Sentences with phrase «set by the governor»

«The timetable in the emergency regulations the Joint Commission on Public Ethics has begun promulgating was set by the Governor and Legislature in the bill that was passed near - unanimously.
He said the project has been rushed on an artificial deadline set by the governor.
The Cuomo administration and the state teachers union finally came to an agreement today on a teacher - evaluation system, shortly before a deadline that had been set by the governor.
The Stony Point budget is under the 2 percent tax cap set by Governor Cuomo and the New York Legislature.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced a draft plan that would allow the county to share services with towns and villages in order to meet a deadline set by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
«Start - Up NY has fallen extremely short of the goals set by the Governor when he launched the program.
De Blasio helped broker the agreement, and since his election last year has pulled Democratic politics leftward from the course set by Governor Andrew Cuomo, a relative centrist who has gone out of his way to work with Skelos and the Republicans.
He noted that Dr. Obiano had commendable background and reminded him of the big challenge of aspiring to attain the height already set by the Governor.
Budget talks are stalled one day before a self - imposed deadline of March 30 set by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York state legislature.
But after a near mutiny by upstate Republican senators, Cuomo and the Legislature agreed to raise the wage upstate to just $ 12.50 an hour over five years with future increases designed to get to $ 15 an hour tied to a formula that will be set by the governor's Division of Budget, in consultation with the state Department of Labor.
In 2017, an Albuquerque mayoral candidate named Gus Pedrotty shook over 7,800 hands at the New Mexico State Fair in an attempt to break a world record set by Governor Bill Richardson.
These schools and divisions also have met all state and federal accountability benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and have made significant progress toward goals for increased student achievement and expanded educational opportunities set by Governor Kaine and the board.
The vast majority of voters, (81 percent) believe Los Angeles Department of Water and Power should increase production of solar energy to 1,200 megawatts, which is a tenth of the target set by Governor Jerry Brown for renewable energy in LA.

