Sentences with phrase «leaders in the state capitol»

Students who survived the Parkland, Florida, shooting met with top leaders in the state Capitol to lobby for gun control.

Together we will show the strength and diversity of California's charter school movement to our elected leaders in the State Capitol.

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and other Broward County schools spent the day meeting with legislators and other leaders in the state Capitol less than a week after a former student was accused of carrying out the deadly attack in Parkland.

Floridians are being hunted and slaughtered — and the continued silence of our so - called leaders in the state Capitol will do nothing to save future victims.

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Huffington Post: Arlen Siegfreid, Kansas Lawmaker, Proposes Capitol Meditation Room Saying state legislators do not have space for private time during the workday, a Republican legislative leader in Kansas has proposed the creation of a chapel in the Capitol building.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took his time to schmooze with legislative leaders at the Capitol during his State of the State visit, saying: «With all due respect to Mayor Bloomberg, this is about showing respect for the leadership in Albany, and I think he often failed to do that.»

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

At 1:15 p.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, Assemblyman Andrew Raia and members of the GOP conference will call for legislation to reduce Medicaid costs in New York, back of the Assembly chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 11 a.m., religious leaders call for renewable energy in Albany, state Capitol, War Room, second floor, Albany.

At 1:45 p.m., Skoufis, Gianaris, Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Assemblymen Ken Zebrowski and Angelo Santabara, and Sen. Todd Kaminsky call on the Legislature to include a measure in the final budget that will prevent anonymous political ads on social media, outside the Senate chamber, state Capitol, third floor, Albany.

At 12:30 p.m., Senate Labor Chairwoman Marisol Alcantara, joined by her fellow IDC members and leaders of major labor unions, will announce legislation to combat union - busting tactics used in right - to - work states spreading nationally, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Albany.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Klein had an office on the fourth floor of the state Capitol building and another, Room 913, in the Legislative Office Building, adjacent to Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan.

Leaders of prominent good government groups gathered at the state Capitol to decry not only the inability of Cuomo and legislative leaders to achieve ethics reform in the budget process, but also the lack of transparency in the ongoing three - men - in - a-room negotiLeaders of prominent good government groups gathered at the state Capitol to decry not only the inability of Cuomo and legislative leaders to achieve ethics reform in the budget process, but also the lack of transparency in the ongoing three - men - in - a-room negotileaders to achieve ethics reform in the budget process, but also the lack of transparency in the ongoing three - men - in - a-room negotiations.

At 11:30 a.m., clergy, faith leaders and criminal justice advocates will deliver a letter to legislative leaders supporting the Prioritized Platform for Challenging Incarceration in New York as part of a statewide day of action for prison and parole justice, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

The «Truth in Spending» legislation (bill # pending) is a response to the numerous public corruption scandals that have rocked the state Capitol to its core over recent months through lack of transparency in budget allocations, due to shadow spending where some leaders and members gamed the system.

New State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport), center, speaks in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany on Monday, May 11, 2015.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin (R,C,I - Schaghticoke), and Assemblyman Pete Lopez (R,C,I - Schoharie) today called for a «Spirit of «76» revolt by rank and file state legislators to clean up corruption and break the stranglehold on the Capitol that's been exerted by powerful leaders who time after time have prevented common sense reforms from becoming law in New York.

Rev. Emily McNeill of the Labor Religion Coalition and other religious leaders lobbied at the state Capitol Monday for extension and expansion of the state's millionaires tax in the budget.

There was Senate Democratic leader John Sampson in the Capitol's Red Room on Tuesday, declaring that the only way to balance the state budget was with «smart cuts and tough choices.»

At 10:30 a.m., Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction co-chairs Sens. George Amedore, Fred Akshar, and Chris Jacobs will announce the Senate's next steps in the fight against the state's heroin and opioid epidemic, Room 124, state Capitol, Albany.

Participants who will gather at the Capitol include «members of the Albany Can End Homelessness in New York State campaign; members of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assistance.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Yonkers Democrat, also made an appearance on the second floor of the state Capitol, but was not in the meeting with Cuomo or the other legislative leaders.

It's not clear whether the Senate GOP would be able to instill any of the «Trump agenda» at the state Capitol given the narrow divide in the chamber and the likelihood Majority Leader John Flanagan will need to keep the IDC close should a vacancy arise.

