Sentences with phrase «public rallies by»

He took this wise decision because he had been consistently booed at public rallies by party members, thus, he was very honest with himself to have withdrawn from the contest.

It is going to take that kind of public rally by the community to understand what we mean by a community building.»

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«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

Organizers at national gun control groups, who provided logistical support and public relations advice as the students planned the Washington rally, said they believed that the students would not become disillusioned by the lack of immediate action in Congress.

The public face of evangelicalism became most evident in the Billy Graham campaigns, by which the converts made at the mass rallies were redirected back into the denomination of their choice.

Most U.S. Olympians opposed Carter's decision, but the public rallied behind the President, and he pressured the USOC board to back him up, by about a two - to - one vote.

Dozens of Chicago Public Schools food service workers rallied Tuesday afternoon to call for an end to quickly prepared frozen meals that can be readied in smaller kitchens by fewer workers.

Co-led by UNICEF and WHO, the Global Breastfeeding Collective's mission is to rally political, legal, financial, and public support for breastfeeding, which will benefit mothers, children, and society.

«Those rallying in Albany next week should stand together with the city and advocate — side by side — for our children, particularly the most underserved, and all of whom are public school students.»

Showing up at Congressional townhall meetings and public rallies is all fun and games, but real political power demands that the Tea Partiers demonstrate the ability to shift the outcome of elections by sending bodies to the polls, contributions to the bank or both.

The Candles for Clemency Rally will help ensure that Governor Cuomo hears and heeds the public demand to reform New York's prison system, stop playing politics with people's lives, and show mercy and compassion by issuing clemency to those who deserve it.

News 12 Brooklyn story on BP Adams leading City University of New York (CUNY) students in a rally calling for greater affordability and investment in public higher education by the State.

Advocates celebrated the law going into effect by gathering at City Hall for a rally led by New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray, Public Advocate Letitia James and Human Rights Commissioner Carmelyn P. Malalis.

And a candidate's Facebook page can serve as a public rallying point for supporters, which is particularly important for races that may be won by a relative handful of votes.

Rally & Protest: Hands off our NHS @ Central Hall, 11:30 am Public meeting followed by «Wall of Sound» sirens protest outside the Tory Conference.

