Sentences with phrase «legal defense funds for»

Melissa Etheridge will bring her powerful voice to Central New York to raise legal defense funds for protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Donations to legal defense funds for public officials usually are capped at a certain amount.

The company claims it was not, however, people protested Uber by deleting their accounts and its app, despite the creation of a legal defense fund for affected drivers that would also pay them even if they're unable to work.

Uber wouldn't provide comment beyond Kalanick's statement that announced the company's plan to compensate drivers affected by the immigration ban and create a $ 3 million legal defense fund for drivers.

Christian dispensationalists have contributed significantly, together with Jews, to a temple fund, or to a legal defense fund for such terrorists.

Mark - Viverito, an outspoken progressive, pushed as speaker for more stringent limits on police cooperation with immigration officials about undocumented immigrants in their custody and developed a free legal defense fund for immigrants facing possible deportation.

She praised the the governor's emergency legal defense fund for immigrants that he launched last month but called on him to make it sustainable and usable for New York City immigrants.

The organizers of the Women's March in Albany will also be fundraising on Saturday for a legal defense fund for protesters arrested during last year's demonstrations with a sale of T - shirts and sweatshirts.

The heightened concern comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday announced plans to create a legal defense fund for immigrants in New York, regardless of their status.

When a reporter asked him whether he would support legal defense funding for a convicted murderer, he said it's «something that's up for negotiation or discussion» but that he «personally» doesn't think so.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week announced the creation of a legal defense fund for immigrants.

«I've helped secure two new public schools for the district (an elementary school on 17th Street and most recently, a new middle school at 75 Morton St.), fought NYU's irresponsible campus expansion plan, established a legal defense fund for rent - stabilized tenants... and brokered a deal to renovate Washington Square Park,» he said.

The Time's Up initiative, unveiled on New Year's Day and signed on by 300 prominent Hollywood women, is designed to address gender inequity in the workplace and provide a legal defense fund for women who have suffered sexual harassment or assault, but its first big impact was seen at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony, where virtually every woman attending wore black..

After Franco wore the Time's Up campaign pin — symbolizing support for a legal defense fund for women harassed in the workplace — at Sunday's Golden Globes, lingering rumors (even beyond that time Franco admitted to sexting an underage girl) turned into social media accusations from actresses he's worked with, including Ally Sheedy.

Through the documentary's website, Sherrill is raising funds to help offset its cost of the documentary, fund a public opinion survey about public perceptions of pit bulls and how the media contributes to them, and establish a legal defense fund for people trying to keep their dogs in jurisdictions that have banned them.

Thank you Animal Legal Defense Fund for honoring me as one of America's Top Animal Defenders of 2015 for creating the National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse and the global Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF - T) ™ Program.

Bitcoin has also become a more popular tender among «alt right» activists crowdfunding for controversial projects, including the legal defense fund for Daily Stormer and campaigns to protect hate speech.

I wholeheartedly agree with the directors of the CREA to establish a legal defense fund for challenging the governmental Acts in order to protect our system.

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• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

But privately, officials debated whether this was a proper use of the legal defense fund, which was originally intended to help pay for things like vote recounts, according to news reports.

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Uber has set aside $ 3 million for a legal - defense fund to support drivers, offering help with translation services and round - the - clock telephone access to legal aid.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

Uber said today it would create $ 3 million defense fund to help cover legal, immigration and translation costs for drivers affected by the immigration ban, with Kalanick further clarifying his stance on the ban and calling it «wrong and unjust.»

The Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) provided information to Homeland Security for the preparation of these TSA training materials.

Sleeping in on Sundays, spending my money on myself instead of some priestpervs legal defense fund or a pastor's fondness for hoookers and blow...

Promoted most prominently by the Community Environment Legal Defense Fund, the laws center around «the rights of people, natural communities, and ecosystems to exist, regenerate and flourish»» in essence, a «right to life for nature.»

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«With his work at the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, and to be just the third African American on the state's highest court, he exhibited a lifelong advocacy for civil rights.

The Independent Democratic Conference recognized the true urgency for funding immigrant legal defense services and delivered to ensure that families aren't torn apart.

Nabozny, with the help of the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, won a landmark federal lawsuit (and eventually settled for close to $ 1 million) against school administrators in his home state of Wisconsin who failed to a spate of stop brutal anti-gay bullying at his school of which he was the target.

«Senator Alcantara has delivered progressive results for her constituents, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and securing $ 10m in funding for legal defense for immigrants facing deportation,» she said.

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The legal defense fund would allow people to contribute more than the limits set for campaign contributions, the San Diego - Union Tribune reported.

-RRB- outlines numerous proposals on worker and immigrants rights, including the NY Dream Act; Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants; and expansion of the Liberty Defense Project by increasing funding for legal services to immigrants to $ 20 million.

Hawkins» platform (http://www.howiehawkins.org/issues) outlines numerous proposals on worker and immigrants rights, including the NY Dream Act; Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants; and expansion of the Liberty Defense Project by increasing funding for legal services to immigrants to $ 20 million.

He needs to answer a lot of questions, so don't spend that $ 20 so fst, Schumer may need it for a «Legal Defense fund», after he spends all his campaign money trying to get re-elected JUST LIKE ALAN HEVESI DID IN 2006

Anthony Weiner handed over a wad of money to disgraced Rep. Charles Rangel for his legal - defense fund.

The Manhattan Penthouse on Lower Fifth Avenue was the venue June 8 for the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund's 12th annual Freedom Awards.

Under state law, politicians are not prohibited from using their campaign funds for legal defense.

When asked about what the legislature has done to protect New Yorkers from the policies of Donald Trump, both Cuomo's office and a spokesperson for the IDC pointed to the $ 10 million set aside in the budget for an immigrant defense fund to ensure that undocumented immigrants have access to legal representation.

It refuses to ban the use of campaign contributions for the legal defense funds of elected officials.

Former Sen. Nick Spano, who pleaded guilty to a federal tax - evasion charge, used campaign funds to pay for his legal defense.

The letter's signers included the Empire State Pride Agenda, Lambda Legal, the New York City Anti-Violence Project, the LGBT Community Center and the Brooklyn Community Pride Center, the Callen - Lorde Community Health Center, Gay Men's Health Crisis, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Immigration Equality, the Family Equality Council, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), the GRIOT Circle: a gathering of elders, and several organizations advocating on behalf of LGBT young people, including FIERCE, the Hetrick - Martin Institute, and Streetwise and Safe.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he supported the state taking over the public defense system in NY to ensure adequate funding for legal representation for poor New Yorkers.

Legislative Ethics Commission Commissioner John J. Nigro, who had been active with the Joe Bruno Legal Defense Fund before Bruno's conviction Dec. 7, is continuing his support as the former Republican leader awaits sentencing for two fraud convictions.

Mark - Viverito and Queens Councilman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, requested the funding for immigrant legal defense services in the response they released earlier this month.

«It's important that campaign contributions be used for campaigning, not legal defense funds,» said Blair Horner, NYPIRG's executive director.

She says the remaining fight is over how much control Cuomo's budget department has in handing out the funds, and whether total cost for counties» legal defense services would be financed by the state, or only a portion.

Cuomo said this year's state budget allocates $ 10 million to the Liberty Defense Fund, a program launched last year to provide legal assistance for immigrants targeted by ICE raids.