Sentences with phrase «last year by»

The Utica City School District settled a lawsuit over its treatment of young refugees, who, the suit filed last year by NYCLU charged, were being excluded from the city's lone high school because of their age and because they did not speak English.

And of these nine, just two share the Richmond Park combination of Remain vote and Brexit MP - Lewes, where Maria Caulfield has a thin 2.1 % majority, and Hazel Grove, where William Wragg beat the Lib Dems last year by a healthier 15 %.

On the economy, Beals said he supports repealing the corporate tax breaks passed last year by Congress.

«Coughlin accuses President Buhari's government of attempting to cover - up the abductions of 400 women and children «abducted last year by militants from the Nigerian town of Damasak.»

De Blasio then blocked the three Success Academy charters from co-locating in city buildings this fall — rescinding approvals of the plans last year by the Bloomberg administration.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The special commission appointed last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to investigate political corruption in New York is quietly winding down this week.

Joseph Finnerty, who was appointed to the board last year by Mr. de Blasio, served as one of the sponsors of a May 12 fundraiser that doubled as a party celebrating the Democratic mayor's 55th birthday, according to a disposition released by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

Despite the upbeat word from the Ashdown camp, all the front runners to succeed Mr Ashdown have marked themselves out in the last year by criticising his policy of «constructive opposition» to the Government.

The criminal charges, brought late last year by then - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, stemmed from allegations that Cappuccilli had used his influence at the fair to make favorable deals to his benefit, including at his two daughters» weddings at the fairgrounds.

The group is run by Liz Kurantowicz, the former state Republican Party official who managed Voters for Good Government, the independent - expenditure group that ran afoul of the State Elections Enforcement Commission last year by paying Foley's pollster, an expense that the commission says Foley's campaign should have incurred.

This report is the first in a series stemming from a forensic audit of overtime practices at the MTA announced last year by Comptroller DiNapoli.

A same - sex marriage bill was defeated last year by New York lawmakers.

A review last year by the State Comptroller's office estimated the NFTA had $ 58 million in unfunded capital needs.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling sparked anger in July last year by supporting a new # 30 billion Crossrail 2 scheme in London and the South East days after a series of rail electrification projects in Wales, the Midlands and the North were axed or downgraded.

The annual comprehensive report from Cuomo's main economic development apparatus was mandated last year by the Legislature amid increased criticism of the governor's efforts to boost business across the state, especially in distressed upstate areas.

Spectrum News in Buffalo first reported Monday that a listening device was found last year by commission officials in an office the agency leases from the Senecas at the tribe's Buffalo casino.

Gillibrand, who was a congresswoman from upstate New York, was appointed to the Senate last year by New York Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton, who stepped down to become secretary of State.

A task force created last year by Miner and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has recommended that the city and county undertake a $ 100,000 pilot program to control the deer population on the East Side of Syracuse and in parts of DeWitt.

He said the lawsuit filed last year by Schneiderman was speculative, because the commission hasn't adopted final regulations yet.

After getting squeezed last year by an array of campaign committees, party committees and disparate super PACs, many of them are still sitting on their checkbooks — a worrisome sign for the party with the 2014 midterm elections fast approaching.

The Legislature snubbed Mr. de Blasio last year by granting him only a one - year renewal of his control over the public schools.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The New York State Master Teacher Program was established last year by Governor Cuomo to identify, support and reward exceptional STEM educators throughout New York State.

To highlight the differences in how men and women approach their financial commitments, research conducted last year by the Barclays Wealth Female Client Group showed that wealthy women, across the world, were less risk averse than men when it came to their investments.

Astorino, the Westchester County executive, was defeated last year by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a second term.

Things didn't go de Blasio's way in the 20th state Senate District either, where Jesse Hamilton pulled far ahead of his opponent Rubain Dorancy for the seat vacated last year by Brooklyn Borough President Adams.

The homogeneous festival, dubbed: «Homofest 2015», was instituted last year by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts as part of measures to promote domestic tourism.

Cuomo has made it clear he won't be providing any messages of necessity to circumvent the three - day aging requirement, and would not hesitate to force the Legislature to choose between passing his budget and a government shutdown by using the extender method employed with great success last year by then - Gov.

The Assembly's judiciary committee unanimously approved an amendment on Wednesday afternoon that was actually agreed to last year by legislative leaders.

Oddo started one last effort to halt the project last year by forcing the new streets to be part of the official city map and go through the city's lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which could cripple their plans.

New York Acting Labor Commissioner Mario J. Musolino has agreed to several recommendations by a wage board called together last year by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to study the issue.

Second, Mr. Koch successfully shifted the narrative in now - Congressman Bob Turner's favor last year by crossing party lines and going to bat for the candidate.

Jacob, who was reappointed to a new five - year term last year by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, did not return requests for comment.

The group was founded early last year by Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood), Graham Evans (Weaver Vale), and David Mowat (Warrington South).

The new player making the most noise is Hanbury Strategy, set up last year by former Conservative special advisers Ameet Gill and Paul Stephenson.

The report by a committee set up in December last year by the Speaker of the Lords, Norman Fowler, said that to maintain confidence in the chamber it must for the first time be given a maximum size.

«By definition the commission took advice and opinion from many, many people,» Cuomo said Monday in response to questions about a top aide's communication with the Moreland Commission, a group appointed last year by the Democratic governor.

Skelos said he was outraged by de Blasio's decision to cancel classroom space for three of longtime adversary Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy charter schools this fall that were approved last year by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

I based my views on a Telegraph article last year by Greg Rosen, which extracted from the 6 day Commons debate in October 1971, and the nature of sovereignty at stake clearly comes through as a topic of debate, with speeches by Waddington, Enoch Powell, Heath etc, all focused on that issue.

A study last year by the Congressional Management Foundation has already made this point, and new research by Capitol Advantage (which reader Sonja has helpfully found on their site) reinforces it:

Should fantasy sports be allowed, the bill would resolve a legal battle started last year by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who argued the service is essentially a game of chance, outlawed by the constitution.

Ben Walsh, an independent contender for Syracuse mayor, received the endorsement of the Upstate Jobs Party — a nascent group founded last year by millionaire entrepreneur, and unsuccessful NY - 22 candidate, Martin Babinec of Little Falls.

(The contributions were first reported last year by The Daily News.)

A similar bill was vetoed last year by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

A new report says more than 200 waterways across New York were impacted last year by billions of gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater.

Originally expected to be at full production by early this year, the South Buffalo factory has been delayed by SolarCity's deteriorating finances, which led to its acquisition last year by Tesla.

Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, who represents Morningside Heights in the 1st Judicial District which includes Manhattan, said he was approached last year by parents who came to him saying they «don't have a voice.

Former Republican Assemblyman George Amedore is expected to announce Monday that he will run again for the state Senate seat he lost last year by just 18 votes.

The lawsuit, against BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, follows similar lawsuits filed last year by San Francisco and other California cities seeking billions of dollars in damages from rising sea levels due to climate impacts.

Rensselaer County's new county executive was sanctioned last year by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie while he was still an assemblyman, after an independent investigation into allegations of workplace harassment and recommendations from the Assembly Ethics Committee.