May 1 (Tuesday), 6 - 7:45 pm, Ulster County Town Hall on Healthcare and Medicare for All, Kingston Library, 55 Franklin Street, https://www.facebook.com/events/316617465535483/ May 2 (Wednesday), 6 - 7 pm, East Greenbush Library Candidate Meet and Greet, East Greenbush Community Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush May 5 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass For Dave in Woodstock, Sunflower Natural Foods, 75 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, please RSVP to [email protected] for more information, https://www.facebook.com/events/201098567334379/ May 5 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass For Dave in Pleasant Valley and Lagrangeville, Dunkin' Donuts, 1151 State Route 55, Lagrangeville, please RSVP to [email protected] for more information, https://www.facebook.com/events/212655282799941/ May 5 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass For Dave in Warwarsing, starting location tbd, please RSVP to [email protected] for more information, https://www.facebook.com/events/332363353955328/ May 5 (Saturday), 1 - 2 pm, Meeting with the Hudson Valley Women's Conference, Rhinebeck, please RSVP to [email protected] for more information May 5 (Saturday), 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Germantown Dems Cinco De Mayo (Dave will be speaking), Kellner Activities Building, Palantine Park Road, Germantown May 6 (Sunday), 9:30 am, Hudson Valley Blue Wave Rally, Kingston Midtown Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston May 6 (Sunday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass for Dave in Rhinebeck and Clinton, Bread Alone Bakery, 45 E. Market St., Rhinebeck, https://www.facebook.com/events/188561808436322/ May 6 (Sunday), 12:30 pm - 4 pm, Canvass for Dave in New Paltz, meet at Water St. Market (by the public restrooms), https://www.facebook.com/events/205694590031741/ May 7 (Monday), 7 - 9 pm, Otsego County Medicare for All Town Hall, Cooperstown Library, Community Room, 22 Main St., Cooperstown, https://www.facebook.com/events/149149302589353/ May 10 (Thursday), 6 - 8 pm, Saugerties NY10 Candidate Debate, Saugerties HS, 310 Washington Ave, Saugerties, https://www.facebook.com/events/284275168774616/ May 12 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass for Dave in Kinderhook, starting location TBA, https://www.facebook.com/events/201516723795936/ May 12 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass for Dave in Monticello and Thompson, starting location TBA, https://www.facebook.com/events/425508457896796/ May 12 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass for Dave in Esopus, The Frozen Rainbow, 88 Broadway, Port Ewen, https://www.facebook.com/events/950564968438424/ May 12 (Saturday), 10:30 am - 2 pm, Canvass for Dave in Hyde Park, Cranberry's at Tilley Hall, 1 W. Market Street, Hyde Park, https://www.facebook.com/events/2144761019080938/ May 12 (Saturday), 11am - 1 pm, Columbia County Medical for All Town Hall, Hudson Area Library Community Center Room, 51 N. 5th St, Hudson, https://www.facebook.com/events/559502511110116/ May 15 (Tuesday), 7 - 9 pm, Dutchess County Medicare for All Town Hall, Starr Library, 68 W. Market St, Rhinebeck, https://www.facebook.com/events/1033443583463674/May 16 (Wednesday), 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Young Dems Phonebank for Dave, Dave Clegg HQ, 48 Main St., Kingston, https://www.facebook.com/events/764909607032746/ May 16 (Wednesday), 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Young Dems Phonebank for Dave, Dave Clegg HQ, 48 Main St., Kingston, https://www.facebook.com/events/764909607032746

At 6 p.m., NYC Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumaane Williams are joined by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa for a community rally in support of immigrants and human rights, Holyrood Episcopal Church, 715 W. 179th St., Manhattan.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

John Denham, the Skills Secretary, will tell a rally tomorrow: «We have got into a terrible mess by counterposing ideals like individual aspiration, or choice in public services, with the virtues of social solidarity and collective strength... trying to tailor individual policies to different groups of voters is a political dead end.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

ALBANY, NY (10/18/2016)(readMedia)-- Dozens of professional caregivers represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will rally to raise public awareness to the closing of the Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office in MarchPublic Employees Federation (PEF) will rally to raise public awareness to the closing of the Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office in Marchpublic awareness to the closing of the Bernard Fineson Developmental Disabilities Services Office in March 2017.

Linda Banta, a Larchmont resident with two children in public schools who joined a rally against the regulation on July 29 held by state Senate candidate Julie Killian and congressional candidate Phil Oliva, both Republicans, said, «It's alarming that the federal government announced something in the middle of summer that could so adversely affect our schools and economy.»

At a subsequent rally, he said the state is subsidizing big fast food restaurants like McDonald's to the tune of $ 700 million a year — in part by providing health care coverage and other public assistance to its workers — and called for New York to get out of the «hamburger business.»

The citizen lobbyists were not invited and reacted by rallying the European public against it.

At 7 a.m., Food and Water Watch, the New York Public Interest Research Group and activists and supporters of the Stop the Cuomo Tax campaign rally in Times Square, Penn Station and Grand Central against tax increase to support nuclear power plants in upstate New York, Grand Central Terminal by # 7 Train, Penn Station, LIRR area, and Times Square by Shuttle and 2 and 3 train tracks, Manhattan.

Hundreds of people turned out for a rally in front of County Hall in Buffalo to protest Legislator Joseph Lorigo's call for a public hearing regarding the potential threat posed by Syrian refugees.

Mr. Rodriguez, the representative of the district where the rally took place, argued that the Assembly had given a great deal to teachers unions and public education advocates by proposing a $ 1.8 billion outlay for schools in the budget.

