Sentences with phrase «raises for judges»

They'll discuss the fight in Albany over campaign finance reform, pay raises for judges and lawmakers, reinstating the death penalty for murders of law enforcement and corrections officers, gay marriage and much more.

Topics include campaign finance reform, pay raises for judges and legislators, control of the state senate and much more.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget director told a special panel Wednesday the state can not afford long - awaited pay raises for judges unless they are «rational and fair» — and ruled out some proposed hikes as unaffordable.

Nothing less would do; not when Lippman is hoping that the Legislature and governor will fulfill a commitment to fund pay raises for judges in 2012.

Not exact matches

Elevator Pitch judges were skeptical about the market for the BatBnB, but fans helped the eco-friendly bat house raise $ 107,638, about 344 percent of its fundraising goal.

We use the Valuentum Dividend Cushion ™ ratio as a way to judge the capacity for management to raise its dividend — how much cushion it has — and we couple that assessment with the firm's dividend track record, or management's willingness to raise the dividend.

First they have to hear the message that Christ died for our sins, and was raised from the dead to prove He has both the authority to judge and the ability to save.

First off, who would have guessed that — to judge by the ratings — the most interesting issue ever raised by POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVES is the TV replacement for George Will?

As former Nixon economics adviser Herbert Stein observed, President Bush has made economic growth the acid test by which every other policy is to be judged, believing that such growth will permit progress on other fronts, including raising the standard of living for the poor.

For the first time in the trial the judge, who usually spoke so softly that the spectators had trouble hearing him, raised his voice and said sharply: «Well, I'm going to, so get on with it.»

The term «resurrection of the dead» should not be interpreted as a hope for the prolongation or restoration of our own conscious existence, but rather a hope that human life has meaning, that when our conscious existence is ended, the historical life we have lived may be raised before the eternal Judge, and may be vindicated, as being of some value for that Kingdom which is eternal and for whose fuller manifestation on earth we ever pray.

The Bookof Judges used it for persons whom God raised up to deliver Israel from its enemies (Judges 5:9, 15), and in Second Isaiah it was used for God's own self:

We can rejoice that we are saved not through the immanent mechanisms of history and nature, but by grace; that God will not unite all of history's many strands in one great synthesis, but will judge much of history false and damnable; that He will not simply reveal the sublime logic of fallen nature, but will strike off the fetters in which creation languishes; and that, rather than showing us how the tears of a small girl suffering in the dark were necessary for the building of the Kingdom, He will instead raise her up and wipe away all tears from her eyes» and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor any more pain, for the former things will have passed away, and He that sits upon the throne will say, «Behold, I make all things new.»

We judges were asked to raise our hands as each name was called and I raised my hand for Chef Mary Sue Milliken.

That year Tommy Lasorda, Leslie Uggams, Andy Granatelli, and Bobby Unser were added to the celebrity judging staff, and by the end of the fourth championship, over $ 50,000 had been raised for charity.

A medical emergency this morning at a judging session for the Fiery Food Challenge, the spicy food contest held in conjunction with ZestFest, served as a visceral reminder of how much heat capsaicin extract packs — and raised questions about whether the chemical should be allowed in competition.

The Illinois Appellate Court this week found that the judge in the McHenry civil case erred by raising the bar too high for state prosecutors seeking to ban Yvonne Cryns from practicing midwifery without a license.

A group led by veteran Albany hand Bruce Gyory will push for the passage of amendment to the state's constitution that would raise the retirement age of judges.

The amendment would raise the retirement age for state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges to 80.

The committee formed to promote the passage of an amendment to raise the retirement age for state judges is being paid for by some of New York's most prominent law firms, according to a filing with the state Board of Elections.

Despite still not showing up for work, Judge Leticia Astacio is getting an increase in her $ 175,500 salary as part of an agreed upon raise for city court judges across New York.

