Sentences with phrase «of assembly members who»

«There are a lot of Assembly members who are supportive of charters.

One of those assembly members who came to the hearing is Keith Wright of Manhattan.

«I commend Assembly member Aubry for the hard work and dedication he put into drafting and advancing the legislation and I thank all of the Assembly members who voted in favor of it,» the Borough President added.

Cuomo avoided going there, instead sticking with the names of assembly members who are his supporters.

A number of Assembly members who haven't spoken out against efforts to limit charter schools have long waiting lists in their districts of kids wanting to get into those schools.

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Racine Mayor Cory Mason, who helped pass the compact through the Wisconsin Legislature as a Democratic member of the state assembly, said he believes the application meets the compact standards.

Savings for military spouses who are FlexJobs members: If you're a FlexJobs member, you can take advantage of a $ 200 tuition credit on any part - time course, or $ 500 towards a full - time General Assembly immersive program.

Carlson is not alone: Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who came out publicly against her employer alleging sexual harassment, is also working with members of the California State Assembly to pass legislation to eliminate forced arbitration, which prevented Fowler from coming forward about sexual harassment at Uber until after she quit.

«No matter the fate of Bill 214, I expect swift and meaningful action from the government and all Members of the Assembly to protect our democracy from those who are more concerned with winning than ensuring the voice of the people is heard and the public interest is served.»

The Grand National Assembly, made up of elected members who are ninety - nine per cent Muslim Turks, makes the laws concerning secular affairs and punishments which govern the country.

«Eight of the nine assembly members who replaced them were arrested and executed,» Vance told the commission.

There are no professional clergy in the Baha'i faith but in areas where there are a large number of the faithful, members elect a national spiritual assembly who provide guidance and perform religious ceremonies such as weddings and funerals.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

At every General Assembly, our members elect the World Board, who shape the direction of our work and appoint Affiliates to committees, working groups and task forces on topics like the development of standards or the facilitation of Organic Agriculture in developing countries.

World Health Assembly resolution 49.15 expresses «Member states should ensure that the financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest, especially with regards to the WHO / UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.»

But Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the only leader who can boast 100 percent loyalty from members of his conference — 10 to be exact, including the speaker himself.

Northern Ireland has Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who sit in the Northern Ireland Assembly and can only vote on devolved issues.

Also, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose Lower Manhattan district doesn't touch NY - 9, but who is an Orthodox Jew and is well - known to Jewish voters there, has endorsed Weprin — one of the newer members of his conference.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a non-publicized trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday to meet for the first time with Democratic members of New York's congressional delegation, who are growing increasingly concerned about the state's redistricting process — a process that will reduce their number from 29 to 27.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told me during a CapTon interview yesterday that he has also encouraged members of his conference who are facing primary challenges to consider skipping what's essentially a three - day junket that features a lot of partying with some politics squeezed in.

Mayor of Tamale, Musah Iddrisu Superior, who is facing a possible impeachment by the Assembly has received one of the strongest backings since some assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member for his Assembly has received one of the strongest backings since some assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member for his assembly members petitioned the Presiding Member for his removal.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

(Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has said furloughing state workers would be an illegal breech of their contract, told me yesterday that the bill arrived after his members had already gaveled out for the day).

Take for instance the very uninspiring eulogies of a serving member of the National Assembly, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, who flew to London in company with other perverts to sing hymns of praises for a Nigerian ex-convict and fugitive.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who made the committee appointments, insisted «the law is on our side and so is case law,» adding: «I believe that all the members, Democrat and Republican, Assembly or Senate are worthy of the compensation that they receive... All of this is transparent, all of this is disclosed.»

The member of the Assembly with the most conservative voting record, Rochester - area Assemblyman Bill Nojay directed his ire at the reported five Upstate GOP Senators who voted for Flanagan over Syracuse - Area Senator John De Francisco.

For starters, as one Assembly member points out, it's a lot of new members who may have a totally different take on congestion pricing especially if the money it raises goes toward improving mass transit.

