Sentences with phrase «new appointees of the governor»

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With Jerome Powell about to take over as chairman and most of the seven - member Fed board of governors to be new appointees, the tendency will be toward safe decisions and away from anything likely to unsettle Wall Street, said David Rosenberg, chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff.

The old Commission on Public Integrity remained in a state of limbo until December 12th, when the governor and legislative leaders announced their appointees to the new commission.

This position is duplicative of the Office of General Services (OGS) chief procurement officer, who chairs the New York State Procurement Council, which has representatives from the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), the Executive Chamber and allows for eight legislative appointees, in addition to another by the Governor.

Barry Sample, the governor's former deputy director of state operations, is the newest Cuomo appointee to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, according to the ethics and lobbying watchdog's website.

In his remarks at the occasion held at the Lagos House Ikeja, Governor Ambode reminded the new appointees that his government places a high premium on the rule of law and we will not do anything to directly or indirectly interfere in their affairs.

The New York State Investigations Commission (a somewhat obscure entity headed by appointees of former Governor Pataki, Senator Joe Bruno, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver) is investigating earlier investigations of Troopergate.

The governor could remove any New York appointees «at his or her discretion without the advice or consent of the [S] enate,» something now required, and then could fill those vacancies «whether the [S] enate is or is not in session.»

After seven years as governor of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo has rewritten the disclaimer language on his campaign website that describes which of his appointees are banned from donating to his campaign, potentially opening the door for more appointees to contribute.

An ally of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to be confirmed this week as New York's top judge, with the governor's appointees now closing in on complete control of the state's highest court.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

If a political appointee earns $ 100k per year and works for 4 years, then leaves when there is a new governor or party in power, that person walks away with $ 64000, of which they put in $ 32000.

Wildstein testified that it was his «understanding» from his former superior Bill Baroni — a Christie appointee now facing federal charges — that that the New York and New Jersey governors colluded to blame the shut down of lanes headed into Fort Lee on a fraudulent «traffic study.»

Cuomo convinced members of the independent board that oversees horse racing in New York to agree to a restructuring that will give the governor the majority of appointees on a new, slimmed down boaNew York to agree to a restructuring that will give the governor the majority of appointees on a new, slimmed down boanew, slimmed down board.

For example, at the State University of New York, whose board members can not be fired by the governor, the university's counsel sent a memo stating that «the executive orders apply to State University Board members, appointees of the board, including presidents and system administration senior managers and employees of the State University who serve in management / confidential positions.»

An appointee of Mayor Bill de Blasio to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's board raised concerns Wednesday about the funding for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's grand plans for the new Penn StatiNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo's grand plans for the new Penn Statinew Penn Station.

The Governor's Airport Advisory Panel is charged with producing recommendations on redesigns and modernization for our region's airports, and is comprised of the following appointees by the Governor: Amanda Burden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of City Planning; Tony Collins, co-chair of the North Country Regional Economic Development Council; Jose Gomez - Ibanez, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard's Graduate School of Design; Queens Borough President Melinda Katz; DanTishman, CEO of Tishman Construction Corporation; Jacqueline Snyder, former head of the New York City Public Design Commission; John Zuccotti, co-chair of Brookfield Office Properties.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has admonished new political appointees to see their appointments as a call to service and opportunities to impact positively on their communities.

The new guidelines appear on the governor's campaign website, potentially opening the door for more of his appointees to donate to his re-election effort.

Considering that Governor Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved the two new charter schools last summer knowing there was no money in the budget to fund the schools and that the State of Connecticut would be facing a $ 1.6 billion deficit in the next fiscal year, it is unclear what Mr. Grace means when he says that that the state is reneging on its commitment to charter schools.

However, despite that opposition from the local officials responsible for education policy and despite the fact that Connecticut doesn't even fund its existing public schools adequately and the fact that the State of Connecticut is facing a massive $ 1.4 billion projected budget deficit next year, Governor Malloy's former Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, and Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education approved four new charter school proposals last spring.

The charter school application submitted by Steve Perry and approved by Governor Malloy's political appointees on the State Board of Education included the names of the members of the Governing Council of Steve Perry's new charter school...

At today's State Board of Education meeting, Governor Dannel «Dan» Malloy's appointees will vote to re-commit Connecticut to the Common Core and then vote to divert scarce public funds to new charter schools in Connecticut.