Sentences with phrase «long called for reform»

Newell, who has long called for reform in Albany, ran a grassroots campaign to unseat Silver in 2008.

Newell, who has long called for reform in Albany, said the result was no surprise, especially in light of the «broken political process» for filling a vacant Assembly seat.

Crisis has long called for reform of housing benefit to better support housing stability and to remove barriers to work.

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Perth's established suburbs accounted for just 28 per cent of all urban land development in 2012, well below the long - term «infill» target of 47 per cent, prompting calls for regulatory reform from the Property Council of Australia.

Banking reform advocates have long called for the nation's biggest banks to be broken up.

By 1937, however, labor had made such gains, «corporation buccaneering» had been so greatly curbed, and the administration had so radically reformed American capitalism that the Century was no longer calling for even an evolutionary revolution; it was already under way.

Media scholars have long called for such reform, and yet little has been done to bring our twentieth century media policies into the twenty - first century.

For now, California water rights reform seems like a political long shot; the state's natural resources secretary has called the prospect of reform «thermonuclear.»

Also at 11 a.m., state Sen. Michael Gianaris, Jessica Perez, mother of Pedro Hernandez, and the Fortune Society call for the passage of legislation that «would reform pre-trial detention in New York by eliminating the option of bail,» 29 - 76 Northern Blvd., Long Island City, Queens.

WFP's Long Island Political Director Jess Carrano also cited Rice's support for the so - called «Raise the Age» campaign (the push to stop trying some youthful offenders as adults) and campaign finance reform — especially the creation of a publicly funded system.

He called for a «shared national economic purpose», saying he wanted to work with business to meet «all long - term challenges by making the reforms you need and the modernisation you require and the country requires for economic success».

The Syracuse Republican in a Capital Tonight interview on Wednesday said the GOP conference is willing to compromise on the ethics issue as Cuomo calls for broader disclosure of outside income and other long - sought reforms.

«We call on Senator Flanagan and the Long Island Republican Senators to stand up for real reform and to restore the confidence of the residents of Long Island by enacting campaign finance reform efforts by instituting a system of publicly funded elections that will stop Albany's culture of corruption,» said Lisa Tyson, executive director of the LIPC.

For those who aren't CapTon watchers, we're doing a week - long focus on redistricting, which just so happens to coincide with former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's upstate tour for his PAC, New York Uprising, during which he will laud the «heroes» who signed his reform pledges and call out the «enemies» who did nFor those who aren't CapTon watchers, we're doing a week - long focus on redistricting, which just so happens to coincide with former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's upstate tour for his PAC, New York Uprising, during which he will laud the «heroes» who signed his reform pledges and call out the «enemies» who did nfor his PAC, New York Uprising, during which he will laud the «heroes» who signed his reform pledges and call out the «enemies» who did not.

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat president, comments on the committee on standards in public fife's report into political party funding: «Money currently plays far too big a role in politics and the Liberal Democrats have long called for major reform in party funding.

Unshackle Upstate and other business groups have long called for regulatory reform, and getting rid of some collective bargaining rules, including the Triborough Amendment in New York's Taylor Law.

Though there have been calls for change in Albany, some critics say the Democratic powerbrokers who long backed Silver still have sway in Lower Manhattan, and that may detract from reform in Albany.

Proposed changes include reforms that advocates have long called for: early voting, automatic voter registration and same day registration.

Since winning the seat in 2014, the lawmaker has long called for «commonsense reforms» that lowered costs and increase access.

It's time for this so - called «Reform Caucus» to get off their duff and start changing the culture of corruption that's infected Albany for far too long.»

Bob Ainsworth An unlikely hippy, it's safe to say, but his recent call for drugs reform was a significant intervention from a former minister who knows that the «war on drugs» was lost long ago.

The Governor also renewed his call for all Californians to conserve water, laid out the key elements of the state's long - term water plan and noted the work ahead to fight climate change and build on historic reforms to the state's school funding and criminal justice systems.

Ms. Clinton repeatedly tied the issue of income inequality to criminal justice reform, calling for government to make «a difference in the lives of those who, for too long, have been marginalized and forgotten.»

Johnson and the Council are also pushing for a $ 400 property tax rebate for homeowners with incomes below $ 150,000 — which would cost about $ 187 million and cover about 487,000 households, they said — and called on the mayor to form a long - promised property tax reform commission jointly with the Council to examine structural problems and propose reforms.

The Reform Party National Convention was called to Long Island, New York to select a candidate for America's highest office.

«It's about making sure parents understand that we are still in this right now, and it's still very important to show solidarity in this movement,» said Jeanette Deutermann of North Bellmore, founder of Long Island Opt Out, a grassroots network of parents and educators that has spearheaded calls for reform.

Expressing vociferous criticism of the so - called tax - reform measure, he said it would be «a potential catastrophe,» amounting to a multibillion - dollar tax increase for Long Islanders, driving down property values, and resulting in residents fleeing the region.

Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell said reform was «long overdue» and called for a full «constitutional convention» to discuss changes.

The authors of the PNAS article are generous to the scientific and governmental figures who have long ignored repeated calls for reform and who for so long failed to see (or to acknowledge) that problems even exist.

Sciencenet.cn bloggers like Cao have long called for systemic science policy reforms.

AAU, APLU and ACE cite need for long - term economic growth, call for tax and entitlement reform to address broader budget issues.

The one unambiguous, reform - driven victory of the last two decades has been the successful networks of urban charter schools that we used to call «no excuses» schools before the term, which once meant there's no excuse for adults to fail children, fell into disrepute and it became de rigueur within the movement to criticize those schools» discipline practices instead of applauding them for sending tens of thousands of low - income kids of color to college, which not long ago was nearly the entire point of the movement.

A task force studying educational improvement in Nebraska has called for a long list of reforms, including a new school - finance formula, far more state aid for schools, higher pay and longer contracts for teachers, a master - teacher program, and the establishment of statewide high - school graduation requirements.

Laval S. Wilson, superintendent of schools in Boston, last week released the major portion of a long - awaited reform plan that calls for significant changes in the city's school system.

Dr. Kohn would characterize this call for education reform as saying, «what we're doing is OK, we just need to do it harder, longer, stronger, louder, meaner, and we'll have a better country.»

In his «historic» call for «education reform», an end to teacher tenure and a disproportionate transfer of public dollars to charter schools the Governor failed to point out that (1) Connecticut already has one of the longest probationary periods for teachers in the country — four years — which gives school administrators more opportunity to judge a teacher's capability than do those in most other states and that (2) in 2010 the Legislature adopted major revisions to the teacher evaluation process that already gives Malloy's Department of Education the power to revamp how teachers are evaluated and require school administrators to actually conduct appropriate evaluations.

Given the presence of these groups, along with the presence of Alliance for Educational Justice (another group backed by AFT), it is little wonder why so much of the «manifesto» focuses on opposing choice and Parent Power, as well as calling for districts to stop hiring recruits trained by Teach For America, the teacher quality reform outfit that has long been the bane of the Big Two's existenfor Educational Justice (another group backed by AFT), it is little wonder why so much of the «manifesto» focuses on opposing choice and Parent Power, as well as calling for districts to stop hiring recruits trained by Teach For America, the teacher quality reform outfit that has long been the bane of the Big Two's existenfor districts to stop hiring recruits trained by Teach For America, the teacher quality reform outfit that has long been the bane of the Big Two's existenFor America, the teacher quality reform outfit that has long been the bane of the Big Two's existence.

A thought - provoking essay in the current issue of National Affairs by the prolific and sardonic Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute calls for a retreat from education reform's long - held focus on closing the achievement gap.

Christie, a Republican who had dubbed 2011 as the «Year of Education Reform,» and acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf have long called for a system whereby only the best teachers would be retained during job cuts.

As for her org, as long as she is the darling of the so - called «reform» movement, she could be any where.

Speaking in Tokyo last week, President Obama extended this problem to its logical conclusion, calling for rebalanced growth and a new U.S. economic strategy based on exports: «One of the important lessons this recession has taught us is the limits of depending primarily on American consumers and Asian exports to drive growth... [our] new strategy will mean that we save more and spend less, reform our financial systems, reduce our long - term deficit and borrowing.

Consequently, the research report calls for action: (1) to reform electricity markets so that low cost renewables are dispatched first; (2) to extend robust moratoriums on new coal power plants; (3) to cap longer - term coal consumption and emissions in the power sector in the context of carbon markets.

The review, Digital Opportunity, led by Cardiff University's Professor Ian Hargreaves, calls for the creation of a unified European patent system, and for patent fees to be reformed so there is no longer an incentive to create «thickets» or multiple layers of patents.

With regard to [the] expected reforms, it should be noted that advocates for refugees have long called for the implementation of an appeal on the merits of the RAD [Refugee Appeal Division], partly because of limitations in the Federal Court judicial review process.

The Barreau du Québec has added its voice to a growing chorus of legal groups calling for more public funding and radical reforms to help reduce what they say are ridiculously long court delays that are hindering access to and making a public mockery of the province's court system, particularly in regards to criminal justice.

Noting that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray has «sloppily revealed the falsity of long - running arguments against arbitration clauses in financial services contracts,» the American Tort Reform Association today called a newly reported letter from Cordray to President Trump «a desperate attempt to win back plaintiffs» bar support for his possible gubernatorial run in Ohio»... → Read More: Cordray's Veto Letter to Trump a «Last - Gasp» Effort to Save Possible Gubernatorial Campaign

The Government deserves credit for responding to calls from experts and consumers for reform of Medicare — a review of the current MBS pricing structures is long overdue.