Sentences with phrase «public referendum»

A public referendum is a vote by the general public on a specific issue or question. It allows people to directly participate in making a decision or expressing their opinion on matters that affect the community or country as a whole. Full definition
Conservative leader David Cameron pointed to Labour's 2005 manifesto, which had pledged to give the British public a referendum on the original EU Constitution.
This year, Cuomo is proposing state legislation to require county executives to submit plans for sharing or consolidating services to public referenda in November.
Among rejected proposals were ones mandating that charter school teachers join the Public Employees Retirement System, allowing for public referendums before charter schools could be set up, or requiring lawmakers to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program before setting up charter schools.
«These laws have been adopted by public referendums as well as legislation.»
ELIZABETHTOWN — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in January he wanted local governments to put together shared service plans and hold public referendums designed to further reduce property taxes.
The community is invited to attend a series of public Referendum Meetings that will feature a presentation by Park District staff about the Moving Forward, Together Neighborhood Park Referendum.
Legislator Joseph Maloney, I - Saugerties, has proposed a November public referendum asking whether the terms of office for the county executive, comptrollers and legislators should be four years and whether a 12 - year term limit should be imposed on all those positions.
The governor reversed himself on the timing of a casino public referendum, saying he would like it to go before the voters this fall even though there are no statewide elections scheduled, and not in 2014.
Quinn's biggest strategic error was her inability to craft an effective or even a coherent response to the palpable voter anger over her instrumental role in enacting legislation that overturned two successive public referenda limiting the terms of the mayor and Council members.
Which country was the first to adopt a codified constitution by a reasonably democratic public referendum?
Amidst boiling tensions over an upcoming public referendum that, if successful, would alter the mayor's powers, Norman Rosenblum, the village of Mamaroneck's Republican mayor, will sue three Democrats on the Board of Trustees over alleged breaches in the New York state Open Meetings Law.
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Maloney, I - Saugerties, has proposed a November public referendum asking whether the terms of office for the county executive, comptrollers and legislators should be four years and whether a 12 - year term limit should be imposed on all those positions.
That plan, according to the governor's synopsis, would be prepared by each county's chief executive and would then be subject to public hearings, critiques from the county's legislative body and local lawmakers, and ultimately a ballot vote by public referendum that would sign the plan into action.
As for the idea's popularity in Switzerland, 125,000 people have already signed a petition in favor of the policy, which is enough to trigger a public referendum.
Just three weeks ago, Uber and Lyft ceased operations in Austin, Texas, following a public referendum that imposed what the transportation network companies considered onerous regulations.
In each of the last five years, more than 20 board diversity proposals have been brought to U.S. companies, encouraging some to change their policies and avoid a public referendum.
Unlike the case with Greece, there was no removal of a national leader to prevent a public referendum from taking place over whether to approve the loan or not.
Some residents opposed to the project had organized a petition drive and gathered more than 1,000 signatures asking for a public referendum on the tax increase that would be needed to pay for the building.
Fact: If the park district wants to buy the land, it agreed to a public referendum.
The proposal would then be voted in a public referendum this November.
A law can easily change with a single legislative vote while a constitutional amendment requires approval by two separately elected Legislatures and then a public referendum, they say.
Yes, it will take passage by two successive legislatures and then a public referendum.
«That support continues as the commission works toward the goal of presenting to the voters of the city and the county a public referendum in November 2016 that reflects more effective and efficient municipal governance and establishes an environment that will support economic opportunities for all our residents.»
The council approved Bloomberg's proposal on the condition that the matter be put to a public referendum two years later.
Consensus is expected to propose several options that require a public referendum, according to the application from the CNY Regional Economic Development Council.
The Consensus recommendation could pave the way for a public referendum before the end of 2016.
If the council fails to adopt the proposition, and another 5 percent of voters sign petitions - that's roughly 1,350 additional signatures - the matter would go to a public referendum.
Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.
Delegating the authority to a commissioner would require a public referendum under state law, said Paul Sabatino, a Huntington Station attorney and former chief deputy Suffolk County executive.
Without a convention, any constitutional reform must be approved by two separate sessions of the State Legislature and a public referendum.
The state constitution itself requires a public referendum every 20 years on whether to hold a constitutional convention.
This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.
These bills require constitutional amendments, which means they have to be passed by two separately elected Legislatures and then approved in a public referendum.
New York is one of a handful of states that put their school budgets up to public referendum.
The plans do not require a public referendum.
Sliwa, who also hosts a daily radio talk show, is set to call Wednesday for a public referendum to eliminate the advocate position and have the City Council speaker elected by voters, not the council members.
Consensus has previously pushed for a public referendum to decide whether the Syracuse and Onondaga County legislatures should merge.
Mahoney is on a political island locally, when it comes to the Consensus Commission proposal to create a new metropolitan government if a public referendum warrants it.
First announced in June by County Executive Steve Bellone and the parties who initiated the lawsuits, part of the agreement maintained that after legislative approval, a public referendum would ultimately determine if the deal would go through.
She said it was «premature» to consider whether the county might initiate a public referendum on a city - county merger without support from the city council.
Every 20 years, including this year, New Yorkers are asked to vote in a public referendum whether to hold a constitutional convention.
Conservative MPs are threatening to block the treaty, arguing it should be put to a public referendum.
The state took the first step in stripping corrupt public officials of their pension but because it's a constitutional amendment, must pass it again next session before putting it in front of voters for a public referendum.
The proposal contained in Cuomo's budget plan would require local government leaders on the county level to convene a review of ways to share services on the municipal level, with a plan that would be voted on in a public referendum by November.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County legislators have scheduled a special session Aug. 31 to vote on a proposed consolidation of jail operations under the sheriff's office in time to get a proposition on the ballot Nov. 7 for a public referendum.
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