Sentences with phrase «new controversial law»

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JTA: N.Y. rabbis decry upcoming vote on consent waiver for circumcision - related rite Haredi Orthodox rabbis in New York are accusing the city's Department of Health of «spreading lies» in order to pass a law mandating that parents sign a consent waiver in order to use a controversial circumcision - related rite.

He said: «A decade on from the passing of the controversial anti-smacking law in New Zealand, the law has maintained its very high level of opposition, but most significantly the law has had a «chilling» effect on parenting, and rather than tackling rotten parents who are abusing their children, it has targeted well - functioning parents».

A Labor dominated parliamentary committee has recommended controversial new vegetation laws be passed.

The early - discharge policies are so controversial, the subject has brought new laws in two states and debate on Capitol Hill.

Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City who recently took a lot of heat for his law that would ban the sale of soda in containers over 16 ounces, is at it again with a controversial pro-breastfeeding program.

Democratic state Sen. Brad Hoylman has sent a letter to North Carolina lawmakers urging them to overturn a controversial new law that overrides local ordinances outlawing wage, employment and accommodation discrimination.

Cuomo said he won't rush for the completion of a stalled database for background checks on ammunition sales that was part of New York's controversial gun - control law in 2013.»

The background to the new bill echoes the same clash of interests and climate of scandal that made New York's first cadaver law controversial in 1854, when medical professionals won despite vehement protests from representatives of working - class and immigrant New Yorkenew bill echoes the same clash of interests and climate of scandal that made New York's first cadaver law controversial in 1854, when medical professionals won despite vehement protests from representatives of working - class and immigrant New YorkeNew York's first cadaver law controversial in 1854, when medical professionals won despite vehement protests from representatives of working - class and immigrant New YorkeNew Yorkers.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction methNew York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction methnew hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

A measure that would hinder the carrying out of a controversial gun control law in New York on the federal level would be challenged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in court, he said on Tuesday.

The controversial WFP, which is under investigation for possible violations of the New York City campaign - finance law, was founded nearly a decade ago by left - wing labor unions and political activists, and has emerged as a potent force in helping Democratic candidates.

(CNN)- Fresh off a speech to the National Rifle Association's annual meeting, former - and potentially future - GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum praised a controversial new gun law in Georgia.

The lawyer, who handled much of Glenwood's political work, said the company hoped to obstruct the passage of campaign finance reform laws, see the controversial 421a tax abatement renewed, obtain a favorable tax cap on revenue from apartment buildings and to prevent Democrats from taking control of the State Senate and giving control of the New York City rent laws from Albany to the City Council — which Mr. Dorego compared to «an atomic bomb.»

The head of Nassau's Taxi & Limousine Commission said Wednesday he had significant concerns about a state law that will soon legalize ride - sharing in the county and across New York, but stopped short of saying whether he'll recommend a controversial «opt out.»

New Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris ChristNew Jersey's new governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christnew governor will consider changes to the state's charter school law, potentially slowing the expansion of controversial, yet in - demand schools championed by former Gov. Chris Christie.

New York passed the controversial gun - control law called the SAFE Act in January 2013 in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence wrote a letter to New York's legislative leaders thanking them for the controversial law passed earlier this month.

The question: Whether the Republican candidates vying for the right to take on Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer on Row B this November support Arizona's controversial immigration law and would back something similiar here in New York.

The new poll comes in the aftermath of Brewer's decision to enact a controversial immigration bill into state law making it a crime to be in the country illegally.»

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo says gun control is controversial, but the law he pushed through in New York has broad support and he believes it will save lives.

New York committed to the evaluation system and to controversial Common Core learning standards under the federal Race to the Top grant and in waivers under the broad federal No Child Left Behind education law.

Inserting himself into a polarizing dispute, Cuomo in December 1989 signed a controversial law allowing Staten Island residents to vote on secession from New York City.

Some Democrats cried foul when the meeting to make the appointment was called in less than 24 hours, on the same night that the New Paltz Town Board was holding its public hearing on the controversial wetlands and watercourses law, prohibiting several members of the committee from attending the meeting.

The Ulster Town Board last week adopted a controversial new law to regulate ownership of chickens in two different residential zoning districts.

