Sentences with phrase «members of the public authorities»

The about face was confirmed Thursday in the mumbles of a lawyer for the Empire State Development corporation and in a memo from that agency's president, Howard Zemsky, to the members of the Public Authorities Control Board.

The fine print also says the governor will not take money from a state agency officer, an employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or other members of public authorities or other boards appointed by the governor.

State Senator Bill Perkins, one of five members of the Public Authorities Control Board that is scheduled to take up the Tappan Zee loan at its meeting on Wednesday, sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday afternoon asking him to withdraw his proposal for the loan, arguing that it violates state and federal law.

This includes state and local elected officials, officers and appointees, including directors and members of public authorities and public benefit corporations who are convicted of a «job - related felony.»

The three voting members of the Public Authorities Control Board must unanimously approve the loan, which has been criticized as a violation of state and federal law by state and local legislators as well as the Environmental Protection Agency.

As was the case last month when, on the day State Senator John DeFrancisco of Syracuse joined with members of the Public Authority Control Board to approve the clean water fund raid, a sewer main broke in his hometown and shut down streets.

Not exact matches

«In light of the issues noted above, the Bank of Israel, the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Department, the Israel Tax Authority, the Israel Securities Authority, and the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority recommend to members of the public considering the use of decentralized virtual currencies to understand their characteristics, to be aware of the unique risks inherent in their use, and to display heightened awareness and caution.

Declaring early in American history that the Constitution was «godless» because it failed to acknowledge the authority of Jesus Christ, the church up until a generation ago practiced «political dissent,» not allowing members to vote, hold public office, or take oaths of allegiance to the flag or the Constitution.

«The USDA has violated the public's trust in the USDA organic label, and will continue to undermine the value of the label in the market as long as it ignores the legal authority of the NOSB, and of public process, to establish the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances,» said Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides and a former member of the NOSB.

The Western Australian Meat Industry Authority (WAMIA) and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale undertook an initial inspection of the property in October 2013 following a tip - off from a member of the public.

(a) publish an invitation to members of the public to make submissions to the Authority on the proposed amendment of the Basin Plan; and

The Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetics Practice Group (VN DPG) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics strives to empower members to be the leading authority on evidence - based vegetarian nutrition for food and nutrition professionals, health care practitioners and the public.

The Authorities Budget Office released a report that found over 25 percent of the 577 public authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public AuthoAuthorities Budget Office released a report that found over 25 percent of the 577 public authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public Authoritiepublic authorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public Authoauthorities have board members who have not attended state approved training as required by the Public AuthoritiePublic AuthoritiesAuthorities law.

Before 2010, all parliamentary parties could nominate members to the media authority and the boards of public broadcasters.

Similarly, if the UK is subject to EU rules and authority, and is paying a membership fee, the public will conclude that it is still for all practical purposes a member of the EU, irrespective of whatever the legalities might be.

The union representing Metro Bus drivers and mechanics says it wants the public and the Governor to know members are «very frustrated» about the lack of a contract after eight years of negotiations, and have «no confidence» in the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority's Executive Director to reach an agreement on their behalf.

Authorities said extra officers have been deployed to patrol in Newcastle and surrounding communities to «reassure members of the public.»

After hearing from both the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority administration and its management company, Common Council members are no closer to understanding how some public housing tenants were left without heat and hot water in the middle of winter.

Mr. Cuomo's budget proposes forcing all projects receiving such funding to get the approval of the Public Authorities Control Board — the three voting members of which are himself, Mr. Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — before going forward.

A. «Affected State Entities» means (i) all agencies and departments over which the Governor has Executive Authority, and (ii) all public - benefit corporations, public authorities and commissions, for which the Governor appoints the Chair, the Chief Executive, or the majority of Board Members, except for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Documents relating to the receipt or expenditure on recovered stolen funds since return of democracy in 1999 constitute part of the information which a public institution and authority is obligated to publish, disseminate and make available to members of the public.

He said, «I had earlier alerted members of the public and the concerned authorities prior to these killings that herdsmen were planning to attack my community but I got no response from anyone, not even the security operatives.

The PPA delegation made up of its Board Chairman, Prof. Douglas Boateng and other board members and management also took the opportunity to pay a courtesy call on its counterpart body — Rwandan Public Procurement Authority (RPPA).

June 15, 2016 - New York State Thruway Authority leaders and senior members of Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC were on hand to answer questions posed by attendees of the 2016 annual public meetings.

«No state agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018,» the website says.

May, 2015 - New York State Thruway Authority leaders and senior members of Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC were on hand to answer questions posed by attendees of the 2015 annual public meetings.

