Sentences with phrase «received by advocates»

In terms of amount of attention received by advocates for drug legalization, one could count how much space (newspaper columns in inches or number of minutes during a television news broadcast) is actually devoted to one position versus the other.

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Although Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates has previously said «every single drug petition» received before Aug. 31 will be reviewed by the Obama administration, activists and clemency advocates have been urging the president for months to quicken the pace of approvals.

Such a system is particularly crucial for Hartshorne's purposes since the dipolar theism he advocates has usually lost out by default, by failing to receive consideration even as a possibility.

One of the most active athletic trainers» association at the state level is in New Jersey, which was the first state to require by law that coaches receive safety training, is among the 40 states that have enacted strong youth concussion safety laws, and has been a leader in advocating for academic accommodations for concussed student - athletes.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

Regina's services to children were recognized by the Ohio Department of Human Services in 1990 when she received the «Adoption Worker of the Year Award» She has also received a Triad Advocate award from Adoption Network and Sara Berman Speaker's award from NACAC (North American Council on Adoptable Children).

One way to do this is to advocate for the children and youth who have been emaciated from or «aged out» of (reached the age of 18 and are no longer able to receive assistance from their state of foster families) of foster care by:

Some fair housing advocates in western New York are slamming the proposal by HUD Secretary Ben Carson is proposing that would raise the rent for people who receive federal housing subsidies.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

A Database of Deals providing data on the benefits received by each company was the subject of discussions between the legislature and advocates periodically during the session, and a bill reflecting those discussions was introduced in the last week and a half of the session -LRB-(A8175) Schimminger / S6613 - A (Croci)-RRB-.

Lauren's Law was originally signed by Governor Cuomo in October 2012, and was named for Lauren Shields, a Rockland County resident who received a life - saving heart transplant at age 9 and became an advocate for organ donation.

The main federal investigation, which covers fund - raising by Mr. de Blasio and his staff since his 2013 election campaign, is examining whether donors were promised or received favorable municipal treatment in exchange for their contributions.The nonprofit is in the process of closing down, the mayor said last month, explaining that its work advocating universal prekindergarten and affordable housing was finished.

Governor Cuomo, speaking by phone to a gathering of advocates for the poor, says he's rescinded a 14 - year - old state regulation that required food stamp recipients be subject to fingerprinting before receiving benefits.

He announced that he and Governor Andrew Cuomo have agreed to increase support for New Yorkers with AIDS receiving housing assistance so that their rent will not exceed 30 percent of their income — a goal long sought by advocates.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Despite a concerted drive in recent weeks by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-..BY PAUL SCHINDLER Despite a concerted drive in recent weeks by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-..by advocates and elected officials, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Executive Budget for the fiscal year beginning April 1 does not include appropriation of funds to ensure that New Yorkers living with AIDS and receiving government rental assistance will have the effective rent they pay capped at -LSB-...]

The public advocate's office, currently occupied by Tish James, will receive an extra $ 700,000 in the fiscal year starting July 1, administration officials revealed today.

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) was created to assist qualifying taxpayers who have experienced a delay of more than thirty days of resolving their tax issue, or have not received a response to the problem by the date that was promised by the IRS, and are experiencing economic harm from those delays.

The burgeoning educational theatre program for Bronx youth received a financial boost this fall — in the form of a $ 30,000 state grant secured by Senator Klein, who has long been a staunch advocate of the arts and arts programming for local families.

A report released this month by the city's public advocate, Letitia James, found that thousands of students with disabilities who were given the vouchers weren't receiving services to which they were entitled.

Cuomo's comments were well received by charter - school advocates.

By IAN ANDERSONSolar power is expected to receive another boost this week, following a hectic couple of months during which the advocates of different solar technologies have been vying for the limelight — as well as trying to steal a march on their rivals.

The new research centre in the School of Biosciences will be officially opened by «super woman of wheat» and influential advocate for wheat research and science Jeanie Borlaug Laube, daughter of Norman E Borlaug who received a Nobel Prize for his lifetime of work to feed a hungry world.

Originally envisioned to resemble the Recovery School District reform initiative in New Orleans and Michigan's Education Achievement Authority, the Commissioner's Network hasn't been as well received by Parent Power advocates in the state as Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor would like.

