Sentences with phrase «measures in the new state»

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State lawmakers in New York and Washington recently passed measures restricting the use of so - called non-disclosure agreements for sexual harassment claims after the attorneys general of all 50 states urged legislative action in February to ensure that victims can bring lawsuits before judges rather than being forced into arbitration.

The new measures will affect 325,000 airline passengers on about 2,000 commercial flights arriving daily in the United States, on 180 airlines from 280 airports in 105 countries.

Similar scheduling measures for fast food, retail or other workers have been introduced in several states and are pending in Connecticut, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Texas, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

While these new measures will benefit the industry, manufacturers in Ontario may be disappointed in the lack of policies designed to assist companies in getting goods to the United States in a timely and consistent manner.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Additionally, some high - tax states are exploring ways to reduce the impact of the new tax rules, and the success or failure of those measures could affect revenues in ways that are hard to predict.

The California Medical Association, which represents doctors in California, opposes the measure because of that claim, and also because the group said the cancellation of drug purchasing contracts the state already has with pharma companies «would remove many drugs from the Medi - Cal list of pre-approved medicines — creating a new prior authorization hurdle for patients and their physicians.»

«China will certainly take all necessary measures to resolutely defend its legitimate rights and interests,» if the United States imposes new restrictions, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on Thursday.

Obama believes new gun control measures could help stem the tide of mass shootings in the United States in the wake of the deadly Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino.

However, the national measures obscure substantive differences at the state level and the additional data released today show clear differences of distress among the select states for which we show data,» said Wilbert van der Klaauw, vice president in the Research and Statistics Group at the New York Fed.

In early September, New York State approved a measure to increase the minimum wage for employees of fast - food chain restaurants in the state to $ 15 an hour over the next few yearIn early September, New York State approved a measure to increase the minimum wage for employees of fast - food chain restaurants in the state to $ 15 an hour over the next few yState approved a measure to increase the minimum wage for employees of fast - food chain restaurants in the state to $ 15 an hour over the next few yearin the state to $ 15 an hour over the next few ystate to $ 15 an hour over the next few years.

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

That doesn't mean the stricter gun laws in Chicago, New York, or any other jurisdiction have no effect, but it does limit how far these local and state measures can go, since the root of the problem lies in other places» laws.

The presumption is, therefore, that revival will arise in some region or regions where the state permits a measure of religious liberty or where it is actually friendly to the new movement, even though that favor be from other motives than those of which Jesus could approve.

Bohm (1969, p. 18) has said that our physical theories are at present in a state of flux, that may lead to radical changes in them, such that current fundamental ideas, based on measure and metric, may also have to be replaced by new ideas, based on order.»

What The New York Times calls the «blame Woodstock» explanation for the rise of clerical sex abuse cases in the Seventies, despite the paper's evident scepticism, can not be entirely discounted, since as the researchers of the John Jay College (hereafter JJC) pointed out in their latest report, «the sexual abuse of minors is a pervasive problem in society and in organisations that involve close relationships between youth and adults... No exact measure exists for the number of youths who have contact with priests in the Catholic Church in a year... [but] despite the media focus on child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, it is clear that these abuse acts are a small percentage of all child sexual abuse incidents in the United States.»

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It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.

Today, at 68, he works as an inspector for the New Jersey State Weights and Measures Department and lives with his wife, Rosalie, in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill, N.J. Much to his relief, his four children — Joseph, 46, Carmine Jr., 44, Paul, 36, and Steven, 33 — have not repeated the mistakes of their dad's youth.

At the same time, officials around the nation have been trying to figure out how to respond to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, which replaced No Child Left Behind in December 2015 and requires each state to come up with its own accountability system that must include at least one nonacademic measure.

The first baseline measure of milk waste was derived from milk waste data collected during the spring of 2012 in 5 of the 15 elementary schools, which were located in New York State.

Additional comparison measures were generated from 10 elementary schools from 10 states in the Midwestern and Eastern United States (not including New York Sstates in the Midwestern and Eastern United States (not including New York SStates (not including New York State).

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Or, depending on who you ask, it was a monumental disappointment, a heap of compromises and half - measures in the state budget and later an anti-climatic finish that seemed more about sticking it to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and boozing it up at brunch than doing anything all that meaningful.

Depending on who you ask, the legislative session was a productive six months in which a range of policy measures from an increase to the state's minimum wage, paid family leave to new ethics reform and anti-heroin addiction legislation was accomplished.

