Sentences with phrase «many public interest groups»

In a legal filing joined by other public interest groups and the consumer electronics trade association, the group said the justices should not become regulators of technology and «the court should not attempt to predict the future of television.»

There are numerous public interest groups vying to ban GM crops, most notably in Europe.

«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.

Mike Litt, consumer campaign director at U.S. PIRG, a public interest group, said Congress instead is considering legislation that would exempt credit bureaus from data break notifications and make it harder for states to hold them accountable.

No environmental or public interest groups applied to be involved in the NEB application.

The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $ 130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.

Engagement with stakeholders — including patent holders, research institutions, consumer advocates, public interest groups, and the general public — is also an important part of our work moving forward.

This requires local and national coalitions of public interest groups to organize to demand that the existing regulatory processes work to protect the public rather than the industry they are supposed to regulate.

When the State Department considers who it will appoint to international conferences that deal with such matters, it consistently turns to the representatives of the communication industry rather than to knowledgeable representatives from public interest groups.

So long as deregulation is in effect, local public interest groups who have difficulty getting stations to meet their demands for reasonable reform should consider petitioning the FCC to deny the license of the station.

New technologies centered around the increasingly more powerful personal computer are enabling smaller entrepreneurs and public interest groups to publish newsletters and produce radio and video cassettes of an «alternative» provenance that criticizes the mainstream.

IPRA is a not - for - profit organization and public interest group who is an advocate in providing quality park, recreation and conservation education, resources and services to professionals and citizens throughout the state of Illinois.

IBFAN — the International Baby Food Action Network — consists of over 27o public interest groups working in 168 countries to promote the health and well - being of infants, young children and their mothers through the protection, promotion and support of optimal infant and young child feeding practices.

Citizens Union, Reinvent Albany, New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), League of Women Voters of New York State, and other good government groups jointly write to Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to reform the constitutional convention delegate selection process.

The New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) and the League of Women Voters of New York State release A Brief Guide to the New York State Constitutional Convention.

«As many of you know, I ran a public interest group that worked for many of the Giuliani policies that turned this city around — like the crackdown on porn shops and squeegee men — and I don't want to turn back the clock.»

Citing the close race against Avella, the former head of public interest group Center for Community Interest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the district.

We exchange information and advocate for evidence - based alcohol policy as active members of alliances and forums for public interest groups

But there is a downside to leaving the seat vacant for six months while facing threats from President Donald Trump's administration, according to Blair Horner of New York Public Interest Group, who noted that public policy is a significant component of the job.

Given that each Senate district has roughly the same population, within a 10 percent margin, the analysis of how much was spent on direct mail should be straightforward, said New York Public Interest Group executive director Blair Horner.

Blair Horner, a longtime watchdog with the New York Public Interest Group, questioned how Percoco was able to keep his «swipe» identification card to gain entrance to public offices.

«Being allowed to moonlight creates potential conflicts,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Group.

«It is unfortunate that your organization has decided to deal with a serious issue — climate change — with a cheap stunt that not only misleads, but offers no workable alternatives,» wrote Richard Kauffman, the state's energy and finance chairman, to New York Public Interest Group Executive Director Blair Horner.

Representatives from other government watchdog organizations — including New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG), Reinvent Albany, Common Cause, and Citizens Budget Commission — told Gotham Gazette that they have not taken a position on the ballot question, but that the issue is being debated vigorously internally.

Russ Haven, legislative counsel for the New York Public Interest Group, told the Daily News that Cuomo's initial pledge to force «total disclosure» was «clearly not this package.»

The bills were strongly supported by leading public interest groups and garnered support from more than a dozen editorials.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has raised nearly $ 45 million this campaign cycle — and $ 22 million of that came from 331 donors, according to an analysis from the New York Public Interest Group.

New York's Working Families Party was first organized in 1998 by a collation of labor unions, community organizations, and the variety of public interest groups such as Citizens Action of New York.

Bill Mahoney, a researcher at the New York Public Interest Group, said the emails and other communications that may come with a donor's check could prove to be very interesting.

«Cities and counties are struggling to fund basic services for New Yorkers,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Group.

On Tuesday, 25 environmental and good government groups, including the New York Public Interest Group and Physicians for Social Responsibility, criticized the program as a «nuclear tax» and called on the Cuomo administration to hold off on approving it.

Scharff and Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Group both said it is now up to Cuomo to push through the reforms he could not achieve earlier this year.

The Open NY team and the NYS Department of Health continue to publish new public health and health cost data that is very useful to industry, journalists, academics and public interest groups.

Last week, CNN reported on the concerns among public interests groups that lawmakers were purposely trying to kill the OCE through their inaction to avoid future ethics investigations.

But I suppose that is a rather insignificant observation when you look at what New York Public Interest Group's Bill Mahoney has to say about the proposed maps as a whole.He says, the Senate's maps are, «clearly the most gerrymandered lines in recent New York History.»

The panel consisted of Senators David Carlucci, Jeff Klein and Diane Savino, who consulted members of public interest groups, think tanks and other nonpartisan organizations on the impact of a campaign finance reform package proposed by members of the legislature's Independent Democratic Conference.

«There's a certain beat that is given by the political agenda,» Vetier says, and it is that beat that the decision - makers, the scientists, the industry, the public interest groups, all try to follow.

It was organized under the auspices of Novim, a non-profit public interest group.

Worried about a «tsunami» of e-waste when new TV standards take effect on February 17, e-waste public interest groups the Basel Action Network (BAN) and the Electronics Take Back Coalition have launched a new program that will independently audit and certify electronics recyclers.

I founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project under the auspices of Novim, a non-profit public interest group.

«It is not uncommon to have drug take - back programs through churches, pharmacies, universities, and public interest groups and community organizations.

Democrats, Republicans, public interest groups, and the chemical industry all say that TSCA needs fixing, but lawmakers have repeatedly failed to resolve differences among stakeholders on how to do it.

Josephine Quintaville of Comment on Reproductive Ethics, a pro-life public interest group, said there was no scientific or ethical justification for using embryonic stem cells over adult stem cells.

Here in the USA, thirty nine public interest groups have proposed congressional legislation to ban DTC prescription drug ads.

As of 2016, public interest groups are challenging this «final amalgam rule» in federal court.

In August 2016, the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)-- supported by nearly 40 other public interest groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-- sent a letter to Education Secretary John King demanding the department track and remedy the disproportionate consequences of student loan debt for borrowers of color.

UTLA has reached an agreement with public interest groups and LAUSD in a long - fought case that will result in millions in new funding for 3?

UTLA: Agreements reached to bring relief to schools educators UTLA has reached an agreement with public interest groups and LAUSD in a long - fought case that will result in millions in new funding for 3?

She represents private entities and public interest groups on a variety of land use, planning and entitlement matters throughout various stages of the real estate development and environmental regulatory process.

An In the Public Interest group found that an analyst for the District of Columbia «could not provide a single instance in which its strategy of transferring a low - performing school to a charter management organization had resulted in academic gains for the students.»