Sentences with phrase «public interest groups on»

She represents private entities and public interest groups on a variety of land use, planning and entitlement matters throughout various stages of the real estate development and environmental regulatory process.

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Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

The British government said on Thursday it would refer Rupert Murdoch's planned takeover of European pay - TV group Sky to regulators to decide if the deal was in the public interest.

NEW YORK, April 19 - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday ramped up pressure on banks and insurers to revisit whether their ties to the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups harm their reputations and the public interest.

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The Career & Technical Education (CTE) Working Group is focused on creating public dialogue around programs of study pathways for students interested in entering the STEM workforce.

As such, the most effective approach to building public support is to craft a trade agenda that aligns with the economic interests of the general public and the long - term economic prosperity of Canada as a whole, rather than focusing on the narrow interests of some business groups.

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As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

In that year, the FCC released a programming statement in which they concluded, under a good deal of pressure from particular groups) that no public - interest basis was to be served by distinguishing between sustaining - time programs (those broadcast on free air - time) and commercially sponsored programs in evaluating a station's performance in the public interest.

For example, as the result of law suits instituted by public - interest groups, the courts held that whenever broadcasters present a particular point of view on a matter of public importance, they also must provide opportunities for opposing viewpoints to be presented.

In an industry making such large profits by using a public resource, the industry «s attempts to prove how public - spirited they are provide excellent leverage for moral jujitsu on the part of public - interest groups, including the churches.

When groups of citizens get together to accomplish purposes of mutual interest (from which they derive no profit), it should not be the responsibility of government to inspect, evaluate and approve their endeavors on the basis of supposed conformity to the prevailing notion of «public benefit» or «public policy» of the moment.

If this arrangement had been established twenty years ago, as some public interest and church groups urged, today we would have much more diverse programming on cable.

Although the cancer study has been challenged by the European Food Safety Agency (a group that has strong food industry ties), I will side with the unbiased Center for Science in the Public Interest on this one.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

Numbers - crunching poobah Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research Group has compile another one of his patented spreadsheets on campaign finance filers up until this point.

The majority — the New York Public Interest Research Group, the League of Women Voters and Citizens Union — landed on the side of a limited «look back» period.

Cuomo ramped up pressure on banks and insurers to revisit whether their ties to the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups harm their reputations and the public interest.

On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70.On this week's Capitol Connection, our Alan Chartock asks Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group about one of the six ballot questions New Yorkers will vote on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70.on next Tuesday — specifically, question as to whether certain judges in New York should be allowed to serve up to ten years after the age of 70...

«He's walking around with a bull's - eye on his back,» Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said of Mr. Klein.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance rGroups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance rgroups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group says it's an attempt to break the gridlock on ethics changes.

Horner: Time for Cuomo and Legislature to Take Real Action on Reform Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a commentary piece for the WAMC Northeast Public Radio, demanded that Governor Cuomo and the legislature take real action on campaign finance reform.

Andy Morrison, a consumer advocate who worked on the report from the New York Public Interest Research Group, says the practice is unfair to minorities and low - income workers.

«Depending on what happens in the trials, the corruption parade could drive the session,» said Blair Horner, a longtime state government watchdog with the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«As many of you know, I ran a public interest group that worked for many of the Giuliani policies that turned this city around — like the crackdown on porn shops and squeegee men — and I don't want to turn back the clock.»

«Increasingly, it's a black mark on his tenure, not on the culture of Albany,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

Citing the close race against Avella, the former head of public interest group Center for Community Interest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the dinterest group Center for Community Interest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the dInterest said he hoped to draw on his years working alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to restore honesty throughout the district.

Good - government champion Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, says the trial's consequence on Cuomo's political futures depends on what Cuomo does going forward.

Blair Horner with the New York Public Interest Research Group said when negotiations like those on procurement reform are conducted out of public view, bad decisions can bePublic Interest Research Group said when negotiations like those on procurement reform are conducted out of public view, bad decisions can bepublic view, bad decisions can be made.

At 6:15 p.m., Riders Alliance members, members of the New York Public Interest Research Group's straphangers campaign and others rally to call on Cuomo to address crumbling subway infrastructure, outside of Cuomo's office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

Our 2-4-16 Roundtable and Public Forum on Corruption was a huge success, and featured (clockwise from upper left) Frank Anechiarico, Maynard - Knox Professor of Government and Law, Hamilton College; Blair Horner, Executive Director, New York Public Interest Research Group; Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University, and Jimmy Vielkind, POLITICO, New York's Albany Bureau Chief.

Blair Horner, legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Cuomo made a «naked political deal» with hospitals on malpractice to get their support for a painful 2 - percent cut in Medicaid reimbursement.

«It is on record that we have never, since the inception of this administration, had any dispute with the organized labour and I will be the first to admit that the Labour Unions in Lagos State have been most responsible and while, at the same time, being dogged in their advocacy for the promotion of the interests of workers in Lagos State, both in the public and private sector groups.

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A campaign backed by CUNY's faculty union, the Working Families Party, New York Public Interest Research Group and others is calling on the state to provide $ 2 billion for CUNY, with $ 784 million per year going to replace tuition not currently covered by federal aid at the system's two - and four - year colleges.

The paper cited recent reports by the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) and the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) as evidence of the outsized influence that Albany lobbyists currently enjoy.

Blair Horner, the executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, said Terry's array of government jobs «raises the question of whether or not the personnel decisions were awarded based on the merits, or on political connections.»

In 2013, the New York Public Interest Research Group complained to the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics that the party's efforts amounted to lobbying — the ads didn't urge people to vote for someone, but rather to support a pending policy action — and should be disclosed as such.

Blair Horner, with the New York Public Interest Research Group, which collaborated on the story, says Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers need to «crack the ship» to get the clean ups finished faster and should hold public hearings and if necessary, pass new laws to achievePublic Interest Research Group, which collaborated on the story, says Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers need to «crack the ship» to get the clean ups finished faster and should hold public hearings and if necessary, pass new laws to achievepublic hearings and if necessary, pass new laws to achieve that.

An 11 - page policy paper released by the New York Public Interest Research Group on Friday takes issue with the state Board of Elections to suspend the aggregate political contribution limits in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

The New York Public Interest Research Group blames the state's political scandals on lax limits, poor enforcement and loopholes.

Senate candidates, party organizations and related campaign committees have nearly $ 24 million on hand, more than three - quarters of which was raised by Republicans, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group.

«They're separate issues, and they should stand on their own merits,» the New York Public Interest Research Group's Blair Horner said.

Given that each Senate district has roughly the same population, within a 10 percent margin, the analysis of how much was spent on direct mail should be straightforward, said New York Public Interest Group executive director Blair Horner.

Empire Government Strategies took in $ 284,500, a minuscule amount when compared with the largest New York lobbying firms but enough to land it third on a list of fastest - growing firms, according to the New York Public Interest Research Group report.

«We're getting a steady flow of calls on the main complaints,» said Gene Russianoff of the New York Public Interest Research Group, which runs a voter help hotline.

But it could come around again on Election Day next year, said Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The New York Public Interest Research Group examined the board's rulings over the past five years and found that «they never take action on anything.»