It's a measure that is also strongly opposed by the New York School Boards Association, which believes the bill would put in place the state's «first private voucher system.»

Modifying a firearm so that it simulates automatic fire is illegal in New York, a measure that was approved before the passage of the SAFE Act, according to the State Police.

He also specifically addressed the decline in the state's population, saying he will propose measures designed «to address affordability» in New York.

«New York has a legacy of progressive activism that extends all the way back to its founding and we can not allow Republicans in the State Senate to use such heavy - handed, draconian measures as they work to push an agenda completely out of touch with the mainstream,» Gillibrand writes.

In the letter, the charter school organization's Kyle Rosenkrans writes to New York State United Teachers Union President Karen Magee and United Federation of Teachers President Micahel Mulgrew that they should focus their attention on struggling schools, not opposition to Cuomo's measures.

«More states should join New York in moving proactive measures like this forward because the sad reality is that too many people fall victim to gunfire every single day.

For the next year, New York state will allow testing of self - driving cars on public highways thanks to a measure in this year's state budget.

State Senate Republicans beat back an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on measures tightening gun regulations in New York.

Also in the poll: An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teacheNew Yorkers support the SAFE Act along with proposed new gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachenew gun control measures in the state, though they oppose the idea of arming school teachers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo held a ceremonial bill signing for a measure that closes a loophole in the state law that will require domestic abusers to surrender all firearms, not just handguns, and also announced he's advancing new legislation to extend the background check waiting time for buying a gun from three days to ten days.

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenIn this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governmenin state government.

Hoylman was joined by lawmakers from California and New Jersey on Thursday who back similar measures in their states.

The new directive includes New York in a list of 14 states and the District of Columbia that allow felons to vote in elections after serving their sentence, and bypasses the state Legislature on a measure long - sought by activisnew directive includes New York in a list of 14 states and the District of Columbia that allow felons to vote in elections after serving their sentence, and bypasses the state Legislature on a measure long - sought by activisNew York in a list of 14 states and the District of Columbia that allow felons to vote in elections after serving their sentence, and bypasses the state Legislature on a measure long - sought by activists.

The proposals come as some lawmakers remain anxious in New York over the impact the state's finances could take should the measure be repealed.

«In New York, we must act swiftly and decisively to implement additional measures in schools throughout our state to give students, parents, and teachers the resources and peace of mind that they deserve.&raquIn New York, we must act swiftly and decisively to implement additional measures in schools throughout our state to give students, parents, and teachers the resources and peace of mind that they deserve.&raquin schools throughout our state to give students, parents, and teachers the resources and peace of mind that they deserve.»

State legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agree on the concept of passing a package of measure designed to curb heroin addiction in New York and are working out the details, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Wednesday said.

The push would reignite a heated debate over the RHA, a measure that is aimed at the codification of Roe v. Wade in state law and is deeply opposed by opponents of abortion, who have argued it's a needless expansion of existing rights in New York.

Whereas, New York State is a leading voice for women's equality and has raised that voice in action through such significant achievements as passage of the historic «Women's Equality Agenda» in 2015 - eight laws that advance women's equality in New York State by helping to achieve pay equity, strengthen human trafficking laws and protections for domestic violence victims, and ending pregnancy discrimination in all workplaces; other measures further safeguard and promote women's interests and help improve their status in settings where they live and work; and

The New York Assembly moved Monday to establish New York as a sanctuary state, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the state Senate.

These are just a few of the restrictions outlined in a new water quality control measure touted by state Assemblymen Robert Sweeney (D - Lindenhurst), during a conference put on by Long Island Clean Water Partnership advocacy groups in Islandia Thursday.

Conservative columnist Kyle O'Connor takes on a recent measure by the New York State Education Department's Board of Regents that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain professional licenses, including certification to teach in public schools.

«Here's a body that's put into place to investigate corruption or serve as the underlying ethics agency in New York state and it's not fully in step with other measures like FOIL.

The measure, which is separate from federal legislation and would apply only to New York state, would allow undocumented students to be eligible for funds from the state's Tuition Assistance Program if they attended high school in New York state or received a general equivalency diploma and have applied to a college or university within the state.

The measure has been approved twice in the state Senate but is stalled in the New York State Assestate Senate but is stalled in the New York State AsseState Assembly.

New York Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D - Setauket) has also introduced a preliminary measure, NY A9819 (17R), to bar any offshore drilling or related activity in state waters.