Sentences with phrase «members of the administration told»

While efforts to impose state taxes on Indian retailers are a perennial budget gambit, Nephew and others said they were concerned because members of the administration told them Paterson wanted to start collecting the money on Sept. 1.

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Texas Sen. John Cornyn has told the Trump administration he isn't interested in serving as FBI director, the second member of Congress to take himself out of the running this week.

Settlement payments are approved by the chair and ranking member of the House Administration Committee, but they are under no obligation to tell anyone else about those payments, and more importantly, which office was responsible for them.

Senior members of the Trump administration have adopted a softer stance against China, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin recently telling CNBC that he does not expect a trade war to materialize.

Certainly well crafted, with telling good intentions aimed at promoting openness and probity in our political space, The remark, in the Nigeria history has presented Professor Osinbajo as a desirable member of the league of very few Nigerian leaders who conceded that something may actually not be completely right with their administrations.

It was the second such delay and advocates on Friday told several members of the Cuomo administration that the governor and his staff were forfeiting their credibility among providers, who were tired of the «hurry up and wait» posture emanating from Albany.

Speaking at a conference dubbed «Nana Akufo Addo speaks» at Osu Presbyterian Church hall in May 2009, Nana Akufo - Addo told a cheering party supporters that it was the responsibility of then President Mills and his administration to do something about the economy rather than constantly finding fault with members of the NPP administration.

One Democratic party source close to the administration told the New Statesman: «Your assumptions about the beliefs of Obama's foreign policy team are correct - there are concerns about Cameron among top members of the team.»

Gawker picked up WGRZ's story about how much Cuomo administration spokespeople make to tell members of the media not very much at all.

Ayariga who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central told Accra - based Starr FM that the erstwhile Mahama administration attempted to develop a similar system.

Mr. de Blasio and his Police Commissioner Bill Bratton ripped into the tabloid today for telling «flat - out lies,» targeting a spate of recent stories which claimed bad blood between Mr. Bratton and a top department official led to the official's abrupt departure and that Mr. de Blasio's wife, a key member of his administration, never wanted Mr. Bratton as the city's top cop.

A spokesperson for Mayor Bill de Blasio told POLITICO New York that the administration «has a strong working relationship with the City Council and we look forward to working with its members on a variety of issues in the new year.»

«If de Blasio wants to lead an administration that addresses the tale of two cities, as he calls it... he needs to take a much more progressive stance on this issue,» Eric Glatt, a member of Intern Labor Rights told Capital.

There are seven outstanding contracts, several of which have now been signed and submitted to the central administration for review, general counsel Joseph Porter told committee members.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

Howe even testified that former state operations director Howard Glaser, one of the most senior members of the governor's administration, was the person who told him not to register.

In support of his earlier claims, Kelly said «active members» of the NYPD have told him that the de Blasio administration «has changed the way shootings victims are calculated.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo convened several meetings this week at his Midtown Manhattan office with nonprofit groups and top members of his administration to discuss the city's ongoing homeless crisis, sources familiar with the talks told POLITICO New York.

A report released by four of the five borough presidents (all but Staten Island James Molinaro), Pubic Advocate Bill de Blasio and parent leaders, tells some of the sad history of the councils under this administration, focusing to a large extent on the repeatedly botched election for members in 2011.

«Anybody that wants a raise... has an obligation to tell their employer, to make their case,» said Fran Reiter, one of three appointees of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a former member of his administration.»

Philadelphia — In January 1980, Michael P. Marcase, superintendent of Philadelphia's public schools, told members of the city's board of education in his annual report that they had every reason to be proud of their administration of the school system.

Secretary of Education Rod Paige told members of the House that the Bush administration hopes to instill more accountability into special education and wants to see better results for students with disabilities.

«Under the Bloomberg - Klein administration, high school graduation rates are up,» Steiner told de Blasio before an audience of nearly 100 teachers, policymakers, and members of the public.

President Clinton told schoolchildren in his home state of Arkansas recently that he would go to bat for education as members of Congress and his Administration seek ways to cut taxes and spending.

«Especially under the current (Christie) administration, teachers are being told they aren't always valued,» said Edithe Fulton, a board member and former president of the New Jersey Education Association.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

TRU law student Chris Albinati told 4Students in July that he experienced some of the tension between the administration and the law faculty first hand as a member of TRU's senate, adding the university constrained the law school's ability to grow.