Sentences with phrase «public campaigns focused»

I helped organize Step It Up last year, one of the largest public campaigns focused on climate change ever.

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What makes it different from, say, a hate campaign against a public figure is that it tends to revolve around a single incident and inspires people who never had any prior dealings with the individual to focus white - hot anger at them (usually demanding that they be sacked).

Meanwhile, the public aspects of the Romney campaign are in state of semi-hibernation as the campaign saves, money and candidate energy for when people are more focused on the election.

Public relations practitioner with a focus on behavioural change campaigns to reduce waste at its source.

Public health campaigns that focus on increasing the social acceptability of breast - feeding may prove effective in addressing this cultural barrier.

In his first public comments since actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon announced her campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is «the political silly season» and that he is focused on a downstate snowstorm and the state budget agreement.

Consisting of 25 images, one for each day of the election campaign plus one taken during the height of the coalition talks, Roberts focused on the relationship between canvassing politicians and the voting public.

Two years ago most banks trumpeted their innovation, and their public affairs campaigns focused on the extent to which London was seen as an overregulated market compared to some others.

NY LEAD was intended to be a public information campaign, Elrdridge told me, whereas Protect Our Democracy will have a political focus via a 501 (c)(4).

Although Spitzer's first public appearance Monday was billed as a signature drive, that was not at all the focus of the hour - long event: Only two volunteers appeared to be collecting signatures near the candidate's press gaggle, though a campaign spokesperson later called BuzzFeed to say that eight had in fact been at the event.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and -LSB-...]

As expected, most of the Citizens Union - sponsored event focused on the candidates» reform agendas, with strong support from all for legalizing gay marriage, bipartisan redistricting and full public financing of campaigns.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

While they did pretty well in predicting the NYC public advocate and comptroller primaries last year, it's really early — eight weeks to go — in the AG primary season, and most voters won't be focusing until the final weeks of the campaign.

Labour's campaign is correctly focussed on housing and public transport, two of Londoners» most pressing concerns about living standards.

PCS is a campaigning union, with a central focus on protecting public service jobs, services and issues affecting the civil service.

The groups, also strong supporters of comprehensive campaign finance reform built around a core of public financing of elections, today focused on the urgent need for ethics reform as another essential way to address the problems created by a money culture in Albany.

But with voters focused on the issue of public corruption, after indictments of key officials including County Executive Edward Mangano, the candidates have said less than usual about the central issue in past campaigns: How to cut high county property taxes.

Fewer mistakes mean less time wasted for campaigns, enforcement focused on real problems, and increased transparency that helps restore public confidence.

Jonah Minkoff - Zern of Public Citizen, which is organizing the campaign, said the focus in Syracuse is on Sen. John DeFransisco, the second-most powerful figure in the state Senate.

Reform groups are focusing attention on Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of public campaign financing for state wide races.

The New Yorkers for Clean Power campaign, a coalition which includes uptown organizations, will focus on advocacy to engage the public, local governments and businesses to push forward renewable energy and clean transportation options and to expand the state's clean energy policies, said Campaign Coordinator Renee Vocampaign, a coalition which includes uptown organizations, will focus on advocacy to engage the public, local governments and businesses to push forward renewable energy and clean transportation options and to expand the state's clean energy policies, said Campaign Coordinator Renee VoCampaign Coordinator Renee Vogelsang.

GOP Staten Island DA Dan Donovan pledged to make fighting public corruption the focus of his AG campaign.

Reform groups are focusing attention on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's anti-corruption commission's recommendations to beef up the anemic State Board of Elections but say they have not given up hope of public campaign financing for state wide races.

Mr Khan said he would also focus on affordable public transport and confirmed he had changed his mind on the issue of a third runway at Heathrow Airport over air pollution fears, and would be campaigning against expansion.

Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake says his work with Hilltop Public Solutions would be entirely on «projects that are national and international in focus,» and which are «predominantly political» campaigns, and would not be consulting for any clients with business before -LSB-...]

