The federal oversight board has called for a debt
moratorium even further reaching than the one Puerto Rico's governor had sought, in hopes of using the savings to rekindle its shattered economy.
Not exact matches
More to the point, with a lame - duck, deeply unpopular Republican president and Democratic - controlled Congress, some say there's unlikely to
even be a 2009 budget to serve as a vessel for pork stuffing, circumstances that make a
moratorium much less punishing.
Quietly, an
even more fundamental part of Johnson's strategy — the
moratorium on sales promotions — began to be pared back.
The
moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change,
even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.
Even Mr. Gatu admits that «not many» African church leaders agree with his
moratorium proposal.
«Any action to lift the
moratorium is premature and at a minimum, New York should wait until the EPA completes its own study on hydraulic fracturing before
even considering whether the state should permit this type of drilling activity.»
There has been ample speculation about why the Senate decided to pack it in early on the
evening of Monday's special session while the Assembly toiled into the wee hours of Tueday morning and then returned later Tuesday afternoon to pass, among other things, the NYC OTB bailout bill and a hydrofracking
moratorium that had been passed by the Senate earlier in the year.
Kurkoski says
even though a
moratorium passed by the legislature and signed by then Governor David Paterson has expired, the state still has a
moratorium in place because the state's Department of Environmental Conservation can't issues permits until it finishes its environmental review.
One Albany veteran pointed out that
even if the
moratorium were enacted, it required the vote of Legislature and therefore it could not be invalidated because the entire Legislature wasn't bribed.
«The Governor
even had the Chutzpah to suggest the City Council's vote for the BYOBag law was some sort of fluke and shouldn't count,» Kellner wrote, referencing a comment Cuomo made that the council vote on the bag fee bill was a close one while the legislation imposing the
moratorium overwhelmingly passed the state Legislature.
It's unclear how long any
moratorium would last, or
even if it would be permanent.
The effort comes
even though the tests don't affect students» records and a
moratorium was agreed to last year on Gov. Cuomo's attempt to tie the results to a teacher evaluation system.
NYSUT will take any help it can get in securing a
moratorium,
even if that means a Republican with vastly different educational priorities leads the charge.
Under Cuomo's watch, pipelines, gas storage facilities and gas - fired power plants are being built in New York, Hawkins said,
even though Cuomo has kept the state's de facto
moratorium on horizontal hydraulic fracturing in place since he was elected in 2010.
The Common Council chambers were packed Thursday
evening as Plattsburgh leaders considered a
moratorium on new cryptocurrency operations in the northern New York city.
«There's been a movement in New York to have towns ban oil and gas drilling or pass a
moratorium and many, many towns that frankly are not
even in the oil and gas play have been passing these bans,» says Kurkoski.
The Keene town board adopted a resolution of the board last Monday
evening calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the NY DOT and the NY DEC to impose a
moratorium on transport of Bakken Crude Oil by rail from Montreal to Albany, until a comprehensive study determines the public health, safety, economic and environmental impacts of a derailment.
For his part, de Blasio has proposed a
moratorium on charters, which are publicly funded but privately run, and
even supports charging them rentt.
To the oil and gas industry, a
moratorium on injections —
even in a single broad area — is unacceptable.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said the new policy didn't represent a significant shift, since the NIH has continued to assess and fund some gain - of - function experiments
even during the
moratorium.
He has been making that point since 2004, when in testimony to the U.S. Senate, he warned embryonic stem cell opponent Sam Brownback of Kansas, «Those in a position of advice or authority who participate in the banning or enforced delays of biomedical research that could lead to the saving of lives and the amelioration of suffering are directly and morally responsible for the lives made worse or lost due to the ban, or
even of a
moratorium that would deny such treatments in that short window of time when it could help or save them.»
But the
moratorium seems to be sweeping up
even routine surveillance work, meeting participants said.
That report — a world first — fuelled global deliberations over the ethics of modifying embryos and human reproductive cells, and led to calls for a
moratorium on
even such proof - of - principle research.
«I worry that
even if exclusions are made for certain experiments so that they continue, the GOF controversy combined with its pauses /
moratoriums has already created an environment where scientists may be discouraged from experimental work that is clearly in the public interest.
