Sentences with phrase «justice advocates point»

Meanwhile, the community and environmental justice advocates point to studies showing that people living near mountaintop removal sites are at increased risk of developing physical and mental health problems and of dying from cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Not exact matches

He pointed out that just last year the bishops issued a statement calling for the rehabilitation of prisoners and advocating «restorative justice.»

Aside from what marijuana legalization will do criminal justice reform, advocates also point to the economic benefits.

Benjamin, Lancman Propose Strategy to Close Rikers in Three Years Standing with community leaders and criminal justice reform advocates, Democratic nominee for State Senate Benjamin and Council Member Lancman outline three - point strategy to close Rikers Island in three years; proposal -LSB-...]

Cynthia Nixon's pointed racial justice argument was echoed a week later by Public Advocate Letitia James, an ally of Governor Cuomo.

At 2 p.m., environmental justice advocates, community groups, and city officials will meet to stage an emergency drill to test and evaluate community preparedness for future hurricanes and other major climate disasters, THE POINT Community Development Corp., 940 Garrison Ave., the Bronx.

Standing with community leaders and criminal justice reform advocates, Democratic nominee for State Senate Benjamin and Council Member Lancman outline three - point strategy to close Rikers Island in three years; proposal would expedite Lippman Commission recommendations through aggressive Rikers population reduction objectives, improved pre-trial and casework handling

Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, a Brooklyn Democrat who heads the chamber's codes committee and is an outspoken supporter of criminal justice reform, told POLITICO New York that while Holder's death was tragic, it was a poor starting point for the kind of changes the mayor is advocating.

Finally, I would have liked to have seen some of the points of the SEE RESPECT platform highlighted, such as our dedication to combating institutional racism by advocating for a restorative justice approach to discipline replacing zero tolerance polices that have resulted in dramatically disproportion discipline used to punishing African American students.

Patrice Wedderburn, an attorney with Advocates for Justice and Education, an organization that helps parents appeal suspensions, disputed Pearson's point.

While it is perhaps a small point, I suggest that using more inclusive language to describe those among us who are not lawyers, and especially those who are not lawyers but work to support the rule of law and advocate for those who have no voice, could be effective in finding creative solutions to break down some of the barriers that impede access to justice in Canada.

Fenster points to Roberts» record defending a government respondent in Tahoe - Sierra Preservation Council v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (2002) while at Hogan & Hartson and writes, «environmentalists and planning advocates can be confident that the otherwise conservative Chief Justice at least understands and respects their arguments — something that can not be said of every Bush appointee...» (More here).

The court also makes an important point about the role of advocates in facilitating access to justice:

But what I can say is that is that if we have reached the point that our justice system is so broken that we have to resort to the incarceration of family litigants, based on the subjective assessment of a single justice who has clearly formed strong opinions about the culpability of the parties, we have a very big problem that should be alarming all access to justice advocates.