Sentences with phrase «interests of the citizens of»

«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle stated.

I objected to the underhanded way DiNapoli was appointed in 2007 — a typical Shelly Silver power play - which was all about Shelly Silver amassing power, and not about the best interests of the citizens of New York who support that corrupt bas *** d and his flunkies.

In a statement, Bill Schwartz said «The process will continue until he concludes the review is fully informed, comprehensive and best serves the health and safety interests of the citizens of New York.»

«I'm not quite sure that everything (Shahinfar) votes for is in the best interest of the citizens of Albany,» she said.

«Over the past several days Assemblyman Heastie and I have discussed at length how to advance the best interests of the citizens of our state by making the New York Assembly more inclusive and member - driven,» Morelle said in the statement.

The Legislature of Louisiana does hereby declare that it is in the best interest of the citizens of the state to protect consumers in their efforts to improve their credit record, history, and rating.

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«The roaming regulations,» he added, «have become a symbol of how the European Union can function in the interests of its citizens.»

The result is To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, a Public Benefit Corporation that seeks to «collaborate with global citizens to advance science and build a powerful community of interest» that is made up of three divisions: Entertainment, Science, and Aerospace.

«We stand with President Trump and are happy to see the national security interests of American citizens at the forefront of his administration's policies.»

The citizens of the host country expunge all cynicism and find their eyes filling with tears; television viewers around the globe are inspired by a new generation of fresh - faced athletes, many of them competing in events which would draw almost zero interest in any other context; the networks and sponsors breathe a great sigh of relief knowing that their massive investment was sound; and the folks in Lausanne smile a secret smile.

Administered by AARP Services, a subsidiary of the senior citizens» interest group, the program will offer group health care, retirement plans, and payroll services to these entrepreneurs.

But a boycott isn't necessarily in anyone's interest either — it is arguably better to allow Russia a moment in the limelight, precisely because some of that light will shine into the dark corner that is Russia's treatment of its gay citizens.

Each of these risks is of significant interest to the risk management sector — and to governments and citizens round the world We were told that our task was to transform these risks into opportunities and that our contributions would find their way into the 2014 Global Opportunity Report that DNV GL co-produces.

Acting on this interest in expanded dialogue between Canadian millennials and our peers in Asia will provide us with the types of soft skills that will make us more effective learners in the classroom, better negotiators in the workplace, and more informed citizens.

Citizens Bank offers a broad range of refinancing options with interest rates as low as 2.90 % APR, depending on your loan amount and your selected repayment period.

Once you have completed the form, Citizens Bank will quote you an interest rate on a new loan, and give you an estimate of how much you would save by refinancing.

It is unusual for a major country to appoint a citizen of a different country to head its central bank and it will be interesting to see.

«[I] f your view of the world is having a balance of interests, a competitive marketplace, equal providers, equal parties coming to the table — whether it's a supply chain or a network of things like sending money back and forth or citizens working to solve village - level, regional or global level — this is technology can help implement that.»

As the largest manager of retirement savings in the country, Vanguard has the power — and the obligation — to combat Citizens United politics and special interest influence in our elections.

A clean job, one not tainted with actions that are not in the best interests of the majority of citizens.

One of the Coalition's first initiatives has been circulating a Pledge for interested citizen groups and organizations to sign.

It betrays legislative history, which reveals that Congress passed antitrust laws to promote a host of political economic ends — including our interests as workers, producers, entrepreneurs, and citizens.

The home mortgage interest deduction is one of the largest government subsidies available to all citizens.

As described in this 2015 YouTube video (embedded below), a low social credit score is meant to isolate unruly citizens from the rest of the population and deny them access to state services and benefits via travel bans, increased prices for day - to - day products, higher bank interests, and others.

They want freedom to act in their interests without hindrance, to take advantage of fellow citizens, their venality hidden and victims believing that if you're not doing well it's your own fault - the marketplace has tested you and found you wanting.

What is interesting to see with this bitcoin hype is how uneducated writers still are when it comes to the question of what money actually is — especially the assumption that money, e.g. US Dollars, are tied to any real world values like gold is one of these modern fairytales that is repeated often — I can not understand that even after the big corporate crimes (aka as «financial crisis») that US Citizens cost millions of dollars there is still such a lack of understanding of what money actually is.

