Sentences with phrase «of other appointees»

Not exact matches

The decision differs from most other appointees in that it was made by the New York Fed board of directors and ratified by the Federal Reserve board, rather than by the president.

The flap prompted scrutiny of other Cabinet members» travel, as the House Oversight and Government Reform committee launched a governmentwide investigation of top political appointees.

Here is a Obama appointee making the claim that there are other factors that each of us brings to the table that cause us to think, rule, interpret and govern in some ways that are different.

The outlook and mindset of a prospective appointee should be checked and should, unless waived for other reasons, reflect the outlook of the elected Executive.

At 12:15 p.m., concerned citizens, led by Altamont Main Street USA and including members of MoveOn.org, Citizen Action of NY, the Working Families Party and others gather outside the offices of U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for a peaceful rally in opposition to Trump's cabinet appointees, Leo O'Brien Federal Building, N. Pearl Street and Clinton Avenue, Albany.

There is also Steven Diver also a former chairman of the council area, Ezekiel Youngbo, a former chairman of the defunct Ogboin North council and several other political appointees whose influence in their respective communities can not be ruled out.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to tap Secretary of State Rossana Rosado and three others to join the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as he looks to reshape the top of the agency amid the departures of several of his appointees.

Cuomo appointee Fran Reiter made the point several times that Speaker Heastie or other members of the Assembly must make their case for a raise in person.

«The former solicitor general and current interim attorney general is a Cuomo appointee, the inspector general is a Cuomo appointee, the head of (the Joint Commission on Public Ethics) is a Cuomo appointee and every other constitutional branch of government outside of the U.S. attorney has shrunk from their responsibility under the weight of Cuomo coercion.

Other NDC activists are also talking ill of immediate - past President Mahama and some of his appointees for complacency and neglect of the grassroots which lead to the party's embarrassing defeat in the 2016 elections.

Mr. Baako, who was reacting to the story during a discussion on Good morning Ghana on Metro TV yesterday, explained that in some cases, approval of vetted appointees are done on consensus and others not, so it was unnecessary for Nana Addo, to have gone to that extent to tell the Majority what to do considering their numbers.

Private legal practitioner, lawyer Maurice Ampaw, has lambasted the president, his appointees at the Gender Ministry and other state officials for turning a blind eye to the plight of street children.

Other critics charge the 11 - member commission, which would have appointees from the governor and leaders of the state Legislature, would discourage prosecutors from pursuing cases of public corruption.

• The NPP during their «Retail» and «Door - to - Door» campaigns will show voters booklets containing photographs of mansions, filling stations, among others, purporting to belong to some key functionaries / government appointees of the NDC and portray them as corrupt politicians who have amassed wealth and should be voted out of office.

The governor, who was at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was accompanying by some of his security aides and other political appointees, was received by INEC staff and the administrator of Okene Local Government Council, Engr.

«On the other hand, it appears beyond the comprehension of PDP that appointees in President Muhammadu Buhari's government are committed people serving selflessly, diligently and incorruptibly.

While urging other government appointees to follow suit and ensure party members are satisfied before other citizens, he said, «this government is doing its best to create job opportunities and me for instance, I told my people over there [that], it is because of NPP that I'm here, so the NPP man is my priority.

The other two appointees are Dr Aminu Ahmed Sadiq, a retired Assistant Comptroller of Customs as Zannah Kano and Alhaji Habibu Bello Dankade as Fagacin Kano respectively.

Hiring pricey political appointees to work for the Executive Chamber — but paying them through other entities — has allowed Cuomo and prior governors to increase the size of their staffs while escaping criticism for inflating the Executive Chamber budget.

While they blocked Curran's proposal to raise additional revenue by charging Little Leagues and other athletic teams for using county ballfields, Republicans have voted to confirm nearly all of her 12 appointees and to approve her request to borrow $ 2.2 million to hire two firms that will finish a reassessment of every property in the county.

That was why the President was reported to have terminated my appointment against his better judgment as reported by Alhaji Bature on 24th March 2015: «But, handlers of the late president were reported to have insisted he sacks the rebellious AG or risk planting a dangerous and bad precedence for other appointees in government.»

He did not speak specifically to any appointees other than Carson, but Democrats have expressed dismay over the selection of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General, fast food executive Andrew Puzder to head the Department of Labor, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration, mega-investor Wilbur Ross for the Department of Commerce, billionaire businesswoman Betsy Devos for the Department of Education, ex-Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin for Department of of the Treasury and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for the Environmental Protection Agency.

