Sentences with phrase «needed the state legislature»

As New Yorkers we need to work together to protect the quality of life for all our people and we need our state legislature to act.

In order for the Michigan Department of Education to replace its current top - to - bottom accountability system with the A-F grading system, it would've needed the state legislature to act by June 30, 2017.

Not exact matches

The commission's final report guided the legislature and administration in establishing the relationship that exists to this day between the French state and nonpublic schools in need of financial assistance.

This new law is a clear sign that something needs to be done to stop state legislatures from removing the rights of women guaranteed by the federal courts

A March 2013 review of current risk - reduction strategies in the British Journal of Sports Medicine [11] reminds state high school athletic associations and legislatures that, in enacting rules, such as limits on full - contact practices, they «need to carefully consider potential injury «trade - offs» associated with the implementation of injury - prevention strategies, because every change may have certain advantages and disadvantages.

The bill needs to win the approval of all 16 legislatures where the Queen is head of state, including tiny states with populations hovering among the 10,000 mark.

Therefore, in order to move to a proportional representation system, you would need the state officials in charge of drawing congressional districts (traditionally the state legislature) to draw districts against their own interests when it is perfectly legal to blatantly draw them in your favor (so long as you don't do so in such a way as to not explicitly dilute the power of some actual protected class, i.e. race, gender, etc.).

«What we need is a state legislature where progressives are the majority — people who will fight for what's right all the time, not just when their hands are forced,» the WFP's email stated.

To see the actual casting of ballots, you would need to locate the live feeds of each state's legislature, and as they needed to have met by December 17.

«At the end of the day, I would argue if one party controls the entire state legislature, then New Yorkers need a Republican governor to make sure that there's appropriate checks and balances and I'd like to be that person.»

Bills to reform the agency need to pass all four houses of the legislatures in both states, and be signed by both Governors.

I keep hoping the Ravitch Commission will find a way to implement CP (or something that has the same effect) without the need for approval from the state legislature.

Sen. Darrel Aubertine has endorsed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's proposed energy plan, saying it is the type of platform the legislature and the next governor must build on to address the state's energy needs and opportunities.

That plan would also need approval from the state legislature.

But in order to strip the pensions from convicted senators and Assembly members who are already serving in the legislature, the state constitution needs to be changed.

The state senator said while the county legislature «needs to do their due diligence on this project,» they've been involved for quite some time and «any unnecessary delay does nothing but hurt Southern Tier families and prevents us from saving lives.»

«The legislature needs to roll back costly state mandates on local governments — and then help them consolidate, share services, downsize and realign their workforces to save taxpayer dollars.»

He needs citizen support — and he needs you and the other members of the state legislature to back his plans.

This should be a wakeup call for the state legislature to enact much needed reform of the Sullivan Act and make New York the 44th state with a right to carry concealed firearms for personal protection law.»

Since the congestion pricing plan still needs to be approved by the state legislature, concerns on both sides will have to be taken into account no matter what.

Government watch dog groups say the arrest of one of the two most powerful men in the New York legislature on fraud and corruption charges highlights the need for better state laws against wrong doing.

While announcing his endorsement for Alcántara in July, Espaillat declared 2016 «the year of the women,» stating that more female representation in the state legislature is sorely needed.

State Open Data Legislation needs to be developed collaboratively between the governor and the legislature.

«Our governor will need to work with the legislature, with the federal delegation and constitutional officers, and I've had the opportunity to do that as secretary of the state,» Bysiewicz told the packed room at the Riverfront Community Center.

«While the state legislature works to protect the rights of parents to refuse the Common Core tests, we need our congressional representatives to referee on the federal level and send Secretary Duncan a clear message there will be consequences for penalizing our schools.

New York State doesn't need you to be the Legislatures» best friend.

