Sentences with phrase «issue of his second term»

Mr. Cuomo has called ethics reform the most important issue of his second term, particularly after Mr. Silver's arrest, which occurred just a day after Mr. Cuomo laid out his agenda for the year.

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According to a second official, who also requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, the short - term measures will include an extension of the Greek payments» maturities from 28 years to as much as 32.5 years.

Trump has told Republican lawmakers that he plans to deal with the issue of entitlements in his second term, should he get one.

«Starting parallel talks on all issues at the same time, as suggested by some in the UK, will not happen,» Tusk said, while adding that the EU could assess as early as this autumn that Britain had made «sufficient progress» on the exit terms in order to open the second phase of negotiations, on future trade.

When asked about Trump's level of seriousness on the issue, the Republican said the president would not touch Social Security «until the first day of his second term, he told me once.»

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

Everyone agrees that Supreme Court appointments will be the most controverted issue of President Bush's second term.

The second group — Ibn «Abd al - Wahhab's indirect followers, whom Crawford terms «hybrid Wahhabis» — took issue with precisely this uncritical stance of the Al al - Shaykh.

why are we even discussing this... we are becoming a second tier team and this is the big issue??!!! race for title over before the new year and cant even enter xmas above spurs anymore... clubs become a joke in terms of football we play... need to ask some serious questions

YOGA: SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS Sirs: Regarding the discussion of yoga exercises, the issue raised by Joe David Brown (Yoga Comes West, SI, Jan. 25) and by B. K. Bagchi (19TH HOLE, Feb. 29) is a twofold one: first, whether it is a scientifically proved fact that yoga exercises exert a demonstrable effect upon the heart; second, if such an effect is demonstrable, what its physiological nature is in terms of accepted concepts of cardiovascular physiology.

There are many inside the camp which believe Europe isn't beyond, with confidence and self belief clearly not an issue for the team, and despite the fact their away record wasn't the best last term, another win, their second of the campaign, is a real possibility.

And with Liverpool having the joint second best defensive record in the league, the accusations levied against the defensive work of the side, although some of them are pertinent, seem to have not as much importance in comparison to the issues raised here, although with the slight caveat that there is a noticeable drop off between the two seasons in terms of interceptions from midfield and the forwards, which has lead to Liverpool not being so strong on the counter attack and the fact that the majority of the shots Liverpool have conceded seem to be in the space in front of the defence and behind the midfield.

My second marriage fell apart after the discovery of a long - term affair as well as other issues.

Whether it's on the length of the terms, the system of election, the place of bishops in the second chamber or a myriad of other issues, the opposition will be able to offer the carrot of its support for a guillotine motion instantly ending the agony - if it gets its way.

Are we really talking about grading crimes against the person in terms of whether it is «the worst», perhaps the «second worst», «well, not as bad as that time when...»??? The suggestions of levels of «badness», therefore levels of deserved help is a stupid distraction from the issues.

Cuomo, of course, is a former HUD secretary himself in the second term of Bill Clinton, a job he frequently mentions whenever talk turns to the federal government or housing issues.

The second reason is that Labour has failed to capitalise on the long - term decline in the Tory vote and has largely been content to emulate it on the decisive issues of the economy and immigration.

Still, «the most pressing issue in our city of this generation is affordable housing,» James said; she stated that in her second term, she would work to address that problem, whether through making «preferential rent» permanent (rather than something a landlord can change or remove at whim), or creating more housing, rather than shelters, for homeless New Yorkers.

Entering the final year of his second term, Cuomo is proposing a range of issues aside from the tax considerations.

The Guardian today claims Tory education secretary Michael Gove had hoped to allow free schools to make profits in the government's second term and quotes a supporter of Gove as saying «Gove has never had an ideological issue with profit in schools, whereas Clegg is ruling it out for ideological reasons.»

Cuomo has been accused by critics of putting potential presidential ambitions ahead of his New York duties as he has traveled out of state more and weighed in on national issues during his second term.

Even on March 1, when his party, the APC, had passed a vote of confidence in him, denying that it was not the same as endorsing him for a second term, the President had remained silent on the issue, keeping some people guessing.

Four years ago, Cuomo's abrupt dissolution of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption became an issue on the campaign trail, though it ultimately did not prevent him from winning a second term.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

A combined 96 seconds of his 92 - minute speech were spent on issues like campaign finance, outside income rules, term limits and early voting.