The old disclaimer read: «No State agency officer or employee who serves at the pleasure of the governor or their appointing authority or members of state public authority or other boards appointed by the governor may contribute to and / or fund - raise for Andrew Cuomo 2018.»

ALBANY, NY (07/25/2012)(readMedia)-- Today, Mario Cilento, president of the 2.5 million member New York State AFL - CIO, provided testimony to a joint hearing of the New York State Assembly Committees on Labor, Energy, and Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions to examine the protocols established by Con Ed to ensure public safety and delivery of services.

In December 2010, she introduced a private member's bill before Parliament that would amend the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to broaden the scope of the general duty of library authorities so as to include a duty to provide related cultural facilities alongside the library service.

Since then, he's been the President of a state public authority, and most recently a member of Governor Cuomo's cabinet.

Five of the members would be heavy - hitters in state government — the chairs of the Public Service Commission, the Energy Research and Development Authority; and the commissioners of Empire State Development, the Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Lord Atkin's famous opinion in Ambard v. Attorney - General for Trinidad and Tobago [1936] AC 322, is apposite: «But whether the authority and position of an individual judge, or the due administration of justice, is concerned, No wrong is committed by any member of the public who exercises the ordinary right of criticising, in good faith, in private or public, the public act done in the seat of justice.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

The Mayor will be a member, and chair, of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority -LRB-...) and will have certain public transport powers relating to how buses may operate in the future.

Back in 1985, the NY Post's Fred Dicker requested access to the Assembly Democrats» daily private confab, and lawmakers responded by rewriting the Open Meetings Law to provide explicit, blanket authority for legislators to conference outside the public eye «to discuss anything including a matter of public business, notwithstanding the member of staff or guests.»

«Every dollar for these projects is approved through the budget process and has to go through the Public Authorities Control Board — a member of which Kolb appoints,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

Still, under the state's Public Authorities Reform Act, Empire State board members have a fiduciary duty to the mission of the agency, not to outside political considerations.

Members deliberated and passed a series of resolutions regarding the NY SAFE Act, funding for county 9 -1-1 communications, public health article 6 reforms, early voting, IDA reforms, Medicaid costs, and home rule authority.

Second, disagreements between members of the combined authority (made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)-- and with the Government — mean that the public consultation needed to unlock the powers and resources on offer as part of the city region's devolution deal has not yet taken place.

The three member board, known as the Public Authorities Control Board, includes a representative from the Cuomo Administration, and the majority parties in each house of the legislature.

The CP also appealed to members of the public to assist the authority with useful intelligence that will aid arrest of fleeing prisoners assuring that security has been strengthened in all prison formations in the State to forestall further breach of security.

Erie County Legislature Chairman John J. Mills today subpoenaed the six members of the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority's (ECFSA) board after they ignored a resolution passed unanimously by the Legislature asking for a public discussion with board members to fully vet the $ 120 million borrowing plan for ECMC, which the ECFSA approved on Wednesday, March 15th in a 5 - 1 vote.

That was the message out of a public forum at Southold Town Hall Tuesday night, where representatives from the Suffolk County Water Authority, Legislator Al Krupski, and members of the Town Board all spoke about the importance of keeping the North Fork's freshwater supplies safe.

At City Hall yesterday, City Council member Rosie Mendez, along with fellow lawmakers and public housing residents, blasted the New York Daily News for a series of articles critical of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

«He may actually have a conflict because as a member of the City Council, his first obligation is to the people of the city,» said Richard Brodsky, the former assemblyman who led a successful effort to reform the state's public authorities.

He urged members of the public to be on alert and report to the nearest authority anyone seen with bullet wounds and seeking medical attention.

The meeting of the Public Authorities Control Board, which usually meets in out - of - the - way rooms in the Capitol and draws only a handful of mild - mannered observers in pinstripe suits, met in a large convention room yesterday, and drew hundreds of angry union members, some in hard hats, who noisily called for the stadium and jeered its opponents.

State law, which supersedes a town's, states in the very first paragraph of Section 271 of NY State Town Law, on planning boards, «The town board of each town is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a planning board of five members or seven members in the discretion of the board, and shall have the authority to remove any member of such planning board for cause and after a public hearing.»

Lynn Johnson, a member of the city's Conservation Advisory Council, asked the Common Council's Public Safety Committee on Wednesday to adopt a memorializing resolution requesting the DEC act as lead agency of the review instead of the state Thruway Authority.

Also Monday, a state worker testified that the Public Authorities Control Board — of which Silver was a member — gave more than $ 1 billion worth of state funding to Glenwood between 2000 and 2014.