Sentences with phrase «short by legislation»

In 2004 I started a lucrative gambling software business, cut short by legislation.

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While they are unlikely to receive much attention during the short fall sitting, four pieces of legislation introduced earlier this year by Opposition MLAs have yet to reach third reading:

The PC Party clause — fixing the Elections Financing legislation to ensure that the Chief Electoral Officer is able to investigate allegedly improper donations without being barred by artificially short timelines.

The Hotel Trades Council is fighting Airbnb, the short - term rental site, and has an interest in legislation advanced by both sides that could work its way to Cuomo's desk.

With another summer in the books, the second since East Hampton Town established a rental registry to help rein in problematic illegal short - term and overcrowded rentals, the legislation was this week declared a «terrific success» by Town Supervisor Larry Cantwell.

With another summer in the books, the second since East Hampton Town established a rental registry to help rein in problematic illegal short - term and overcrowded rentals, the legislation was this week declared a «terrific success» by Town Supervisor...

But he stopped short of promising the immediate legislation on a referendum on voting reform offered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown less than an hour earlier.

«Airbnb has flouted the laws that protect affordable housing for years, and now with new legislation to further crack down on the proliferation of illegal short - term rentals, I urge Governor Cuomo to send a strong message that New York prioritizes hard working New York families by signing this bill into law,» Van Bramer said.

Current rent laws could be continued by short - term «extender» legislation or even if the laws lapse for a short period of time, which they have in the past, there will not be a significant increase in rent levels or disruption in the availability of affordable housing.

«Although the CBC opposed this legislation, it was approved and has been used by 137 local governments and the State to lower short - run pension costs,» Kellermann wrote.

Democrats» efforts to include debt restructuring powers for Puerto Rico in the House's massive omnibus spending bill fell short, yielding only a commitment from Republican leadership to work on legislation that would help the ailing island by next spring.

«In future because they're deemed to be under - occupying it, if they lose their job or go to short - time working, the rent will not be covered by housing benefit, they face the prospect of becoming homeless, they won't be covered by the homeless legislation.

A decision that interprets the Constitution, which this was, can't be overruled by legislation, short of a Constitutional amendment.

«While the deficit reduction legislation passed by the Legislature provides needed savings, it falls well short of what is necessary to put New York on the road to fiscal and economic recovery,» Paterson said.

Legislation will be introduced to stop one - and two - family homes from short term rentals State Senator Jeff Klein, joined by Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj, community leaders and angry residents, demanded on Monday that Airbnb and similar sites remove an advertisement for «Fenton Lounge» aka Airbnb «Animal House», placed by a homeowner who is renting out his two - family residence for raucous, lewd, late night parties in a quiet neighborhood.

Washington (CNN)- The leading bipartisan negotiations in the Senate for new gun control legislation would favor expanding background checks but would fall short of the universal approach backed by President Barack Obama and many Democrats, CNN has learned.

«But, if the goal is to pass legislation that is supported by most Americans, the tax reform bill comes up very short.»

In fact it's the Tories (who get half their annual donations from the banks) who adjust their policies to keep the City of London and the CBI bosses sweet, whereas Labour notoriously has kept the unions marginalised on a short leash, has not reversed the crippling impediments imposed by the most extreme Thatcherite anti-trade union legislation, and has made virtually no concessions to the unions to assist their membership or strengthen their role.

Tuesday's event was intended to promote legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Joseph Lentol (D - Brooklyn) state Sen. John Bonacic (R - Newburgh) to legalize short - term apartment rentals in New York City.

The Southold Town Board hopes to have legislation regulating short - term rentals on the books by the fall.

«Fluke fairness» Sen. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., has pledged to bring «fluke fairness» to Long Island by introducing legislation to do away with the long - standing state - by - state quotas that he says short - change New York's fishermen.

The ministry has replied to complaints about such a short public consultation period by saying that although the consultations formally closed on 1 November, it will continue taking comments until the legislation is discussed within parliament.

A bill draft circulated by Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt outlines potential new legislation to protect teachers, but a review by WEAC experts shows it falls short of its stated goal.

It should be debated intensely and settle by legislation in the short - term and international agreements shortly afterward.

1) the Fairness is a Two - Way Street Act was repealed 2) the Harris government's cute attempts to editorialize by Short Title was a bane to statutory researchers, as was the resort to omnibus Acts, and legislation by Schedule.

RAND Europe was commissioned by FTI Consulting to prepare a short paper exploring the conflict between the European legal framework for privacy and data protection and the sometimes competing requirements of electronic discovery («e-discovery») imposed on US firms with European subsidiaries by legislation such as the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

In Whatcott the Supreme Court of Canada is also considering the interpretation of human rights legislation by a human rights tribunal and makes short work of the standard of review indicating that the law post-Dunsmuir clearly calls for deference to the interpretation by the tribunal of its home legislation on questions within its expertise.

In other words, when issuing a short term health insurance policy, insurance carriers do not have to guarantee renewal, guarantee issue, or waive the pre-existing condition limitation for eligible individuals, as well as they lack the minimal essential benefits required by the PPACA (or ACA) legislation.

In short, this report discusses the purpose of land rights and native title legislation; the existing provisions for leasing Indigenous communally owned lands under current legislation; economic factors affecting home ownership and business enterprise; and a human rights analysis of the NIC Principles.It does not advocate a position suffice to note that the full and meaningful participation of Indigenous peoples affected by any policy shift, is critical if sustainable outcomes are to be realised.

However, I note that the capacity of communities to engage in consultative processes has been hindered by the short timeframes for responding to discussion papers and draft legislation regarding native title and associated areas.

It seems to me that this piece of short - sighted legislation is setting up a registrant to violate a fundamental tenet of REBBA — acting in the best interests of their Buyer client — by knowingly allowing their Buyer client to provide a deposit that could be held back by a disgruntled Seller for a long period of time.

Ontario's recent «Rent Fairness Act» continues the brutal, gratuitous, dystopian, anti-landlord legislation meted out by short - sighted, vote - pandering politicians who have literally (not metaphorically) persecuted landlords for decades; all of it resulting in the national pandemic critical housing shortage.