To get the stay, he had to convince the three appeals judges who decided his case — Jose Cabranes, Richard Wesley and William Sessions — that his arguments raise a «substantial question» for the Supreme Court, and that there is «good cause» to hold off on a retrial.

«The Second Circuit's decision in Stevenson further demonstrates why Silver's... argument raises no substantial issue for his appeal,» prosecutors wrote Judge Valerie Caproni.

Stephen P. Younger, President of the New York State Bar Association, said: «For more than a decade, our judges have expertly handled expanding dockets, while seeing their pay diminished due to the lack of fair and adequate pay raises.

«Judges and organizations testified about the need for raises and the budget director was very honest about the state's fiscal situation.»

A proposal on Tuesday's ballot would raise the retirement age for some New York judges from 70 to age 80.

Indeed, prosecutors in the Silver case told the judge in a court filing last month that if the assemblyman's lawyers introduced evidence to «shed light on his good character or his character for truthfulness,» they would want to tell the jury about a 2009 episode that they claimed raised questions about his honesty.

She said, «Instead of commending the president for raising the bar of war against corruption, and recovering huge sums of money from rogue judges, ignoble men are taking refuge under the sanctity of the judiciary.

Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.

Members of the Legislature have long coveted a pay increase, which in the past had been part of the usual political horsetrading at the Capitol and yoked with salary raises for state judges.

The state's chief administrative judge argued a pay raise consistent with federal district judges — who make $ 174,000 — would not be appropriate if not adjusted for inflation because federal judges have not had cost - of - living increases since 2009.

The amendment to raise the retirement age for state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals judges from 70 to 80 was voted down.

New York's judges haven't seen a pay raise for over a decade; the same can not be said of their employees.

The U.S. Senate should «interrogate» Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, several of the country's top LGBT groups said, warning that Judge Neil Gorsuch's track record raises concerns he opposes same - sex marriage and transgender rights.

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But, despite the difficult climate, many criminal justice advocates are continuing their calls for pay raises for state judges.

A New York judge decided that a fraud case against Trump over his former school for real estate investors will go to trial — raising the possibility that the Republican presidential primary front - runner could testify during campaign season.

Rep. Chris Collins is pushing his business partner's brother, John L. Sinatra Jr., for federal judgeship, stunning good government advocates and raising concerns among women lawyers because he would take the seat that the Obama administration wanted to fill with Buffalo's first - ever female district court judge.

- $ 2 million to cover the cost of raises for local district attorneys, which are tied to the raises going into effect for the state's judges.

Too much of the state's election process for judges revolves around raising money, said Dennis R. Hawkins, executive director of the Fund for Modern Courts, a New York City - based group that favors reform of the judicial selection process.

That benchmark for state Supreme Court justices in each county would trigger proportional raises for other judges.

He picked Dinapoli, who has proven to be a great sinecure, and giveaway McCall, and his buddy for Chief Judge and Lt Governor and he wants to borrow and raise taxes and he makes millions in Joe Bruno - like income, but other than that, he's a great guy!

A federal judge again postponed former Town of Oyster Bay Commissioner Frederick Ippolito's sentencing for tax evasion connected to fees received from a paving contractor, saying that information received from Ippolito and town officials about their relationship with the company was too vague and only raised more questions.

«Federal judges have had their raises and salaries frozen for the last three years.

Voters were particularly baffled by the rows of small type on the back of the ballots, describing six proposals including allowing casinos across the state and raising the retirement age for judges.

A commission created by Cuomo and the legislature is now at work devising salary raises for legislators, statewide elected officials and judges.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A judge today allowed a lawsuit over pay raises for county officials to move forward, despite efforts by attorneys to quash it.

A luxury hotel magnate and Clinton family friend avoided jail time Thursday as a Brooklyn federal judge gave him a slap on the wrist for illegally raising campaign cash for...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A judge today ruled pay raises for Onondaga County legislators were illegally passed last year, while upholding a raise for the county executive.

A New York State Supreme Court judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the city from raising water rates for landlords and granting a water bill...