The group's two chairs have given Gotham Gazette and other media outlets conflicting timelines for the release of what they said is a 49 -
point reform plan.
She said the five -
point reform plan agreed to by the coalition would improve an imperfect system of doling out federal spending requests from Congress.
As the DP notes, Cuomo today sent an e-mail to supporters, asking them to sign on to his five -
point reform plan and informing them that the needs of «ordinary New Yorkers» are being «ignored in Albany, and government officials have forgotten they work for you.»
Republican state comptroller candidate Harry Wilson today released a five -
point reform plan designed in part to address the pay - to - play practices that have been the focus of AG Andrew Cuomo's ongoing investigation of the office and the pension fund, resulting in several guilty pleas and indictments.
In September 2012, Wheatley released a report proposing a comprehensive 10 -
point reform plan.
The 14 -
point reform plan included discounted premiums for young adults, the creation of easily understood categories of cover, and cover upgrades that remove waiting periods for mental health services.
Not exact matches
While the Republican - led tax
reform plan is short on details at this
point, the head of a tax policy group called the
plan «viable.»
But as Congress moves toward repealing the mandate as part of tax
reform, voters, legislators and industry experts have flocked to its defense,
pointing out that doing away with it would cause already high premiums for individual health
plans to rise by 10 percent.
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Opinion of the tax
reform plan is divided in «red» counties that Trump won by at least ten percentage
points in 2016 - 34 % approve and 37 % disapprove.
Critics
point to few new jobs created, a widespread agrarian crisis, slow progress on the
planned $ 1 trillion investment in large infrastructure projects, and little headway on tax
reform.
Making many hard choices, as this
plan does, is praiseworthy, and the draft represents a starting
point for a bipartisan tax
reform deal.
The authors of studies with titles claiming to
point to «the heart of the matter» recommend vague but important - sounding measures like «strategic
planning groups and
reform.»
In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term
planning, educational
reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the
point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's campaign is responding to Republican Harry Wilson's 5 -
point plan for
reforming the office he's trying to hold onto this November.
During her morning announcement to students, staff and parents, principal Eugenia Montalvo of PS 106 in The Bronx read the UFT's «talking
points» flier opposing Cuomo's education
reform plan, and urged them to wear red on Fridays to demonstrate their disapproval.
As such
Plan B, with EFTA / EEA as the UK post-Brexit starting
point, would tie in well with the overall EU
reform.
Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 -
point plan lays out a familiar suite of
reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement
reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting
reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.
As Andrew Haldenby of
Reform points out, the
planned debt to GDP ratio will still be 80 per cent, which, in perspective, is «twice as high as in the Gordon Brown years».
Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement that Governor Cuomo would require state lawmakers to adopt a 5
point ethics
reform plan as part of the state budget process.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino believes state lawmakers should spend less time in Albany and less time in office, period, according to a 10 -
point ethics
reform plan he rolled out statewide on Monday.
Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out a five -
point plan to combat corruption in the State Legislature during a speech Monday at New York University, promising to use his power in the state budget process to enact new
reforms, even if it means shutting down the government.
The remarks came after Wilson listed a broad three -
point plan for righting the state that includes restructuring government; focusing on workforce development in a region - by - region, industry - specific way; and
reforming Albany's lax ethical standards.
But few
points are as contentious as his ambitious education
reform plans, and the governor was particularly riled up about these
points during his Rochester visit.
Cuomo is proposing a five -
point plan, including public financing of campaigns, full and complete disclosure of lawmakers» outside income, and
reform of the legislative per diem system where the governor says lawmakers come to Albany just to make money through the daily expense payments.
Responding to the ongoing controversies over the non-indictment of a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a seven -
point plan to change the way cops and communities interact and to
reform legal proceedings involving police - related fatalities.
«Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Announce Agreement on 5
Point Ethics
Reform Plan», June 17, 2016, Accessed Nov. 14, 2016
In a response to the NPP's unhappy posture over the EC's
plan to electronically transmit election results, the Commission indicated in a statement, that the NPP at no
point challenged the ERTS
reform at the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) level.
Westchester County Executive and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino believes state lawmakers should spend less time in Albany and less time in office, according to a 10 -
point ethics
reform plan he rolled out statewide.
Cuomo
pointed to the failed effort to achieve juvenile justice
reform, as well as a
plan he proposed at the start of the year — providing free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools for families earning less than $ 125,000.
But Clarke
pointed to a range of Labour
reforms that he regarded as progressive, including the Freedom of Information and Human Rights Acts, and said that before he resigned as home secretary he had been
planning to embark on a process of penal
reform.
During his fifth annual «State of the City» address at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, de Blasio unveiled a 10 -
point «DemocracyNYC»
plan that includes the creation of a Charter Review Commission that will
reform the city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2022.
And while his base may want more, Mr. de Blasio can
point to several police
reforms in his first year: a dramatic drop in the number of people stopped by police; a staggering decline in marijuana arrests thanks to a policy change; a
plan to roll out body cameras in accordance with a federal lawsuit.
Another candidate, the former superintendent of the New York State Insurance Department Eric Dinallo, who is also credited with dusting off the Martin Act for Spitzer, has a six -
point plan for getting the job of
reform done.
GREENWICH VILLAGE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a five -
point ethics
reform plan on Monday and threatened a government shutdown if he does not get his way.
Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the
point of closing down and a
plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice
reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.
The six -
point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice
reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.
The headline on his press release stated, «Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Announce Agreement on 5
Point Ethics
Reform Plan.»
At one
point Bernard Jenkin asked which was more important — the massive changes
planned by the EU summit this week, or House of Lords
reform?
He suggested that it hewed closely to a five -
point plan he unveiled last month, which included enhanced disclosure requirements, per diem
reform, a ban on personal use of campaign funds, and stiffer penalties for ethics violations.
Cuomo specifically
points to 27 - failing Buffalo Public Schools in presenting his
reform plan.
HARTFORD — A day after announcing his
plans to leave soon, state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor addressed superintendents at their annual back - to - school meeting Tuesday,
pointing to progress made during his watch and urging them to go forward with controversial education
reforms.
The pair's three -
point plan seeks to expedite the 10 - year timeline for closure pledged by the Mayor by implementing aggressive prison population reductions through the siting of new jails citywide and
reforming city detention and incarceration practices.
Candidate Antonio Delgado, 41, of Rhinebeck,
pointed several times to the recent Republican tax
reform plan as an example of how both Faso and Trump are helping large donors to the detriment of low - and middle - income earners, as well as the environment.
The 5 -
point plan includes independent expenditure
reforms that would prevent independent spending groups to be formed or run by a candidate's family members and the public disclosure of anyone in control of a group.
On bail, the administration says its proposal aligns with its previous bail
reform work,
pointing to bail alternative programs like the Bail Lab, launched last month, and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's bail fund
plan, which it supports.
A judge ruled in favor of the resident, which prompted Governor Andrew Cuomo to issue a statement, commending the ruling and
pointing to what the Democrat calls the centerpiece of his criminal justice
reform package — a
plan to eliminate monetary bail all together for those facing misdemeanor or nonviolent felony charges.
As his campaign's education «talking
points» read, «Governor Romney's
plan reforms [NCLB] by emphasizing transparency and responsibility for results.
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The three -
point plan calls for raising the bar on teacher quality before new educators reach the classroom; making sure that teachers remain at the top of their game throughout their careers; and helping teachers lead
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