Sentences with phrase «new package of reforms»

That's why Justine Greening and I have set out a new package of reforms, building on Michael Gove's success, to increase the number of good school places across the country...

Despite the prime minister's confidence in the Tripartite system, Mr Darling confirmed a new package of reforms will be unveiled next year to help banks that get into difficulty.

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That package, worth 86 billion euros — $ 96.3 billion — is contingent on a new set of reforms from the Greek government, including tax increases and spending cuts.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's left - led government submitted to Parliament late Wednesday a new package of creditor - demanded tax hikes and reforms worth 1.8 billion euros ($ 2 billion), which it hopes to have approved by lawmakers in time for a meeting of European officials next week.

The new legislative package, agreed on late Sunday, consists of the pension reform and direct and indirect tax reforms, which will allow the government to achieve some 5.4 billion euro spending cuts and to ensure savings to meet a 3.5 percent budget surplus target by 2018.

Coming off a year that saw a record number of new drug approvals, significant scientific breakthroughs and a year - end tax reform package that both significantly lowers corporate taxes and provides the long - awaited tax repatriation holiday, it's not surprising that biotech investors, executives and advisers were in a good mood as they gathered in San Francisco this year for the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference.

It is not clear what impact this will have in isolation - the current law still requires collusion before contravention occurs - but the proposed new price signalling powers would be just one part of a package of reforms.

This is why I continue to stand with many of my Republican colleagues from New York in advocating for the inclusion of meaningful SALT provisions in a final tax reform package.»

Mr Pickles called the package of reforms «a ground - breaking shift in power to councils and communities overturning decades of central government control and starting a new era of people power.

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Tuesday pushed for a package of voting reforms designed to make it easier to cast a ballot in New York.

Reform advocates contend a restrictive new program that privatizes the sending of care packages to prison inmates is punitive, but prison officials say it's intended to fight contraband.

The new compliance unit was created as part of the ethics reform package passed along with this year's budget, which Cuomo has attributed, at least in part, to the work of the Moreland Commission.

The Green Party of New York State signed on to a statement released by 38 signatories addressing concerns with Governor Cuomo's criminal justice reform package.

The New York State legislature's Black, Hispanic and Asians Caucus is reacting to events in Baltimore and is calling for swift action on a package of criminal justice reforms that have been stalled in the state Senate.

New York faces a budget deficit of $ 4 billion to $ 8.6 billion and that is before taking into account billions more in revenue that will be lost due the recent federal tax reform package.

The New York City Council passed 18 bills as part of the Stand for Tenant Safety package of legislation that promises sweeping reforms to tenant protections in the face of abusive landlords and developers.

Lawmakers» hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

The new commissioner of the city's child welfare agency expressed «significant concerns» about a NYC Council legislation package aimed at tightening scrutiny over his embattled department — saying it could «inhibit our efforts toward reform.»

The 18 Democrats who represent New York in the House of Representatives endorsed on Wednesday Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda for women, a package of proposed legislation and policies that include reforms to sexual harassment laws and guidelines.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a package of tax reform plans that would, among other things, end the deduction of state and local taxes, which would impact high - tax states like New York, California and New Jersey.

Several good government groups are calling on Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie to sign a package of bills aimed at reforming the Port Authority that passed its final hurdle in the New Jersey legislature, yesterday.

Lawmakers hopes for a pay raise in the new term are fading with the waning days of 2014, as Governor Cuomo continues to press for an ethics reform package in exchange for a salary hike.

With Christie's stewardship of the Port (and Cuomo's reluctance to criticize Christie's stewardship of the Port) earning the condemnation of good government groups and the press, the governors created a «special» reform panel and it made the creation of a CEO the central tenet of the reform package the governors unveiled on the Saturday between Christmas and New Year's Eve, 2014.

In his State of the State address on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York plans to outline a package of criminal justice reforms.

In addition, the report from the Hedge Clippers says that last year, as part of Cuomo's tax reform package, lawmakers ended the «corporate minimum tax,» which might «result in some very large corporations paying a minuscule amount of tax relative to the volume of business they conduct in New York.»

This reform package includes new disclosure requirements and stiffer penalties that will shine a light on what now is the shadowy intersection of government, lobbying, and political consulting.

