There are
local community legal centres, Legal Aid NSW Offices and Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Legal Services located in most FaCS districts.
For general advice about motor vehicle accidents you can seek advice from
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If you are seeking legal assistance please contact Legal Aid or
your local Community Legal Centre:
You may be able to get free legal advice or representation at
your local community legal aid clinic or from law students at a university - based student legal aid services society (SLASS).
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«We urge the Federal Reserve to pursue all
legal means to mitigate the harm this decision will cause to consumers,
community banks and all institutions that provide financial services to
local communities,» he says.
I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York
Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island
Legal Services, the
Legal Aid Society, MFY
Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield
Local Community Development Corporation.
That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning
local economies and
communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no
legal redress?
Several prominent writers, including Michael Gerson of the Washington Post, rightfully challenged this recent
legal decision by a
local German court in Cologne, which would effectively criminalize ritual circumcision for infant males as an exercise of religious freedom for minority religious
communities in the country.
Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six
community members (including
local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the
legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.
The recent case of a couple faced with
legal bills of over # 29,000 for opposing a late licence at the
local pub shows just how weighted the system is against
local communities,» he said.
That's where lawmakers decide on key
legal and regulatory frameworks that allow for greater oversight over oil revenue and empower
local communities.
The
community meetings, led by Mason Tillman Associates, will inform the
local community and businesses about the Study, which assesses the policies related to maximizing MWBE participation and outreach, its methodology and
legal standard.
The #NoCuts Coalition is comprised of the following groups and individuals:
Community Voices Heard, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Manhattan North District Council of Presidents, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), New York Communities for Change, The Black Institute, CASA - New Settlement, MFY
Legal Service, Coalition for the Homeless, Pratt Center for
Community Development, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, GOLES, FUREE,
Legal Aid Society, Northwest Bronx
Community & Clergy Coalition, CAAAV, Brooklyn For Peace, WE ACT for Environmental Justice,
Community Service Society, Center for NYC Neighborhoods, Transport Workers Union
Local 100, National Action Network, Racial & Economic Justice, Red Hook Initiative, Goddard Riverside
Community Center, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), DC37, Picture The Homeless, Greater New York LECET, Unique People Service, United Neighborhood Houses and Supportive Housing Network of New York.
The issue also divided neighbors and
communities, pitting them in
legal battles over proposed - and eventually upheld -
local bans.
The Comptroller also discussed other recent work of his office, including the release of his Immigrant Rights guide — a comprehensive guide to
local legal, social service and
community resources for immigrant
communities — and a letter he wrote to the Department for the Aging urging them to ensure the City's senior centers provide culturally sensitive services for emerging immigrant senior populations.
«The
legal guidance and model policies my office released today give
local governments the tools they need to protect immigrant
communities from any over-reach by federal agencies.
At 1 p.m., AG Eric Schneiderman will provide
local governments and law enforcement agencies with
legal tools to enact sanctuary city policies and protect immigrant
communities, 120 Broadway, 25th Floor, Manhattan.
The proposed law is modeled after State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's updated
legal guidance for
local governments seeking to protect their immigrant
communities.
The Director of
Legal, Ministry of Interior, Bola Odugbesan, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja on Friday, in reaction to a press statement on Thursday by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Ministry of
Local Government and
Community Affairs, Bisi Olufuwa.
We are thrilled with the outcome and reception by the
legal and
local community, and look forward to more collaboration with the Borough President, his Office, and his #Not62 health initiatives,» said Yosara Trujillo of Sweet Water Dance & Yoga, which is located in The Bronx on Gerard Avenue at East 161st Street.
The system is based on the belief that involving
local communities in the
legal process helps to improve understanding of and increase confidence in the criminal justice system.
«We're not really sure if it's (gray money)
legal or illegal, but these races are not being decided by
local,
community interests,» Ryan explained.
