Sentences with phrase «investigates public complaints»

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The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $ 130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.

Consumer complaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIcomplaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIComplaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today.

While the USPTO does not investigate complaints or participate in any legal proceedings against invention promoters / promotion firms, under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999, the USPTO will provide a public forum for the publication of complaints concerning invention promoters / promotion firms.

The Public Advocate, or the Chief Ombudsman, is responsible for presiding over City Council meetings and processing and investigating citizen complaints.

In announcing that he would use his power to have Schneiderman investigate sexual harassment complaints against Weinstein, Cuomo said: «It is critical not only that these cases are given the utmost attention but also that there is public confidence in the handling of these cases.»

The complaint asks the Authorities Budget Office to investigate the State Environmental Facilities Corporation for potential violations of the Public Authorities Reform Act it engaged in while fast tracking the approval of a $ 256m loan for the Thruway Authority to pay for Tappan Zee Bridge construction.

Corrupt procurement and award of honours is legislated against by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 [31] and the Metropolitan Police investigated the three complaints that they had received under these Acts.

The Public Advocate also serves as an ombudsman for city government, providing oversight for city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints about city services and making proposals to address the shortcomings and failures of those services.

The Public Integrity Commission has refused to heed a call to investigate whether four members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team violated the Public Officers Law, saying a complaint filed by the Center for Justice and Democracy «failed to establish a basis» for the probe.

In addition, the order asked the health department to provide «all documents reflecting complaints of unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthy conditions in NYCHA Public Housing or DHS Homeless Shelters,» including any complaints about leaks, water damage, lead paint, rodents or insects, as well as any documents showing whether or not any city or state agency responded to, investigated, or evaluated the complaints.

The Public Advocate serves as an ombudsman for city government, providing oversight for city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints about city services and making proposals to address perceived shortcomings or failures of those services.

Donovan Richards (D - Queens), chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee, said the city Department of Investigation or the Civilian Complaint Review Board should investigate how it happened — and whether other detectives across the city have done the same thing.

The body tasked with investigating complaints against the police is unable to do its job and has perilously little public trust, an influential committee of MPs said today.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

AG Eric Schneiderman is investigating the Buffalo Police Department's use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments, after a complaint filed by members of Black Lives Matter Buffalo and other community groups accused the department of engaging in a «repeated, persistent and widespread pattern of unconstitutional policing.»

The complaint says the federal charges stem from records obtained by investigators from the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption after it was disbanded by Cuomo in 2013.

Curran and Martins would increase funding and staffing for the county Ethics Board, which investigates complaints of misconduct by county employees but has issued few public findings or reports in recent years.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, the police watchdog agency investigating the misconduct claim against Pantaleo and others, is also seeking the minutes — not for public use but for private investigative reasons.

The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption will likely recommend a new entity to investigate election - law complaints, one of its chairmen said in a radio show that aired Sunday.

The state Republican Party has already filed a formal complaint with Agata's agency, the Joint Public Commission on Public Integrity, to investigate the matter.

As for specifics, a good public advocate is someone who is accessible (she answers emails within 10 minutes), someone whom the people can go to for support, a person with enough good sense and moral fiber to investigate and process our complaints from across this great city, someone unafraid to lock horns with the speaker, and of course, to fearlessly preside over the entire council.

The ethics panel, the state's Commission on Public Integrity, investigated Mr. Sachs's conduct at the request of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit organization that filed a complaint with the commission in February alleging that Mr. Sachs had violated ethics laws by failing to register as a lobbyist.

As Public Advocate — she serves as a direct link between New Yorkers and their government — acts as a watchdog over City agencies — and investigates complaints about City services.

On another front, the State Liquor Authority began investigating the vineyard in April after the business became the source of a laundry list of complaints, including loud music and patrons wandering onto neighboring properties and having sex in public.

DoE staff members — and public school advocates outside the department — could also try to sway DeVos's handling of other department responsibilities, such as discrimination complaints filed against universities, and investigating sexual assaults on college campuses under Title IX.

The district attorney's office is investigating other charter school officials based on complaints that have been made since the Van Zant investigation went public in January, Schorr said.

Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigates «extraordinary circumstances» of a complaint alleging that Gloucester County VA Public Schools discriminated against a child on the basis of her disabilities, denied her a free and appropriate public education that addressed her needs, and failed to ensure a safe educational enviroPublic Schools discriminated against a child on the basis of her disabilities, denied her a free and appropriate public education that addressed her needs, and failed to ensure a safe educational enviropublic education that addressed her needs, and failed to ensure a safe educational environment.

