Sentences with phrase «over a proposal by»

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is raising an alarm over a proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create what he says is a «criminal special prosecutor» for state procurement.

They are also seeking negotiations with Mr. Silver over a proposal by Mr. Paterson, also favored by some Democratic senators, to allow New York's public universities to set tuition without legislative approval.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is raising serious concerns over a proposal by the New York City Housing Authority to develop open green spaces between existing buildings at city housing projects.

These groups range from independent, or «in house,» unions — such as the American Federation of Teachers Staff Union, which last month threatened to strike over proposals by the A.F.T. to change...

Not exact matches

Several hundred marched near Disney World in October and in December Orlando workers rejected a company proposal to boost the lowest wage by $ 1 over two years to $ 11 an hour because it would still leave new hires at $ 10, according to Jeremy Haicken, president of Unite Here Local 737, which represents food and housekeeping workers.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission announced on Wednesday proposals for a new multi-year budget that is expected to see EU countries squabble among themselves over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

BRUSSELS, May 2 - The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to fill the funding gap left by Britain's exit next year.

Property developer PH3 Property Group later took over as the developer and planned to complete construction on an amended proposal by March 2007.

Disagreement among U.S. congressional Republicans is already swirling around a tax cut plan unveiled days ago by President Donald Trump, with disputes over proposals to repeal a deduction for state and local tax payments and repeal the tax on inheritances.

The FAA also hopes to finalize a proposal to the new ruling that will allow drones to fly safely over people by the end of this year, Huerta said.

«The conflicts over pipelines now have in some way been inspired by Clayoquot Sound, and if there's ever a time when one of the two big pipeline proposals in BC... get approved, I think you'll see a civil disobedience campaign that will dwarf the one that occurred in Clayoquot Sound.»

Including just the effects of economic feedback from deficit reduction would reduce the cumulative deficit over the next 10 years by roughly $ 160 billion — or about 0.1 percent of GDP, on average — compared with CBO and JCT's conventional estimate of the President's proposals.

«The Treasury Department estimates that the Administration's tax cut proposals would (1) increase tax receipts from the AMT by $ 262 billion over the 2002 - 2011 period, and (2) increase the number of taxpayers in 2011 who have additional tax liability because of the AMT from 20.4 million to 34.7 million.»

The policymakers are set to mull over the latest proposals put forward from Greece to extend its loan agreement by six months.

As a result, their proposals increase the deficit by over $ 5 billion in 2013 - 14.

This is a variant of the proposal made by the government in the 2011 election campaign, which has received so much criticism over recent months.

The affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast by holders of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting will be required to approve the amendment of the 2004 Plan, provided that the total votes cast on the proposal represent over 50 % of the outstanding stock entitled to vote on the proposal.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Entrepreneurs and start - up companies looking for investors will be able to solicit over the Internet from the general public under a new proposal issued by U.S. regulators on Wednesday.

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

Even if the Trans Mountain proposal gets bogged down — by a antagonistic new provincial government, or by the 19 lawsuits it faces, or by the massive civil disobedience opponents promise — if Kinder Morgan can entice enough investors to hand over $ 1.75 billion in an initial public offering, the company will walk away with hundreds of millions even if the proposal dies and investors lose their shirt.

Thus, in many cases shareholder proposals that have been opposed by over 90 % of shareholders on multiple occasions are allowed to be resubmitted, forcing companies to spend time and money in deciding how to deal with them.

A total of 17 teams competed and presented proposals for new PropTech hacks at the Real Estate Board of New York's (REBNY) first #REBNYTech Hackathon — hosted by its REBNYTech Committee and sponsored by Real Capital Analytics, RealConnex, and Samsung Internet — over three days during #NYCRETechWeek.

The vote - counting methodology used by the Company does not inherently favor proposals submitted by the Board over proposals submitted by shareholders, as the vote - counting standard for approving any proposal other than for the election of directors is identical.

This time around, the proposal is expected to tilt toward approval almost entirely by virtue of Mr. Biglari's transparent campaign to undertake circular purchases of Biglari Holdings shares through a company - funded investment vehicle over which he exercises sole managerial and voting control.

On a more fundamental level, the negotiations remain at an impasse over a collection of U.S. proposals dubbed «poison pills» by U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue, including the proposed sunset clause, an extreme approach to rule of origins for the auto and textile / apparel sectors, and measures that would undermine investment protection, government procurement, and trade in seasonal produce.

