Sentences with phrase «new independent citizens»

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Shortly after the Land O» Lakes statement spoke defiance to outside authority, the State of New York, which had many of its citizens enrolled in independent colleges and universities that were almost all laboring under severe annual deficits, made institutional grants (known as «Bundy money») available to them.

The New York Times noted Friday the growing role of independent spending in the New York City races, including the groups associated with the Anybody But Quinn campaign, linking it to the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

Cuomo, a Democrat, said the new law would reduce the impact of a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as Citizens United, which helped wealthy donors dramatically increase campaign spending through the use of thinly veiled «independent expenditure» groups to tout or criticize a candidate.

«I am honored to have been selected by Commissioner Nigro to lead the establishment of an independent agency to operate the Fire Pension Fund and enhance the quality and level of service afforded to firefighters and fire officers as they approach retirement after providing years of selfless service to the citizens of New York City,» Cassidy said at the time.

Sanders blasted New York's rules for disenfranchising up to 3 million citizens who were registered as independents, saying at the time, «That makes no sense at all.»

Concern about corporate political donations has grown since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in the Citizens United case that lifted restrictions on independent spending by corporations, said David Yermack, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.

Billue is calling on the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Citizens Review Board to assist in an independent review.

The corporate education project has nothing to do with growing new generations of smarter, socially aware, independent - thinking citizens, but is designed to raid public treasuries through wholesale contracting - out of public schooling.

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Art for a New Understanding: Native Voices, 1950s to Now is organized by Crystal Bridges, and curated by independent curator Candice Hopkins (Tlingit, citizen of Carcross / Tagish First Nation), Crystal Bridges Curator of American Art, Mindy Besaw, and Manuela Well - Off - Man, Chief Curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The exhibition is organized by Crystal Bridges and curated by independent curator Candice Hopkins (Tlingit, citizen of Carcross / Tagish First Nation), Crystal Bridges Curator of American Art, Mindy Besaw, and Manuela Well - Off - Man, Chief Curator at the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Candice Hopkins: Independent Curator and writer Candice Hopkins, a citizen of Carcross / Tagish First Nation in Yukon, Canada, is an independent curator and writer now based in Albuquerque, Independent Curator and writer Candice Hopkins, a citizen of Carcross / Tagish First Nation in Yukon, Canada, is an independent curator and writer now based in Albuquerque, independent curator and writer now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The post-war climate in the country was full of hopes for new beginnings, and in 2008 the newly sovereign state began the process of establishing effective and fair legislation, developing an independent economy, and building a protective environment for its citizens.

Whether you're a senior citizen renting a condo or an apartment within an independent living complex, a new graduate getting out on your own and off campus for the first time, or a young family putting down some roots, your renters insurance rate will surely impact your budget.