Sentences with phrase «press by legislators»

As one ESA parent said when pressed by a legislator on the issue of accountability: «The accountability is with me.

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Can the drive by media please, please, put a full court press on the candidates for Governor and the incumbent legislators to go on the record about what they think of this taxpayer ripoff and what any of them would do to stop it, once and for all?

Organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council, the press conference / rally featured five members of the House of Representatives, at least ten state legislators including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and at least six members of the City Council.

Mayor Bill de Blasio briefly answered questions from the press this afternoon while in Albany for the annual legislative conference hosted by the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc..

Day was also one of several legislators who took pains to point out recent incidents brought to light in a press conference with County Sheriff Louis Falco where county prisoners threatened correctional officers by claiming that they knew their home addresses.

Sixteen high school seniors from Westchester County received Jandon Scholarships this month during a press conference orchestrated by the county Board of Legislators.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Rockland County Legislators Frank Sparaco (R — Valley Cottage) and Ed Day (R — New City) called a press conference on March 6 to announce a unanimous resolution calling on the county executive and county attorney to comply with a recent court order demanding the execution of a contract -LSB-...]

(White Plains, NY)-- Faced with family court facilities plagued by deteriorating building conditions that pose safety risks to Westchester families, residents, police officers and court personnel, the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) pressed County Executive Robert P. Astorino's Administration again this week to stay on track with renovations and long - term solutions.

Democratic Members of the Board of Legislators were joined at a press conference Monday afternoon by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Paul Yanovsky from the Newtown Action Alliance, as well as numerous advocates to call on the successful implementation of the ban of gun shows on County property.

He won the Assembly some positive press and strategic advantage by coming to early agreement with Governor Andrew Cuomo on new rules on the disclosure of outside income by legislators.

«This is the real scandal in Albany, the alarming fact that state government has stood by and done nothing as generation after generation of students have passed through failing schools,» Cuomo said in a series of press releases he issued Thursday naming each failing school and the legislators whose districts they are located in.

Join in a press conference and meetings with legislators to explain the urgent need for emergency access for critically ill patients and to voice your concerns with the limitations of the medical marijuana program being implemented by the Cuomo Administration.

County Legislator Gordon Burrows did not comment during the debate and did not add his name to a press release issued by two Republican legislators, Minority Leader John Testa, and Legislator Margaret Cunzio.

When pressed by skeptical Republican legislators,...

At Tuesday's press conference, the leaders were asked by reporters if they feel added pressure because New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo already had reached an agreement with his state's legislators on a bill imposing tougher gun restrictions.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

A brigade of governors, led by New Jersey's Chris Christie and Indiana's Mitch Daniels, has pressed a wide school - reform agenda and many state legislators — including Democrats in places like Colorado — are participating in the process.

«But the full - court press by Tea Party groups to get Republican legislators to repeal the Common Core has only been successful in Oklahoma.»

The report was obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press as the groups behind the study began distributing it to state legislators, other education policymakers and teachers who took part in the focus groups.

By testifying in front of the General Assembly, crafting the policy, guiding the strategy, meeting with legislators, and speaking with the media, the coalition kept pressing this issue even after facing serious setbacks.

It would seem that the group, set up by the charter school management company Achievement First, doesn't have a problem misleading reporters and legislators and it definitely wants people to read their press release and not take a look at the survey results.

Legislators in more than a dozen states, pressed by such politically connected competitors as Wal - Mart, have been pushing Amazon to collect the sales tax that their customers technically already owe on online purchases, to better repair widening budget deficits and pay firemen and school teachers.

Legislators in more than a dozen states, pressed by such politically connected competitors as Walmart, have been pushing Amazon to collect the sales tax that their customers technically already owe on online purchases, to better repair widening budget deficits and pay firemen and school teachers.

In Maryland, legislators pressed ahead with a proposal that got vetoed last year by Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, to have a quarter of the state's energy come from renewables by 2020.

«In 2012, more than half of all patent cases were by non-practicing entities, or patent trolls,» says Nazer, who says the issue has become pressing for legislators of both parties as more and more small businesses find themselves caught in the crosshairs.

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