Sentences with phrase «left the administration friday»

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office released 30 - day amendments late Friday to his executive budget proposal, a series of technical and programmatic changes that left in place administration proposals to shift costs to New York City.

Washington (CNN)- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan revealed to CNN Friday that the Obama administration plans in coming weeks to launch two initiatives to deal with the crumbling housing market, and he left the door open to also reviving the expired $ 8,000 tax credit for first - time home buyers that had been propping up the industry.

Many of the federal prosecutors who were nominated by President Barack Obama had already left their positions, but the nearly four dozen who stayed on in the first weeks of the Trump administration have been asked to leave «in order to ensure a uniform transition,» Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Friday.

Ulrich, a Republican who represents parts of Rockaway and is considering a run for mayor, lambasted the administration Friday for failing to communicate how it decides to site shelters, saying local officials have been left little time to provide feedback or different options.

Much rejoicing took place Friday when it was first announced that Arne Duncan was leaving the Obama administration early.

Criticizing Congress for months of inaction in updating No Child Left Behind, President Obama on Friday offered to lift the law's most onerous provisions, including its 2014 deadline for bringing all students to proficiency in reading and math, for states that promise to follow his administration's own school improvement agenda.

The Obama administration on Friday approved Utah's request for flexibility from key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

States that want out of specific No Child Left Behind provisions must adapt four reforms that mirror the administration's legislative priorities, President Barack Obama will announce Friday morning.

Standing among governors, teachers, superintendents and students in the White House's East Room Friday morning, President Barack Obama asserted his administration's reforms to the federal No Child Left Behind act would minimize the need for educators to «teach to the test.»