Not exact matches

** LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400 GMT.
«The president just stripped the Department of Homeland Security of its leader, was blasted by the outgoing head of hurricane forecasting for how his budget cuts could set back this work, and lacks any experience (as a senator or governor) with navigating a difficult disaster response.
The Philippine central bank has set up a separate cyber security surveillance division to craft cyber security policies and conduct surveillance work, monitor cyber threats and test the ability of supervised institutions to manage cyber security issues, Nestor Espenilla central bank deputy governor in charge of banking supervision, said in a lecture organized by the bank.
After being hit by several headwinds over the past year, India is now set for growth of up to 8 percent per year, the country's former central bank governor, Raghuram Rajan, said.
FRIDAY, APRIL 27 LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will speak at the launch of the EconoME programme, a set of resources produced by the central bank for teaching basic economics and personal finance in schools - 1400 GMT.
The decision by the central bank's policy setting panel was in line with the expectations of markets and economists, who had given only low odds to governor Mark Carney removing a mild bias towards raising rates sometime.
Speaking by phone from Montreal on Wednesday, economist Paul - Andre Pinsonnault predicted Governor Stephen Poloz will cut the policy rate by a quarter point to 0.25 percent next month, matching a record low set in 2009 during the global financial crisis.
The banking act of 1935 gave the Board of Governors permanent power to fix the reserve ratios applicable to member banks within limits set by Congress.
This way, policy goals are set by the elected government, but once the mandate is set, the governor of the Bank of Canada has the authority to carry it out without government interference.
The FSF had been set up by the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in 1999 to enhance international cooperation to promote stability in the international financial system.
While organisations such as the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors take the lead in setting global standards, we contribute to global regulatory initiatives by participating in their task forces and committees to work on implementing financial regulatory reforms, enhancing standards and facilitating market development.
And while Aristotle eventually received Catholic blessing because of the precedent set by Thomas Aquinas, Arab Aristotelians were largely secular professionals (physicians mostly) who had to rely on worldly patronage from caliphs and provincial governors.
Thus the Vestries in America soon gained effective control of the spirituals as well as the temporals of the churches, largely through assuming power to hire and set the salary of the clergyman, plus a studied neglect of presenting him to the Governor for permanent induction into the «living» until forced to do so.14 «In 1697 the Arch - bishop of Canterbury expressed surprise that the clergymen might «be removed like domestic servants by a vote of the Vestry,»»15 but obviously neither he nor anyone could do anything about it.
Back by popular demand, the Great Big Idaho ® Potato Truck officially set off on its seven - month cross-country journey with support and good wishes from Governor C. L. «Butch» Otter and hundreds of Emmett, Idaho residents.
The speaker, Mr. Chikwendu Kalu, while reading the resolution, set up 8 - man ad - hoc committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against the judge, and mandated Governor Ikpeazu to appoint an acting chief judge pending the completion of the investigation by the committee.
Indeed the Vice President has just set up a task force headed by â $ Žthe governor of Kebbi State to realise that.
Consultations were held with the governor of the state, with Benue elders, and now, a committee headed by the Vice President, made up of nine governors, has been set up to proffer solutions to farmers / herdsmen clashes.
The justice secretary seems particularly attracted to the idea of setting up new metrics for governors, for instance by evaluating performance on the basis of prisoner activity during the day.
«Another day and another set of proposals by the Governor that mirrors initiatives long supported by Senate Democrats,» she said.
This is currently happening in Lagos, Nigeria, where the State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has embarked on an ambitious set of policies designed to improve public services provided by his government and infrastructure of one of the most populous cities on the continent.
The Senate Democrats are an appendage of Bill de Blasio and City Hall, and it is unfathomable why Governor Cuomo would want to place de Blasio in charge of setting the state's agenda by electing Senate Democrats.
A non-profit organization La Roche Leadership Foundation founded in 2013 by the Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode is set to offer leadership mentoring and empowerment for the Nigerian youths.
A Republican candidate for governor is calling for hearings on controversial tourism signs on the New York State Thruway and other highways set up by the Cuomo administration.
The Team will begin working by January 7, 2011 and will submit a first set of recommendations to the Governor by March 1, 2011 for consideration in the Fiscal Year 2011 - 12 budget process.
The Team's work is underway and it will submit a first set of recommendations to the Governor by March 1, 2011 for consideration in the Fiscal Year 2011 - 12 budget process.
It would prevent the governor from directly raiding the MTA — something that's only cost the agency $ 1.3 million — and make the legislature less likely to raid transit in its budgets by including a set of disclosure requirements to make it clear what the impact of each theft will be on riders.
Brooklyn Paper article on daily Governors Island ferry service possibly setting sail by 2017, featuring BP Adams.
Governor Ganduje while addressing workers at Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano said Kano state has submitted its position on new minimum wage to tripartite committee set up by Federal Government.
Cameron's chief solution is to devolve decision - making powers to prison governors, with six «reform prisons» to get the power to run themselves and set their budgets by the end of the year and a roll - out to half of all the institutions by 2020.
The direction taken by the governor is a good one, however, the set of solutions being discussed and the process in which they are discussed could be improved.
State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - LI) is pushing for elimination of Cuomo's wage board, which has the power to set salaries for certain industries, in return for his chamber's approval of the plan that the governor has dubbed «Fight for $ 15» by 2021.
The June 25 event to raise funds for Mr. Cuomo's 2014 re-election campaign includes a host committee reception, dinner and musical performance, and is set to occur five days after the scheduled end of the legislative session in Albany, by which time the governor has pledged to attain legislative action on campaign - finance reform, including lowering contribution limits.
The Fiscal Policy Institute and Responsible Wealth released a letter signed by over 80 wealthy New Yorkers urging Governor Cuomo to extend and expand the millionaires» tax, currently in place but set to expire at the end of this year.
The salary for the Governor, $ 179,000, is set by state law and has not changed since 1999.
That was $ 91 million below the target set in the revised financial plan issued by Governor Cuomo's Division of the Budget (DOB) in mid-summer — which, based on weak first quarter performance, already had made a $ 600 million a year downward adjustment in projected annual tax revenues through 2020.
Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy says he had no direct knowledge of alleged meddling by his boss into an ethics commission the governor set up.
The State Government, through the Special Task Force on Land Grabbers set up by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration, had on June 16, 2017 arraigned Lamina and others before the court over alleged forceful dispossession of residents from their legitimate rights to land ownership.
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