Sentences with phrase «result of new state laws»

As the result of a new state law that offers school personnel early - retirement benefits, the Philadelphia public schools could be filling as many as 1,200 teaching positions by September, according to Peter Bent, the district's director of recruitment.

Not exact matches

Rockefeller expects state and local tax revenues to fluctuate over the coming quarters as a result of the tax bill, as high - income taxpayers look for new loopholes in the law and adjust their behavior accordingly.

This law is the direct result of strong lobbying efforts by our union and others and it will beneficially impact all Hotel Trades Council members employed in New York State.

Yesterday, New York City's Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio, published the results of a citywide study on the state of New York's Freedom of Information Law in the form of a series of report cards.

Documents made public by the city's Department of Investigation and city comptroller, respectively, along with the results of Freedom of Information Law requests filed by POLITICO New York, shed new light on the powerful figures — inside and outside state government — who helped Allure Group to take control of the siNew York, shed new light on the powerful figures — inside and outside state government — who helped Allure Group to take control of the sinew light on the powerful figures — inside and outside state government — who helped Allure Group to take control of the site.

As a result of the Scaffold Law being in place, Erie County and New York State continue to lose business as companies choose to develop in states that don't impose such restrictions.

Education law, as summarized by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Bar Association, says the burden of proof rests on the entity or person who challenges vote results to establish facts that would justify invalidating results.

The matter and my character were completely vetted years ago by the New York State Grievance Committee and was brought to the attention of Nevada regulators with no resulting limitation on my ability to practice law or operate casinos.

Hospitals Insurance Co., a medical malpractice carrier, violated New York law for more than 25 years to perpetuate $ 200 million in fraud, according to newly released results of a three - year state investigation.

The Cuomo policy of using centralized software to automatically delete state employee emails after 90 days is resulting in the destruction of emails, which are considered public records under New York's Freedom of Information Law.

As a result of a landmark settlement between the French Bank BNP Paribas and regulators at the State and Federal level, New York State will be paid over $ 3 billion dollars by BNP Paribas due to their repeated violations of U.S. laws and sanctions.

The legislation, the result of a collaboration between state and city officials following yet another public spat between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio, will mandate all existing cooling towers be registered within 30 days of the law's enactment and new towers to be registered before they go online.

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

In March, the New York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yeaNew York State Senate passed «Ildefonso Romero, Jr.'s Law,» which would create a new felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four yeanew felony charge for an aggravated assault that results in serious injury or death, carrying a maximum prison term of four years.

If he loses even one of these cases, people are going to wonder whether the big talk is consistent with the results,» Pace Law professor Bennett Gershman, a former state prosecutor, told the New York Daily News.

A plurality of 45 percent says they will be about the same financially as a result of the new tax law — which cuts federal tax rates but curbs deductibility of state and local taxes — while 33 percent say they will be worse off, and only 15 percent say they will be better off financially.

«We discovered no cases brought as a result of naloxone administration by [law enforcement officers], which is perhaps not surprising because that practice is relatively new,» the researchers wrote, noting that some 220 law enforcement agencies in 24 states now carry the drug.

The new film has the group of bumbling state troopers moving north to practice law in Canada, with predictable comic results.

This would include, among other things, changing states» charter laws to allow the participation of private schools, developing a student - based funding formula for education, and establishing clear rules for ensuring that new Catholic (and other private) charter schools are able to maintain sufficient autonomy while being held accountable for results.

As with so much in the new law, what happens as a result of ESSA's evidence provisions will depend less on what they require of states and more on what states make of the opportunities that they create.

But the new law is likely to be referred to voters in November, as a result of a petition drive backed by the state teachers union, which opposes charter schools.

Most states adopted only modest measures to improve charter schools as a result of the «Race to the Top» competition and no new substantive charter school laws were passed, said Jeanne Allen, president and founder of the Center for Education Reform, a school choice advocate based in Washington, D.C.

The result was a strong set of provisions that states could draw on to bolster and improve their existing law and regulations or that could be tweaked a bit and adopted whole as a new law (as was the case in Maine).

New Jersey has a 20 - year history of taking over troubled districts under its then - groundbreaking state - takeover law, but the results have been controversial.

Tell that to the school choice activists who have successfully passed voucher measures in more than 13 states, the children who attend the 1,091 new charter schools opened between 2010 and 2013, and families in cities such as Adelanto, Calif., who have taken over failing schools using Parent Trigger laws passed as a result of the competitive grant competition.

Baton Rouge, LA (August 1, 2014)-- The Louisiana Federation for Children, the state's voice for educational choice, celebrates the results of two independent audits released by Louisiana Department of Education that shows all scholarship schools in the state are compliant with a new accounting law passed during this year's legislative session.

The state's results are preliminary, with 15 percent of districts still not reporting their choice of evaluation instruments in compliance with this week's deadline, which is included in the state's new tenure law that required districts to have evaluation instruments chosen by the start of this calendar year and in place for the start of the next school year in September.

In the statement Evers says he believes there is too much emphasis on standardized tests and the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, gives states the option to use local data in place of state test results in the Educator Effectiveness System.

Instead, the law keeps in place the annual testing requirement, but allows states to use the results however they want in a new accountability system of their own design.

While the law states that the «survey» results will not be used as part of a teacher's «summative performance evaluation rating under the new teacher evaluation program,» the results will be used, «in developing the professional development plans for the individual teacher.»

