Sentences with phrase «new legislative body»

Under the Consensus plan, a merger would establish a new legislative body with 29 districts and four at - large representatives.

Miner, however, expressed her skepticism toward a suggestion that the new government would increase the city's representation under the new legislative body, saying this would ultimately abolish the city.

Venezuelan crisis intensifies after vote, arrests Following a disputed election for a new legislative body last weekend, in which voting tallies were reportedly manipulated, and the arrest of two high - profile opposition leaders, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro faces increased pressure both from within Venezuela and without.

Within two or three years of its election victory, the government introduced major constitutional changes: devolution of powers to new legislative bodies in Scotland and Wales; the Human Rights Act 1998; and the disqualification of the great majority of hereditary peers from participating in the legislative functions of the House of Lords.

Not exact matches

«In New - England, where the legislative bodies are almost to a man Dissenters from the Church of England, 1.

Its unofficial legislative body is the floating quid pro quo Favor Bank that has always made New York tick at its highest levels, however corruptly, since Tammany Hall.

That's going to mean changes for legislative body of government that, along with the Assembly, makes laws and approves the budget for New York state.

By the standards of legislative bodies in this country, after all, the New York City Council as a whole is about as far to the left as you could go.

Note that in Europe, despite some very large legislative bodies (about 600 members in France, Germany, or Italy), it's not unusual to hear complaints about the number of laws (too many of them, not enough quality and too much complexity) rather than on any inability to pass new ones.

After lawmakers consented to his steep cuts to health care and school spending this year, he held a news conference to call the New York Legislature — for years the butt of late - night comics and a target of editorial pages — «the best legislative body in the nation.»

The legislative body begins a new year with some new members, and their computer access still in the hands of the courts.

The New York State Senate today announced full availability of its mobile application, «NYSenate Mobile,» the first mobile application in the nation developed by a legislative body.

So while tens of thousands of New Yorkers go to their cabinets tonight looking for food to put on the table for their kids, and while tens of thousands of senior citizens by pass dinner tonight so that they may have enough left from their social security checks to pay for the December heating bill, our esteemed legislators, who least we forget have been awarded the distinction of being the most dysfunctional legislative body in the nation, feast and toast themselves in the capital city's Crown Plaza.

Cuomo's plan to spend $ 60 million for police vests and body cameras in high crime areas went instead to pay for new snow plows and a handful of other major expenses — including last summer's manhunt for two escaped murderers and the state's response to a Buffalo snowstorm in 2014, legislative sources said.

The Assembly should therefore take concrete steps to overhaul the rules that keep it from functioning effectively as a legislative body, and make clear to New Yorkers that it is serious about enacting comprehensive and much - needed reforms to its ethics laws.

51 % of the New York electorate views the Assembly's job performance as poor, and just 18 % say the legislative body is doing either an excellent or good job.

What if you had a thriving open government / civic tech community and somehow a new chief executive or legislative body did not want to continue its predecessors» investment?

If the government loses the confidence of the legislative body, then either a new government is chosen or an election is called.

The new law also requires 501 (C)(4) groups to disclose to the Attorney General any communications, whether written, broadcast or otherwise, having to do with legislation, votes on legislation, pending legislation, government action on rules, regulations or the decisions of any legislative or executive administrative body.

He added, «But I think most New Yorkers know that we can actually have a strong legislative body that can be led, that can act together, with more principles of reform and inclusion.»

In response to the clear desire of New Yorkers for fair representation, the Legislature should instruct the Legislative Task Force on Research and Reapportionment, the existing body responsible for redistricting, to adhere to the following standards, in addition to the criteria required by federal law and the state constitution:

Low percentages of female electeds within the New York City Council reflects a national trend of systemic underrepresentation within legislative bodies.

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on marriage equality:

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution should be transmitted to the office of the Governor of New York State, the Superintendent of State Police, New York State Senator Catharine Young, New York State Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, the New York State Association of Counties, and the legislative body of every county in the State of New York.

Following the madhouse in yesterday's New York Senate and the apparent seizure of power by Senate Republicans, Empire State Pride Agenda executive director Alan van Capelle has issued a statement calling for a vote from the legislative body on ma... Read

The New York State Senate CIOs office announces that it has launched what it believes to be the first iPad app by a legislative body in the United States:

«We are the legislative body of the City of New York.

