custody.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Senate recently passed a resolution condemning the prosecution and continuing incarceration of former prime minister Yuliya Tymoshenko and her political allies.8 Various European leaders, including OSCE Parliamentary Assembly members, have made a special point of visiting Tymoshenko in prison and lobbying for her release.9 Her incarceration has become one of the main obstacles in Ukraine's relations with the EU, stalling Ukraine's hitherto successful bid for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with Brussels.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

The rebrand includes a vibrant and simplified new logo and refurbished interiors featuring an open floor plan design aesthetic that will showcase an open - concept kitchen and assembly line so guests will be able to watch the restaurant staff members prepare their meal.

The 27th World Health Assembly in 1974 noted the general decline in breastfeeding related to different factors including the production of manufactured breast - milk substitutes and urged Member countries to review sales promotion activities on baby foods and to introduce appropriate remedial measures, including advertisement codes and legislation where necessary.

But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the only leader who can boast 100 percent loyalty from members of his conference — 10 to be exact, including the speaker himself.

IDC members chair committees in the Senate, while conference leader Jeff Klein is included in the closed - door budget negotiations with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader.

The Assembly Ethics Committee is an eight - member bi-partisan committee that includes two Western New York Republicans, Joe Giglio of Gowanda and Peter Lawrence from Greece.

In fact, Cohen's statement welcoming Latimer to the race included attacks of his vote against the property tax cap and his no - show for the pension reform vote (which was done very early in the morning when many Assembly members had already gone to bed).

In the call, Obama cites the recent budget agreement in Albany that Kaminsky voted for as a sitting member of the Assembly, which included a 12 - week paid family leave program and an increase in the minimum wage targeted for $ 15 in downstate counties.

Where the Canadian and Dutch assemblies were purely constituted by citizens, the Irish innovated for their Convention on the Constitution, including one third appointed politicians as members of the assembly.

Numerous opposition figures signed a petition expressing support for the armed forces to take control of the country, including the National Assembly member Maria Corina.

The Republicans got $ 4.4 million to split, Kolb said, while some members — including Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, a Rochester Democrat who battled Heastie for the speakership — received many times more than that for just a single project.

At the mansion gathering included Cuomo cabinet officials, members of the Court of Appeals, former Gov. David Paterson and nine members of the Democratic - led Assembly, including Speaker Carl Heastie.

Punishing her would run counter to the «reform» mantra the Assembly Democrats — including Heastie — have been repeating in the face of Silver's demise, and it also would not likely sit will with the female members of the conference.

It fell upon ordinary citizens, including former members of the Constitutional Assembly whose legal mandate has long since expired, to present the bill to the voters.

Members of the host committee, which is still in formation, include a number of other Assembly Democrats from both upstate and NYC.

I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

The marchers included U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - Forest Hills), city Comptroller William Thompson, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone) and state Assembly members Nettie Mayersohn (D - Flushing) and Mark Weprin (D - Little Neck).

Among members of the Assembly alone, names include Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, Assemblyman Sean Ryan, and Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein.

The crowd of party luminaries included U.S. Reps. Joseph Crowley (D - Jackson Heights), Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside) and Anthony Weiner (D - Forest Hills); Borough President Helen Marshall; state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone); and several members of the Council and state Assembly.

Assembly members Deborah Glick (D - Manhattan) and Amy Paulin (D - Scarsdale) said a package of sexual harassment laws is expected to be included in the budget, but that details of the measures were still being negotiated.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco countered that it's the Assembly that's holding up the budget because Democratic members, including Heastie, want a pay raise commission.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco counters that it's the Assembly that's holding up the budget, because Democratic members, including Speaker Heastie, want a pay raise commission.

This continues our «Meet the (new) Majority» series, which has included conversations with Assembly members Clyde Vanel and Brian Barnwell.

In the statement last night, Silver's office said he plans «to ask the Ethics and Guidance Committee to consider the full [report] and to recommend appropriate sanctions, including expulsion of Assembly member Lopez.»

As a member of the New York Assembly, Faso developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

ALBANY — Several Democratic Assembly members and senators on Monday backed a bill to require online political ads to include the source of funding, something that has been required of political ads on television for decades.

The release included the following quote from NYS Assembly Member Micah Kellner: «The time for a taxi for all has arrived.

Attendees included a host of community leaders including City Council Members Ruben Wills, Leroy Comrie, and State Assembly Member Rory Lancman.

Both houses» budget bills included a «Database of Deals» (Part KK in A.9508 - B and Part LLLL in S.7508 - B) that are very similar and largely track existing legislation introduced by Assembly member Robin Schimminger and Senator Thomas Croci (A. 8175 and S.6613 - B).

Then, there's activist and businessman George Alvarez, who ran previously for a Bronx Assembly seat, and Community Board 3 member Marlon Molina, who, like many, highlights gentrification concerns in a South Bronx district that includes neighborhoods like Hunts Point, Longwood and Melrose.

Others included Borough President Jimmy Oddo, NYS Senator Diane Savino, Assembly Members Michael Cusick (also the parade Grand Marshal), Ron Castorina and Matt Titone, City Council Members Steve Matteo and Debi Rose and Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon.

Kathy Hochul, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was joined at an Upper West Side rally today by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of Manhattan Democratic elected officials that included Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assembly Members Keith Wright and Linda Rosenthal, Council Members Dan Garodnick and Inez Dickens and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

This will include social events and happy hours for members and guests all along the 73rd Assembly District, co-sponsored events with like - minded civic and community groups as well as the hosting of events that delve deeply into issues that the community is concerned about.

The state Assembly and Senate members were not the only elected officials pressuring Cuomo to include the tunnel option in the state's study.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council, the press conference / rally featured five members of the House of Representatives, at least ten state legislators including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and at least six members of the City Council.

«Our members decided to endorse Brian Kavanagh for State Senate because of his strong record in the Assembly fighting for issues important to working families, including raising the minimum wage in New York State, voting reforms, immigrant rights and union rights.

Majority party members in both houses, including Democrats in the Assembly, were silent about the lack of information.