Sentences with phrase «own state panel»

Schachter, on Tuesday named to a new state panel investigating the Stoneman Douglas shooting, carries soul - crushing grief with him everywhere he goes, including at a recent interview at the Marriott Coral Springs Hotel, Golf Club and Convention Center.

Less than three weeks after the MSD shooting, Schachter stood in a conference room at the Coral Springs Marriott surrounded by 25 school safety experts from across the United States for the inaugural meeting of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas School Safety Commission, a personal project that predates the state panel he was appointed to this week.

To state the panel's thoroughly justified concerns over material changes to Saputo's bid terms through November, the Canadian has offered a right of withdrawal to shareholders that have so far delivered it with 17.7 per cent of WCB.

There's a new state panel investigating how New York's pension system can pull investments in fossil fuel companies.

Reactions were mixed after two state Assembly districts in eastern Queens were drastically changed last Thursday by a state panel in charge of redrawing political boundaries.

New Yorkers use 23 billion plastic bags each year, according to the findings of a state panel formed to study their effects on the environment.

State Assemblyman David Weprin and state Sen. Leroy Comrie also attended the event, rounding out about a dozen anti-congestion-pricing advocates slamming the state panel's plan released Friday.

But Schultz, who was planning to leave for Albany early Tuesday in advance of the upcoming hearing with the State EMS Council (SEMSCO), is among those hopeful they may convince the state panel to give Mercy EMS the Certificate of Need that allows it to go county - wide, immediately upon SEMSCO's approval.

As a state panel considers the question of whether to give state lawmakers a hefty pay hike, Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli is offering an answer: «a resounding no.»

ALBANY — A member of the commission responsible for investigating wrongdoing by lawmakers is running a fund - raiser for former Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, the newly convicted felon who named him to the state panel.

Also on Thursday, Klein sent a letter Thursday to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics asking the state panel to look into Vladimer's accusations.

Also, a current state panel that oversees NYRA finances would be given authority to step in and order changes at NYRA if fiscal troubles arise.

With legislative proposals stalled and an assistance request before a state panel pending, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan says she's looking to local nonprofit institutions to create a sustainable budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday urged a state panel charged with the screening of judicial nominees to speed up the process of selecting potential candidates to replace the late Sheila Abdus - Salaam on the state Court of Appeals.

A special New York State panel of experts is scheduled tomorrow to discuss and possibly propose ways of using an emerging DNA testing procedure to help state and local law enforcement solve cold cases.

What would legalized recreational marijuana, which Cuomo wants a state panel to study, mean to New Yorkers?

MANHATTAN VALLEY — Mayor Bill de Blasio said his political nonprofit will finally comply with a subpoena from the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, but he believes the state panel is on a «fishing expedition» and «beyond its jurisdiction.»

A state panel is examining whether workers whose income is supplemented by tips should receive an increase in the minimum wage.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Vernon Downs owner Jeff Gural said today he was shocked a state panel recommended another casino for the Finger Lakes region while passing over his proposal for the Southern Tier.

Congestion pricing, as it's called, is closer now to getting the green light following recommendations of a state panel.

As a state panel considers the question of whether to give state lawmakers a hefty pay hike, Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli and several of her fellow candidates are offering an answer: «a resounding no.»

A state panel recommended congestion tolls up to $ 11 on private vehicles as a way to address gridlock and raise funds for New York City subways and other pressing transit needs.

Earlier this year, a state panel had recommended tolls of up to $ 11 or more as a way to reduce gridlock while raising money for badly needed transit upgrades.

A little - known state panel on Wednesday approved a nearly half - billion - dollar payment to support the construction of a massive solar panel factory in Buffalo.

The FBI in 2015 also began examining how the state panel chose the casino proposals and who may have benefited, a casino industry source told The Post.

The official, testifying before a state panel in California, said decisions on whether to approve or deny coverage of of treatments were not reviewed by physicians.

A state panel will then will recommend its choices to the Gaming Commission, which is to grant the licences this fall.

ALBANY — The Cuomo - created state panel that investigated public corruption spent over $ 350,000 in its nine months of existence for travel, information technology and data analysis, records show.

Congestion pricing is closer to getting the green light in Manhattan after a state panel completed a report calling for fees to drive south of 60th Street, sources said Thursday...

Dennis Walcott was hailed as «exceptionally qualified» to take over as Schools Chancellor by a state panel.

The proposed state panel would study the effect legalization has had in neighboring states and the potential impact on tax revenue.

Despite the opposition, Bloomberg was confident that Black would be approved by the state panel and eventually prove critics wrong.

Records indicate his four - page statement and preparation for what turned out to be gentle questions from the state panel was the result of meticulous guidance from private attorneys and a public relations firm at a cost to the village of about $ 22,000.

Ross Perot, the Texas billionaire and 1992 Presidential candidate, made his mark on education policy in 1984 by leading a state panel that recommended reforms, including a law that bars failing students from extracurricular activities for six weeks.

School districts in Washington that show consistently poor performance should be subject to state takeover, monetary penalties, or other consequences, concludes a state panel established to devise a system of accountability for the state's schools.

Electronic publishers, textbook producers, and curriculum specialists agreed that the Texas board radically altered the school publishing market this month when it became the first state panel to adopt a videodisk for use in its elementary - school science programs.

Getting better - qualified teachers into California's classrooms will require improved teacher education, higher salaries for public school teachers and administrators, and elimination of emergency permits over the next five years, a state panel argues in a report issued last week.

Although many details remain to be ironed out, both of the bills filed so far would create a state panel that would approve charter applications, which could come from non-profit groups to start a new school or parents and teachers of an existing school.

Along with public school districts being given the opportunity to be named as authorizers of charter schools, a new state panel was formed under the law to also approve or deny charter schools in any district in the state, according to Jack Archer, senior policy analyst for the state Board of Education.

But it isn't only the state panel that has become a point of contention for some board members.

On March 6, 2014, Ed Source posted an article «Special education needs a «do - over,» state panel told.»

Flanagan told a state panel last week it's not clear if the Muskegon Heights school district, or the for - profit charter company that ran it the last two years, will face any consequences for running up a deficit big enough to require an emergency loan worth $ 1.4 million and two cash advances to keep schools open through June.

Advocates have also criticized what they describe as the limited scope of the state panel's inquiry — which was meant to determine whether the district's electronic system for individualized special education plans, data collection requirements, budget process or transportation policies unlawfully delayed or denied services.

A K - 12 expert told a state panel this year that North Carolina teachers earn about 67 percent of what their college educated peers make in a year.

An influential state panel Monday spent more time wrestling with how to change public school report cards, including the all - important issue...

Schachter, on Tuesday named to a new state panel investigating the Stoneman Douglas shooting, carries soul - crushing grief with him everywhere he goes, including at a recent interview at the Marriott Coral Springs Hotel, Golf Club and Convention Center.

The CT Mirror added that, «Allan B. Taylor, chairman of the 13 - member state panel, said expanding school choice for students makes sense.»

«Districts are really going to embrace this,» said Diane Ullman, Superintendent of Schools in Simsbury and a member of the state panel responsible for creating an evaluation process districts must follow.

School shooting query: The design of classrooms at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School contributed to the massacre Feb. 14, witnesses tell a state panel investigating the shooting.

In 2010 HumRRO conducted a two - part study to analyze a state panel's recommended alternative means to the CAHSEE for students with disabilities.