Sentences with phrase «signature issue for»

While the subject of student loans was not a signature issue for Trump throughout most of the campaign, prior to Election Day he introduced specific plans for student loans and higher education.

Creating more affordable housing is a signature issue for the mayor determined to make New York City more equal, and de Blasio's administration is now prepared to devise a new strategy to regain momentum and secure support for a plan they believe has been poorly understood.

There's also some chatter about how Cuomo's signature issue for a long time — fighting homelessness — gets largely overlooked in this budget.

This time, he will direct its members to examine raising wages for workers in the fast food industry, which is a signature issue for labor advocates and their left - leaning allies.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made gun control a signature issue for him following the shooting at Connecticut elementary school, said he would back additional gun control efforts, but insisted the SAFE Act remained the best gun control law in the country.

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Part of the web cultural phenomenon called «hacktivism» (internet activism)- petitioning is a means of getting signatures in protest of or support for an issue or cause.

For example, if Schnorr signatures, a scaling method that works by aggregating public keys, are adopted into bitcoin, it could correct this issue in a «simple and attractive» way, Osuntokun said.

Given his side's issues in attack this season, it's little surprise that Mourinho is ready to make sure that doesn't happen and that he can win the race for Bale's signature this summer.

Apart from on the social networks, Indian Arsenal fans took up the issue on even online petition platforms, gathering signatures asking for people to sign a petition to force ESPN - Star to live telecast all Arsenal games live in the future.

It seems to be an issue that Liverpool can't compete with the other giants of Europe when it comes to battling for the top players» signatures.

Exploring the Generational Issues in Youth Sports Today, will kick off the slate of sessions on tap for Friday, Nov. 18 at the 15th annual Congress, the signature event of the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

Cuomo didn't mention de Blasio in his speech, though he did give a nod to the mayor's signature policy issue: Universal pre-K, calling for its institution statewide.

With 10,000 signatures the Government is obliged to respond formally and take a stance on the issue; with 100,000 signatures the issue would be considered for a formal parliamentary debate.

Free preschool for 4 - year - olds was a signature issue that helped New York City's mayor win office in 2013.

Federal investigators subpoenaed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's «executive chamber,» the term for his office, seeking records and other materials related to the governor's economic - development issues, especially the «Buffalo Billion,» a signature Cuomo initiative to encourage the development of hi - tech firms in the Buffalo area.

Beyond this, it is an open question as to whether this initiative mechanism should be limited only to constitutional issues, or rather become an agenda - setting device for generating a citizens» assembly on any broad political issue where the relevant number of signatures can be collected.

In an interview, Obama said he was moved by New York's own effort to legalize same - sex marriage, an issue that has been a signature victory for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, catapulting him to the top of the 2016 talk.

McDonald also reflected on his time as the Wilton town supervisor and work on providing help for those with mental disabilities, a signature and deeply personal issue for him.

Its executive director, Dick Dadey, said in a statement that accompanied the attorney general's notice, «We are thrilled that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued an advisory opinion stating what Citizens Union has long held — that current state law permits the use of an electronic handwritten signature for the purposes of registering to vote.»

He's reduced taxes and debt twice, continued to make water quality a signature issue, and addressed his long - standing concerns over the lack of affordable housing on the East End by working with developer Georgica Green Ventures and community members to gain town board approval for a 38 - unit workforce housing project in Speonk.

Investigator Bart Schwartz's firm, Guidepost Solutions, was hired in April after Cuomo's office was issued a subpoena by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who is investigating possible corruption within economic development programs, including the Buffalo Billion, a signature project for the governor.

A state Supreme Court justice found late yesterday that Republican primary challenger Philip Pidot has enough signatures to qualify for a GOP congressional primary against Sen. Jack Martins, but will not issue a formal decision until today on the ultimate fate of a primary, which would either be held Tuesday or a at later date.

Though she has made some headway with her father, Ivanka Trump faces an uphill battle as she tries to build support for her signature issues of affordable childcare and paid family leave, courting corporate executives and wooing lawmakers in hopes of generating momentum amid a packed legislative agenda in Washington.

At times, it can seem like Ms. James is grasping for the signature issue or cause that will raise her profile.

One of the key issues of the 2014 secretary of state primary was the signature and filing requirements for minor party candidates under California's top - two primary system.

