Sentences with phrase «on contentious issues such»

The budget was adopted a little over a week into the new fiscal year, which begins April 1, after compromises were reached among legislative leaders and Governor Andrew Cuomo on contentious issues such as raising the age of adult criminal responsibility, education aid, a college tuition affordability program, the allocation of large sums of affordable housing monies, and more.

Democrats in the remaining 26 - member conference grumble about the IDC's propensity to side with Republicans on contentious issues such as a constitutional amendment for independent redistricting and a vote that some saw as watering down the powers of the lieutenant governor in order to provide needed votes (it was even joked about at the LCA Show in May).

Voters are sure to be impressed by local pols taking a strong, unified position on contentious issues such as snow removal.

Not exact matches

Negotiators this week will try to advance on the most contentious issues, including automotive rules, investment dispute settlement and procurement, while also attempting to finish work on less sensitive topics where there's more consensus, such as telecommunications, digital trade and energy, the people said.

One of the blessings of ecumenical contact has been a movement towards agreement on some of the contentious issues the book mentions as dividing the Churches, such as the filioque clause and the papal primacy.

But, unlike divorcing couples, unmarried parents will not need to resolve any potentially complicated (and contentious) divorce - related issues such as division of property and payment of spousal support, so the decision - making process is focused almost exclusively on child custody.

Notwithstanding activist complaints that Judge Graffeo has been insufficiently progressive on such issues as same - sex marriage, her real crime seems to be a willingness to defer to legislatures on these contentious issues, just as a nonpartisan judge would do.

«I'm wary of universalizing an experience that is so nuanced and unique to each family unit and even more wary of claiming that such experiences hold genetic power,» she explains, adding, «there are many, many reasons why people get divorced, and children of divorced parents will be impacted differently depending on a variety of circumstances: age at which divorce occurred, how contentious the split was, if there were custody issues, the list goes on.»

Consider providing training on difficult issues such as equal opportunities and social media — speaking from experience, social media can be a contentious subject and employees aren't always aware of the rules surround their employment and their social media usage outside of the workplace.

Our team advises on various contentious issues such as contractual disputes and enforcement action and we are increasingly working with issues relating to noncompliant development.

Parties that are unable to agree on all issues (for example, spousal support) may still be able to come to an agreement about less contentious issues, such as property division.

But, unlike divorcing couples, unmarried parents will not need to resolve any potentially complicated (and contentious) divorce - related issues such as division of property and payment of spousal support, so the decision - making process is focused almost exclusively on child custody.

It just depends on how complex the property division is, how complex the issues are in the case, such as children, parenting time, and how contentious the parties are.

«As such, it is becoming an increasingly contentious issue as to whether retail purchases made online through a brick - and - mortar store should be included in the calculation of the gross turnover of that store and ultimately, the rent paid to the landlord,» says a Colliers International Research & Forecast Report on CEE Retail for Q2 2015.