The school choice reforms adopted by the legislature this year are already receiving national attention with the Washington Times saying, «Mississippi parents and school choice advocates hit a trifecta last week» after expansions to the charter school law and the Education Scholarship Account (ESA) program, and a renewal of the Dyslexia Scholarship Program occurred on the same day.

His leading opponent, Nick Melvoin, an educator, lawyer and reform advocate, is backed by prosperous donors and received high - profile endorsements from the Los Angeles Times, the California Charter Schools Association, and two former LA mayors.

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(Long Beach, California)- Nine inspiring and exceptional leaders and advocates in the California charter school movement received a prestigious Hart Vision Award at the 23rd Annual California Charter Schools Conference, hosted by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), and held March 14 - 17, 2016 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

Unfortunately — as a 2013 study by the California Food Policy Advocates has found — only 17 % of students who received subsidized lunches during the school year also participated in a similar summer lunch program.

Nathan has received more than 40 awards, the most recent being the 2012 Kentucky College Access Advocate of the Year by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.

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In that capacity, Cox in December 1994 received the fifth annual Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage from the Shafeek Nader Foundation, formed by consumer advocate Ralph Nader in memory of his father.

Today, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) announced that it will be the first museum certified by W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy), a New York — based activist organization founded in 2008 which advocates for artists to receive fair compensation from the institutions which contract their work.

However, there is a major reason why volcanic activity must be part of climate change, but it receives inadequate consideration by warming advocates and skeptics.

It is only sensible that we should do so, and if we do, and if in particular we reach the conclusion that they should use the methodology implied in the impact assessment and not the absurd methods used by Sir Nicholas Stern, now Lord Stern — he received his reward — they would reach a conclusion very similar to that advocated by the hon. Gentleman on Second Reading: that we should put far more emphasis on adaptation to helping poor countries cope with climate change, rather than on crippling our industries — aviation, shipping and all the other industries — to little avail.

Obama advocated continuing aggressive government funding of renewable energy research projects, and set a goal of having 80 % of American households receive their power from clean energy sources by 2035.

In recognition of his many accomplishments, Dean Morant was named the John R. Kramer Outstanding Law Dean by Equal Justice Works in 2010 and received the Chief Justice John Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 from the Judge Advocates Association.

He has also received Martindale - Hubbell's highest rating of AV and is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

«This is the feedback we have received from firms large and small — whether used by a pro bono co-ordinator to advocate for better resources or a firm setting up its pro bono practice and wanting benchmarks on how their counterparts have structured their practices.»

The site, set up by the Solicitors» Association for Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA), explains that it aims to address the problem «frequently encountered by SAHCA's members, that when they receive instructions to attend a court outside of their region, or in a field in which they are not specialised, they have been forced to resort to instructing agents or members of the Bar».

He was successful in advocating on behalf of his client that he should receive benefits at the rate of $ 310.21 per week despite the initial position by GAN that he should receive zero.

The «special advocates» suggestion was well received by Justices Ian Binnie, Rosalie Abella and Louis LeBel who all asked for more information on how the system worked.

We have been consistently recognized as some of the best attorneys in our field and have received the highest ratings for professional ethics and legal ability by the Martindale - Hubbell Law Directory, Super Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and other organizations.

In addition to being named «Lawyer of the Year» on multiple occasions, Mr. Ferguson has received a number of other honors, including: Named a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation Induction as an Advocate into the American Board of Trial Advocates Named to the Texas Top 100 by the National Trial Lawyers Association Named to National Top 10 by the National Academy of Trial Attorneys

Karl is frequently called up on to speak at conferences hosted by The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and the Advocates Society and take pride in representing his clients to the fullest in order to ensure that they receive full and fair compensation for their losses which often involves taking matters to hearing or trial.

Attorney Thomas Ramer has been voted by other attorneys to receive Martindale - Hubbell's highest AV Preeminent ** peer review rating for ethical standards and legal ability, and has earned membership in the exclusive Million Dollar Advocates Forum — with $ 1 million recoveries for our clients four times since 2000.

He has received the top rating of AV for a lawyer by Martindale - Hubbell and has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association and the American Society of Legal Advocates.

Breon C. M. Walker has been chosen to receive the prestigious Nation's Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40 award presented by the National Bar Association (NBA) and IMPACT.

They receive only limited initial training consisting of a two - week residential course, and while they receive additional training thereafter, the assessment process is not conducted by an independent external course provider unlike other professionally regulated advocates in the magistrates» courts.