Fried analyzed other county legislative bodies in New York State prompting his decision to see Rockland's legislature reduced in size.

He does not anticipate that the makeup of the new members itself will change the legislative direction of the body.

«The new and comprehensive reforms the Council will introduce today are needed to create a more responsive, transparent and inclusive legislative body that can be a stronger force for effective city government,» said Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

When new City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, the first openly gay and openly HIV - positive person to hold the powerful position, unveiled his leadership team and Council committee assignments, he appointed two anti-LGBT Council members to chair committees, and named one to senior leadership in the 51 - member legislative body.

«Normally, in a rational world, these indictments would shock the legislative body into action, but it ain't gonna happen, not in New York,» said Doug Muzzio, professor of political science at Baruch College.

Turning to the New York State Assembly and Senate, voters» attitudes toward these legislative bodies are dismal.

The district compared the new councils with legislative bodies in representative democracies and defined two basic jobs for them: 1) developing «powerful partnerships» between the school and the community, and 2) setting policy in «key operational areas» for individual schools.

The board isn't a legislative body, however, and some legislative observers wonder whether the changes are significant enough to require state lawmakers to give their own blessing to the new rules.

The work of NSBA's legislative governing body, the Delegate Assembly, informed the development of provisions to support local governance in the new law.

«Private funders have been instrumental to charter school growth, but federal, state and local legislative bodies must also respond by investing a larger percentage of public education dollars to support the opening of new, high - quality charter schools to meet the demands of the families they serve.»

The CIFSC.org and both IFIC.CA recognized governing and legislative bodies for the investment industry in Canada have agreed in the standard ideas, concepts in clearly defining and explaining the new definitions.

The Independent Regulatory Review Board is currently considering the new requirements on commercial kennels proposed by the Canine Health Board — a nine - member body made up of veterinarians appointed by the four legislative caucuses, the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA) and University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School.

While having a body of existing policies and laws that cover «substantial ground» lessens the need for new legislation, «a sustained low level of legislative developments could be a sign for concern,» the study says.

Gordian is regarded as a key player in regional energy policy, testifying before local and state legislative bodies and participating in the development of New York State Energy Plans.

«Released in July of 2004, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law report, «The New York State Legislative Process: An Evaluation and Blueprint for Reform,» concluded that New York's legislative bodies discourage rank - and - file lawmakers from participating fully in the legislative process and, in turn, deprive citizens of full representationLegislative Process: An Evaluation and Blueprint for Reform,» concluded that New York's legislative bodies discourage rank - and - file lawmakers from participating fully in the legislative process and, in turn, deprive citizens of full representationlegislative bodies discourage rank - and - file lawmakers from participating fully in the legislative process and, in turn, deprive citizens of full representationlegislative process and, in turn, deprive citizens of full representation in Albany.

Legal problems became more involved with each passing legislative session and the addition of new administrative bodies.

This new page displays a map with links to the legislative bodies for all fifty states, Washington, DC, and U.S. territories.

Democratic states that have adopted the common law system have legislative bodies at the centre of their democracies, and these bodies frequently pass new legislation.

This invariably involves a new proposal to legislative body, called a Bill.

Distinct from their Australian, Canadian and Swedish bodies, the New Zealand scheme primarily revolves around the provision of guaranteed Māori seats in the legislative system as opposed to a separate National Indigenous Representative Body or indigenous parliament.

Nettheim, G., «Discussion paper 7: Governance bodies and Australian legislative provision for corporations and councils», Govenance structures for Indigenous Australians on and off native title lands, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, para 2.14, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/arccrp/dp7.html.

104 Nettheim, G., «Discussion paper 7: Governance bodies and Australian legislative provision for corporations and councils», Governance structures for Indigenous Australians on and off native title lands, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 1999, para 2.14, www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/rsjproject/rsjlibrary/arccrp/dp7.html.

The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) and the Accounts Chamber (the parliamentary body of financial control in Russia) is designing a new legislative base for the Russian real estate industry.