Revelations that Ulster County Executive Mike Hein received $ 11,500 in campaign donations over the last two years from the developers of the proposed Park Point student housing project in New Paltz, with an additional $ 5,000 in contributions from their Albany - based, county - connected law firm, have further roiled the muddy waters gurgling around this controversial project.

But the move would be highly controversial — it's based on a new reading of the Public Officers Law being pushed by Assemblyman Gianaris and good - government groups that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has already openly opposed.

«We are proud to stand with Governor Cuomo today as he announced the suspension of New York's participation in Secure Communities, a controversial partnership between immigration officials and local law enforcement that has come under scrutiny at a national level for straying from its intended purpose of deporting dangerous criminal immigrants.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.

The controversial Cutchogue winery had been scheduled to appear Thursday before an administrative law judge in response to the New York State Liquor Authority revoking its liquor license earlier this month.

The new law requires that the State Education Department develop new teacher performance reviews, that will be more heavily reliant on controversial standardized tests associated with the new Common Core learning standards.

An executive order signed by new County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, will forbid controversial firearm and knife shows on county - owned property — a move that a new Democratic majority hopes to eventually codify into law.

New York's Board of Regents meets Monday and Tuesday to finalize controversial new teacher evaluation laws ahead of a June 30 deadliNew York's Board of Regents meets Monday and Tuesday to finalize controversial new teacher evaluation laws ahead of a June 30 deadlinew teacher evaluation laws ahead of a June 30 deadline.

Rep. Jose Serrano says Arizona deserves a special Bronx cheer for its controversial new immigration law: he wants baseball's All - Star game planned for Phoenix next year to be moved elsewhere.

LaValle said in the remaining weeks of session, the Senate GOP will «focus» on issues including renewal of New York City's rent laws, and changes to the controversial Common Core learning standards and related standardized tests.

As New York state passes the first anniversary of the SAFE Act in New York state this week, confusion still reigns for many about the controversial gun control law.

Nassau's new law requiring vendors to disclose their political campaign contributions does not cover many ways contractors historically have made controversial donations.

ALBANY — The controversial New York City law to impose a 5 - cent fee on disposable bags has even split families.

The Controversial S.A.F.E. Act law enacted over a year ago by Governor Cuomo and passed in an unorthodox manner by 43 New York State Senators had a deadline for gun registration 15 April 2014.

The controversial, ten point piece of legislation would end inequality and discrimination based on gender, among other items, and would codify federal abortion law in New York.

New analysis of controversial anthropologist's data suggests that alliances among in - laws improve the reproductive success of Yanomamö warriors

«Our findings add to the growing evidence that the new laws, although controversial to some, were associated with marked improvements in road safety,» said lead author Jeffrey Brubacher, associate professor of Emergency Medicine at UBC, researcher with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and a VCH Emergency Department physician.

Less than a month before Congress votes on whether to reauthorize a controversial program mandating healthier school lunches, a new study confirms the suspicions of school officials — many students are putting the fruits and vegetables they're now required to take straight into the trash, consuming fewer than they did before the law took effect.

The only possible bright, yet controversial, spot in the new law is that it gives universities the right to become foundations so that they may raise private funds to offset the public losses.

This fall the U.S. Congress could enact new laws with some controversial provisions, changing the way chemicals are regulated for the first time in a generation.

A new study by a University of Illinois employment law expert determined that the First Amendment often fails to protect the most controversial ideas expressed by faculty in higher education.

But she's especially looking forward to a publication forthcoming later this year in the Yale Journal of Law & Feminism titled «Telling Stories in the Supreme Court: Voices Briefs and the Role of Democracy in Constitutional Deliberation,» which will analyze a new, controversial form of appellate narrative argument: briefs that share stories of individuals not parties to the case at hand.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn actor will portray Philip Seymour Hoffman's son - in - law in this dram about a man who creates a controversial new religion.

At the same time, she shepherded the state education department through a host of major policy shifts, from lowering class sizes to implementing a new accountability system and a controversial bilingual education law.

California officials must publicize a court order that restricts enforcement of the controversial Proposition 187 until legal challenges to the new law are resolved, a federal judge has ruled.

Also before the Assembly panel is AB 47, which would make some basic changes to the state's Open Enrollment Act - a controversial law adopted last year that gives parents and students new rights to transfer from low - performing schools.