Workers, labor advocates and faith leaders plan to hold a 24 - hour vigil at the New York state Capitol in support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15.

Still, the governor summoned reporters, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Republican leader John Flanagan to the Capitol's Red Room before the final votes took place to boast that the final legislative product was, in fact, «a very extensive package that, I think, makes the state a better state.»

Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein, D - Yonkers, arrives for a meeting with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as legislative leaders work on the state budget at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., in April.

Back at the Capitol, the leader of the state Senate was signaling that legislators, who have gone along with many of Governor Cuomo's proposals in the past six years, will reassert their independence in 2017.

The annual event, held near the holidays, usually has a festive atmosphere as hundreds of civic leaders from around the state come to the Capitol to cheer millions of dollars in grants awarded.

Political and private sector leaders from around the state are spending three days at the Capitol, making their best case to win a share of $ 1.5 billion in economic development monies for their region.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, right, talks with Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, D - Rochester, at the start of the 2015 legislative session in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol in Albany on Jan. 7, 2015.

In 2012, state Assembly leaders proposed raising the per diem payments for members who go to the Capitol on official business.

Connecticut State Rep. William Tong, D - Stamford, left, speaks with House Majority Leader Joseph Aresimowicz, D - Berlin, right, at the Capitol on the final day of session, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Hartford, Connecticut.

HARTFORD — On the heels of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed adjustments to the state budget — including potential cuts in state aid for municipalities — Democratic legislative leaders and mayors from throughout the state gathered at the Capitol Friday to praise one aspect of the budget that Malloy said won't change — property tax reform.

Gov. Dannel Malloy and Conn. legislative leaders at the Dec. 30th 2013 news conference at the state Capitol in Hartford

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R - North Haven, center right, talks with State Senate President Martin Looney, D - New Haven, center left, in a huddle with other legislators in the Senate Chambers at Capitol on the final day of session, Wednesday, June 3, 2015, in Hartford, Conn..

Lawmakers — as well as Cuomo — had been under pressure to approve some form of ethics and anti-corruption legislation in Albany after a parade of corruption arrests that engulfed the Capitol in recent years, including the convictions of the two former state legislative leaders last year, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

Also at noon, Cardinal Timothy Dolan will be delivering the opening prayer in the state Senate chamber at the invitation of Majority Leader John Flanagan, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Also at 11 a.m., AARP will deliver 10,000 postcards to state legislative leaders and Cuomo urging them to include «Secure Choice» in the state budget to provide millions of private sector employees an effective way to save for retirement at work, outside the Senate chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Also at noon, faith leaders and low - wage workers will gather at the state Capitol for a Moral Monday press conference and vigil to call on lawmakers to end the culture of on - and off - the - books corruption that characterizes the policy - making process in Albany, War Room, 3rd Floor.

There were arguments at an Assembly roundtable yesterday both for and against ride - sharing, an airing of concerns about worker protections and insurance coverage as well as pleas from business leaders to do something about current taxi service in the state Capitol.

Also at noon, low - wage workers, faith leaders and upstate community members launch a 24 - hour vigil at the Capitol to call on the Legislature to include a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and $ 51 million for the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program in the state budget, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo met privately at the state Capitol with school and government leaders from Hoosick Falls about ongoing efforts to deal with the discovery of a toxic chemical that contaminated public and private water supplies in the Rensselaer County community

At 11:30 a.m., good government groups unveil an effort to pressure Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Flanagan, and Assembly Speake Heastie to «more openly engage» in addressing ethics reform, outside Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At noon, clergy will hold a press conference and deliver a petition signed by over 100 faith leaders calling for the Millionaire's Tax to be expanded and the 2 percent spending cap eliminated in order to invest in fighting poverty and inequality, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Also at noon, faith leaders from New York City and upstate will hold a press conference and vigil to call on the state Legislature to pass an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 to be implemented as soon as possible, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 11:30 a.m., students, parents and advocates meet with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to discuss the need for after - school programs and to restore $ 22.3 million for Advantage After School in the state budget, state Capitol, Room 315, Albany.

House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R - Derby, speaks to the House on the final day of session at the State Capitol in June in Hartford.

House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R - Derby, speaks to the House on the final day of session at the State Capitol in June in Hartford, Conn..

Religious leaders rallied at the State Capitol to push for an increase in the state's minimum State Capitol to push for an increase in the state's minimum state's minimum wage.