According to Kennedy Agyapong, Martin Amidu will give NPP Government alots of problems if the powers that be, fail to tame him and that all he has to do is just to call one appointee or the other for investigations and the NDC will begin trumpeting that there is corruption in this administration.

The delegation, which comprised members and officers of the appointment committee of the Ugandan Parliament visited Ghana to access the process of vetting and approval of presidential appointees and other public officers in Ghana's parliament.

The Diasporeans and some Ghanaians have however not taken the deputy Minister's diatribe lightly and have since been berating him and other appointees who have of late become conceited.

However, happenings in government so far show that appointees of the Akufo - Addo government are far from living by the wise counsel of Chairman Wontumi and others.

The latter proposed by Gabby Asare Otchere - Darko's teenage daughter, will seek to lie against the Mahama family and appointees of his government by falsely assigning properties such as hotels, filling stations, luxurious homes both here in Ghana and abroad, expensive cars among others.

Addressing some TESCON members at a ceremony to usher in fresh students of Kumasi Technical University into the network over the weekend, he urged other government appointees to do same.

Gov. Cuomo on Monday threw a former longtime aide and two embattled appointees under the bus — by refusing to defend them after The Post obtained excerpts of a blockbuster subpoena that shows they and three other current or former members of his administration are under investigation by the feds.

Cuomo has appointment power over the 11 - member board, which includes the commissioners of Environmental Conservation, State and Economic Development, and eight other appointees, five of whom must live within the 6 million - acre Adirondack Park.

Curran said in a letter hand delivered to Mangano that providing union protection to some 26 community service representatives and other appointees who otherwise could be fired at will «were attempts to alter the terms of the collective bargaining agreement before upcoming negotiations.»

Espaillat, the first formerly undocumented immigrant elected to the House, assailed several other Trump's proposed appointees: Breitbart News co-founder Stephen Bannon for chief political strategist; Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General; Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; fast food magnate Andrew Puzder as Secretary of Labor.

Kennedy Agyapong had also called for immediate investigation of A-Plus's claims, saying he had every reason to believe that other appointees of President Akufo - Addo were also corrupt.

However, the NDC, which had alienated almost all their experienced and founding strategic and tactical thinking members just could not think very deeply of the consequences of their three appointees fighting each other in public at the Commission.

The other four members include the state education commissioner and appointees of the state comptroller, Assembly speaker and Senate president.

So, I asked my NDC colleagues the question, why did the defence of the Chairperson get the NDC so incensed that their surrogates decided to throw out the baby with the bath water by petitioning against their two other appointees?

Each of Cuomo's six appointees to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board is a man, as are 14 of the 17 other members appointed by local officials or organizations.

Mr President, as a Citizen, I have observed with shame, the litany of «puny», and sometimes cookedstories thrown at us by your Ministers and Other Appointees in your Government!

According to Comrade Murtala, the allegations made by the Gender Minister that the Northern regional Chairman of the NPP, Bugri Naabu «collected people's monies, goats, cow among other goodies,» confirms the bribery charge against some appointees of President Akufo - Addo.

«I was made a scapegoat by ECHDC [Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp.] and ESD [Empire State Development Corp.] leaders — notably EHDC Board President Thomas Dee and ESD Regional Chairman Sam Hoyt, appointees of Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who, after tarnishing my family's reputation, subsequently gave the contract to a company whose executives have donated generously to Gov. Cuomo and others throughout this region,» DiPizio said in a Feb. 11 letter she wrote to Bharara, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

«They're gonna kill each other,» said David Wildstein, the admitted mastermind of the George Washington Bridge scandal and a former Christie appointee at the Port Authority.

«The state exerts the most control and oversight, both through the number of board appointees that the governor has, more than any other person, including the mayor,» said Nicole Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute.

The group leader said he and members of the group were compelled to stage the protest when it became apparent that attacks on Buhari's appointees and other party leaders were coming from within.

While Batra's selection was the attention - grabber, a number of other panel appointees have ties to those who put forward their names.

Secondly, the Sheriff's group is the largest group in our state preferred by vast majority of PDP members and seasoned politicians unlike the other group made up mainly of political appointees in an involuntary political relationship.

Mr. Inusah indicated that Mr. Kpemka's threats to prosecute corrupt NDC officials do not come as a surprise to him since other appointees had earlier indicated that «they are preparing dockets for the prosecution of former government officials who misconducted themselves.»

He said now that Nigerians were aware of this, they should also demand for take of pay of Governors, members of state Houses of Assemblies, Commissioners and other elected or political appointees in the respective states.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

b. Served as an appointee on a commission or two, and / or have been on the board of a neighborhood organization or other local civic organization, and / or have been involved in local electoral campaigns.

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.