Sentences with phrase «other elected officials in»

MARCH, 14 2018 Charter school advocates from across the state will gather at the Georgia Capitol with HB 787 sponsor Rep. Scott Hilton, the Georgia Charter Schools Association and other elected officials in support of more equitable funding for state charter schools.

Jewel Jones, who works with WE ACT, has been reaching out to constituents, organizations and other elected officials in East Harlem to try to pressure Mark - Viverito into a meeting where she can explain why she doesn't support the bill.

NEW YORK - Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) will join representatives from Westchester Residential Opportunities, Inc (WRO), Housing Action Council, Community Housing Innovation, Housing Development Services of Westchester, the New York State Banking Department, FDIC New York, Westchester homeowners and other elected officials in combating the current foreclosure crisis by asking experts tough questions regarding how Westchester residents can save their homes and neighborhoods.

Because, obviously, you and many other elected officials in this community are constantly under the gun about property taxes.

It certainly makes sense that the county legislature wouldn't want to take up that and underwrite essentially a discriminatory trash fee, and I think it's fortunate that the administration, when they first read the legislature's resolution, completely caused unfounded fear with residents and other elected officials in city government saying it would cost the city of Albany $ 2 million.

«I will have the necessary conversations with the unions and with charter leaders and other elected officials in Albany to see what the possibilities are,» he said.

De Blasio called the bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of public and private school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.

Councilman Jumaane Williams, who was one of the other elected officials in attendance, also encouraged attendees to chant, «No hate, no fear, Muslims are welcome here!»

«I don't think anyone is happy in the political establishment given the repercussions to other members of the Legislature and other elected officials in high positions,» Arzt said.

«I won't tolerate profanity or attacks on other elected officials in my office,» he yelled, to the delight of his staffers — who can tell when the boss is really mad.

Thanks to these folks who have endorsed my campaign for Congress — Pete Seeger, Cornel West, Medea Benjamin, Jeff Cohen, Rosendale Town Board member Manna Jo Greene, Woodstock Town Board member Jay Wenk, New Paltz Mayor Jason West, Occupy Kingston and Occupy Saugerties, many other elected officials in Dutchess, Delaware, Otsego counties, and beyond — and all 2,350 who signed our petitions for us to be on the ballot.

Cuomo put out a plan that would enable his ally, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, to override other elected officials in her quest to consolidate local municipal services.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

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.

But Mr. Meeks is not totally alone in his support of the trade deal — though few other elected officials in New York have joined him in supporting it, the Kathryn Wylde, president of the business group Partnership for New York City, urged the Council not to pass its resolution in testimony today.

In a press conference later on Friday, however, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine expressed frustration with Scott and the state's health department for keeping him and other elected officials in the dark about the island - city's five locally transmitted Zika cases.

Impeachment is solely the responsibility of Congress, so the President can not unilaterally impeach the Vice President, or any other elected official in the federal government.

At her inauguration Jan. 1, Agudelo, like every other elected official in Peekskill and Westchester County, recited the Pledge of Allegiance.

His father, County Executive Ed Day, released a statement via social media, which read in part: ``... if you look at his resume, he is more qualified for office than any other elected official in the area, myself included.

Not exact matches

But Nooyi was speaking more broadly in a response to a question about coarseness in society (not Trump or any other elected official) and how it relates to marketing brands.

Mr. Anglin has a habit of saying what he thinks — which, despite the claims of the Wildrose Party and other right - wing Western Canadian political groups that's how elected officials should act, doesn't really go over that well in the real world of politics.

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.»»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio both spoke, in addition to other elected officials.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

The Justices are our masters in a way that no President, Congressman, governor, or other elected official is.

In other initiatives, Des Plaines voters overwhelmingly supported a binding referendum limiting elected officials to two 4 - year terms.

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.

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

In the past, governors and other elected officials have kept a low profile on the anniversary of the attacks, usually just reading lines of poetry.

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).

Of course, I'm not talking about an absolute but a rule of thumb, and all bets are off when it concerns elected officials and others whose lives are in the public realm (celebrities, wannabes, MySpace exhibitionists, porn stars, bloggers), since there's no way a reality show contestant (for instance) can claim a reasonable expectation of privacy.

In other words, he's going to be VERY hard to beat — especially for two little - known Republicans, one of whom is a freshman elected official from Nassau County, and another who has made a living counseling candidates but never running himself.

Panepinto certainly wasn't alone in opposing the changes other elected officials, activists and members of organized labor did so as well.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. and other elected officials rally for the inclusion of the Fair Fares proposal in the fiscal 2019 New York City budget, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other elected officials will honor local Vietnam Veterans in commemoration of Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in Monroe County, the Roger Robach Community Center, 180 Beach Ave., Rochester.

The Town of Hempstead employs more elected village officials from East Rockaway, the home of Supervisor Anthony Santino, than from any other village in the town, a Newsday analysis of payroll records shows.

Also at 11 a.m., state Sen. James Sanders and other elected officials, community groups and advocates for a Community Peace March and Call to Action Summit in light of recent killings of teenagers in Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway High School, 821 Bay 25th St., and Ocean Bay Community Center, 57 - 10 Beach Channel Drive, Queens.

Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on BP Adams and other elected officials demanding the City stop dredging at a trash plant site in Gravesend.

Governors and other statewide elected officials can have a powerful effect on turnout in presidential elections.

Whereas, Mr. Paladino acknowledged that he made these statements; And, Mr. Paladino is an elected official charged with the responsibility to represent children and families in a district comprised of over 70 % Black, Brown, Asian, Immigrant and other minority students and families; And, Mr. Paladino took an oath to ensure that students are afforded an environment which is free from fear and respects diversity within the school district and the community and is subject to all district policies; And,

«We have more transparency and more disclosure for elected officials in the state of New York than any other state in the country.»

Public solidarity between Democratic activists, elected officials, and progressive groups in New York is critical for isolating the IDC and other elected Democrats who caucus with the Republicans.

Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

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.

«When we allow for the editorials in New York City to tell our story, when we allow for columnists and other individuals and elected officials who honestly are doing a disservice to their community by not understanding election law,... [to be] going out there and blasting the hardworking men and women at the Board of Elections, we think it's appalling,» he argued.

«Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the elected officials of these other municipalities, whose taxpayers are abused by Mt Vernon on a regular basis, should refuse to provide mutual aid to Mt Vernon (except in the most extreme emergencies) until Mt Vernon learns to respect OUR firefighters and OUR taxpayers.

In addition to Mr. Skelos, a healthy string of ambitious Democratic citywide and local elected officials have made the soup - ladling trek, which says nothing of their efforts to pay tribute to other prominent Jewish social service organizations but also speaks volumes about the community's growing political significance.

COL Live article on BP Adams and other elected officials decrying recent violence against Jews in Crown Heights.

A letter was sent to both the Mayor and the Governor last week, signed by elected officials including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Senator Daniel Squadron and Borough President Scott Stringer in addition to others, that demanded Menin be appointed to the panel.