Sentences with phrase «new vocal group»

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Among the most vocal opponents of the new fee is the conservative advocacy group Americans for Prosperity, which called it a «backdoor border adjustment tax.»»

The groups involved include some of the most active in New York City: Alliance for Tenant Power (an umbrella organization of eight other groups including New York Communities for Change, Make the Road NY, and others), Community Voices Heard, Vocal - NY, Citizen Action of New York and Manufactured Housing Action.

NYCLASS, the vocal animal rights group that is leading the charge to ban horse - drawn carriages in New York City, has parted ways with the Advance Group, a source with close knowledge of the relationship confirmed to the Observer this aftergroup that is leading the charge to ban horse - drawn carriages in New York City, has parted ways with the Advance Group, a source with close knowledge of the relationship confirmed to the Observer this afterGroup, a source with close knowledge of the relationship confirmed to the Observer this afternoon.

Critics from groups like New York Communities for Change, Make the Road New York and Vocal New York charge that the tax break, created in the 1970s to spur development at a time when the city's fiscal health was waning, is antiquated, allowing powerful developers to reap millions in tax breaks while creating housing exclusively for the wealthy.

Vocal New York, the group behind some of the protests, was formed in the 1980s to advocate for people living with AIDS and HIV.

Gen. David Petraeus will form a new gun - control group for veterans with retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who became a vocal proponent of gun - control efforts after she was shot in the head in 2011.

An analysis released today by the group found the «most vocal» supporters of allowing high - volume hydrofracking in New York are also the recipients of the industry's campaign donations.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I), one of the country's most vocal gun control advocates, and the National Rifle Association, the nation's largest gun rights group, have each spent six figures, telling you everything you need to know about what's at stake in Colorado.

Among Long Island districts, according to the analysis, prepared for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a watchdog that has been the plan's most vocal proponent, the cost would increase the Brentwood Union - Free district's bills by up to $ 139,254, the Sachem Central district's by $ 114,996, the Longwood Central School District's by up to $ 88,904 and the Smithtown Central district's bills by up to $ 87,904 a year.

The mayor lumped the United Federation of Teachers — the teachers» union in New York City — with the National Rifle Association as he listed groups controlled by a vocal minority.

Groups such as VOCAL New York, SIF (Safe Injection Facilities) NYC and End Overdose New York — which have held many rallies calling for the sites to be implemented — have been leading the fight to bring the sites to the city.

Rep. John Katko, R - Camillus has also declined to hold an in - person town hall meeting in Central New York, telling Syracuse.com on Monday that a «small but vocal» group of protesters simply wants to stage a spectacle.

«Anybody who would sign on would know that this is a board that has faced considerable criticism, and will face considerable criticism until its structure is changed,» said Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group, one of the board's most vocal critics.

The groups responsible for the disruption, including VOCAL - NY and the New Deal for New York, New York Communities for Change, and United NY, voiced opposition to the Republican - led State Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo's effort to issue a $ 4.5 billion dollar tax cut to New York's wealthiest millionaires, a number of whom were in the room at the 5th Avenue hotel.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNew Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNew York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

«The sooner New York allows safer consumption spaces, the more lives we'll save,» said Shantae Owens of the group VOCAL - NY.

The moves were applauded by criminal justice reform groups such as VOCAL - NY and the New York Civil Liberties Union.

His organization, along with groups VOCAL NY and New York Communities for Change, plans to bring 200 protesters to East Hampton in buses for a rally in the access roads around Loeb's home, where they will hand out «inequality awards».

Dennis Poust is the communications director for the New York State Catholic Conference — a group that has led a vocal opposition to marriage equality in this state.

The law is deeply unpopular in northern New York, where law enforcement and local sportsmen groups continue to be vocal in their opposition.

Member groups in the New Deal for New York campaign include Community Voices Heard (CVH, in New York City, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Yonkers), Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope (NOAH, in Niagara County), People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH, in Buffalo), Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL, in New York City, Westchester and Albany), and VOICE (in Erie County).

Mark - Viverito is a vocal supporter of López Rivera, despite his former leadership role in the FALN — a Puerto Rican terrorist group that took responsibility for more than 100 bombings in the 1970s and»80s that killed five people in New York City.

In the area of climate change, the leaked documents revealed that the group funds vocal climate skeptics, including Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change founder Craig Idso ($ 11,600 per month), physicist Fred Singer ($ 5,000 plus expenses per month), and New Zealand geologist Robert Carter ($ 1,667 per month).

To solve it, otolaryngologist Ira Sanders and his colleagues at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City anesthetized a group of rats and inserted small digital cameras down their throats to videotape the vocal folds.

A SMALL but vocal group led by Alan Stern, the scientist in charge of NASA's New Horizons mission, is trying to reverse the decision made over a decade ago to remove Pluto's planet status.

Along with the Washington, Chicago and New York groups, we have been some of the most vocal and active BATs in the entire country during the last year.

A vocal supporter of the government's flagship free school policy, Young is now chief executive of the government - funded charity set up to help groups open free schools, the New Schools Network.

This year, the group has also been one of the most vocal supporters of New York's new, ill - fated teacher evaluation systNew York's new, ill - fated teacher evaluation systnew, ill - fated teacher evaluation system.

Success Academy CEO Eva Moskowitz, one of the nation's most influential charter school leaders who has been a vocal supporter of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and defender of President Donald Trump, recently told a group of faculty members concerned about her alliances to the new administration that she is limited in how much she can advocate politically.

The mayor lumped the United Federation of Teachers — the teachers» union in New York City — with the National Rifle Association as he listed groups controlled by a vocal minority.

A new 10 - speed automatic transmission is the only gearbox available, surely disappointing the vocal group of people who want manuals.

During the group's eighth annual residency at the museum, Roomful of Teeth will spend two weeks in the Berkshires workshopping new music by seven composers, including acclaimed composer and song leader Alice Parker and vocal coach and metal singer Androo O'Hearn.

Though not CMOS's first public statement, it was one of the most «vocal about climate change of late» due to the fact «that Canada's new Conservative government does not support the Kyoto Protocol for lower emissions of greenhouse gases, and opposed stricter emissions for a post-Kyoto agreement at a United Nations meeting in Bonn in May [2006]» and because «a small, previously invisible group of global warming sceptics called the Friends of Science are suddenly receiving attention from the Canadian government and media,» Leahy wrote.

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Contributing in groups on LinkedIn and adding your perspective in chats with vocal industry professionals on Twitter will allow you to make connections, meet new people, and network with like - minded professionals.

The result is an angry, vocal group of ex-staff members and a concerned set of clients who wonder if they should look for a new vendor.