Sentences with phrase «local government leaders»

Winning council seats and by - elections up and down the country with the toughest and best generation of local government leaders we have ever had.

But it is supported by numerous local government leaders.

Shouldn't the students have stayed closer to home to try to persuade local government leaders to move on measures to prevent gun violence?

But he told local government leaders gathered at the Capitol that he needs their help to ultimately convince the legislature to agree to the proposal.

But he told host Susan Arbetter he's talked with local government leaders about the situation and will be joining the discussions more in the future.

Governor Cuomo, before the legislature even returned from its Memorial Day break, gathered local government leaders from across the state to ask for help in passing a plan to create tax free zones for new businesses at college campuses.

Local government leaders said this will be a setback for tackling obesity and could derail the previous Government's childhood obesity plan, in which the levy was a key part.

This is an all - too common predicament for local government leaders in Florida these days: chafing at state limits on how they govern the voters who elected them.

DiNapoli says the experts in his office will be available to counsel local government leaders on how to better manage their finances or what steps they might need to take.

Announced by Governor Cuomo in August, the $ 16 million Clean Energy Communities initiative supports local government leaders across the State to implement energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable development projects in their communities.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters)- From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax - overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.

Gove then aimed his sights at council directors of social services, explaining he had been forced to introduce controversial adoption league tables because «the leadership was not there at the local level, and there is still an insufficient sense of urgency among too many local government leaders».

Cuomo says the restructuring board could also provide political cover for local government leaders who need to make unpopular decisions, like laying off workers in order to consolidate services, or reducing the number of city councilmembers or supervisory boards.

Onondaga and Broome county leaders are already undertaking similar cost saving projects, but there's skepticism among local government leaders, as well as lawmakers who question how far the proposal will go.

Cuomo said local government leaders do have the power to override the cap, if a 60 percent supermajority of the members of a city council, town board, or county legislature agrees to override it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked local government leaders from around upstate New York help him convince the legislature to approve his tax free zone plan.

Announced by Governor Cuomo in August 2016, the $ 16 million Clean Energy Communities initiative supports local government leaders across the state by providing grants to eligible municipalities to implement energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable development projects in their communities.

Cuomo in a question - and - answer session with reporters after his speech said he would commit about $ 500 million to the shared services effort and, without naming Astorino, said a hypothetical county executive hasn't convened local government leaders to take necessary stops to reduce costs.

The proposal contained in Cuomo's budget plan would require local government leaders on the county level to convene a review of ways to share services on the municipal level, with a plan that would be voted on in a public referendum by November.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day on Thursday became the latest local government leader to embrace Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to consolidate and share services on the local level in order to reduce property taxes.

Also at 10 a.m., CSEA Capital Region President Ron Briggs will join with Sen. Kathy Marchione and local government leaders opposing Governor's consolidation plan.

The comments echo what Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters at a news conference last week, namely the tax cap this year is part of a growing concern local government leaders have shared with lawmakers and the Assembly is potentially supportive of making even broader changes than last year's modifications.

Why have local government leaders accepted this deal?

Labour local government leaders to announce tonight they don't support JeremyCorbyn as leader.

He explains why it fails to meet the government's own definition of appropriate devolution arrangements, and why local government leaders have nonetheless accepted it.

The standoff marks the start of a potentially bitter battle for the heart of the Labour party that will pitch MPs and local government leaders against pro-Corbyn members and trade unionists.

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The essence of your fraud offending is the abuse of the power and privilege which you enjoyed as a respected local government leader.»

Local government leaders demand the government drops controversial project to turn state schools into academies

Just a few weeks ago, the illegal harvest of mahogany took the life of a dynamic local government leader.

So in 2011, legislators passed another law — at the urging of the National Rifle Association — that threatened local government leaders with fines up to $ 5,000 and removal from office if they dared to adopt or enforce any local gun ordinances.

Yet the law envisions a top - down, one - size - fits - all approach that prevents local government leaders from pursuing their own gun policies.

Other disbursements Anenih made on Jonathan's instruction to bring the total to N400 million, according to the letter, include N25 million to a former deputy governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Muktari Shagari, and N35 million to a delegation of local government leaders from Katsina State.

Local government leaders in New York are urging Republicans in Congress to reject the GOP's tax plan, calling the proposals harmful to homeowners in the state.

Aquario says county leaders, as well as other local government leaders, will be lobbying members of the legislature, in the weeks leading up to the state budget deadline.

Albany County officials and 29 local government leaders gathered at the downtown county office building this morning to announce completion of the Countywide Government Efficiency Plan.

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 - From Pataskala, Ohio, to Conroe, Texas, local government leaders worry that if Republican tax - overhaul plans moving through the U.S. Congress become law, it will be harder for them to pave streets, put out fires, fight crime and pay teachers.

Representatives of the New York Conference of Mayors and New York Association of Counties also praised the proposal, but were noncommittal about how many of their members might want to use the restructuring board, though they predict that many local government leaders will take a look at it.

Cuomo says local government leaders do have the power to override the cap, if a 60 percent supermajority of the members of a city council, town board, or county legislature agree to override it.

Most of the hearings have focused on FiOS, and in many cases residents have been inspired to ask local government leaders to convince Verizon come to their communities.

There are many issues facing this area and Ulster County, but I feel an important issue is to report to the people of Marbletown and Rosendale at Town Board meetings, talk with local government leaders and when I'm able to, go to local party meetings and get their feedback directly, face - to - face, and let them know what is being discussed at legislature meetings.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

«One: New Yorkers trust their local government leaders to do the right thing for their communities.

Modest changes were made to the state's property tax cap law last year, but not as much as some local government leaders had sought.

The governor recommends a gradual state takeover of county Medicaid costs in his budget, something the local government leaders had been requesting, saying they could not afford to pay their share of the health care program after Cuomo and the legislature imposed a 2 % property tax cap in 2011.

More than 80 local government leaders, mainly from municipalities who also would have to pay the higher electric rates, came to the Capitol to ask for a moratorium on the deal until there's more time to study the consequences.

Local government leaders have been warning that the 2 percent property tax cap imposed by Cuomo and the legislature last year will severely squeeze their finances, and that key programs and workers will have to be cut.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo enlisted the aid of some local government leaders to promote his tax freeze proposal, which has been losing ground in the New York state legislature.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Tax - Free NY proposal is getting support from some of the state's local government leaders.