Sentences with phrase «several public officials»

Several public officials have indicated a desire to see the results of this process: a report on the feasibility of creating a law.gov system.

The United Federation of Teachers, joined by the NAACP and several public officials, filed suit against the New York City Department of Education on Wednesday in attempt to halt the city's closure of 22 schools and to prevent charter schools from using space in buildings that house public schools.

But even before the Maryland announcement, experts in the field note, several public officials, including President Bush, had expressed interest in the idea.

Now, several public officials, residents, and environmental groups have questioned whether such a plant is needed.

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She's one of several top officials within, and close to, the administration who either knew about the accusations long before the public did, or vigorously defended Porter once they surfaced.

There are several possible reasons why elected officials do not insist on strictly secular inaugurations and public events.

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Several meetings have been held to bring together Town Square's management group, the center's design group, village and Park District officials, public works employees and the folks who run one of the mall's eateries.

The unusual display of affections seemed to indicate at least a public posture of conciliation among agency officials who in the last several months have been beset by internal squabbling and disagreement over a long list of park plans.

Several senior park district officials agree, worrying that the rangers program is a public relations disaster waiting to happen.

A cafeteria contractor has delivered spoiled foods to several D.C. public schools, failed to properly train its staff and distributed some meals without milk and fruit, school officials say.

It is often easier to discipline a single or several low level officials than to control the mass of online public opinion once it starts to spread

He pointed to CitizenConnects, where Cuomo has posted a digested version of his schedule several months after the official meetings and public events it details.

Public Housing Committee Chair Ritchie Torres was joined by several colleagues and union officials in complaining about the supposed «privatization» of services that the mayor's plan would entail.

She previously led Nassau County's Special Victims Bureau and has prosecuted corruption cases against several politicos and public officials.

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's mayor.

«The consolidation is expected to result in thousands of lost jobs at the corporate and branch levels, with little hope these individuals will find alternative work in the retail banking field due to the oversaturated market conditions,» Cuomo said in a letter to several federal officials that he made public Wednesday.

Several groups of Ghanaian youth, believed to be members of the governing NPP, have gone on rampage at least wreaking havoc at state institutions and attacking public officials.

Adam Skelos had several meetings with Nassau Department of Public Works officials about AbTech, and county officials said they selected the company for the project because it would provide the best value.

He and several other county legislators on Thursday called for Albany to require public officials convicted of felonies to forfeit their pensions.

The meeting was prompted by calls to my office from concerned citizens and public officials, including several from Village of Kenmore Mayor Patrick Mang and Trustee Salvatore Muscarella.

Among those in attendance were Chancellor Kent Syverud, University College Dean Bea González and several Department of Public Safety officers, in addition to other SU officials and members of the SU community.

Brooks along with several other fire officials weren't afraid to be blunt during a public hearing Tuesday morning.

Since proposing the merger, Consensus officials have held several town hall meetings across the county to garner public opinion.

Cuomo has ramped up his efforts in the last several weeks to push for the new bridge construction, which includes blasting out a series of news releases from a variety of public and elected officials, including ex-Gov.

Chief Oyegun who was represented by APC National Deputy Chairman (South), Engineer Segun Oni, said the President's widely lauded war on corruption has started to yield fruit, just as astronomical sums of money have and continue to be recovered from corrupt public officials with several prosecutions carried out by a newly re-energized EFCC.

The legislature's marathon budget hearings continued Wednesday and on the docket was public protection, which included testimony from several people including the new state police superintendent, corrections officials, and also the judiciary, which has been at odds with Governor Cuomo since his budget was introduced.

Morse's call for support this week comes as multiple political officials, including several of his fellow Albany County Democrats and two members of the Cohoes City Council, have called on him to leave public office.

While several of his fellow southern Brooklyn elected officials were criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio over Hizzoner's decision to allow plans for two charter schools to share space with traditional public schools in Bensonhurst to move forward, state Sen.