In the case of a foreign citizen already in Chile, companies interested in accessing the Visa Tech system through InvestChile should submit a request for a Certificate of Sponsorship.

APRs at Citizens Bank typically range from 6 % to 16.25 %, and borrowers have the option of getting a fixed or variable interest rate.

The Warsaw Conference has put the interests of dirty energy industries over that of global citizens — with a «Coal & Climate Summit» being held in conjunction; corporate sponsorship from big polluters plastered all over the venue; and a Presidency (Poland) that is beholden to the coal and fracking industry.

And Central Bankers must raise interest rates higher and sooner next time, to choke off excessive spending by our own citizens for whom frugality is a fad, not a way of life.

Asia's sovereign bonds will likely be less endangered by rising interest rates and less vulnerable to Western policies of financial repression, which erode the purchasing power of their citizens» savings.

One easy option is to get quotes from the banks listed in our private student loan marketplace — we've already vetted these lenders, which include Citizens Bank, Sallie Mae, and Visit LendKey — and know they offer some of the best interest rates and terms to borrowers.

Ms. Russell wrote with penetratingly keen insight, and as a result, I am much more cognizant of why policy makers in Canada defer in favour of the interests of multinational oil companies rather than making decisions that are in the best interest of the ordinary citizens of central and eastern Canada when it comes to oil security.

They are privileges, really, impositions on some citizens and their interests to the advantage of others and their interests, impositions enforced by government.

Although written by a supporter of Amendment 2 (which was overturned by the court in a decisionnow on appeal), the book provides a convincing analysis of the crosscutting interests and passions engaged when citizens attempt to hold government democratically accountable.

Should the government be permitted to promote the religious interests of a religious group by subordinating the secular interests of other citizens in access to logging areas?

By issuing this report, we hope to give governments an added incentive to honor the rights and the dignity of their citizens; but the report also has the benefit of equipping interested observers with an arsenal of facts.

This leads to the negation of the earlier concepts of education as laid down in the Constitution of India which put priority to «promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people» and to the development of «scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform» in every citizen.

For me, one of the most interesting things is that our elected political officials consistently received lowers scores than the average citizen.

The good society thus becomes the one that maximizes satisfactions in the name of distributive justice regardless of the material content of the citizens» interests.

Yet in view of its amazing growth in its first 150 years, it is not without interest to note that an LDS mathematician recently made a half - joking but statistically correct projection that «if Mormonism continues to grow in the United States at its present rate, and if the U.S. population continues to grow at its present rate, then in another 150 years when Mormonism celebrates its tricentennial, all the nation's citizens will be Mormons.»

When the citizens of a republic or a civilization become merely self - interested (or equally worse, interested in nothing at all) the center fails, and chaos conquers — until a man rides in on a white horse and reestablishes an order based not on nature or on God's will, but on his own subjective vision of the world.

The eschaton of radical freedom for all is inevitable, the forces of History will sweep toward their ultimate victory — and therefore it is essential that every good citizen accept liberalism (communism) in his heart and promote it publicly, eagerly detecting and shaming bias (class interest) and intolerance (oppression).

The Texas statute undeniably seeks to further the belief of its citizens that certain forms of sexual behavior are «immoral and unacceptable,»... the same interest furthered by criminal laws against fornication, bigamy, adultery, adult incest, bestiality, and obscenity,» Scalia wrote in dissent.

Greenawalt concedes that citizens of a secular liberal state have a legal right to vote their religious convictions, but he is more concerned with when and whether they ought to exercise self - restraint in the interests of good citizenship.

America would remain free not because of any quality in its citizens of spartan self - sacrifice to some nebulous public good, but in the last analysis because of the concern each individual would have in his own self - interest and personal freedom40

It is the alliance of this theory with corporate, short - term interests, and the desire of many citizens to make no sacrifices that undergird the current unsustainable global system.

Urofsky explicitly recognizes the state's power as parens patriae «to protect the interests and well - being of its citizens and to intervene on their behalf when necessary.»

The turn to benign interests is a turn away from the messier and more obviously political questions that involve the identification of a controversial good and the contest among citizens vying for honor.

Since pastors are free to make political endorsements as individual citizens, just not in their official capacities as leaders of the church, supporters of the Johnson Amendment contend that rather than restricting political speech, the rules protect nonprofits from lobbying interests.