Sentences with phrase «long closed door meeting»

The commission held a special two hour long closed door meeting, called just days after Governor Cuomo asked for an investigation of sexual harassment charges against Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

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During the hour long meeting behind closed doors which was described as «cordial and clear», Justin Welby expressed gratitude for the government's efforts to protect the freedom of Christians in Israel.

For example, if the door closest to one car seat was damaged, but the door closest to the other car seat was not, then only one car seat would need to be replaced as long as the other criteria were all met.

«That one I think is pretty much agreed upon,» Heastie said after a hours - long closed - door Democratic meeting on Monday.

The state Assembly Ethics and Guidance Committee met behind closed doors this week following a months - long investigation that focused on former Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin's alleged mistreatment of a female staff member.

The mayor had a heated closed - door meeting before the vote with members of the Senate GOP, which he has long supported.

After attending a closed - door meeting where Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, of Long Isand, was re-elected as head of the GOP conference, (Felder said he did not cast a vote), the Brooklyn lawmaker suggested he might even wait until the IDC announced which conference it would be aligning with in 2017.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says even the closed door, three men in a room leaders meetings, criticized for their secrecy, are no longer even announced.

After two long days of closed door meetings, as Assembly Democrats reacted to the mounting fallout from Silver's arrest on federal corruption charges, the Democrats now say Silver will leave his post.

The governor explained his shifts after an hour long meeting behind closed doors on an odd turf: Skelos» third - floor Capitol office.

Runswick goes further: «Unlock Democracy believes this conversation is long overdue and it is not something which can be conducted behind the closed doors of a Cabinet committee meeting.

So here we have it, what so many of you are longing for: Small groups of politicians meeting behind closed doors.

At issue is the fact that Governor Malloy was not part of the months - long closed - door meetings by the state's Democratic and Republican legislative leaders that produced the compromise budget.

After State Senate Democrats emerged from a closed - door meeting this morning, it appeared that Malcolm Smith was still in charge of the caucus — but that may not hold for long.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a closed - door cabinet meeting Wednesday to crow about the long list of accomplishments during his rookie year in office, an administration source reports.

As the stalemate wore on, even the long time tradition of three men in a room seemed to deteriorate, as Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie were repeatedly called into separate closed - door meetings with the governor, and emerged, tightlipped about details.

The final budget negotiations occur during secretive, closed - door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders — in this case, Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Long Island) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx), and Klein, leader of the breakaway Democrats.

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The Met will start keeping its doors open seven days a week as of July 1, meaning that the special super-secret VIP access that the museum has long granted critics and luminaries on its Monday closed day will now become a thing of the past.

Delegates representing a network of 2,500 scientists, economists, and policymakers from more than 120 nations hammered out details of the report at a week - long, closed - door meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

Last week, during a four - day - long, behind - closed - doors meeting, political operatives (diplomats, bureaucrats, and politicians from more than 100 UN countries) rewrote an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) document.