Sentences with phrase «public complaints by»

In 2014 there were public complaints by the military hierarchy to President Goodluck Jonathan about the inadequacy of funds to fight the anti-terror war in the North East.

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The investigation was prompted by about a dozen complaints concerning the Trump school that the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has found to be «credible» and «serious,» these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.

Self - reporting and ready co-operation to cure the complaint can be viewed favourably by regulators and the public.

After being initially dazzled by the promise of the disruptive new model, regulators around the world have wisened up quickly to its negative side - effects — traffic congestion, public safety, and erosion of the tax base — and are now much more sensitive to the complaints of incumbents.

The lawsuit by Ms. Clifford adds weight to allegations in a separate legal complaint brought by Common Cause, a public interest group that has asked the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department to investigate the $ 130,000 payment by Mr. Cohen.

Consumer complaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIcomplaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIComplaints for Telecom - television Services (CCTS) increased by a whopping 73 % compared to the same period last year — an increase that must be investigated and fixed, said the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today.

Among the three, J.G. Wentworth has also received the fewest complaints per mortgage as recorded by the CFPB's public database of consumer complaints.

OMI conducts market surveillance, supports trading - based investigations, and collects, analyzes, and disseminates tips, complaints, referrals, and other forms of intelligence submitted to the SEC by the public, whistleblowers, self - regulatory organizations, and other government agencies.

For this comparison, we looked at the public database of complaints collected by the CFPB since 2013.

Of the 52 Facebook comments, the remaining five included one asking whether the clear backpacks were just at Stoneman Douglas or were countywide (Answer: Just Stoneman Douglas); two that weren't understandable; and two that maintained minor students have no rights in public school, so the complaints about the loss of rights by students were meaningless.

In one case, both the City of St. Albert and the provincial government refused to verify the candidate financial disclosures or enforce them after complaints were made by members of the public.

The Department of Justice complaint is likely to be evaluated by the Criminal Division's Public Integrity Section for further action.

By bringing these complaints into the open and allowing students to band together in asserting classwide claims, we expect school misconduct will be made public much earlier on — helping prospective students and the government to decide whether a school deserves their dollars.

The complaints about these stories are similar to complaints about people «flaunting» their homosexuality in public by holding hands or showing affection for their partners.

Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months - long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high - profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk.

McIlroy, for his part, had no sympathy for world - weary travelers like Willett and others who have not been quite so public with their complaints about the kid - glove treatment enjoyed by Rory.

Bullied and bludgeoned by weeks of intense public debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at Citypublic debate over a longer school day, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis fought back Friday by filing an unfair labor practices complaint against Chicago Public Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at CityPublic Schools leadership and accusing Emanuel of trying to intimidate her in a profanity - filled tirade recently at City Hall.

Maternity Store — Mothercare Stops A Mom From Public Breastfeeding In an unbelievable but true and unfortunately quite common incident, UK's famous store for moms, babies and kids stopped a mom from publicly breastfeeding her baby in their store.The mother in question, Zoe Frangou was disgusted by the treatment meted out to her in a store at Bluewater, Kent and was afterwards patronized by the complaints department.Zoe Frangou posted on Mothercare's Facebook page about the incident, which occurred in September....

She responded to Burdette residents «complaints that they do n`t use the park district by pointing out that many people without children do not use public schools, but still must pay taxes for them.

Knowing that our company has heard from many customers with complaints resulting from following the Compendium's instructions, I put out a public request for reports from parents who had problems following the washing or stripping directions offered by The Cloth Diaper Compendium.

An immediate suspension of alcohol sales and consumption at Vineyard 48 in Cutchogue was ordered by the state Liquor Authority after police received complaints from neighbors about public sex, fights and intoxicated patrons on or near the premises.

In his complaint filed with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Cox pointed to the revelation that Percoco appeared in the governor's office while not working for the state, but was employed by the campaign.

If the referendum educates the public in the power of their voice, and if it educates masses and elites to expand their moral imagination enough to recognize the complaints of the other side, this experiment, although probably not the best outcome, has the epistemic value desired by proponents of deliberation, and its long - term effect may be more electoral stability and a renewed aversion to change for the sake of change.

Republicans are crying foul over a video posted to Facebook by the campaign of Democratic Senate hopeful Shelley Mayer that was shot inside her Assembly office in Albany, filing a complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics alleging misuse of government property.

