Sentences with phrase «run by elected officials»

Dick Dadey, director of the watchdog group Citizens Union, said nonprofits run by elected officials are ripe for abuses.

Despite the harsh charges leveled in the lawsuit, Benjamin said seeking to have the courts take over a governmental body run by elected officials — even a government steeped in allegations of fraud — is fraught with legal questions.

A wise public official after observing politics in an American city for a number of years said that he would prefer having the city run by elected officials with all the dangers which that involves to administration by political experts; for the politicians often have a human kindness and mercy which the experts lack.

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While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

Although an aquatic center would be run by the Park District, which is a taxing body separate from the village, elected officials from both boards agreed they should work together since their funds come out of the same pockets.

There are five pension funds in New York City, which, unlike the state pension fund, are run by boards of trustees comprised of elected and appointed officials and union representatives.

• The Yankees paid more than $ 300,000 in the first quarter of 2006 to the Mirram Group, a firm run by Roberto Ramirez, a former Bronx As ¬ sembly member and chair of the Bronx Democratic Party who had long - term relationships with Bronx elected officials.

Also at 11 a.m., Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, joined by a coalition of local and state elected officials, community leaders, organizers, activists and supporters, makes his LG run official, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Molinaro, who has been highly critical of Cuomo, said that while he won't run for the state's highest office, he believes New York needs «new leadership, new ideas and renewal of a spirit of community that too many of our elected officials have abandoned,» and he vowed to be an «ardent supporter» of whoever is ultimately tapped by the GOP.

Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

Recall that Cox wasn't exactly a full throated Donald Trump supporter back in the day, and definitely wasn't part of the push led by Western New York GOP elected officials to get Trump to run for governor.

The account is not the official voice of the Labour leader, but it is said to be run by the team behind the #JezWeCan movement that helped to elect Corbyn last year - and it boasts 121,000 followers.

There was not a single elected official at Cuomo's hastily - called event this afternoon — not even the few legislators who stood by him during his last disastrous run for governor in 2002 like Assemblyman Joe Morelle and Sam Hoyt.

Under the rules of the broadcast era of politics, a young man with a funny name and a couple of years in the Senate might run honorably but would almost certainly lose, crushed by the ability of an experienced candidate like Hillary Clinton to raise money from big donors and lock up endorsements from elected officials and party activists.

Rookie Nassau legislator Joshua Lafazan, who ran for his 18th District seat as a Democrat, but is not registered in any political party, is showing his nonpartisan roots by setting up a property tax grievance workshop with three other elected officials — all Republicans.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

If he had decided to stay in the race, JJR would have been among the first impacted by the newly reinstated «resign - to - run» law, which requires state elected officials to resign 10 days before qualifying in a federal race.

I am glad to him going to prison, though it seems a light sentence considering the breach of trust and corrupt nature of a scheme concocted and run by one of NY's highest elected officials.

«I feel very privileged to be able to articulate my positions and my opinions on a myriad of subjects, and now I've been encouraged by many people in the general public, as well as Democratic funders and high level elected officials on both sides of the party line to seriously consider running,» the former star of «The Nanny» told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.

Council Member Eric Ulrich, the sole Republican elected official to have endorsed Bo Dietl for mayor, last night made clear that his endorsement does not extend to an independent run by Dietl.

This time, the 62 - page ballot measure was crafted by political professionals and has the backing of many elected officials, including Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is running for governor in 2018.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

Two dozen elected officials in Onondaga County say they are running out of time to complete a program backed by Cuomo in the budget that would require efforts to share and consolidate services.

Voting booths are managed on a local, district level ultimately run and administered by a publically elected county official.

After running on a platform of ethics reform, he has introduced bills to prevent elected officials from «double dipping» by collecting retirement while still in office and increasing a legislator's term from two to four years.

We'll be looking at minority candidates running for offi ces and non-minority candidates running where there are significant minority populations, to make sure that people's needs are fairly represented, that the agendas espoused by the would - be elected official is what we need in our communities.

«Created by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the State Legislature, this task force of key state agencies, prominent state and local elected officials, and labor union representatives, has hit the ground running to help ensure that the closure process effectively addresses the needs of the communities surrounding Indian Point,» said Task Force Chairman and Department of Public Service Executive Deputy Tom Congdon.

Mark - Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.

But despite hundreds of local elected officials and some notable presidential runs by Ralph Nader, it has not been strong enough to date to force the two - corporate - party cartel to respond to its demands.

By noon on Sunday, three churches along a single two - mile stretch of Bedford - Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, had played host to three of New York State's more prominent elected officials: the state's attorney general and comptroller, both of whom are running for statewide office, and the mayor of New York City.

HARLEM — A hearing about proposals to expand a Randall's Island tennis center that includes an academy run by tennis great John McEnroe was cancelled after three elected officials objected that it priced out local communities.

The Staten Island Democrats, which operates in an area represented by several Republican elected officials, including Borough President James Oddo, appears more outreach - oriented, with a website inviting Staten Islanders to run for office, and promoting a leadership initiative, but offers little information about the county committee process.

By getting involved in your local Green chapter and online, we will elect more officials, run more ballot initiatives, be visibly in solidarity with justice movements, achieve ballot access quickly, and be a network of communities resisting two - party electoral oppression.

In mid-February, Mark — who once endorsed David, the quieter Weprin, for city comptroller by saying that he wasn't running as «Mr. Personality» — was the only elected official to appear at the official roll - out of the Move NY plan.