Sentences with phrase «role state officials»

But its first stirrings became apparent in Buffalo last year, when prosecutors subpoenaed state institutions responsible for SolarCity and two other components of the Buffalo Billion program, seeking information about how government - funded projects were awarded and what role state officials played in selecting the winners.

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It's official: Barack Obama will reprise his role as President of the United States for a second term.

American officials say Mr. Low played a crucial role in laundering hundreds of millions of dollars from 1MDB into the United States.

Lancaster aggressively attacks the model of state - led development that flourished in the immediate postcolonial years, noting correctly that Western officials and economists played major roles in designing and promoting it.

All of us fret and kick against the steel bands of institutionalism; the teacher against the grading system, the social worker against the artificiality created by the very fact of his being a professional representative of the state commissioned to deal with human needs, the worker something of whose very life is «bought» against the employer, and the sensitive employer who buys that portion of that life against the system, the public official against the role which political necessity assigns to him.

The role of these churches is not to serve the policy of the United States but to keep alive in their own societies a deep challenge to the official ideas of God, man and history.

Three - time South Carolina State BBQ Champion Jack Waiboer drops by and chats with Scott about his GrateTV online video show, his involvement with the Southern BBQ Network (SBN), his role as founder and teacher of the Carolina Pit Masters Barbecue Cooking School, and his duties as the Official Pitmaster of Kraft Foods.

That's because the majority of youth sport programs in the United States rely on volunteers — usually parents — to serve as youth coaches, or to hold other roles, like volunteer administrators or officials.

Arguably, state officials with a legislative role who are not members of the state legislature aren't covered, but this does not reflect common practice and this hole is often filled by a state constitutional provision or a state law or a local government charter.

Melissa DeRosa, the first woman to serve as secretary to the governor — the equivalent of the chief of staff post for a president in the executive chamber — recounted that despite her resume as a top official in Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office and role in the state campaign for President Barack Obama, she has been defined in the media by her relationship to her lobbyist father and husband, a former Cuomo spokesman who now works for Uber.

Environmental groups and advocates are cheering the decision by state environmental officials to deny permits for the Millennium Pipeline to connect to a Hudson Valley power plant that is playing a supporting role in the corruption case against former gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco.

Also, the governor and lawmakers are responsible for crafting the state budget, a process that gives them great control over which programs to fund and leaves education officials in an advisory role.

In these roles, Jenny has established relationships with key community leaders and elected officials at local, state and federal levels to bridge the communication and understanding of the needs of the community where she lives, works and volunteers.

NEW YORK CITY — Moses «Mark» Stern, the cooperating witness who played a pivotal role in the arrests of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others, is a well - connected upstate powerbroker who kept dirt on politicians for a «rainy day» and had ties to many elected officials, including state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, sources said.

State Thruway Authority officials responded through a press spokesperson, stating that the lead agency role has not been determined.

Citizens for Local Power co-founder Jennifer Metzger, who is also a Rosendale Town Board member, contends that state Thruway Authority officials are seeking the lead agency role despite public statements to the contrary.

In fact, Assemblyman Michael Miller wrote a letter to Ms. Quinn in September, 2012 (and I am still waiting to see it, despite multiple requests), supposedly questioning the jurisdiction of the City Council with regard to their failure to demand a completed investigation by the Department of Investigations (that DOI investigators and officials initiated in May, 1993, but failed to complete), and Ms. Quinn's own role to initiate her own, independent investigation, as her August, 2006 letter clearly states.

It is my opinion that in the Bronx, New York City and throughout New York State folks of all ideologies, political party, socio - economic level and demographics are with a Comptroller who is independent and ever mindful that he is caretaker for the NYS pensions, our revenue, the economy of our great state and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasaState folks of all ideologies, political party, socio - economic level and demographics are with a Comptroller who is independent and ever mindful that he is caretaker for the NYS pensions, our revenue, the economy of our great state and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasastate and a role often overlooked the person who watches for corruption by elected officials, corporations, contractors and others who commit malfeasances.

GOP candidate Grant Lally sent an e-mail blast Monday announcing that the New York Board of Elections certified him as winner of the tight race against Stephen Labate for New York's 3rd Congressional District Republican nomination — but the declaration came as news to state board of election officials, who said they have no role in certifying the race's results not certified the results.

We have sought to cooperate throughout this process, and are still hopeful to come to a resolution soon that will protect the role of state parties in advocating on behalf of Democrats and supporting our candidates and elected officials on all levels.»

A fifth candidate, former RNC official Maria Cino, largely emphasized her own credentials and the role of state parties.

SILVER did no legal work whatsoever on these asbestos cases, his sole role having been to use his official position and access to state funds to induce Dr. Taub to provide him with these lucrative referrals.

Barbara Underwood is a highly respected lawyer who is stepping into the role as the state's top law enforcement official at a tumultuous time.