At the very least it will cause a
moratorium in continuation of state accountability programs
even though these programs have had a consistently positive impact on student performance.
That's why last spring I called for a
moratorium — not on the standards or
even on the testing, but on the stakes that could unfairly hurt students, teachers and schools during this transition to the Common Core.
He has since called for a
moratorium on charter schools in Indianapolis, as IPS has been losing about 1,000 students a year, due to charter schools and,
even more so, population decline.
Last year, she called for a
moratorium on the testing tied to the new standards because state education officials and governors want to use test results to evaluate teachers,
even though teaching materials and the new tests are still being developed.
In California, we are particularly heartened to see the Legislative Black Caucus speak as one voice in opposition to the
moratorium and in support of high quality charter schools being able to serve
even more students in the future.
Less than a year later, emboldened by their «listening tour,» the NAACP is likely to double down on its
moratorium in
even bolder terms.
And the
moratorium would make it
even harder for students of color to get a spot in a quality charter school.
And, «Blistan and the NJEA have
even called for a
moratorium on charter school growth, but this recent action highlights their double talk and utter hypocrisy.»
Rather than a
moratorium, I urge you to find ways to make our work more efficient, our changes more coherent and our future successes
even brighter.
Rather, I stated (accurately) that «The Gates Foundation, for example, makes it clear that the foundation supports the use of student test data for educator evaluation
even as it declares the need for a two - year
moratorium, the purpose of which is to allow teachers the time to adjust to the new Common Core Standards and related tests.»
The Gates Foundation, for example, makes it clear that the foundation supports the use of student test data for educator evaluation
even as it declares the need for a two - year
moratorium, the purpose of which is to allow teachers the time to adjust to the new Common Core Standards and related tests:
This will happen
even when you are in the 12 month
moratorium period under your DRO but should stop after that.
Changa Paz, of Amigos del Mar dive shop,
even suggests a
moratorium on lobster and conch fishing, to allow stocks to recover, and hopes for a southward extension of Hol Chan Marine Reserve, to join with the proposed Caye Caulker Marine Reserve.
All of these communities (except for Little Fogo Islands) are still thriving into the 21st century
even after their 300 - year - old tradition of cod fishing was devastated by the Cod
Moratorium of the 1990s.
Groups fighting whaling immediately disputed this, saying that
even with its big loopholes, the
moratorium on commercial whaling, in place since 1986, remains vital.
Suppose it appears, however, that the governor of your state is giving every indication that he is preparing to life the
moratorium —
even though no a priori attempt has been made to evaluate the impact of fracking on public health.
A
moratorium on fracking in the UK — or
even a complete ban — will be sought by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas, it has been confirmed to DeSmog UK.
Meaning, initiatives like President Obama's Climate Action Plan — the motivation for such things as the EPA's just - announced effective
moratorium on future coal - fired power plants — would be
even more unnecessary and ineffective than they are already.
Even if the state's wind power
moratorium is extended, or Perquimans county commissioners continue to resist other projects, the company may be able to add 46 turbines to its Amazon project.
Even before the Obama administration imposed the coal - leasing
moratorium in January 2016, coal producers had little interest in adding new federal reserves to their portfolios, amid slumping domestic demand.
HSI Vice President Kitty Block said: «The
moratorium is one of the major conservation successes of our time, having prevented the slaughter of tens or
even hundreds of thousands of whales since it came into force 30 years ago.
A federal appeals court rejected the Standing Rock Sioux tribe's bid for an injunction to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline — a ruling that will allow work to proceed on private land,
even as the Obama administration continues its
moratorium on federal land.
There was
even a bill to effectively outlaw utility - scale wind and solar in Wyoming, and a defiant measure seeking a two - year
moratorium on new wind projects in North Dakota.
Even though the de facto
moratorium on high - volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing in New York State continues, the disposal of waste from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations is occurring in New York now and deserves our attention.
Nonetheless, the
moratorium will leave a void in the economy, and will cause many people serious pain (
even if Kotok's figures are over-dramatic).
(see Congress Bans Department of Defense From Getting LEED Certification) They
even slipped a further
moratorium on LEED in the latest appropriation, with a «Continuation of limitation on use of funds for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold or platinum certification.»