Sentences with phrase «local and state officials led»

In the pleasant, sunny afternoon of July 1, 2015, local and state officials led by Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, joined by over 200 community leaders and stakeholders, witnessed the first of four thousand large concrete - filled steel piles to firmly pierce the ground, which will form the support foundation for the massive structures of the new Holtec Technology Campus.

Not exact matches

Assemblymember Kavanagh currently Chairs American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, the State Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection In endorsing Rivera, Kavanagh joins a growing list of local progressive elected officials at all levels of government who have announced their support for the leading Democratic candidate.

Local elected officials, including State Senator Brad Hoylman, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, signed the letter urging Toledano to meet with tenants to resolve their concerns and conduct lead testing of all 24 properties owned by Toledano, all of which are in the East Village or the Lower East Side, and a letter to the DOHMH urging the agency to take action.

Nonetheless, state environmental officials downplayed residents» complaints and vehemently disputed local studies that found a link between elevated blood - lead levels among children and the water source switch, until, in October, Snyder conceded the situation had become a «public safety issue» and announced a $ 12m plan to transfer Flint back to its previous supply with the city of Detroit.

He said, «We condemn this act in its entirety because we think that the APC - led state and local government officials should have put the interest of the people beyond and above any other consideration.

Nurses, physicians, patients and local officials leading the fight to save LICH joined speakers including Borough President Marty Markowitz, Speaker Christine Quinn, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Assemblywoman Joan Millman and Councilwoman Letitia James.

One of the arguments made by state officials in favor of same - sex marriage — including Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and the Independent Democratic Conference — is that rites for gay couples would lead to larger sales tax receipts for state and local governments.

Buffalo's lead poisoning problem — already recognized as serious — is much worse than previously reported by state and local health officials.

She works most directly with local elected officials in Southern states and leads efforts on recruitment, engagement and policy support of members across the region.

The flat tax cap this year has led school district officials and local government leaders to urge state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reconsider linking the cap to inflation, which has been typically under 2 percent since it was enacted in 2011.

«HUD's Lead Hazard Control grant program is popular with state and local communities and demand this year exceed the funding the Department has available,» a HUD official said in a statement.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio and leaders of the embattled New York City Housing Authority continue to respond to fallout from revelations that NYCHA had failed for years to comply with federal and local laws around lead paint inspections, some elected officials are renewing calls for the state take a more active role in the city's massive public housing system.

Uncertainty over federal funding is leading many local and state officials to use worst - case scenarios to plan next year's school budgets, anticipating at least a 17 percent cut in federal aid.

The long - held belief that local and state officials should lead on K — 12 education has been replaced by Secretary Arne Duncan's faith in a bold federal agenda backed by a federal «sense of urgency.»

School districts and colleges in Florida this year will have greater access to students» scores on the two national college - entrance examinations, leading state education officials to predict speedier admissions to universities and more complete performance indicators from local schools.

In practice, however, they can put a significant burden on state and local officials and lead to ineffective programmatic decisions based on ease of compliance with the requirements rather than students» best interests.

West Virginia and Philadelphia provide examples of how cooperation between state boards, local law enforcement officials, the mental health community, and educators can lead to success in school discipline policy reform.

These actions have led education advocate and activist Jonathan Pelto to ask the state's Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families to investigate «the abusive bullying and punishment that is being perpetrated by some local school superintendents and local school officials against those who have been opted out of the SBAC testing.»

While it is true that Connecticut may not want to follow California's lead on all things, it sure would be helpful if more of Connecticut's local school districts and local school officials were following their colleagues in California (and other states like New York,) and standing up and fighting on behalf of their districts» students, parents, teachers and taxpayers.

Over 750 leading national, state, tribal, and local organizations and elected officials wrote to Congress to urge a funding extension of the bipartisan Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV program).

This is in response to state and local budget restraints and travel cutbacks that have led to declining participation of codes officials in the ICC hearings, which often last a week to 10 days or longer.