Zemsky said he hopes to build «more of an integrated, collaborative and communicative relationship» with officials at SUNY Polytechnic, which under Kaloyeros played a leading role in state - backed technology developments across the state.

TOWN OF ULSTER >> Town Board members joined the growing list of municipal officials asking the state Department of Environmental Conservation to take the lead agency role in reviews of the Pilgrim Pipeline system largely planned for the state Thruway corridor.

ROSENDALE >> Town Board members have voted to send state Department of Environmental Conservation officials a message that the state Thruway Authority should not share the lead agency role for reviews of the $ 553.2 million Pilgrim Pipeline proposal to build two petroleum lines.

In fact, the role of state officials in soft - pedaling the changes they agreed to last fall is in some ways more outrageous than that of SolarCity.

New York State's top education leader has been selected by federal officials for a new role.

The WFP played a key role in helping the Democrats take the state Senate majority in 2008 and reached its apex in 2009 when it helped elect a handful of so - called «progressive» City Council members and its first citywide official, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio and leaders of the embattled New York City Housing Authority continue to respond to fallout from revelations that NYCHA had failed for years to comply with federal and local laws around lead paint inspections, some elected officials are renewing calls for the state take a more active role in the city's massive public housing system.

State health care funding figures into the charges — to which Silver has pleaded not guilty — but federal officials also note the Assembly's «significant role in regulating the real estate industry.»

My work as a community activist on issues such as affordable housing, my background as a member of the Democratic State Committee, and my experience working for Democratic elected officials such as Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, since my days in college, leave me with a deep appreciation and respect for the role working men and women play in making this the Empire State.

In 2007, then Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, during a House of Commons debate on constitutional reform, that he believed that the House of Commons should have more authority over the selection of «public officials whose role it is to protect the public's rights and interests, and for whom there is not currently independent scrutiny.

Councilman Jumaane D. Williams, center, with other elected officials and advocates on Thursday urging the city and the state to play a greater role in addressing the homelessness crisis.

One of the pragmatic reasons the union officials who play such a big role in the WFP's operation wanted to give him its nomination rather than backing an obscure law professor whose lack of name recognition at the time was equaled only by her paucity of funding was that they felt more confident he could produce the 50,000 votes on the WFP line necessary to preserve its spot on the state ballot four years from now.

The state's announcement emphasized that teachers will play a significant role in developing the tests, which union officials and other education groups praised.

Invitees include governors and state health officials, and the draft agenda includes discussion of vaccine distribution, the role of schools, community mitigation, and risk communications.

Federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, state government officials and commercial interests all play a role in the decision - making process.

Earlier this week, Rhode Island health officials reported that the state has seen an uptick in a number of STDs over the last year, and they believe dating apps are playing a role in this rise.

Bashir Salahuddin shines in a small role as a state department official whose interactions with Emily's momma's - boy brother Jeffrey (Ike Barinholtz) are among the highlights.

State education officials opposed the changes, citing the important role the assessments have played in ensuring that students are taught to state standards in the subjState education officials opposed the changes, citing the important role the assessments have played in ensuring that students are taught to state standards in the subjstate standards in the subjects.

He glosses over national policy and rarely examines the functions of state boards of education, district officials, and school principals, who all play a significant role in what products and services are adopted and used in schools.

Despite federal officials» emphasis on state and local reforms, the program at the heart of the Administration's education agenda has become a battleground in the war over the federal role in education.

Washington — As state officials continue preparations for the start of the new federal job - training program next month, the results of a recently released survey suggest that community colleges will have a greater role in providing skills training because of a change in the way state officials say they will use their special training grants.

Although Common Core was developed by Republican and Democratic governors and state education officials, President Barack Obama also played a significant role by encouraging states to adopt it through a $ 4.4 billion grant program in 2009.

Former N.Y. K - 12 Official Ken Wagner Picked to Be Rhode Island Chief EdWeek: As a deputy commissioner in New York state, Wagner played a key role in overseeing how the state shifted to the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessmstate, Wagner played a key role in overseeing how the state shifted to the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessmstate shifted to the Common Core State Standards and aligned assessmState Standards and aligned assessments.

In «Partnership Is a Two - Way Street: What It Takes for Business to Help Drive School Reform» we argue, «Too often, business has put its good intentions to work in the service of ineffectual systems... If business leaders are serious about school improvement, they must play a more forceful role and drive harder bargains with state officials and school district educators.»

While Kansas officials cited cost as their reason for exiting, political turmoil over the new, multistate Common Core academic standards has played a role in other states» decisions to back out.

Overall, superintendents and other district officials seem to play modest roles in the states «policy activity.

One obvious answer is Common Core and the deep distrust many conservative Republicans — especially in the House — have of the federal government's role in dictating to states and local officials what students should be learning.