During his time at the Pride Agenda he has been actively involved with the passage of dozens of laws, ordinances, regulations and Executive Orders on the state and
local level affecting New York's LGBT
community, including statewide measures like: the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act; the Hate Crimes Act of 2000; making the state's 9/11 relief inclusive of same - sex couples; guaranteeing domestic partners hospital visitation,
legal authority over a loved one's bodily remains, access to Family Court and medical decision making authority; prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in state employment; and securing over $ 50 million of funding for LGBT health and human services.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Standing with
local community advocates and the brother of one former Rikers Island inmate held for three years without a trial, Brian Benjamin, Democratic nominee for the 30th District of the New York State Senate, and Council Member Rory Lancman, chair of the Committee on Courts and
Legal Services, today unveiled a new strategy to close the city detention center within three years.
The ministry's Director of
Legal, Bola Odugbesan, made this clarification in a statement in Abuja following a press statement on Thursday issued by the Director, Public Affairs, Lagos state Ministry of
Local Government and
Community Affairs, Bisi Olufuwa.
Proposed laws include allowing
local governments to enact their own restrictions on offenders, changing the
legal definition of a school to include pre-K and kindergarten, and holding risk assessment hearings before an individual is allowed in a
community.
The brief describes the inadequacy of existing international
legal mechanisms to resolve this litter crisis, calling on the global
community to develop a new international treaty while also urging immediate action to implement regional and
local solutions.
Such engagement can also include linking victims with services (e.g., social, financial, emotional, and
legal) offered by
local or state government, or by
community organizations.
Whilst governors may not carry the same
legal exposure, they are now responsible for providing effective governance, which means they have to ensure that the school has good leadership at all levels, has a sound strategy, delivers for its pupils, parents and
local communities, manages its risks and operates within the financial resources it can command.»
Our
community advocates work with parents and
local groups throughout Alabama to help parents understand their
legal rights when it comes to their child's education.
The third, and final, panel will consist of
community and
legal groups and advocates whose work centers around facilitating
community stakeholder involvement in the
Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and budget development processes.
«To construct / renovate classrooms, restrooms / school facilities to improve the quality of education at Brittan Elementary School, build a gymnasium for school and
community use; repair, construct, acquire classrooms, sites and equipment, shall this Brittan Elementary School District measure be adopted to issue $ 4,000,000 of bonds at
legal rates, levy approximately 3 cents / $ 100 assessed value, generating approximately $ 260,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with annual audits, independent citizens» oversight, NO money for salaries, all money staying
local?»
Our passionate team of parent leaders, education advocates and
legal experts empowers
local communities to strengthen their schools by pursuing common sense policy changes.
The state government has authorized a number of charter schools against the wishes of
local communities in recent years, some of which have run into financial and
legal trouble, like Tri-Valley and Celerity.
They are accountable only to the Secretary of State for Education through a
legal document known as a funding agreement not to parents or
local communities.
Echoing that sentiment, Velocity CEO Randy Copeland said Wednesday it was «unconscionable that Samsung is willing to completely disregard the effects and financial fallout this
legal tactic will have on the undeserving employees of Velocity Micro and our
local community.»
In The Power of
Community Action: Anti-Payday Loan Ordinances in Three Metropolitan Areas, we document how
local communities positively organize to control payday lending in their jurisdictions and thereby create important
legal change.
The reason for going
local is twofold — first,
local communities are likely to be similar to yours in climate and terrain, and if they are in the same state they are probably functioning in a similar
legal and regulatory climate.
Before engaging in any
community cat program,
legal counsel should be consulted to ensure that the program's activities are permitted under applicable state and
local law.
By this definition, the only outdoor free - roaming cats who are NOT
community cats are those that are owned; ownership being a
legal concept governed by state and
local law.
The
community of Nusa Ceningan works together with a collation of
local NGOs to seek justice for their stolen land at Bali's high court The
community of Nusa Ceningan is struggling with a
legal battle to...
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They say their findings, which focused on the effect titling had on forest clearing and disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon between 2002 and 2005, suggest that the increasing trend towards decentralized forest governance via granting indigenous groups and other
local communities formal
legal title to their lands could play a key role in global efforts to slow both tropical forest destruction, which the researchers note is responsible for about the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as the transportation sector, and climate change.»
In 2010, Helen Holden Slottje, a lawyer in upstate New York pioneered a
legal strategy to keep fracking out of
communities using
local zoning laws.