He faces myriad problems at home, though, including a less compliant City Council, a handful of fellow Democrats eyeing his seat, and a laundry list of pressing issues he's vowed to tackle in his second term.

There is a loud minority of New Yorkers who have soured on the governor over his steps toward stronger gun control, but numerous polls have shown that the SAFE Act has support as Cuomo continues his progressive lean in 2015 and maintains gun control as a signature issue in his second term.

After facing questions over his lack of a second term agenda, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's re-election campaign released a 245 - page policy book on Thursday that outlines a series of issues he would seek to tackle in the next four years.

«A second chamber election, for example, would have been a gamechanger in terms of the deficit and a host of other issues,»

In a statement issued by Warren she said that many political pundits believed «the deck was stacked against her,» and Warren, who is running for a second term, says that individual members of city committee «stood up for what was right and stood with me even when party bosses tried to push a different outcome.»

«I can't have any political issues interfere with the integrity of what we're dealing with in town hall,» said Bosworth, a second - term Democrat, who asked Terry to resign his post Monday afternoon.

The plan is one of the most comprehensive yet from the Westchester County executive, who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a second term, and highlights an issue that both candidates say is a top priority: how to boost New York's business climate and increase jobs, particularly in upstate regions grappling with decades of economic malaise.

As state lawmakers have returned to work and Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inaugurated for his second term, one of the most important issues on the agenda in Albany will be housing related.

Labour's second term having been so overwhelmingly dominated by international issues in the wake of 9 - 11, it is the things not yet done which prey on the mind of Blairites thinking about this government's legacy.

Window for rapid emissions reduction may be closing Obama begins his second term one week after a federal advisory committee of 60 climate experts issued a draft report that warns of accelerating global warming.

He has always pushed for issues of gay rights, especially during his second term.

For the second year in a row, the media is rightfully outraged by #OscarsSoWhite but it also marks the third year in a row that a Mexican - helmed film dominates the Oscar conversation, an issue that barely merits a mention within a discussion that remains — for better and for worse — locked into seeing this in terms of black and white, sometimes at the expense of more nuanced visions of diversity.

The proposal comes as Duncan and the Obama administration embark on a second term, where criticism over much of the education spending and program goals during the president's first four years in office remains an issue among many Congressional leaders.

In Essex, the second largest education authority area in the country (after Kent), parents saw the number of penalties issued treble (from 909 in 2014 - 15 to 3,165 in 2016 - 17) for unauthorised term time holidays.

Shortly after the letter of intent was issued, long time (40 - years) Birmingham, Alabama Mercedes - Benz dealership Crown Automotive filed a law suit (against Mercedes - Benz USA) claiming that by allowing a second Mercedes - Benz dealership to operate in Birmingham they would violate the terms of their franchise agreement.

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Then in 2013, early in Obama's second term, The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a comprehensive report titled A Closer Look at the Trillion that sketched out the magnitude of the crisis.

But knowing the composition of the state legislature, and the hostility of the Republican leadership in both chambers to Prop B, we knew that we'd have to entertain compromise on some elements of the agreement (at no point, ever, publically, has Pacelle or anyone from HSUS mentioned any thought of compromise — and likely, this is why they didn't have a seat at the table when it came to this new law), in order to protect the measure for the long term and to obviate the need for a second public vote on the issue.

And with the rise of sharing economy services such as AirBnB, offering a tiny house as a vacation or short - term rental home could be a way to get around the residency and building code issues of having a second dwelling on your property.

What specifically do you plan to do in a second term to tackle the issue of climate change?

Indeed, the putative threat of global warming has received more of the President's public attention than any other foreign policy issue during his second term.

His appointment to run the State Department is one of several Obama second - term moves that signal the high priority he assigns the issue.

The second issue raised in our Science paper (now available free, see bottom of this post) is that perhaps there shouldn't yet have been substantial long - term trends in hurricane intensity — whether we would be able detect them above the natural variability or not — because until the last couple of decades, aerosol cooling effects on hurricanes have been counteracting the effects of greenhouse gas warming.

The firs two papers looked at ethical issues entailed by the need for increasing ambition for national ghg emissions reduction commitments in the short - term and the second examined ethical issues created by urgent needs of nations to commit to significant ghg emissions reductions in the medium - to long - term.

In his second term, will President Obama deliver the bold action needed to reduce the threat of climate change to the US and the world, by shifting the US economy towards a zero carbon future, and making the issue a centerpiece of US foreign policy?