Students walked out, and PULSE filed a Title VI discrimination complaint with the department of Justice — a complaint that was investigated and led to a brokered settlement in 2015 under which Newark Public Schools agreed to repair the harm caused to students as a result of the school closures and charter conversions.

A complaint filed by a member of the public forced the ASA to investigate the advertisement, titled «Get out there».

DOT investigates complaints from the public alleging violations of Title VI, and follows the process in the DOT External Civil Rights Complaint Processing Manual, Order 1000.18.

Now my public criticism of Amazon has resulted in Amazon and Jeff Bezos STEALING my KENP royalties as they stole my commissions in my affiliate account that resulted me filing a FRAUD COMPLAINT on Amazon with the WA AGO and the WA AGO is now investigating Amazon for FRAUD.

The police department will investigate complaints and issue citations, and public services employees will catch animals and transport them to the county animal shelter, he said.

The Animal Control Division provides animal control services to all residents of El Segundo by handling and investigating all animal complaints, public nuisances and enforcing animal related laws including licensing requirements, animal abandonment and prosecutions for animal cruelty.

has the authority to take dog attack complaints, write tickets, assess fines, require owners to post warning signs or muzzle dog in public, and investigate vicious or savage dog reports for summery conviction, or to refer case to Magistrate for prosecution.

The Commissioner is an advocate for the privacy rights of Canadians and her powers include: Investigating complaints, conducting audits and pursuing court action under two federal laws - Privacy Act and Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA); Publicly reporting on the personal information - handling practices of public and private sector organizations; Supporting, undertaking and publishing research into privacy issues; and Promoting public awareness and understanding of privacy issues.

«Responding to pressure from Congress and others for greater consistency, the conference — the policy - making arm of the federal judiciary — enacted new rules that spell how and when complaints against judges must be investigated and made public,» Mauro writes, promising more details to come.

And yes, I say their agenda since, according to NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison, Conservative Party members voted a few years ago at their annual convention in favour of a resolution to eliminate the human rights commission's authority to «regulate, receive, investigate or adjudicate complaints» dealing with hate speech on the Internet.

The problem is FSCO doesn't investigate complaints against the brokering facility and / or the expert regulated health professionals who edit and / or prepare the expert reports on behalf of the assessing or examining experts; and the College's don't regulate the Third Party Report and expert assessments conducted by their members (see K.I., MD and L.K. 2013 ON HPARB 332 (CanLII); and B.M. v. T.F. 2009 ON HPARB 89213 (CanLII) and are not meeting their obligation to protect the public.

Colleen Brown, a spokeswoman for the Law Society of Alberta, declined to confirm whether the matter was being investigated, and said that the regulator can only make details public about a particular complaint if and when a hearing begins.

Historically in Canada, since the emergence of the first comprehensive human rights codes, human rights commissions have been central to the fulfillment of the public interest purpose of human rights legislation, and have been given a broad mandate to: investigate, screen and carry complaints to hearing, represent complainants; launch systemic complaints; conduct public hearings; approve affirmative action programs; issue guidelines and public reports; and promote human rights through education.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

A decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) not to investigate a human rights complaint that had been the subject of grievances under the Public Service Labour Relations Act has been overturned on judicial review.

The Commission on Judicial Conduct is the state agency responsible for investigating complaints of judicial misconduct and, when necessary, for recommending disciplinary actions insuring judicial independence and public accountability.

If a customer files a complaint against the company with the BBB, the organization will investigate the matter and provide their findings to the public as a way to prevent fraudulent businesses from taking advantage of people.

Investigated customer or public complaints to ensure problem resolution and customer satisfaction.

Answer questions and provide information to the public; investigate complaints and recommend corrective action as necessary to resolve complaints; participate in State Community Care Licensing orientation to provide information to operators and administrators interested in establishing new facilities.

Worked daily with the public to manage general information requests, coordinate meetings, gave presentations, investigate complaints and schedule training.

A track record of investigating complaints involving fire, environmental and sanitation issues and educating the public in fire safety, infection control and food handling and sanitation efforts, as a licensed New York State Health and Safety Surveyor.

Just Corp Houston Texas Quality Adherence etc.) Productivity * Investigates and prepares findings to complaints from customers Public Utility Commission and management * Works with every level of management and culture issues with a special emphasis on alignment developing accountability and leadership at the employee and front - line management levels * Consistently transforms organizations into high - performance result - orien...

As a service to the public, the NYSCDM Ethics Committee investigates client complaints involving our members.