To win over concerned moderates in the Senate on the tax bill, Republican leadership hatched a plan to simultaneously pass a bill to stabilize the Obamacare marketplaces with the tax bill — a proposal negotiated by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R - TN) and Patty Murray (D - WA).

Instead, by submitting their proposal — no doubt replete with the hefty tax incentives Amazon requests — Baltimore's leaders are once again conflating benefits to developers with benefits to our citizens, prioritizing courtship of business over formulation of substantive vision for our city.

Further discussions ensued and proposals were exchanged over a two - year period culminating in Châteauguay establishing a reserve over the 410 property and justifying it by reference (at para 22) to concerns related to the interests and well - being of its residents and the development of its territory (at para 22).

Hugh Hewitt's interview gives you a good overview, as does the earlier Human Events essay linked, and over at Ricochet, D.C. McAllister has begun a series of posts that will examine the proposals one - by - one.

«I think what we're going to see is states, one by one, saying, «We're tired of this,»» said Wilson, who has recently been involved in conversations over antidiscrimination proposals in states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I was intrigued (not really in a good way) by Gingrich's proposals so I went over to his website.

While deadly attacks on Christians over proposals to repeal the blasphemy law have now been replaced by reprisals over drone strikes, the effect on Pakistan's church is much the same.

This strategy is profoundly hostile to the Catholic vision of love; nonetheless the ambiguity of the response made by the Church's official representatives has fostered the impression that the Church supports the Government's proposals, and fostered confusion over the content of relevant Church teaching.

HR drowning in paperwork from all the grievances raised against Wenger, scouts jumping off bridges after 4 years of rejection as non of the proposals were considered but wenger to be better than Giroud, salmonella outbreak because Wenger thinks sell by dates are a conspiracy so dinnerladies being forced to cook off meat and Dick law being sent all over the world to negotiate only for Wenger to think «meh that's too expensive by 0.0001 %

After months of debate fueled by environmental concerns over a proposed mega gas station at the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Route 53 near Glen Ellyn, DuPage County board members Tuesday soundly defeated the proposal in a 14 to 4 vote.

A legal battle has erupted over a vacant piece of land located at the northeast corner of Butterfield Road and Illinois Route 53 near Glen Ellyn where a proposal to build a mega gas station was rejected last year by DuPage County board members.

But as the debate over well water and lake water escalates, it's become difficult to tell just how much support there is for the Citizens proposal — and how much of a role a Chicago public relations firm hired by Citizens is playing in the promotional effort.

Talks extended in the weekend to negotiate an agreement over the provision, one of the more contentious policy measures included by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his $ 152 billion budget proposal.

«There are over 400 organisations affected by the government's proposals, including the UK Film Council, instrumental in funding the multi-Oscar nominated film, «The King's Speech», and the Forestry Commission, where plans to sell - off land have been opposed by 460,000 people in an online petition so far,» she added.

For just over an hour and a quarter, self - important bubble Davies, supported by sycophantic squeak Chris Chope MP, talked and talked in vain hope that the proposal would run out of time and fail.

Paul Gregg's proposals were all about trying to increase people's control over the welfare services they use (backed up by an expectation that they would engage).

Several members of the group spoke at a public hearing presided over by the Common Council on the mayor's 2017 - 2018 budget proposal.

The coalition ultimately supports the Unity Maps, an alternate proposal drawn up by several groups throughout the state, but Hong echoed Lancman and said the proposed District 25 is an improvement over the 2002 version.

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. the State's leading business advocacy organization, opposes the Executive Budget proposal to create the position of chief procurement officer, to be appointed by the governor and given principal oversight authority over all state procurements.

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.

Mr Blair is facing a backbench revolt over the plans, which critics claim will bring in selection by the back door, and Mr Cameron capitalised on this by listing among the proposals that the Tories agree with, a new power for schools to bring back selection.

Greeks have witnessed discussions shift from $ 1 billion in additional measures (last proposal put forth by the New Democracy - PASOK government following demands from creditors), to over $ 10 billion in additional measures last month, to today's «Greekment» according to which Greece will undergo harsher austerity (for next three years) than at any other point since the crisis began.

The governor is facing a loud and well - organized backlash over his proposal to reduce state funding for CUNY by $ 485 million, with advocates painting that move as a stain on his liberal agenda.

Both sides are determined to fight tooth and nail over the proposals, which need the approval of the Commons by the autumn.

If that does not happen, and the EP vetoes the proposal, the EU will use the «roll - over method `, where the previous budget is used (increased with an inflation of correction of two percent) in a month - by - month budgeting of the EU's expenditures.