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.