However, Cuomo did announce some of what became signature issues, including $ 1 billion in development funds for Buffalo, allowing casinos across the state, and creating a DNA database for anyone convicted of a felony or misdemeanor.

After the board's ruling Thursday, Balter issued a statement in which she criticized Perez Williams for using paid canvassers, rather than volunteers, to collect some of her petition signatures.

To clarify: A citizen may gather a set number of signatures, on a petition, to have an issue or item placed upon a ballot for...

While acknowledging that some of his supporters «will not vote» for Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders argued on «Face the Nation» Sunday that his signature issues stood a better chance of being addressed by a President Clinton than they would by a Donald Trump.

(I neglected to mention that the STAR rebate restoration is being pushed by the Senate Democrats, with the support of some Republicans — particularly those on Long Island — for whom property tax relief has long been a signature issue).

Hochul has said she supports Cuomo's signature gun control bill, the SAFE Act, but she did not exactly disavow her own signature issue — opposing drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants — in an interview on NY1 last month.

In the fall, Jay S. Jacobs, the Democratic county leader, issued an 11 - page letter chastising her for prosecuting no one in a politically charged episode in which the county's police commissioner ordered the arrest of a young man who had testified that he had illegally been paid per signature for circulating a petition for an Independence Party candidate.

And he'll undoubtedly need more cash for his signature issue of universal pre-kindergarten.

But the investigation is clearly focusing on Cuomo's administration and contracts it has issued in some of Upstate New York's biggest projects - including some of the signature projects Cuomo boasts about in speeches while asserting he's done more for the region than any governor in decades.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed tax hike on the wealthy would pay for both operating costs for new classrooms and for pre-kindergarten's infrastructure costs, and the bond issue could ultimately lower the total cost of the mayor's signature proposal.

«He tends to campaign for a signature issue every year,» said Michael Dawidziak, a Long Island political consultant who works primarily with Republicans.

The main issue is the method by which independent candidates must submit their signatures, compared to the easier method required for candidates petitioning for a place on a primary ballot.

Johnson's spokesman Rich Azzopardi said that skin cancer was «a very real problem on Long Island, and educating the public on this issue has been a signature issue» for the senator.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

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For the new study, described in the October 23rd issue of Nature Communications, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston collected tissue samples containing normal cells, ovarian cancers, metastases that had spread elsewhere, and small cancers found in the fallopian tubes, which included single cell layers of cancer called «p53 signatures» and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma, or STIC lesions.

EAST HANOVER, N.J. January 18, 2017 — Kessler Foundation has awarded a two - year, $ 325,000 Signature Employment Grant to the Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas to launch Career Success — an initiative to increase employment for individuals with behavioral health issues.

(c) The Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued notices for all meetings of the Executive and the Society when directed to do so, have charge of the minute books of the Society and record and maintain minutes of the Executive and all meetings of the Society: sign with the President or other signing officers of the Society such instruments as require his / her signature and shall perform such other duties as the terms of his / her engagement or this by - law call for, or the Executive may from time to time properly require of him / her.

The Final Frontier retains the visual, musical, and stylistic signature of their atomic - bomb documentary, but with their third film, Gaynor says, they wanted to offer a more balanced view of a controversial issue: whether countries should develop weapons for use in outer space.

Also in this issue: A look back at what the Obama administration's signature education reform got wrong, with lessons learned to guide states and districts in refining their teacher evaluation systems, and a warning on the limits of federally - led school reform; a proposal for how to redesign education research under the Every Student Succeeds Act; and a debate on whether there is a federal constitutional right to education.

The report, issued Wednesday by the New School's Center for New York City Affairs, examines the impact of one of the signature initiatives of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, since 2002: closing 21 big high schools and opening nearly 200 smaller secondary schools...

Education was the signature issue of early front - runner Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, who always returned to his gubernatorial school reform record when making the case for brand of can - do, conservative leadership.

Obama's signature education program, Race to the Top, had states competing for funds in exchange for promising education reforms, and it sparked feuds on these issues across the U.S. Even so, many teachers say they support Obama and both the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have already officially endorsed him.

Arizona law allows for a «veto referendum» on laws passed by the legislature if opponents gather the requisite signatures to put the issue on the ballot.

For the first time in U.S. history, Americans may be about to elect a president whose signature issue is early childhood.