Sentences with phrase «offices of elected officials»

Staff in the offices of elected officials or department commissioners would be protected if the town board approves their transfers to other departments within the town.

Hershenson suggested that decreased state funding would hurt immigrant and minority students, and he appealed to those in attendance who were representing the offices of elected officials.

Staff in the offices of elected officials or department commissioners would be protected when transferred to other departments within the town.

Not exact matches

If elected officials don't adhere to strict fiscal discipline, they should be kicked out of office.

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

«So, number one, the positions I hold on these issues is the Second Amendment, I've held since the day I entered office in the city of West Miami as an elected official,» Rubio responded.

We have never demanded that our elected officials stop practicing their faith as a condition of their office.

kermit, If the elected officials need guidance from a supernatural being to do their job — why not do it on their own time either at home before they leave for work or get to the office early and pray alone or with a group of like - minded co-workers?

If an elected official has a source of income that is not dependent upon holding an elected office then that official is less likely to be a professional politician than one who has no other means of support.

We can expect of our elected officials (and ourselves) integrity — the idea that we can act as honorably in the locker room as we would from the stage of the political rally or the seat in the Oval Office — without requiring perfection.

The office of our highest elected official is where separation of church and state should START.

Finally suppose those same people, organized around this shared delusion, formed a voting bloc which exerted political pressure to organize your government and laws in accordance with those of the wizarding world and was large enough and vocal enough that elected officials could not attain office without pandering to it.

Political scientists have noted that many third parties that had strong political support but not enough to elect many official to office have often found planks of their party platforms migrate to the platforms of major parties later on as the major parties seek to do so to co-opt support from third party voters and backers.

In a small political party that is unlikely to elect anyone to office, or is likely to elect only a handful of officials, the drafting of the party platform is often seen as the primary mission of the party since it articulates the ideas that are associated with the party and provides a marketing document for the party and for its ideas.

Mr Awah, at the ongoing AASU Delegates Congress in Khartoum, Sudan has fraudulently chosen his friends and cronies as official representatives of national student unions across Africa including Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone among others for the purposes of electing his friends into office as his tenure as Secretary General of the continental student body ends this weekend.

Carl Paladino argues in an LA Times profile that the personal failings of elected officials should not be considered when voters are trying to decide whether they're qualified to hold elected office, and cites former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as an example of someone forced to resign when he should not have.

Andrea Catsimatidis has never held elected office, but she grew up around politics, thanks to her father, a Democrat - turned - Republican who regularly contributes to elected officials on both sides of the aisle, and has unsuccessfully run himself for mayor of NYC.

If approved by voters this fall, any elected official convicted of a felony crime related to their office will be stripped of their state pension.

Hailing from Manhattan, Farley, a former official of the state GOP and a first - time candidate for elected office, admitted she is not well known outside NYC — if at all even there.

Rivera, a 34 - year - old Democratic operative who has worked for a number of elected officials but never held an office himself, said he had established his new campaign committee Tuesday in preparation for this move, which he will formally announce next week.

At noon, elected officials, including LG candidate and Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, tenants from rent regulated and NYCHA apartments and Upstate / Downstate Housing Alliance members, deliver thousands of signatures to the governor, demanding that housing be a priority in this year's budget, Cuomo's office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

«If you want to fundamentally and dramatically change the culture of Albany, then you need to limit the amount of time our elected officials are in office,» Griffo said in a statement.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Molinaro, who has been highly critical of Cuomo, said that while he won't run for the state's highest office, he believes New York needs «new leadership, new ideas and renewal of a spirit of community that too many of our elected officials have abandoned,» and he vowed to be an «ardent supporter» of whoever is ultimately tapped by the GOP.

The only somewhat critical talk of an elected official came during discussion of Cuomo's «Reform Pledge,» a one - page pledge to reform Albany the AG authored and has encouraged other Democratic office - seekers to sign.

One doesn't have to agree with the Bloombergian technocratic principle that a businessman will always make the best elected official to find it weird that so many people run for office on the basis of having carried water for other elected officials.

A Con Con is a chance for people to say that regardless of our personal politics, we can all agree that our elected officials should not be sitting in government for their own personal gain, Nor should the electoral system we use to put those people in office be a barrier to entry for those who wish to participate.

A spokesman for Adams said Amazon's announcement had prompted «an organic meeting of the minds to discuss how to maximize this unique opportunity,» and that the Brooklyn Borough President's Office and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce hoped to «bring together elected officials and leaders in the business community to make this push.»

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

The who's who of elected officials applauded Mayersohn for her time in office and the various pieces of legislation and programs she supported.

In anticipation of that opening, Governor Andrew Cuomo's office held a grand opening ceremony Thursday afternoon replete with a marching band, a parade, and a host of elected officials from both Brooklyn and Queens.

He's one of the most powerful individuals in the city right now, but Mayor Bloomberg is looking to expand his influence when he leaves office, saying that whatever constrictions he has as an elected official will be removed when 2014 rolls around.

They were put out about the fact that the governor didn't brief them before going public with his initial estimate of $ 30 billion worth of damage caused by Sandy — a number that later grew to $ 42 billion when he formally briefed them and local elected officials at a meeting in his midtown Manhattan office.

So you can bounce between parties as much as you want in the United States until you decide to run for office... than you better be prepared to part with the party only on pain of death or (worse of an elected official) future political career.

A coalition of women's groups and elected officials pushed for public campaign financing saying it will mean more women are elected to public office.

It is no surprise then that «elected officials are encouraged to spend their time with the wealthy and the well - connected, and cater to the special interests of very few, instead of the constituents who put them in office.»

Albany, New York, May 24, 2016 — New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) joined Living Resources, Regan Development, The Community Preservation Corporation, elected officials, and partners to announce the opening of Lion Heart Residences in Cohoes, a new $ 16.4 million 72 - unit development that offers affordable homes for working families, as well as apartments with support services for people with developmental disabilities.

A group of about 30 local elected officials, activists and concerned residents gathered Tuesday afternoon outside Rep. John Katko's (R - Camillus) office in downtown Syracuse to protest his support for the controversial Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr, joined by family friends, supporters as well as members of the Board of Legislators, Elected Officials and many others, was sworn into office to begin an unprecedented 3rd... Read more

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she added.

«We were just joking in our office that everyone on the second floor should resign and become a volunteer paid by the campaign, because we don't know of any laws that prohibit volunteers from acting on behalf of an elected official,» said John Kaehny, executive director of good government group Reinvent Albany.

Tedisco said the Majority's plan does not contain provisions for pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, or giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for a vote and diminish the unbridled power that's been given to legislative leaders.

These include: pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, equal staffing and resources for members, and giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for an up or down vote.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

Astorino has called for term limits before, and backs a plan that would limit statewide elected officials to two four - year terms and members of the state Legislature to four, two - year terms in office.

When asked if he had stayed away because of criticism, Cuomo pointed to the support of the elected and state officials that his office picked to stand with him at the podium and said their support was an indication that locals were happy with the response of his administration to the crisis.

Tomorrow, Congressman Serrano will be joined by local elected officials for the renaming ceremony of the Morris Heights Post Office in honor of Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., in order to commemorate the life and legacy of a war hero, civil rights, and community leader.

Due to reporting requirements for the state retirement system, the state Comptroller's Office requires elected officials to report the number of hours per day — a minimum of six hours — as well as the average number of days worked per month.

On the subject of exemptions from disclosures, the bill creates a windfall for elected officials by allowing them to choose which enforcer they believe would be the most favorable: JCOPE or the Office of Court Administration.