Sentences with phrase «leave legislation at»

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn received a fresh round of criticism over her opposition to paid sick leave legislation at a mayoral debate Thursday night in Washington Heights.

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At the federal level, no law has explicitly made fantasy sports contests illegal; the most recent relevant legislation, the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, left fantasy sports out of it.

Kansas state Rep. Louis Ruiz, left, and Sen. David Haley, right, both D - Kansas City, confer during a break in negotiations on adoption legislation, Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan..

The law's passage came as a surprise to many in Florida, where lawmakers had failed to enact legislation after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016, which left 49 dead, and the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport that killed five people in 2017.

Right - of - center parties in Western democracies perceive a very low threshold (each piece of welfare state legislation another step on «the road to serfdom»); left - of - center parties believe in a very high threshold, and some in that camp seem to think that there is no limit at all.

Kavanagh appeared at the Stuyvesant Town - Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association meeting, focusing his remarks on legislation to repeal loopholes in the rent laws, like his bills, passed in the Assembly, to reform the system of major capital improvement (MCI) charges that are added to rent bills and to eliminate «vacancy bonuses» landlords get when tenants leave their apartments.

Also at 11 a.m., Buffalo faith leaders and advocates hold a press conference to urge the passage of Paid Family Leave legislation, Pilgrim - St.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, left, with Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, talks about gangs and new legislation he will propose to eradicate them at Central Islip High School on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

At last week's East Hampton Village Board meeting, Mayor Paul F. Rickenbach Jr. declared that the «handwriting is on the wall» regarding the likelihood of legislation to rein in the use of leaf blowers.

«I'm not sure that they're not moving for slightly different reasons: Bill because it's what he believes,» Mr. Samuels said, «and Andrew because he's looking at the tea leaves, and 2016 may be his last chance to pass some substantive legislation that he's always said he's supported but hasn't done as much [to pass].»

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

The legislation was a rapid response to the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 17 students and faculty members dead and 17 others wounded.

At 11:30 a.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will speak at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce's International Women's Day Event and build support for her paid family and medical leave legislation, XO Group, 195 Broadway, ManhattaAt 11:30 a.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will speak at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce's International Women's Day Event and build support for her paid family and medical leave legislation, XO Group, 195 Broadway, Manhattaat the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce's International Women's Day Event and build support for her paid family and medical leave legislation, XO Group, 195 Broadway, Manhattan.

(L - R) Senate co-leader Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, leave a news conference after announcing legislation to combat the rise of heroin use in the state in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Albany.

On Monday, Cuomo signed legislation that extends screening hours at hospitals and clinics, removes insurance hurdles for mammograms and other diagnostic imaging procedures, and offers paid leave for screenings for public employees.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pushed Monday for paid family leave legislation and an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour at a rally with labor leaders and elected Democrats in Hauppauge.

That's left Dorego and the company's stable of lobbyists (which includes two former state senators, Nick Spano and Carl Andrews) to mix with politicians at fund - raisers and check in when major legislation is being drafted in nondescript rooms tucked into the Capitol's upper floors.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11 rescue, recovery, and clean - up efforts at World Trade Center sites.

«The fight is over this real estate program, but really it comes to something deeper, which is that the forever - fraught relationship between de Blasio and Cuomo — and indeed the fraught relationship between any mayor of New York City and any governor of New York really is at a low point with just nine days left in Albany's legislation session and with several items on the mayor's agenda sitting in Albany's lap,» Jimmy Vielkind, who covers the state government for Capital New York, told WCBS 880.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Little more than a week after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told an audience of hundreds at an LGBT Democratic mayoral forum that she was not in favor of moving forward now on pending paid sick leave legislation, she will announce support for a modified bill at a City Hall press -LSB-...]

Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler this afternoon became one of the first elected officials to call for new gun - control legislation in the wake the shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut that has left nearly 30 dead, including 18 children.

The legislation, called the «Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act» (SB 7026), is in response to the Valentine's Day shooting at the Broward County school that left 17 dead.

Nancy Rankin, the vice president for policy, research, and advocacy at the Community Service Society, a leading advocate for the legislation, said her group estimates that 350,000 workers will be left out of the bill as a result of increasing the threshold from five to 15 workers.

The Florida Senate held a rare Saturday session, discussing legislation aimed at making schools safer, following the February 14th mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 14 students and three faculty members dead.

