Sentences with phrase «long for public advocate»

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The letter echoes the demands trade justice advocates have long called for: transparent and democratic negotiations; strong and enforceable labour rights, including for migrant workers; protection of public services; enforceable environmental standards; and the right to regulate in the public's interest.

When Nicole Baker Fulgham met one of her fellow faith - based public school advocates for coffee once, he recounted a conversation he had with a friend who is a long - time elementary school principal in the Bronx.

I will advocate hard for moms to breastfeed in public, on demand, and for as long as is right for their family.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Naomi Phillips commented that «Human rights are at the very core of the work of the BHA, and we have long been an advocate for the need for strong and clearly understood human rights legislation.

Hawkins and the Green Party have long advocated for a Green New Deal, which is a full employment program with a public guarantee of a living wage job that begins with transitioning to 100 % clean energy by 2030.

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

Vincent D'Onofrio, star of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, is making a rare public appearance in a Citizens Crime Commission Web video that advocates for Long Island Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's bill banning large - capacity ammunition magazines like those used the LIRR and Tucson shootings.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

Tom DiNapoli has long been an advocate for a public financing system for campaigns.

As long as they keep talking about me, then I'm a winner... Thank you for your vote of confidence, I'm running for public advocate.»

Though Mr. Jeffries and Mr. Stringer are most often discussed as potential opponents for the mayor in a Democratic primary, there is a longer list of possible challengers, including Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president; Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president; Letitia James, the public advocate; and Melissa Mark - Viverito, the City Council speaker.

«Mark Green's long record in various public offices helps give him a lead for public advocate,» Carroll said.

Absent from the list are several potential candidates for attorney general in this fall's election, including Public Advocate Letitia James, state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Queens), law professor Zephyr Teachout, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D - Long Island).

The «Sex and the City» actress has long been a political activist, advocating for women's issues, gay rights and public school funding.

In 2011, the Institute for Public Policy Research, a UK think tank associated with the Labour Party, advocated a job creation program - with compulsory takeup, on pain of loss of benefits - for the long - term unemployed only.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

While it is clear Long Island needs a tunnel, and there hasn't been as forceful an advocate for public works since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Cuomo is going to need to go beyond engineering reviews, environmental benefits and geological analysis to move forward, or his study will join our study as a thoughtful, expensive, but ultimately academic review of what to build, how and why.

Having served on the Governor's Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice, I have long advocated for a common - sense update to our penal law.

He also was in charge of Brooklyn's Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, which under his watch ran massive deficits and ultimately got put up for sale, to the outrage of many in the surrounding community — and from de Blasio, then the city's Public Advocate and a candidate for mayor.

Public advocate Bill de Blasio and city comptroller John Liu, who are running for mayor this year, are campaigning in part on the promise of building a rail tunnel to transport cargo beneath New York Harbor from New Jersey to Brooklyn and Queens and on to Long Island.

From the beginning of this mayoral campaign, the public advocate has been using the issue of paid sick leave, and Quinn's increasingly awkward three - year - long - and - counting refusal to allow it to come up for a vote on the Council, as a means of distinguishing himself from her, and of highlighting her sometimes - awkward attempts to placate her party's liberal base without alienating Michael Bloomberg and the business establishment whose support she has courted for years.

«New York City has long advocated for this vital change, and we thank the Legislature for passing and the Governor for signing into law this bill, which will help us move more people off public assistance and into jobs that sustain their families,» de Blasio said in a statement Friday night.

The report was released by Alliance for Clean Energy New York, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environment America, Environment New York, Environmental Advocates of New York, HealthyPlanet, Long Island Solar Energy Industries Association, National Wildlife Federation, New York Building Congress, New York League of Conservation Voters, New York Public Interest Research Group, Renewable Energy Long Island, and Sierra Club.

James, the city public advocate, said this week that she is focused on securing the Democratic nomination for state attorney general and would not seek the Working Families Party line at Saturday's nominating convention — a huge blow for the minor progressive party that has long considered her a close ally.

«While her intentions were never in question, we are long overdue for a fresh start at Nycha,» said the city's public advocate, Letitia James, who had called for Ms. Olatoye's resignation after revelations of false filings over lead paint inspections.

A mindfulness practitioner and a long - time champion of efforts to improve the health and well - being of American families and children, Congressman Ryan is also a public advocate for mindfulness - based programs in schools, the military, and the health - care system.

Dr. Gundry on the show the Doctors admits he eats beans and advocates for the public to eat beans as long as they are cooked.

We are grateful to long - time charter school advocate Nelson Smith for his review of our new book, A Smarter Charter: Finding What Works for Charter Schools and Public Education.

If the detractors of school choice suggest shutting down the program because one report found negative one - year results, they would presumably advocate for shutting down the chronic failing public schools in D.C., for the negative results there are far more numerous and long - term.

I conclude that the best available evidence raises serious doubts that a large public investment in the expansion of pre-k for four - year - olds will have the long - term effects that advocates tout.

Read, for example, the response to dianeravitch posted by Linda174, part of which says: «I think it's good they're not longer pretending to advocate on behalf of existing public schools

We have a long history of rethinking education systems and advocating for in - district schools that have maximum autonomy over their resources, including our pioneering work with the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on the Pilot school model, and with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Education on the Innovation Schools model.

A grand total of three teachers and two public education advocates attended the NC Department of Public Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tpublic education advocates attended the NC Department of Public Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tPublic Instruction's public hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tpublic hearing on the proposed model teacher contract, which local school districts will use to award the top 25 percent of teachers with 4 - year contracts that may come with $ 500 bonuses for each of those four years — as long as those teachers give up their tenure.

Given the NAACP's long history of advocating for equal resources for all traditionally public schools, it was no surprise the board voted in favor a moratorium, said Brown.

President - Elect Trump's selection of philanthropist and long - time school choice advocate Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education has the public education establishment and its allies in panic mode.

Arin is a former lawyer (J.D. from Columbia Law School, member of the New York Bar), life long animal lover, pit bull advocate, and devoted fan of cats and dogs who run for public office.

Free Cooper Union has been advocating for board reform — including public minutes, voting student and faculty members, and mechanisms for the removal of trustees — since December 2012, when a set of demands were issued in conjunction with a week - long lock - in of the college's clocktower.

She speaks frequently in public on the subject of HIV / AIDS and is an advocate for under represented communities living HIV positive including: long term survivors, women, minorities and children born with the virus.

Obviously I can't tell for sure, but I think that the voting public in the US wants a much longer and more thorough public debate before the US devotes resources to the policies advocated by Gavin Schmidt, Alan Leshner, and James Hansen.

In addition, the Society of Notaries Public of BC has long been advocating for an even greater expansion of service.

Benie has been a public safety advocate for a long time and is a Fire Captain when he's not teaching teens behind the wheel.

Crypto experts have for long advocated the positivity of bitcoin however the public have warmed up to the same only off late.

Although both types of groups appeal to the public to help further the cause of children, it doesn't take long for most Father's Rights advocates to get to their true agenda» abolishing abuse prevention legislation and child support laws.

As long as money is on the side of the big brokers, they'll continue to advocate for the status quo, which allows them to profit — the expense of an uninformed public — from both sides of an in - house transaction.

«This award recognizes that DRAR has a long history of advocating for good public policy with our elected officials, thus ensuring that housing continues to play an integral role in our local economy,» says Roger Bouma, 2015 PAC chair.