Sentences with phrase «said members of a task force»

ELIZABETHTOWN — Heroin abuse does not discriminate, said members of a task force designed to combat opiate abuse in Essex County.

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In a statement to news site The Verge on Monday, the Air Force's 45th Space Wing, which is tasked with keeping the public safe during launches, said that the shutdown has caused it to remove «key members of the civilian workforce» from its efforts.

Gibson said he reached his decision on energy by «listening to experts,» including members of his energy advisory task force and U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D - Amsterdam.

Marjorie Acevedo, a member of the town's anti-bias task force, said the remarks are upsetting and she has asked the town attorney to address the incident at a task force meeting Monday night.

«That's why it was very important for the state to act,» said Poloncarz, a member of a national opioid epidemic task force.

The newer members, who make up about 40 percent of the Democratic conference, say they also want all of the candidates to commit to a permanent reform task force, saying it's the only way to restore the public's trust in the legislature.

But the task force members say they are encouraged by the governor's public commitment to the idea of being the first state in the country to end its epidemic, a move being closely watched by other states like Washington and Minnesota, where similar plans to lower new AIDS infections have recently been announced.

Tricia Joyce, a member of the task force, said she remembers that five years ago, city officials said they would take a closer look, and it did lead to opening temporary «incubator» space early for two new Downtown schools, but this was the first time she ever remembered being invited into smaller planning meetings.

Cuomo said plastic bags are a statewide problem, which is why he created a task force that will be co-chaired by members of the Senate and Assembly «so that the recommendation can be quickly legislated.»

Mr. Bellone said a bi-partisan task force that will include both legislators — including East End Legislator Ed Romaine — and members of his the County Executive's staff will soon be formed to help strengthen relations between the two branches and tackle the challenges the county faces.

This particular cattle owner said he has lost over 70 of his cattle after they were reportedly killed by members of the task force set up to flush out nomadic herdsmen in the Akyem North District.

Wilson — a Harvard MBA who helped restructure GM as a member of President Obama's auto task force — says that, in times like these, «we need new leaders who are willing to test the limits in defense of taxpayers.»

We need to have a wide range of programs because our children have a wide range of abilities,» said Ralph Yozzo, Adams» task force appointee and member of the Community Education Council for School District 16.

The signs were made in Manlius, and the city will begin installing them within weeks, said Lindsay Speer, another member of the partnership task force.

«We're dealing with two days» notice for a task force meeting which has been billed as a way of seeking meaningful input from school board members and others on Common Core concerns,» said Lorraine Deller, executive director of the Nassau - Suffolk School Boards Association.

A spokesman for Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a longtime advocate for Lower Manhattan schools and a member of the group, said she will continue to work with Silver on the task force.

Kathryn Wylde, a member of the task force and president and chief executive of the Partnership for New York City, a business group, said she was told by leaders of both houses as early as February that their members were not ready to pass a congestion zone this year.

Scott Rechler, a member of the governor's task force and the M.T.A. board, said that as much as $ 50 million from the new surcharges could be used to make transit improvements outside Manhattan, and set the stage for passing a congestion zone next year when the legislators are not concerned about getting re-elected.

He's been our voice, and the task force has been wildly successful,» said Paul Hovitz, a longtime member of the task force and the co-chairman of CB1's youth and education committee.

One member of the task force, state Sen. John DeFrancisco, said in an interview with The Citizen earlier this month that the gondola wasn't one of the group's recommendations.

«They've played an invaluable role of maintaining the ongoing discourse on congestion pricing,» said Scott Rechler, chairman of the Regional Planning Association, an influential urban policy group, and another member of the state task force.

Mitchell L. Moss, another member of the task force who is the director of the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management at New York University, said that was «a missed opportunity.»

Speaking to Citi News» Kojo Agyeman, the Public Relations Officer of Operation Vanguard, Major Gariba Pabi said the task - force was hoping to make more arrests in the coming days because of the leads provided community members.

Even some of the task force members said there is room to expand on their plan, which itself presented different options.

Member of the M / WBE team and State Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson said, «New York's M / WBE program aims to level the playing field for women and minority - owned businesses, and this task force will help guarantee a more equitable and successful state procurement process.

«Where NARTH has raised complex questions is in determining the proper role of a patient's own wishes in treatment,» says Jack Drescher, a psychiatrist and member of the APA task force.

An E.U. research spokesperson said that the Spanish government, which currently holds the E.U. presidency, is going to organize a task force of officials from member states and the European Union to work out a solution.

