Sentences with phrase «public about»

Wearing blue, displaying pinwheels and turning on blue lights, are all activities that generate questions and communication and give us the opportunity to educate the public about how frequently child abuse happens.»

Following an outcry by Queens and city legislators about widespread voting problems during Primary Day, the city Board of Elections said it is taking extra precautions to educate the public about the new voting machines before the Nov. 2 election.

The Sheriff in Cayuga County wants to inform the public about a scam going around.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

Blumenthal says he and his fellow Democrats are trying to educate the public about what's in the bills in the hopes that some changes can be made before the GOP federal tax overhaul becomes law.

In the past week, some state lawmakers, including Marchione and Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, have called for legislative hearings to determine whether health agencies acted swiftly enough in notifying the public about the potential dangers of consuming the contaminated water.

«People are clearly concerned by the rise in the number of slashings and stabbings, so we are organizing this town hall meeting on public safety in an effort to inform the public about how to best protect themselves,» Peralta said.

«The purpose of this hearing was to simply hear from the public about how they felt about accepting a state funding to provide substance abuse treatment services at the former Broome Developmental Center,» said County Executive Jason Garnar.

The Erie County Department of Health's («ECDOH») Division of Environmental Health works every day to protect the environment and educate the public about threats to our environment, both big and small.

«Once we come up with a realistic plan, we need to educate the public about it.

The comptrollers found that the agency's 2010 budget for telling the public about the work was a mere $ 228,000 for its 2.3 billion annual riders whereas the Long Island Railroad, with a fraction of the ridership, had allotted $ 742,000 for that purpose.

Top attorneys led by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and former Vice President Al Gore announced a collective effort to investigate Exxon Mobil over environmentalist claims that the company misled the public about its role in climate change.

So far, the only lawmaker who has said anything public about not supporting Silver was Buffalo Assemblyman Mark Schroeder, who has been down this road before.

The commissioner used the opportunity of his visit to solicit for media support in sensitizing the public about the need to keep their environment clean at all times and refrain from indiscriminate refuse dumping.

The reports would also confirm whether the department deliberately misled the public about the progress of the scheme.

Three police officers who met with Andrew Mitchell to discuss the «plebgate» row, have denied they intentionally misled the public about what was said.

Turning to pose for the photographers off to the right, the shadow chancellor demanded that Gordon Brown «stop boasting about [policy] success and start addressing the reasons for its failure,» which included telling the public about the severity of the situation.

Andrew Lansley certainly takes the same view as I do and I think you'd find that if the health ministers were being public about their view - which they're not - they'd also have serious concerns.

But from what is public about their toxic relationship, Brown didn't practice tough love... he was an enablear.Whitney's tragedy should not be used to defend the counterproductive war on drugs.This war has failed; mainly serves the money intererts of the prison / industrial complex; and has strongly curtailed our civil liberties.Insteaed, Houston's tragedy should be used to argue the position that drugs and drug addiction is a medical issue, not a criminal issue.The war on drugs should be reconfigured, beginning with the legalization of medical pot

With the reasonableness of the provincial lawyer that he is, Darling muses that if Brown had come clean with the British public about the depth of the economic crisis and the urgent need to cut spending in the coming years, this could have brought success at the 2010 general election.

«We share the concerns of the public about poverty, jobs and the need to do better in education, but we're bringing Conservative principles to solve those problems.»

One Senator, Tom Croci of Long Island, said he did not attend because he disagrees with the governor's decision to tell lawmakers about the budget before informing the public about how taxpayers» money would be spent.

«In order to reassure the public about the way this decision has been taken I have sought and published independent advice at every step of the way, even when not required to do so by law.

'' [Labour] has alarmed the public about our soaring national debt, alerted them to the tax rises needed to pay for it if Labour is re-elected, and so undermined confidence in the future,» said Mr Osborne.

Recent polls also show concern from the public about the investigations.

The 30 - second spot, heavy with smoke and ominous music, paints Quinn as a backroom dealer who has misled the public about her motives and will do anything to get ahead.

In November, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office would investigate ExxonMobil — the world's biggest oil and gas company — for misleading the public about global warming.

That's why we're working on ShakingNews, so that someone is paying attention to state and local government and alerting the public about what to watch.

Presenting information to educate the public about an officeholder or candidate's past or current political positions is a legitimate political action, regardless of whether you do it straight (hah!)

The Cuomo Administration is currently reviewing over 40,000 comments submitted by the public about a draft environmental impact study on the effects of fracking on New York.

It ceased operations after just one year, costing the public about $ 2,000 for each of the 143 jobs that were temporarily created.

By showing that we are alive to people's concerns, this allows Labour to start having those crucial conversations with the public about what they are really upset about which are things that Labour cares about — pressures on local health and social care services; a lack of local investment and housing; not sharing the wealth and opportunity that London has; systemic inequality; culture; integration.

I use the fact of my own Christian faith, and membership of a local church to give an indication to the public about how I am likely to make decisions.

Members of the mental health community are working to educate the public about recognizing mental illness.

She was the Director of Development and Community Education for both Nassau and Suffolk Counties and was in charge of educating the public about seizure disorders.

In March ’17 we launched our Money Talks campaign, aimed at the NYS budget, to educate the public about the issues at stake in the budget negotiations and bringing attention to the progressive bills passed in the NYS Assembly that were either defeated or never brought to a vote in the State Senate.

Spitzer didn't go public about his run until the evening of July 7; the next morning, the Board of Elections opened the window for accepting completed petitions from candidates.

And while he is a highly visible Jew who speaks in public about how his religion informs his politics, in private he is reluctant to give details on how he came to Judaism relatively late in life.

And Cuomo, who still hasn't told the public about what he knew of Silver's and Skelos» illegal activities as he shuttered the doors on the corruption - fighting Moreland Commission, is clearly the runner - up as Loser of the Year — with talk increasing that he'll face a challenge in the Democratic primary should he seek re-election in 2018.

Although they haven't been anywhere near as public about it as their colleagues at CSEA, officials at the statewide teachers union, NYSUT, have also quietly turned off the campaign cash spigot and is reassessing its contribution habits for everyone from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on down following the passage of Tier VI.

We can only guess but there is a good chance the reports will reveal his department were misleading the public about the progress of the programme.

A Commons spokesperson pointed out the report noted it has received positive feedback from members of the public about parliament's website.

Politicians spend most of their time and focus on presenting information to the public about the issues and platforms.

Some residents were reluctant to even go public about the water contamination, fearing that homes they'd spent their whole lives paying off would suddenly plummet in value as the town became a place no one wanted to live.

«This shameless act by this dissident group has exposed their level of desperation and extent they are willing to go to mislead the public about the true picture of events leading to the ward congress.For the avoidance of doubt, all eligible members of the APC obtained the nomination form before it closed and actively participated in the election as attested to by the congress committee chairman.

«Anyone who wants to be honest with the British public about dealing with the deficit... should also be honest about the savings that are required.»

It has been both heartening and encouraging to see communities and organisations informing the wider public about the punitive measures this government is pursuing and it has been an indicator of the growing resistance to see people who have never been involved in demonstrations or disputes, coming together to say «no» to these attacks.

In those circumstances the UK government will have no choice but to do make their own case in public about the negotiations.

Making and keeping promises helps to give signals to the public about the future, ensuring steadfastness.

This approach reflects the organisation's dedication «to informing a vast, world - scale public about the human rights abuses that they encounter in the milieu they enter, and to evoking public indignation about them» (Fox 1995: 1609).