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A statement attributed to Peggy Carr, the acting commissioner of the department's National Center for Education Statistics, said: «We consider it to be an important innovation, but we want to allow it time to develop and crystalize into an operationalized assessment with a solid empirical foundation to validate its technical stability.»
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«It is likely that the payroll employment estimates for September were lower due to the effects of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey,» William J. Wiatrowski, the acting BLS commissioner, said in the release.
«The proposals before the commissioners today squander the opportunity for us to act in the best interest of investors,» she said.
11:18 - And we're now on to acting Met commissioner Tim Godwin, who says he would like «hindsight as foresight» in relation to the rioting.
The authority to remove an elected School Board member from office falls with the state commissioner of education, and a spokeswoman for MaryEllen Elia said that since she might be called on to act in this instance, she could not comment on the situation.
«We've acted traditionally on complaints that were filed with the board,» said Ralph Mohr, the Republican commissioner on the Erie County Board of Elections.
Acting Police Commissioner John Barry has said he is not interested in the top job and will join Suffolk District Attorney Tim Sini as his top investigator once a new police commissioner is selected.
When asked whether the Board of Regents had any authority to remove Paladino, Collins said it is her understanding only the commissioner can act.
While swearing in the new commissioners, the governor said they (new commissioners) were capable hands who would assist him in moving the state forward, admonishing them to shun all acts of corruption.
The health commissioner said she's surprised the Senate has been slow to act on what she believes is unobtrusive, common sense legislation.
Vincent Sapienza, who has worked for the DEP for more than 33 years, will serve as the acting commissioner, the city said.
The governor said another former Central New Yorker, Cathy Calhoun, will serve as acting commissioner at the DOT.
New York police commissioner Bill Bratton had urged officers to refrain from any further «act of disrespect», saying in a memo, «A hero's funeral is about grieving, not grievance.»
'' [In] his statement to the London Assembly last Wednesday, acting commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said that the Metropolitan Police Service was called in by the Cabinet Office
The Moreland Act Commissioners describe their report as a blueprint to fix what they say is the pervasive dysfunction in Albany.
It will also track complaints about officers in the same way the department now tracks crime patterns and will convert to digital records, the acting commissioner said.
The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.
«I am confident that the 10 percent reduction can be achieved without requiring new closures of state parks or historic site by reevaluating our operations to identify additional efficiencies, eliminating redundancies, and examining how savings from actions taken in the current fiscal year will help in in the next fiscal year,» said Andy Beers, acting commissioner of the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, before a joint legislative budget committee this morning.
Marc Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said government agencies routinely lobby the Legislature on issues they determine are in the state's interest, and NYCO's proposal to mine state land easily met that standard.
The Moreland Act Commissioners describe their report as a «blue print» to fix what they say is the pervasive «dysfunction» in Albany.
However, Mr. Gerstman, the department's acting commissioner, said his department did not contact the Board of Elections with its concerns, making them instead to the governor's office.
John Barry, who overhauled the Suffolk County Police Department's internal affairs bureau as first deputy commissioner, will temporarily serve as acting police commissioner, officials said Tuesday, as the search for a permanent leader of the approximately 2,500 - member force continues.
«DEC is moving as swiftly as possible to install filtration systems on private wells and to complete the testing to ensure the water is safe to drink,» acting DEC commissioner Basil Seggos said in a statement.
Cuomo had repeatedly said he would defer to Martens and acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker in making the decision.
Bosworth said Deputy Public Safety Commissioner Shawn Brown will serve as the department's acting commissioner.
But the commissioners say they'll only act only if Rodriguez or someone else with knowledge of the alleged job offer files a formal complaint that details the course of events.
Erin Crotty, acting commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said, «The closure of Fresh Kills not only marks the culmination of years of effort to bring the state into the age of modern solid waste management practices, but presents a tremendous opportunity to turn this blighted landscape into an environmental success story.»