Scientists who mapped the DNA of the New York City subway system have backed off a claim that they discovered traces of anthrax and bubonic plague at several stations, after federal and city public health officials strongly disputed the findings.

Several elected officials are quietly lobbying Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Kings County Democratic Party leadership to appoint Public Advocate Letitia James as the interim Brooklyn district attorney following the death of Kenneth Thompson.

A slew of elected officials, including Public Advocate Letitia James and several key City Council committee chairs, including Daniel Dromm and Laurie Cumbo, also issued statements.

Several groups of Ghanaian youth, believed to be members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), have gone on the rampage in recent months, seizing public toilets and toll booths, locking up state establishments and attacking some state officials.

At a Public Safety Committee meeting following the Common Council study session Wednesday, several councilors and Syracuse Police Department officials addressed an initiative to improve security cameras in Syracuse.

Azzopardi greeted the proposals with a suggestion that lawmakers didn't really want to get into a fight over transparency with the administration, marking the second time in several days Cuomo officials have responded to reform proposals with a sort of public knuckle - cracking.

Thursday evening, officials held four back - to - back public hearings on charter change proposals to eliminate several city departments.

BROOKLYN, NY — Several elected officials are quietly lobbying New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Kings County Democratic Party leadership to appoint NYC Public Advocate and Brooklyn native Letitia James, currently serving as the city's highest - ranking watchdog, as the interim Brooklyn District Attorney, Kings County Politics has learned.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office has been experimenting for several weeks with declining to prosecute some cases of people who were arrested for smoking in public, the first official said.

Subpoenas have been sent to several undisclosed New York state public officials.

Elected officials, gubernatorial appointees, municipal managers, department heads, chief fiscal officers, judges, and several other policy - makers convicted of a felony, involving the breach of public trust, would all be subject to forfeiture of pension benefits.

ALBANY — A long - awaited study released by the Cuomo administration on Wednesday determined several «red flags» about hydraulic fracturing that could pose «significant public health risks,» officials said at a public meeting of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet.

Highlights include closing arguments in Sheldon Silver's corruption trial; the continuation of Dean Skelos» corruption trial; the release of the Public Advocate's «worst landlord list»; several City Council hearings and a full - body «Stated Meeting»; two public meetings of the city's commission on elected official compensation; andPublic Advocate's «worst landlord list»; several City Council hearings and a full - body «Stated Meeting»; two public meetings of the city's commission on elected official compensation; andpublic meetings of the city's commission on elected official compensation; and more.

In the interim, state and local officials assured the public on several occasions that the water was safe — most recently in December, even after the federal Environmental Protection Agency had recommended to the village's mayor that residents avoid using Hoosick's well water.

Those present included my colleague on the county legislature, Lynn Marinelli; Supervisor Tony Caruana, Councilman Dan Crangle and Highway Superintendent Bill Swanson from the town; Mayor Patrick Mang and Clerk / Treasurer Kathleen Johnson from the village; a number of representatives from the county's public works department; and several other local government officials interested in improving service to town residents.

Police officials on Monday advised the public of several road closures that will be necessary to accommodate funeral traffic, including the procession to Forest Lawn Cemetery.

«We're hopeful that the concerns of local residents and tax payers will prevail and the land that was originally dedicated to open space will remain available to the public,» Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, one of several elected officials who will speak at the rally, told DNAinfo.

Several hundred people looked on as public officials told of their support for the families of the dead.

Several city officials who have been reliable antagonists of the mayor joined Mr. Cuomo and praised his decision, including Scott M. Stringer, the city comptroller, and Councilman Ritchie Torres, as well as those seeking to assert independence from him, like Corey Johnson, the council speaker, and Letitia James, the public advocate.

«We've put New York City on notice,» seethed Broome County Executive Jason Garnar, one of several officials to call out the city on Thursday during a public press conference, which was broadcast live on Facebook by WBNG.

In the past few years, several high profile cases of state elected officials being arrested and charged with corruption have further eroded public trust in government.