If you are interested in
lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.
Wealthy neighborhood residents — mostly from one neighboring building — have successfully
lobbied their local elected officials to rezone a 10 - block stretch of the area limiting the scope of Gamma's tower.
State legislators addressed members at the convention center just before the educators fanned out to
lobby their local elected officials to call for an increase in school funding, more Teacher Centers, an end to the charter equity gap and further expansion of the Community Learning Schools initiative.
Not exact matches
They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun
lobby, that outlines penalties for
elected officials who try to enact
local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.
She currently is serving as chairperson of East Texas Area Breastfeeding Coalition, and has actively
lobbied her
local and state
elected officials in support of breastfeeding legislation.
At 1:30 p.m., Sen. Adriano Espaillat, NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Travis Bassett; Dr. Juan Tapia - Mendoza, and
local other
local doctors and
elected officials, will brief the community on what they need to know to protect themselves from Zika, corner of 135th street and Broadway in the
lobby of Pediatrics 2000, Manhattan.
Local elected officials and residents have continued to
lobby the state in hopes of finding a way to prevent the shutdown.
The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of
lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits
elected government
officials and candidates for
elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly
lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.
But now the tunnel option is back on the table, following the public release Monday of the study ordered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in January after intense
lobbying from
local businesses and
elected officials.
The ethics agreement will also expand disclosure requirements by political consultants who do work for
elected officials as well as for clients with business before the state or
local governments, and increase the number of donors to groups that perform
lobbying who will be required to disclose their identities.
We provide our scholars with opportunities each year to travel to their
local city halls, state capitols, and Washington, D.C., to
lobby our
elected officials on issues ranging from charter school funding to the DREAM Act.
He could also campaign for Amendment 8, which would allow an alternative process for approving public schools, including charter schools, rather than by
local school boards, and Amendment 12, which would impose a six - year
lobbying ban on former state
elected officials, state agencies heads and
local elected officials.
She / he will also support the Association's
lobbying and advocacy activities with federal, state and
local officials, and communicate the restaurant industry's position on healthcare policy issues to all stakeholders (member companies, Board of Directors,
elected officials, etc).