The Center was asked by the state of Illinois to lead the state Legislative Task Force on School Leader Preparation, resulting in a 2010 law which closed all existing Illinois principal preparation programs after 2012 and required programs to reapply for a new P - 12 state Principal Endorsement under a far more rigorous set of outcome - based criteria.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward - looking statements include, without limitation, possible product defects and product liability, risks related to international sales and potential foreign currency exchange fluctuations, the initiation or outcome of litigation, acts or potential acts of terrorism, international conflicts, significant fluctuations of quarterly operating results, changes in Canadian and foreign laws and regulations, continued acceptance of RIM's products, increased levels of competition, technological changes and the successful development of new products, dependence on third - party networks to provide services, dependence on intellectual property rights, and other risks and factors detailed from time to time in RIM's periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory authorities.

The handful of so - called «vertical price - fixing» have produced mixed results — a California court found a cosmetic maker's price controls illegal under state law, while a New York court said that «resale price maintenance» was acceptable for Tempur - Pedic mattresses.

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If, and to the extent that New Jersey law applies, with respect to residents of New Jersey, the terms in Section 5 (and with respect to 5 (c), insofar as any claims may arise from, or relate to, consumer protection or fraud and / or misrepresentation, or result in attorney's fees) does not limit any rights you may have as a consumer under New Jersey law and are intended to be only as broad and inclusive as permitted by the laws of the state of your residence.

AB 32, California's nation - leading greenhouse gas emissions reductions law, and the state's Renewable Energy Standard (RES), requiring state utilities to obtain one - third of their power from renewable sources by 2020, will not only drive the growth of renewables capacity, Hertel said, but also necessitate new natural gas - burning power plants or result in serious power supply problems.

Patchwork of state laws has made regulatory action difficult One thing holding back the effective regulation of e-waste has been the lack of a clear national policy; currently, New York City and 16 states have their own individual programs for dealing with the waste, resulting in a confusing patchwork of laws that has made it difficult for companies to obey.

While there may have been a small change on one of the three states, the overall results suggested these new laws offered little, IF ANY change to the level of care provided to Medicare patients in emergency room settings.

Two weeks ago, we pointed out that the debate over the new healthcare law had resulted in some infighting, with several states» governors on opposite sides of the issue from their own attorneys general.

A conviction under the state's version of the federal RICO statute, known as the New York Enterprise Corruption Law, can result in a sentence of up to 25 years in state prison, not to mention significant fines and asset forfeiture to make restitution.

In fact, a conviction under the New York Enterprise Corruption Law — the state's version of the federal RICO statute, can result in a state prison sentence of up to 25 years, significant fines, asset forfeiture, restitution and more.

Based on the case law, the right to life is engaged when a state imposed deprivation can result in death; and security of the person is engaged when a state imposed deprivation, such as delay to access to health care, may result in detrimental physical and psychological effects (see R v Morgentaler, [1988] 1 SCR 30 at para 28; New Brunswick (Minister of Health & Community Services) v G (J), [1999] 3 SCR 46 at para 60; PHS Community Services Society v Canada (Attorney General), 2011 SCC 44 at para 91).

New York State Labor Law § 240, in particular, protects workers injured in scaffold falls, including window washers, painters, power washers who fall as a result of a defective or broken scaffold.

Breslin and Breslin, PA, Donald A. Caminiti, Esq., was one of six law firms selected by the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey to act as special counsel to represent it in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry to recover Medicaid and other health related costs incurred by the state resulting from tobacco related illneState of New Jersey to act as special counsel to represent it in its lawsuit against the tobacco industry to recover Medicaid and other health related costs incurred by the state resulting from tobacco related illnestate resulting from tobacco related illnesses.

The proven Binghamton professional liability lawyers at Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP have experience representing clients who have been injured as a direct result of the improper care or action of a practicing professional, as it relates to professional liability law in the state of New York.

In somewhat the same vein, put up a hand if you're in favour of a new rule of lawyer's professional conduct which states that lawyers acting for the winning side in a law suit are allowed to comment on the merits of the result for the media — print, electronic, and otherwise — only if the lawyers concede, on the record, that the decision is wrong on the facts and the law, and that they were surprised (nay, astonished, flabbergasted, etc) that any of their arguments were accepted by the judge.

In the state of Louisiana, new car insurance laws took effect at the turn of the new year, resulting in higher minimum auto insurance requirements for state motorists.

Accountant — Goodman Services — Buffalo, NY — 9/2013 to Present • Manage accurate and timely payroll for 200 employees • Analyze accounts and expenditure reports to ensure proper balancing, and resolve and report discrepancies to the department supervisor • Introduce an updated ledger system to accelerate processing times by 10 percent • Observe and document all company expenses with detailed records of invoices, receipts, and other financial documentsAccountant — Foxworth & Trinston Finances — Buffalo, NY — 5/2009 to 9/2013 • Prepared tax returns and financial statements for auditing purposes • Monitored company cash flow on a daily basis and reported to the company president at the end of every week • Received Employee of the Year Award for recommending supplier consolidation that resulted in saving the company $ 1 million • Trained six new employees in company accounting policies and procedures as well as state and federal laws and restrictions to ensure high performance and the meeting of all deadlines

Fostering Court Improvement Fostering Results, ABA Center on Children and the Law, National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, & Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic (2008) Aims to link States so that they can open new, collaborative dialog with all stakeholders in their child welfare systems through the use of data and data analysis, including Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System data housed and maintained by the child and family services agency of each State.

The fall - out from the child abuse scandals that occurred at several of the United States» higher education institutions that caught the attention of many of us has resulted in a new law being passed by Florida Governor Rick Scott last Friday.