The Lords often does a better job at scrutinising legislation than MPs and it should be left as it is.

Holbein looked at local school board races from 2004 - 2012 in North Carolina communities where schools failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

The city passed legislation that requires businesses with at least 20 employees to offer six weeks of fully paid family leave to parents — both moms and dads and both full - and part - time employees who work in the city.

Laura has written numerous articles for the Age of Autism blog, done radio, TV, and documentary interviews, spoken at rallies in CA to oppose tyrannical and unethical vaccine legislation, sponsored speakers and documentaries in her area, given informal talks, and more, all in the hopes of sparing other children and their families from the devastation that vaccines leave in their wake.

From left, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., accompanied by Rep. Cheri Bustos, D - Ill., and former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, speaks at a news conference where she and other members of congress introduce legislation to curb sexual harassment in the workplace.

«In the K - 12 public arena, school districts are expected to respond to mandates flowing from the No Child Left Behind legislation at the federal level, along with various state and local assessments,» he says.

At the Civil Rights Project, she is involved in a five - year study examining the implementation of the «No Child Left Behind Act» of 2001 and how this legislation influences educational change in states and local school districts.

Known popularly as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress, this new legislation promises an important shift in efforts at all levels to improve the quality of public education.

A look at a forthcoming study by researchers at Western Michigan University and the National Education Policy Center shows that only a third of K12's schools achieved adequate yearly progress, the measurement mandated by federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation caused many schools to place an enormous emphasis on promoting academic skills at the expense of addressing the needs of the «whole child.»

The hottest item at the recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers was ESSA, the new federal education legislation that replaced No Child Left Behind, but the big question on the minds of Read more about ESSA: Time for States to Seize the Initiative -LSB-...]

In 2009 Florida lawmakers enacted legislation (H.B. 991) at the urging of Education Commissioner Dr. Eric Smith, aligning our state's school grading system with the No Child Left Behind Act (Federal law) four years ahead of schedule.

The legislation was a rapid response to the Feb. 14 shooting at the Parkland, Broward County high school that left 17 students and faculty members dead and 17 others wounded.

George W. Bush's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, which requires students at all U.S. public schools to meet certain math and reading benchmarks, went into effect nearly 10 years ago, on Jan. 8, 2002.

With about a week left of the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers are facing increased pressure to pass gun safety legislation — in response to last month's mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

The Florida Senate held a rare Saturday session, discussing legislation aimed at making schools safer, following the February 14th mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 14 students and three faculty members dead.

Breed specific legislation was dropped in 2014 in Maryland, but many people still hold fast to the aggressive stereotype against the lovable pit bull, leaving far too many stuck at shelters.

Even without a formal structure or regular meetings, this «Leave Us Alone» coalition plays a role in shaping legislation at the state and federal levels.

Is Kleiner - Perkins» business plan to have you press for legislation and regulation favorable to its clients in order to make them more attractive and available for sale to the public, at which time Kleiner - Perkins would cash out, leaving the public invested in not - ready - for - prime - time companies that have dubious financial prospects and that are dependent on taxpayer subsidies?

$ 354 million in immediate transit improvements and the long - term health of the New York regional transit system are at stake with one week left for the New York City Council and State Legislature to pass congestion pricing legislation.

Strong mitigation policies at the national level are currently held hostage by slow and cumbersome post-Kyoto international negotiation processes, the public policy mess left behind by Bush and Cheney, and the complex political labyrinth standing between the need to slash emissions and the legislation needed to make it happen, whether that be cap - and - trade or some other policy tool.

I've been planning for a while to write a post arguing that the one thing Julia Gillard can do to (at least, potentially) salvage her place in the history books is to secure passage of the carbon price package (and preferably the other outstanding items left over from the Rudd era, such as the mining tax legislation and health reform), then step aside, and let the Labor party choose a new leader.

Employment standards legislation requires employers to reinstate employees at the end of their leave to the job they held or to a comparable job if their job no longer exists.

This level of sensitive information leaves organisations vulnerable to data breaches and at risk of breaking data privacy legislation, particularly if the information winds up in the wrong pair of hands.

However, the tribunal did look at Mr Basra's email of 3rd March, because the legislation only protects «pre-termination» negotiations, and it considered that the scope of the protection ended when Mr Basra agreed to leave on the terms proposed.