The prime minister David Cameron announced on 6 July 2011 that a public inquiry, known as the Leveson Inquiry, would look into phone hacking and police bribery by the News of the World, consider the wider culture and ethics of the British newspaper industry and that the Press Complaints Commission would be replaced «entirely».

What: A guilty plea by Howe was unsealed when Preet Bharara announced a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan on public corruption charges against nine people in September 2016.

Corrupt procurement and award of honours is legislated against by the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 and the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 [31] and the Metropolitan Police investigated the three complaints that they had received under these Acts.

It has led to complaints that the NHS and other public bodies are forced to pay many times the original value of the property over the course of time, while the contracts are frequently sold on by the original consortium.

The Public Integrity Commission has refused to heed a call to investigate whether four members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team violated the Public Officers Law, saying a complaint filed by the Center for Justice and Democracy «failed to establish a basis» for the probe.

Most of the complaints being made by the public are about quite low level anti-social behaviour issues about children and adolescents.

In a boiling decade when the civil rights movement was in full swing and police were clashing with African - Americans across the nation, Lindsay believed the NYPD needed a Civilian Complaint Review Board to serve as a check on their power and show the public, particularly minorities, that a white police force could be held accountable by unbiased people outside the department.

Among Citizens Union's proposals are: independent budgeting for JCOPE; investing in database resources and information technology; an open process of personnel selection; making internal workings public and transparent; improving the process of financial disclosure reporting by coordinating with different agencies; reducing response time to complaints; and improved guidance of grassroots lobbying to ensure ethics compliance.

In fall 2007, a female student filed a complaint with the Department of Public Safety alleging she had been sexually assaulted by the three student - athletes.

But he did say that by law the Joint Commission on Public Ethics can commence an investigation on its own without a formal complaint.

But since he also said the agency learned to «pay some close attention to this» after the news broke, and that «our audits often don't reveal [the] kind of information» that was made public by the complaint, this seems unlikely.

In 2013, Katz's competitors filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration alleging that Katz's jet charter business had been given preferential treatment by state officials at the Department of Transportation after they bypassed a public bidding process when awarding his Talon Air the exclusive rights to sell fuel at Republic Airport.

MYSTERY SOLVED: City Council Member Lou Trangucci is the person who brought forward the complaint which led to the investigation of the New Rochelle Department of Public Works by the Westchester County District Attorney.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

The Tribunal made its announcement — declaring that politicians and the public can be and are routinely spied upon — only because Caroline Lucas MP, my fellow Green Party member, and I, made a legal complaint because it appeared that all electronic communications data sent in or coming through the UK, was being monitored by security services.

«When public trust in the police is tested by complaints of negligence, misconduct and corruption, a strong watchdog is vital to get to the truth: but the IPCC leaves the public frustrated and faithless,» committee chair Keith Vaz said.

Donald Trump is suing the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, arguing it has violated state law by not responding to his complaint against AG Eric Schneiderman within 45 days of its December, 2013 filing.

The New York Public Interest Research Group on Monday lodged a complaint with ethics regulators over what it believes is an increase in lobby by the state's political parties.

Instead, Ryan filed an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics pointing to testimony in a Yonkers corruption trial from disbarred attorney Anthony Mangone that alleged Libous had arranged for his son to receive a job at a law firm paid for by $ 50,000 from a lobbying organization.

It argues that the public struggle to see the difference between the two, but a quarter of complaints made by the public about antisocial behaviour are ignored by police.

Kevin Gagan, a key staffer at the Joint Commission on Public Ethics whose hiring reignited complaints about interference by the Cuomo administration, has now applied for the top job of executive director.

AG Eric Schneiderman is investigating the Buffalo Police Department's use of traffic checkpoints and enforcement sweeps inside public housing developments, after a complaint filed by members of Black Lives Matter Buffalo and other community groups accused the department of engaging in a «repeated, persistent and widespread pattern of unconstitutional policing.»

The Nassau County Police Department did not receive a formal criminal complaint into whether someone hacked Nassau County Edward Mangano's cellphone to make it appear that he exchanged sexually charged text messages with a PR executive — contrary to public statements made by both Mangano and the department.

«Most of the complaints being made by the public are about quite low level antisocial behaviour issues about children and adolescents,» he said.

Two women who say their sexual harassment allegations were not followed up on by top leaders of the then - Senate Democratic majority are filing an ethics complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.

The public now has another way to report suspicions of government fraud and corruption in Erie County — by filling out an online complaint directly with the District Attorney's Office.