Specifically, the data available then indicated that just 0.8 of 1,000 men who undergo PSA screening would be spared a prostate - cancer death over the following 10 to 15 years, said Dr. Alex Krist, a task force member and associate professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Members of the task force say NASA expects to be given part or all of that responsibility.

«For the reduction of heart disease and stroke risk, statins remain the most important drug - based strategy by far because of their demonstrated benefit and their good safety profile,» said Lloyd - Jones, who was a member of the task force that rewrote cholesterol treatment guidelines in 2013 for the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

This recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is largely consistent with the group's previous recommendation, which was issued in 2009, said Karina Davidson, a member of the task force and a professor at Columbia University Medical CeForce (USPSTF) is largely consistent with the group's previous recommendation, which was issued in 2009, said Karina Davidson, a member of the task force and a professor at Columbia University Medical Ceforce and a professor at Columbia University Medical Center.

Such changes would ideally «require consideration of sea level rise impacts in comprehensive plans for coastal communities,» the 17 - member task force says.

There's no question that «vitamin D and calcium are essential nutrients for a healthy diet,» says task force member Kirsten Bibbins - Domingo, an epidemiologist and biostatistician at the University of California, San Francisco.

But it's important to understand that this isn't a recommendation against the exam, says task force member Maureen Phipps, MD, chairwoman of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School.

Besides its recommendation on who should or should not be screened, the task force «is calling for research to find better screening tests and treatments that can help reduce the number of women who die from ovarian cancer,» said task force member Dr. Chien - Wen Tseng.

Saying they support «diversity by choice,» members of a task force led by three local mayors are urging the Wake County, N.C., school district to abandon a student - assignment plan that aims for economic integration and adopt a neighborhood - schools approach instead.

D.C. Council member David Grosso (I - At Large), chairman of the Education Committee, said he thinks the location of schools is a key issue the task force should take on.

Kelly Gonez said she was not involved in the negotiations, and while she would like to be involved with a new task force on charters, she said she would give up any role so that members of the minority could participate.

«A moratorium is under consideration,» said State Senator Carl L. Marcellino, a Long Island Republican, chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the task force.

Several task force members said the school board will have to refine dozens of the recommendations, which include having an effective teacher in every classroom by 2016.

Stark County School Superintendent Jerry Klooster, a member of the task force that helped develop Vision 20/20 in 2012, said the goals of the group include developing a balanced state assessment system; making it easier for teachers from out - of - state to get a license to teach in Illinois; recognize that not all districts are the same, have varied resources and expectations, and differentiated accountability; and adequate funding of education based on local factors rather than «one size fits all.»

The chairman of the task force that provided the initial framework said his members recommended a limited pilot because they knew how difficult it would be.

Tuesday's Feral Cat Task Force meeting has been postponed until Sept. 16 because of the recent rabies outbreak in Volusia County.In a letter to task force members, Chairman Michael Brim said «because of the current rabies problems,» he and County Animal Control Director Bill Foster «feel there is a lack of support from government agencies toward the needs of feral cats at this Force meeting has been postponed until Sept. 16 because of the recent rabies outbreak in Volusia County.In a letter to task force members, Chairman Michael Brim said «because of the current rabies problems,» he and County Animal Control Director Bill Foster «feel there is a lack of support from government agencies toward the needs of feral cats at this force members, Chairman Michael Brim said «because of the current rabies problems,» he and County Animal Control Director Bill Foster «feel there is a lack of support from government agencies toward the needs of feral cats at this time.

For example, in 2003 task force member Dr. Richard Ford, Professor of Medicine, North Carolina State University, said that the decision to recommend a 3 - year revaccination schedule for core vaccines was a compromise.

In a letter to task force members, Chairman Michael Brim said «because of the current rabies problems,» he and County Animal Control Director Bill Foster «feel there is a lack of support from government agencies toward the needs of feral cats at this time.»

«They've played an invaluable role of maintaining the ongoing discourse on congestion pricing,» said Scott Rechler, chairman of the Regional Planning Association, an influential urban policy group, and another member of the state task force.

«The time for talking is long past,» said Shafqat Kakakhel, a former U.N. Environment Programme official and a member of Pakistan's original task force on climate change set up by the government in 2008.

Kakakhel, a member of Pakistan's original task force on climate change, said the need for action is urgent.

Todd Wynn, who directs ALEC's energy, environment and agriculture task force, said the group decided to take up the issue because some of its members are worried about the mandates» «impacts on their state's economies and their constituents.»

«The issue is whether or not that rule is a presumptive,» says Mercer, a partner in McCarthy Tétrault LLP's Toronto office, and a former member of the CBA's task force on conflicts of interest.