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Documents obtained by a group opposed to hydrofracking in New York show that the Cuomo Administration is conducting a thorough and comprehensive health study on the controversial natural gas drilling process.

Washington (CNN)- Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean has penned an open letter to President Obama asking for immediate action on the controversial «don't ask, don't tell» policy that prohibits gays from serving openly in the military.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some of his most extensive comments on the controversial topic of hydrofracking to date.

The Saratoga Springs Planning Board will hold a public hearing on a controversial emergency homeless shelter Thursday night.

The decrease comes in contrast to concerns that the city would see a return to the high crime rates on the 1970s and 1990s as the NYPD turns away from the Bloomberg administration's heavy reliance on controversial stop - and - frisk tactics.

Channel 4 News will be live blogging Osborne's speech, bringing you the latest news and views on the controversial cuts.

Under the February 2015 agreement on the controversial religious practice, where mohels suck blood from an incision during a circumcision, the city eliminated a parental consent form mandated by former Mayor Bloomberg.

LENOX HILL — A powerful Upper East Side Democratic organization was poised to endorse Christine Quinn for mayor, but shifted course because of the City Council speaker's stance on the controversial marine transfer station, an organization leader said.

On his Facebook page last Wednesday, Gibson responded to a voter who wanted to know his position on the controversial project.

Velazquez Calls for Community Input on Controversial Baychester Square Development In unprecedented move, Bronx Community Board 10 Executive Member Marjorie Velazquez urges board's inclusion in ULURP zoning process for proposed $ 200 million shopping center development under consideration by neighboring Community -LSB-...]

But the issue of whether messages of necessity should be used to waive the three - day aging process on controversial and complex bills remains a potent one, especially after the gun control law was approved.

The makeup of the group ensures a healthy debate on the controversial issues surrounding a number of economic - development tax breaks.

Democratic Unionist Party politician Jeffrey Donaldson has said that he couldn't remember why his party choose to spend more than # 32,000 during the Brexit campaign on a controversial data analytics company linked to Donald Trump.

Perfit, a commercial real - estate broker, is being accused of conflict of interest in voting in favor of a half - million - dollar Pilot (payment in lieu of taxes) deal last week on the controversial project.

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi - Abdullahi, speaks on the controversial amendment to the Electoral Act and his «Hate Speech Bill» as well as jumbo salaries of National Assembly members, in this interview with Leke Baiyewu

Some Democrats cried foul when the meeting to make the appointment was called in less than 24 hours, on the same night that the New Paltz Town Board was holding its public hearing on the controversial wetlands and watercourses law, prohibiting several members of the committee from attending the meeting.

Downing Street said around 15 or 16 members of the Cabinet spoke in a 50 - minute discussion on the controversial proposals earlier.

The New York City Board of Health voted to ease regulations on a controversial circumcision ritual practiced in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, fulfilling a priority of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The Adirondack Park Agency has scheduled tentative dates for hearings on the controversial classification of Boreas Ponds.

Prime minister Gordon Brown will be in Lisbon today to «thrash out a deal» on the controversial EU reform treaty.

Members of the Democratic conference have voiced support for Sampson's approach on this controversial issue, and ESPA Executive Director Ross Levi told me earlier this week that his organization has a «good working relationship» with Sampson and suggested talk of «timelines and commitments» deflects attention from the push to elect pro-gay marriage senators.

Critics, including opponent Donald Trump, are slamming former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for having received emails mentioning him on her controversial personal email server.

Abronye DC is suggesting to the Police Chief to take on the controversial musician, A Plus for his deliberate attempt in ruining her career in the service resolving that he as an individual and an executive of the party is not taking the matter lightly.

The incident was caught on a controversial video in which Garner is seen being wrestled to the ground by officers for selling illegal cigarettes — before being heard saying «I can't breathe» nearly a dozen times.

CRUZ RALLIES FOR BIOFUELS — Reuters» Jarrett Renshaw: «Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump's administration to push for an overhaul of the nation's biofuels policy, during a rally at a Pennsylvania oil refinery that blames its bankruptcy on the controversial regulation.»

Rep. Anthony Weiner, a past and probably future foe of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is praising the mayor for his stance on the controversial planned mosque near Ground Zero.

ELIZABETHTOWN The Adirondack Council is encouraging residents to directly lobby Warren Buffett to intervene on a controversial rail car storage plan.

«Absolutely, I do,» Clinton said when he asked whether he backed a charter - school expansion — taking a rare position on a controversial state issue.

John DeFrancisco, a Republican candidate for governor and the deputy Senate leader, speaks Monday at a news conference where he called for hearings on controversial tourism signs.

On the controversial topic of Lords reform, Cameron told MPs it was included in the Queen's speech because while it was not the government's first priority, he believed parliament was capable of doing more than one thing at once.

Congressman John Faso can't attend a Kingston forum Monday evening to explain his vote on the controversial repeal - and - replace of Obamacare because of a conflict with a prior engagement?

King mentioned that three - quarters of Republicans in the Senate had voted for the bill, and that the Republicans had successfully negotiated to include a provision pressing the administration to make a decision on the controversial Keystone pipeline.

I asked the senator if his newfound activism on this controversial topic would extend to his colleagues in the Senate majority, who have so far not opted to follow his lead and declare their willingness to vote «yes» when — and if — the bill comes to the floor.

Is the tide shifting on a controversial bill that would give the government and copyright holders broad new powers to stop online piracy?

He attempted to strike a middle ground on the controversial issue of development in The Bronx, stressing that both affordable housing and mixed - income housing are necessary to make the borough a better place to live.

The Attorney General has submitted her report to the Chief of Staff on the controversial GHc3.6 million expended on re-branding the 116 Buses.

After his report shined a light on controversial practices by then - governor Eliot Spitzer in the Trooper-gate scandal, Cuomo sought the ability for the A.G. to pursue criminal investigations of the governor and other members of his team.

The partnership, as it worked in 2011 - 12, would give Republicans breathing room on some controversial bills and give Klein a better chance to pass legislation and garner legislative perks, such as committee leadership posts.

Still, whatever the grumblings, Mr. Cuomo's strategy has largely worked: He has avoided taking positions on controversial issues, even as the state, facing a large budget gap, grapples with the prospects of laying off state workers, raising taxes or eliminating programs.

But that's not all that's motivating the conference on this controversial issue.

They offered support to the workers but remained neutral on the controversial issue.

From Kiawana Rich of the Staten Island Advance About 200 Staten Islanders are voicing their concerns at a meeting now under way on the controversial city juvenile detention facility proposed for Willowbrook.

The much anticipated oral examination of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome by Martin Amidu on the controversial GHC 51.2 million wrongfully paid him by the State has been put on hold by the Supreme Court.

He included that on his end - of - session agenda in an effort to mollify conservative activists who opposed ascension as leader due to his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control measure.

The leader of the Common Council's Democratic majority said that he's open to compromise on a controversial ethics law that Mayor Shayne Gallo claims was designed to keep political power in the hands of political party elites.

The leader of the Common Council's Democratic majority said that he's open to compromise on a controversial ethics law that

Protesters descended on the Metropolitan Opera on Monday, hours before curtains rise on the controversial production «The Death of Klinghoffer.»

Borough President James Oddo sent a letter to the Department of Investigations on Friday asking inspectors to look at the work done on the controversial project in light of the violations — and halt all demolition on it until their investigation is complete.

About 200 Staten Islanders are voicing their concerns at a meeting now under way on the controversial city juvenile detention facility proposed for Willowbrook.

Cox said Cuomo continues to shift the responsibility when it comes to making decisions on controversial issues, such as hyrdofracking.