Sentences with phrase «pressed state elected officials»

LGBT advocates have pressed state elected officials to take up measures that would bolster rights for transgender New Yorkers, including the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

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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.

This morning in Austin, our state's newly elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is holding a press conference to announce his first official act in office.

Update: United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch will hold a press conference at 11 am to announce the unsealing of an indictment in a criminal case against a New York State elected official.

A coalition of business leaders, labor unions, and local elected officials are holding press conferences across the state.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Stepping up the effort to press the Cuomo administration to provide more funding to shelter homeless youth, State Senator Brad Hoylman, an out gay Manhattan Democrat, appeared with fellow elected officials and advocates outside of City Hall on February 12 to make the case.

Due to the fact that the press does not have much love for elected officials, the media has helped to create an aura about these two prosecutors, making Rudy Giuliani the Mayor of the City of New York, and making Preet Bharara arrogant enough to confront the President of the United States of America in what appears to be an act of insubordination, when he said that he would not return his boss» phone call.

The governor's comments came at a press conference where elected officials were celebrating the state's success in landing federal «Race to the Top» funds.

ALBANY — The state will declare the polluted water of Hoosick Falls a Superfund site, conduct a health risk analysis of its residents and test more water wells to address toxic chemicals that have leached into a town water well, Cuomo administration officials announced alongside local elected leaders during a press conference Wednesday.

de Blasio was joined at the press conference by members of his administration, including Amy Peterson, Dan Zarelli, Mitch Silver and Bill Goldstein, and elected officials including state senators Diane Savino and Andrew Lanza, council members Steve Matteo and Alan Maisal, Borough President Jimmy Oddo and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Still, Astorino also voiced support for term limits for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials, adding he plans to press legislators today on passing a broader term limits plan than what Senate GOP lawmakers embraced last month.

Jack Martins, the GOP candidate for Nassau County executive, on Thursday pressed for passage of a November ballot proposition to amend the state constitution to allow judges to revoke pensions of elected officials convicted of corruption.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will speak at the press conference the Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) is holding tomorrow morning to give elected officials and community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas -LSB-...]

«This ruling gives us more time to work with the Department of Health, elected officials and community advocates to develop alternative solutions that will keep LICH's vital services and good jobs in the community,» said George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU in a press release, who sought the restraining order along with the New York State Nurses Association, Concerned Physicians of LICH and others.

At 11 a.m., advocates for people with developmental disabilities, including #bFair2DirectCare members, and elected officials hold a press conference to highlight the «300 Days to Better Pay» campaign and call for funding increase in the state budget for wages for underpaid staff, Nassau County Supreme Court Building, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola.

At noon, Sen. Tony Avella will hold a joint press conference with The Humane Society of the United States, fellow elected officials, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute and others to urge the New York Blood Center to keep its promise to provide lifetime care to a colony of chimpanzees exploited by the center for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 11 a.m., New York elected officials, unions, advocates, community organizations, grass - roots groups and impacted consumers hold a press conference to discuss the impact of the U.S. Senate's health care bill, state Capitol, Albany.

«Themed as a traveling sideshow, 15 state - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release ststate - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release stState Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release states.

At 12:30 p.m., local elected officials, NYSEG ratepayers, and anti-fracking climate activists hold a press briefing on the proposal to keep the Cayuga Power plant functioning by converting it to natural gas, state Capitol, 3rd floor (outside LCA offices), Albany.

Also at 1 p.m., CUNY students, faculty and staff, and city elected official host press conference to call for increase in state aid to CUNY, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 1 p.m., tenants, Advocates from Alliance for Tenant Power, and several elected officials will call on the state Legislature to fix major loopholes in the rent regulation system that affects the 2.5 million tenants who live in approximately 1 million rent - regulated units, LC Press Room (130), LOB, Albany.

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, hosted by Sen. Sue Serino, County Executive Marcus Molinaro and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and local businesses, will hold a press conference, County Bridge PV - 15, North Ave over Swallow Stream, Pleasant Valley.

On Thursday afternoon, after the Iraqi prime minister warned of Islamic State plots to attack subway systems in the U.S. and France, New York's elected officials summoned the press to let people know everything is probably going to be alright.

de Blasio spoke at a Bronx press conference, accompanied by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and several Bronx elected officials including Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Congressman Jose E. Serrano, State Senator Jose M. Serrano and Assembly Members Luis Sepulveda, Michael Blake and Latoya Joyner.

At 10 a.m., Councilman Robert Cornegy, the first elected official in the city to have a public lactation station in his office, jobs Brooklyn BP Eric Adams and Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo holds a joint press conference to announce the voting on Intro 1063 - A prior to the Council's 1:30 p.m. stated meeting, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«I am not suspending my campaign, but I am talking to a number of elected officials around the state, as I would, fellow Democrats, to hear their opinions,» he said at a press conference in New York City.

At 11:15 a.m. Monday, State Senator Liz Krueger, together with community leaders and elected officials, will gather at the City Hall for a press conference which will urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to transition New York off of coal power by 2020.

The task before her is especially important because of the need for this agency to succeed as an impartial panel charged with oversight and enforcement of our state's new ethics law and the pressing need to restore the public's faith in our government and elected officials.»

The most effective way for scientists across disciplines to stand up for science is by reaching out to elected officials at the local, state and federal levels to offer evidence and findings to advance understanding of pressing issues from human health to the environment, said Holt and Ornstein.

A frenzied press conference of state and local elected officials and parents echoed a singular sentiment: While JPS has problems, we don't need the state to fix them.

However, President Obama made no mention to specific policies at the press conference, instead stating that he was going to have «a wide - ranging conversation with scientists, engineers and elected officials to find out what more can we do to make short - term progress in reducing carbons and -LSB-...] what realistically can we do long term to make sure that this is not something we're passing on to future generations that's going to be very expensive and very painful to deal with.»