Sentences with phrase «other elected officials got»

NEW YORK — The campaign to get recreational marijuana legalized in New York got another push Tuesday, as Public Advocate Letitia James along with other elected officials got behind the movement.

«Granted those reforms they recommended are only applicable to the Council,» she said, and not other elected officials getting pay hikes, «because right now we're the only members of the city in terms of elected officials that are part - time.

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Congressman Tom Emmer, on the other hand, fired shots at «elected officials who don't have any concept of what we're dealing with here and how exciting it is talking about, «Oh my gosh, we've got to run in and regulate and create more government infrastructure.»»

A President needs the cooperation of other elected officials, something this President had not gotten, despite his efforts to reinstate bipartisan government.

In particular, local media attention matters: it's often easier to get than national coverage, it lets you leverage your local activists and it can lead to much broader distribution of your story if it gets on a newswire (even local blogs can help, since they may be disproportionately read by elected officials and other opinion leaders and can also serve as a source for national blogs — see this article for details).

Federal prosecutors say Stevenson is accusing other elected officials of breaking the law without getting caught.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) on Monday announced that he has joined fellow elected officials who represent other so - called racetrack communities in sending a letter to Cuomo, calling on him to get behind the new NYRA restructuring plan — which the NYRA Board voted in favor of earlier this month.

So let me get this straight, Francisco Moya unilaterally decides who gets to march in the ecuadorian parade.And other elected officials like dromm and peralta openly encouraged this fascist thug.Right.

And until state legislators pass reforms that apply to all races in the state, «we will get elected officials purchased for us by others, with the awful results we see in Albany and Washington.»

«Typically the closer you get to home, the better opinion you have of your institutions and your elected officials unless there's some active scandal or other trauma going on locally ``

I've got to prove myself to the other elected officials in this community and in this city, just like I do the voters,» Weiner said.

The funds are part of a larger push by Matteo, Borough President James Oddo and other elected officials to get litter off the streets.

There is no need to allege or claim the need to create or redraw district lines to include other Asians from other districts to push group them in other areas to increase Asian numbers, so only Asian officials can get elected.

«I'm hopeful we can get something done for other statewide elected officials as well as the legislature before the end of the session.»

«I'm hopeful we can get something done for other statewide elected officials as well as the legislature, before the end of the session,» Klein said recently.

Mark - Viverito got 29 council members, and six other elected officials, to sign her letter, which she began circulating as outrage mounted over a plan to name Lopez - Rivera the first «National Freedom Hero» at the June 11 parade.

«When the borough president and other elected officials from the Bronx start to give us this laundry list of things that they want, instead of us always having to wonder how we were going to figure out to get it, I just call up the [borough] president and say, «Mr. President, if that's what you want, you got it,»» Mr. Heastie said.

McGrath got $ 73,000 in combined contributions from other GOP elected officials, including $ 11,000 from Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport) and $ 11,000 from Sen. Jack Martins (R - Old Westbury).

«We are creating new jobs in The Bronx, and we are making sure that Bronxites are getting those jobs,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «Together, in partnership with our elected officials, business community, non-profit sector and others, we have cut unemployment nearly in half since 2010, and we are continuing to attract new companies of all kinds to The Bronx.

To the editor: 9/11 health care was won through the efforts of a vast coalition of 9/11 responders, community members and other stakeholders who worked alongside Congressman Jerry Nadler and a host of other elected officials to get the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act passed by the congress in 2010.

Several weeks ago, State Senator Daniel Squadron got all of the stakeholders together — including city agencies, community activists and other elected officials — in hopes of mediating an agreement.

The situation got so out of hand that people even started hashtags #FreeKenLovett and #FreeLovett that saw reporters and even Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins as well as other elected officials weigh in.

A resource to charter leaders to effectively engage Legislators and other local officials in charter school issues: includes useful information on how you can get involved, as well as the life cycle of a bill, the budget process, and the protocols for scheduling a meeting with your elected officials.

Hartford's elected and appointed officials didn't even suspend Capital Prep Magnet School Principal Steven Perry when he used his Twitter Account to make threats that would get students, teachers, or other administrators arrested, suspended or fired.

As district leaders, they know they play crucial roles in informing others of these changes and leading efforts to get local elected officials and civic and business leaders to embrace and support schools as these changes continue.

In public education today, we need all the support we can get from parents, community and business leaders, elected officials, and others.

Here we are in the era of Grand Theft Auto V and Postal 3 and games where you literally rape other characters, and to think that elected officials once thought grainy footage of Kimberly Drummond getting chased around a winery house by guys with pantyhose socked over their faces was positively obscene.