The program will start with the Muslim call for prayer and a public sundown prayer by Muslim rally participants.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio was fined almost $ 48,000 by the New York City Campaign Finance Board on Thursday for hiring a makeup artist for his family on election night, paying airfare for his son, Dante, to attend an Al Sharpton rally in Washington, D.C. and paying Hilltop Public Solutions, a firm owned by close mayoral adviser Nicholas Baldick, $ 168,000 in improper post-election spending.

Public labor members rallied Monday in Albany as the Supreme Court heard the opening arguments of Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges automatic union dues paid by public - sector woPublic labor members rallied Monday in Albany as the Supreme Court heard the opening arguments of Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges automatic union dues paid by public - sector wopublic - sector workers.

Incoming Public Advocate Letitia James was less conciliatory, taking her oath on a bible held by little Dasani Coates, a homeless girl whose tale became a rallying cry after the New York Times did a five - part series on her life.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

(A rally organized by Columbia University professor David Eisenbach will precede the debate, at which participants will be calling on all the candidates to hold a public hearing and vote on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act).

At 12:15 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James, NYC Council members Rafael Espinal, Stephen Levin, Corey Johnson, Donovan Richards, Helen Rosenthal and Jumaane Williams, and legal and housing advocates hold a rally in support of a package of bills that aim to end illegal actions used by three - quarter operators and provide protections residents, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.

The rally occurred several days after Brooklyn public defenders staged a walkout at a state courthouse after a man was detained by ICE agents prior to the start of a trial he was involved in.

Public defenders and advocates for immigrant rights rallied on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on December 7 to condemn arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at New York courthouses.

Joined by area politicians and community leaders, the parents, students and teachers rallied in support of the Education Investment Tax Credit which would increase support for public and religious schools by creating a tax incentive for individuals and corporations to donate to scholarship programs administered by nonprofit educational organizations.

Public rally held by Ealing Council against plans to cut NHS hospital services in north west London

In September, he joined thousands of Bronx families and advocates like me at the #PathToPossible rally in Prospect Park, giving an inspiring speech about the power of a great public education and supporting our effort to grow New York City's public charter schools to 200,000 students by 2020.

Moreover, at the rally, Public Advocate Tish James announced that she favors divestment from fossil fuels by the city's pension funds.

Before the rally, which was organized by City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, FDNY Lt. Brian Forsyth, 44, who has been working at Ladder 8 for six years, said the proposed closures are demoralizing firefighters and endangering the public.

ALBANY, NY (03/13/2012)(readMedia)-- Busloads of state employees represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) will rally at noon Thursday, March 15, in Albany's West Capitol Park to call on state legislators to hold the line against the governor's attacks on state services and pensions.

ALBANY, NY (01/31/2014)(readMedia)-- Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and New York State Public Employees Federation President Susan M. Kent on «poor word choices» by some at PEF's Jan. 29 rally in Albany:

UTICA, NY (04/27/2012)(readMedia)-- Doctors, nurses, counselors and therapists at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center (MVPC), represented by the New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF), rallied today in front of the Utica State Office Building on Genesee Street.

As budget negotiations were going down to the wire in Albany, some 5,000 parents, teachers and students from across the state converged outside Gov. Cuomo's Midtown Manhattan office for a March 28 rally that marked the culmination of their months - long campaign to stop him from pushing through radical changes to public education policy favored by his Wall Street backers as part of the state budget.

UFTers have been out in force all month, with mass leafletting and high - profile rallies across the five boroughs, to raise public awareness about the state Senate's preliminary budget that would cut city public schools by $ 500 million.

One of several public - sector union leaders to speak at the rally, which was officially hosted by AFSCME's District Council 37, UFT President Michael Mulgrew condemned the mayor's plans.

Roughly 75 supporters showed up at the rally at West 177th Street and Wadsworth Avenue to back Rodriguez's request that a private hearing held by the Council's Standards and Ethics Committee be opened to the public so that the councilman can voice his side of the story.