Washington — A Syracuse woman who wants to make public transportation a focus of her campaign said today she will run for Congress as the Green Party candidate challenging Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, in the November election.

After the debate, we asked her several questions, including: how she viewed her debate performance, what she expects the remaining three weeks of the campaign to focus on, for a more detailed discussion of her unexpected answer that she doesn't see herself as prepared to be mayor and for more about her statement that she's thought about running for Public Advocate for the past 20 years.

The ads, which begin with Cuomo speaking directly into the camera, focus on the governor's pitch for his tax cut plan and an ethics package that includes public financing of political campaigns and a crack down on bribery.

A statement signed by Joyce Bawah Mogtari, spokesperson for the NDC's 2016 campaign team sad the presentation of the highlights «is intended to give the public an insight into the focus areas of the 2016 NDC Manifesto.»

He said that the organisation was focused in achieving environmental stability through sustainable green projects and massive public campaign.

«The fact is that Tom DiNapoli is an able public servant and I think it's a difficult task to take on that campaign,» Faso said on Fred Dicker's «Focus On The State Capitol» on Talk - 1300.

In addition to support from labor unions and supporters of public financing of political campaigns, Senate Democrats are expected to receive strong organizational support from groups that focus on women's health and workplace rights issues.

AG - elect Eric Schneiderman pledged during the campaign to make fighting public corruption a central focus of his tenure as the state's top attorney.

«To be clear, we all want comprehensive campaign finance reform with public financing at the core and we feel public financing is the real game changer, but we're hearing a lot of myths around public financing in particular and trying to connect that to corruption in a bad way as opposed it to being a solution so we wanted to focus on that today,» he said.

The letter was circulated by the Public Campaign Action Fund, which has also aired TV ads urging Cuomo to focus on campaign financCampaign Action Fund, which has also aired TV ads urging Cuomo to focus on campaign financcampaign finance issue.

If you really want to campaign against bonuses and you want to be inclusive in your campaign, do it across the board (Civil Service, local authorities, private and public industries of all kinds) and make higher basic pay the focus of your campaign.

In his first public comments since speculation abounded that he was mounting a third campaign for the presidency, Mitt Romney was mum about his plans for 2016, but said the GOP must focus on making the world more secure, providing opportunity for all Americans and eliminating poverty.

Here's Sen. Eric Schneiderman, with his daughter, Catherine, telling reporters after he voted on the Upper West Side earlier today that the public hasn't been focused on the negative turn the Democratic AG primary took toward the end of the campaign.

BUFFALO, NY — Erie County Majority Leader April N. M. Baskin launched her ongoing Public Safety campaign today, beginning with a focus on the issue of bail reform for nonviolent misdemeanor offenses.

In a statement released by his campaign, Owens praised Scozzafava for her dedication as a public servant, but said his focus in the final days remains on showing voters the contrast between himself and Hoffman.

According to her campaign, she is focused on lead in public school water, the need for storm preparedness along the East River, and helping small businesses.

He added he would oppose a minimum - wage hike and public financing of campaigns but could support changes in lawmakers» daily and travel allotments, which have been the focus of several corruption investigations in recent years.

«Voters are very angry about corruption and they want to hear the candidates recognize this problem and what they plan to do about it,» said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and candidates — not the money used to fund them.

He's grappling with Governor Cuomo over his signature campaign issue as the legislative clock ticks, the press and public have focused on his current actions rather than dreaming of the future and, barely three weeks in, he «owns» the City's successes and failures.

Labour MP John Mann, a member of the Treasury select committee, said Theresa May was behind a campaign to shift the focus of public anger at the likely fall in living standards to Threadneedle Street.

In an interview with public radio's «Capitol Pressroom,» Gibson (R - Kinderhook) said any campaign for governor he would mount would focus on combating Albany's corruption with term limits, campaign finance reform and independent redistricting.

Southern Tier Republican Sen. Tom O'Mara has launched the second TV ad of his re-election campaign, which focuses on his success in getting a bill passed through the Legislature and signed into law that mandates the testing of public school water for lead.