«It's a separate thing being a public servant in terms of doing budgets and constituent work,» said Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Capital Region, who as a member of the Assembly tangled infamously with Eliot Spitzer, a governor who failed to overcome the hard - charging attitude he carried as the state's popular attorney general.

DiPietro is one of several Republican Assembly - members and Senators who have posted petitions online to repeal the law.

Also, he didn't mention Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Frank Seddio, who is himself a former member of the Assembly — much like Queens Democratic Chairman Joe Crowley, who is now a congressman).

Though the race only recently got underway, it's already taken a negative turn, which Brindisi and Tenney, who also used to be a member of the Assembly, trading barbs on everything from Brindisi's father's legal representation of mobsters to a town hall the congressman is scheduled to hold this coming Tuesday.

The Central Regional Director of the NCCE, Nicolas Ofori Boateng who made the observation, said the situation had influenced voter turnout at district level elections over the past years, as the electorates had lost confidence or felt betrayed by the assembly members.

Rodriguez, who has been a member of the State Assembly since 2011, is running for the open seat held by the City Council's term - limited Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Bronx Democratic Party Chairman Carl Heastie, one of the few members of the Assembly who turn up in the Commission documents, attracted attention for the approximately $ 25,000 in unitemized credit card expenditures his campaign made over the years the investigators analyzed, most of which without any explanation of their purpose.

Saturday's march took place eight days after Mariela Castro, who is a member of the National Assembly, told reporters during a Havana press conference that CENESEX plans to submit proposals that would extend marriage and other rights for LGBTI Cubans.

The letter is signed by sexual harassment victims of former Assembly members Vito Lopez and Micah Kellner, as well as a woman who accuses Senate Independent Democratic Conference leader Jeff Klein of forcibly kissing her, something Klein denies.

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

Keith Wright, Chairman of the New York County Democrats, Assembly Member, and a Co-Chair of the New York State Democratic Party, who will speak on behalf of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

«He explicitly said notwithstanding public speculation, he has not settled on a candidate [nor] is there any member of the assembly who he has talked to to express a preference,» one source told POLITICO after the meeting.

The last that was heard about defection at the National Assembly was when a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, who later represented Anambra Central at the Senate, before her election was annulled by the Appeal Court defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

A deliberative assembly is a gathering of members (of any kind of collective) who use parliamentary procedure to make decisions.

It is by the Grace of God that another member of the Krohn family was not present when this occurred as there's no question in my mind that whoever would commit such a violent crime against a pet would not hesitate to harm a human,» said Tedisco, who was the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's animal cruelty felony law and the Assembly Chair of NYS Animal Advocacy Day.

Ms. Crowley is locked in a tight three - way race with Assembly members Grace Meng and Rory Lancman — who has also been rolling out some union endorsements of his own for a seat currently held by Congressman Gary Ackerman, who is retiring.

The Assembly members were joined by Janice Grieshaber - Geddes, a Manlius mother, who discussed the tragic story of «Jenna's Law» and how one powerful leader can defy the will of the majority and hold up important legislation.

Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R - LI) is the only member of the Assembly Ethics Committee who accepted money from a Glenwood - connected LLC, which gave him $ 250 in February 2012, campaign finance records show.

Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (D - Upper West Side), who sponsored the Child Victims Act in the State Assembly, said insurance companies should stop looking at her legislation through the lens of profit margin.

Members of the New York State Legislative Women's Caucus were among the legislators who attended the Bronx - born jurist's address at SUNY Albany after the Democratic - led Assembly gaveled out of session for the evening.

In releasing his plan, Faso — who as a member of the Assembly cut spending and championed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — called it a smart way to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and align New York with most other states in the nation that don't pass their Medicaid expenses down to county taxpayers.

Out of the 66 assembly members who voted on Monday, 35 voted in his favour while 31 voted against him.

Kolb, 65, is a former small - business owner who has served as Assembly minority leader since 2009 and been a member of the Assembly since winning election in 2000.