According to a released by the spokesperson to the governor, Habib Aruna, quoted the commissioner saying the Mansard Group has already indicated interest to be part of the State's Health Insurance scheme, adding that Government would also appoint health insurance agents who would act between Government and the people to ensure the success of the scheme.
The state's acting prison commissioner, Anthony Annucci, declined to answer specific questions at a legislative budget hearing about last summer's prison escape at Dannemora, saying an ongoing investigation of the breakout is still underway.
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He said it was likely the state's acting health commissioner had «no clue» as to the amount of a safe dose.
«Our position is that none of these violations should be decriminalized,» said the commissioner, noting cops would lose the ability to demand a person's ID, run a records check and uncover and act upon any outstanding warrants.
Brodsky says giving the commissioners the authority to probe the legislature made the Moreland commission a kind of hybrid, of «a two headed monster,» partly governed by the Moreland Act which is under the purview of the governor, but also partly now under the direct authority of the attorney general.
It is important to remember that the symptoms exhibited by this patient can be indicative of other illnesses and that there is no confirmed case at this time,» Dr. Howard Zucker, acting commissioner of the New York State Department of Health (DOH) said in a statement,
Late on Friday, Cuomo's acting commissioners of transportation and the Thruway Authority said the signs are going to come down this summer anyway because «the message has run its useful course.»
In a statement read to MPs Mr Straw, who was foreign secretary at the time the UK went to war, said: «Following the information tribunal's decision upholding the information commissioner's decision that a redacted version of the Cabinet minutes of March 13th and 17th 2003 should be disclosed, and having taken the view of Cabinet, I have today given a certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the information commissioner.
He told MPs: «It is all very well for some people to say that there are some exemptions, but the truth is that the way that some journalists and the information commissioner are acting means that that intention is not being met in practice.»
«By implementing a new policy of issuing a summons rather than arresting New Yorkers for possessing small amounts of marijuana, the mayor and commissioner have taken a significant step towards ensuring fewer New Yorkers face the consequences that arrest records bring,» Mr. Torres said on November 10 in a joint statement with Councilmen Carlos Menchaca, Donovan Richards and Antonio Reynoso — all of whom came out today in support of the Right to Know Act.
Robert Williams, the acting executive director, says the commissioners need time to carefully consider their responses and will post them on Friday.
Today «it's the right - wing reformers who are lowering standards,» says Diane Ravitch, a former assistant secretary of education and leading critic of the corporate education - reform movement, noting that Tony Bennett's final act after losing his re-election bid, last November, as Indiana superintendent of public instruction — he was recently appointed education commissioner in Florida — was to weaken the state's requirements for new teachers.
«The people of New York expect more out of the Republican members of the New York Congressional Delegation who voted to disapprove of the Clean Power Plan,» said Basil Seggos, acting commissioner of the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
«As the acting health commissioner, I consider the people of the state of New York as my patients,» he said.
«We're hoping the commissioner acts quickly to remove Mr. Paladino before this situation gets even worse,» Assemblyman Sean Ryan said earlier this week.
Acting state health commissioner Howard Zucker said he had been reviewing fracking health studies since taking over the state's project last spring.
«He's been in the cauldron for a good stretch of his career, so it's more than an abstract issue for him,» said Mr. Cerf, who is now acting commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.
The mayor has defended Mr. Ponte, saying that he maintained his faith in the commissioner and that Mr. Ponte had been acting on incorrect guidance.
A spokesman for the mayor said: «The mayor told the new acting commissioner of the Met that he would need to see convincing evidence that this action was necessary and proportionate.
«Ford was good for New York, because he made us clean up our act,» said Henry J. Stern, a former parks commissioner and city councilman.
When asked whether the Board of Regents had any authority to remove Paladino, Collins said it is her understanding the commissioner can act.
«Commissioners under the law have a lot of power,» he said, «and being acting commissioner doesn't diminish that power.»