«Only a full package of reforms, with public campaign financing at its core, will return New York to a system «of, by, and for the people.»

DiNapoli's reform package also aims to make the state's notoriously opaque budget process more open and transparent by requiring the overall impact of legislative changes to the budget to be disclosed before the budget is adopted and the cost of new and existing programs to be included.

He has shown spine by introducing a comprehensive Albany ethics - reform package and withholding state payments to keep New York out of bankruptcy.

Schumer said he took a similar approach in 1986 when he was a New York House member and broke ranks with Democrats who wanted to repeal the state and local tax deduction (SALT) as part of a broader tax reform package.

But that did not happen before Cuomo was able to use the commission's report to get state lawmakers to agree to a package of ethics reforms, which created new crimes for violating the public trust and corrupting government.

19 July 2007: Jack Straw, in his new position of justice secretary in the cabinet of Gordon Brown, insists the government is determined to proceed with Lords reform and that the powers of the chamber, the method of election, financial packages and the number of members will (yet again) be discussed by a cross-party working group.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Erie County Commissioner of Social Services Carol Dankert - Maurer to detail a package of legislative reforms designed to improve the provision of Child Protective Services («CPS») to children and families across New York State.

«This reform package includes new disclosure requirements and stiffer penalties that will shine a light on what now is the shadowy intersection of government, lobbying and political consulting,» the Democrat said in a statement.

Reed and Congressman Chris Collins were the only Republican members from New York state to support the passage of a House spending bill that paves the way for the tax reform package.

In response, the governor lashed out at Collins, even threatening to name a new property tax after him, and also pledged to sue if the amendment became part of a larger health care reform package in D.C.

A package of police reform measures, known in New York's criminal justice circles as the Right to Know Act, will not be considered for passage by the NYC Council, even though the bills have broad support.

Bloomberg announced a package of reforms to the pension system, including a proposal to hike the retirement age for new non-uniformed city workers to 65 years.

A package of police reform measures, known in New York's criminal justice circles as the Right to Know Act, will not be considered for passage by the City Council, even though the bills have broad support.

When New York lawmakers announced the state budget agreement last week, ethics reform was not part of the package.

Later in the legislative session, in June, Cuomo created and won passage of a package of reforms that define new restrictions on coordination among candidate campaigns, former government employees, and Super PACs; and stricter reporting requirements of donors to Super PACs.

Assemblyman Rory Lancman, who has a bill that would allow runoff voting in New York City, said he did not know what would come of his legislation, but predicted the Assembly would pass an election reform package of its own before the end of session, which ends this month.

«This comprehensive package - the most progressive set of reforms in the nation — will guarantee fairness for the accused by reshaping New York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.&raqNew York's antiquated bail system, ensuring access to a speedy trial, improving the disclosure of evidence in the discovery process, transforming asset forfeiture procedures and implementing new initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.&raqnew initiatives to help individuals transition from incarceration to their communities.»

«The costs of pensions are exploding all across the state, so it's not just a problem for New York City... We will be working on a comprehensive reform package as soon as we get the budget done.»

WASHINGTON — That part of the GOP tax reform package that would end state and local tax deductions is a non-starter for New York lawmakers from both parties, as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Barbara Bartoletti, the legislative director at the New York State League of Women Voters, said the latest package of voter reforms have been a long time coming.

The New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) applauds Speaker Carl E. Heastie and the New York Assembly for including the Humane Alternatives to Long - Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act, A. 3080B / S.4784 A, as part of its Criminal Justice Reform package announced today.

NEW YORK CITY — The City Council passed a package of campaign finance reform bills Thursday, including one piece of legislation that would limit the amount of money that companies or individuals with business before the city could give to political nonprofits.

Despite the arrests of the legislative leaders and the on going corruption probes, there is no new ethics reform as part of the end of session package.

City Hall — New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, along with Rules Committee Chair Brad Lander and Council Members Barron, Vallone, Cabrera, Rosenthal, Reynoso announced a historic reform package proposal today that will help make the City Council more responsive to the needs of New Yorkers in all communities, more transparent in how it operates and more fair and inclusive for all members enabling them to better serve their districts.