Participants who will gather at the Capitol include «members of the Albany Can End Homelessness in New York State campaign; members of the State legislature — including Assembly Members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake, Kimberly Jean - Pierre and others; faith leaders; and homeless New Yorkers in need of housing assistance.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

Cuomo says even if the public vote is delayed, the casino siting legislation would still need to be passed this year, based on a decades old opinion issued by a former State Attorney General, who said that constitutional amendment votes by the legislature need to happen in consecutive years, and can't skip a year in between votes.

At present, local officials must ask the state legislature to amend the state constitution every time they need to access state land for infrastructure projects.

That needs the approval of two consecutively elected state legislatures.

The governor, who is up for re-election this year, said the Republican - controlled state Senate voted down a legislative solution, «which is another reason why we need a new legislature this November.»

The other is that two - thirds of state legislatures need to call on Congress to convene a constitutional convention, and then three - fourths of state legislatures or three - fourths of the conventions have to say «yes» to pass any amendment.

«The budget agreement assumes $ 481 million in «savings» from the unnecessary layoff of state employees making the legislature complicit in a reckless and irresponsible plan that is both impractical and nasty while eroding state services at a time when they are needed most.

«That was the biggest flip in state history and we're going to need the same historic change in the New York legislature in 2012 to guarantee the people the ability to vote on this issue.»

They need to be ratified by the state legislatures within those provisions.

In each of his State of the State speeches Cuomo has used the capitol building as a metaphor for something that was once glorious and can be restored; he has said he wants to re-establish New York «the progressive capital of the nation»; he has touted the number of on - time budgets he and the legislature have delivered (this year he'll say four in a row and counting); he has demanded more teacher accountability but explained new changes he's seeking; and, he has stressed a need for ethics rules overhaul and campaign finance reform while mentioning unsavory headlines.

«The state legislature also needs to follow through and pass state reform,» he added.

Historically, Cuomo has not called special elections for state legislature seats, citing a need to save money.

Cuomo is pushing legalization of casino gambling through a constitutional amendment that would need approval by two separately elected state legislatures before going to voters.

The governor proposes increasing education funding by $ 1.1 billion (only half of the $ 2.2 billion that nearly every education and student - focused organization in the state is demanding), but only if the legislature agrees to draconian education reforms that mistakenly blame teachers for poor student outcomes in underfunded, high need, low wealth districts.

The state legislature made sure to limit the ability of the AG to hunt down corruption by defining what's legal and what's not and what must be disclosed and what needs not be disclosed.

If we need the money, we debate the need for it in the state legislature and if we agree that the need is there and worth paying for, we raise the money the right way: either through taxation, through fees or by selling or leasing state assets or by borrowing..

The deal to use the money for the bridge that spans the Hudson River between Rockland and Westchester Counties needs the approval of a state board controlled jointly by Governor Cuomo and the legislature.

It is clear that many people, including members of the state legislature, such as Senators David Carlucci, Thomas Libous, Thomas O'Mara, Patty Ritchie, and James Seward, Assembly members Aileen Gunther, Donna Lupardo, Barbara Lifton, Addie Russell, Clifford Crouch, Christopher Friend, and Philip Palmesano helped deliver a strong message about unmet needs.

If the state legislature extends the millionaires» tax, McMahon said he believes the government would need to raise an additional $ 683 million in revenue in fiscal year 2018 and $ 2.7 billion in fiscal year 2019, making the millionaires» tax insufficient for Cuomo's plans in the first place.

However, further legislation is needed before any bets can be taken, and the legislature is considering several bills that would shape the sports gambling industry in the state.

«These are structural issues that impact a whole variety of constituencies, and everybody is anxious for the state to help solve these problems, the commission — I had one leader of a county legislature say to me, we don't need a commission to tell us what our structural problems are.

After receiving the state DOT recommendations, the legislature would need to vote again next year — for the second time — to implement or change the recommendations, Guerrera said.

In order to change the state's constitution, the amendment needs the approval of two consecutively elected state legislatures and then must go before the voters.