Sentences with phrase «signature issue in»

There is a loud minority of New Yorkers who have soured on the governor over his steps toward stronger gun control, but numerous polls have shown that the SAFE Act has support as Cuomo continues his progressive lean in 2015 and maintains gun control as a signature issue in his second term.

Cleary, Team Cuomo sees these local races as an opportunity to reach voters in an «off» election year on what has become Cuomo's signature issue in this cycle.

Not exact matches

Gillibrand's profile has risen in tandem with her making the prevention of sexual assaults in the military a signature issue.

Under her tenure, Rockefeller has also stuck with such signature issues as improving agriculture in poor countries.

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.

Though his «Word» sound - off was primarily focused on his health care reform legislation, during their frequently fascinating Q&A, Colbert took the president to task on a variety of issues — of course, with his signature tongue - in - cheek faux outrage.

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.

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.

Domestically, defense spending was something that had bipartisan support during WWII and in the early days of the Cold War, and continued to be a signature issue of one of the two major political parties, the Republicans, whose members were much more likely to have been military veterans than Democrats, and who held a more antagonistic view of Communism which was nominally a politically left leaning ideology.

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.

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.

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.

In a Press statement issued and copied tO GhanaPoliticsonline.com on Tuesday bearing signatures and names of ward and Branch executives of the NDC in the Klottey Korle constituency, the group explained that, «We are all members of the NDC who have over the years work effortlessly to bring the party into power in this constituencIn a Press statement issued and copied tO GhanaPoliticsonline.com on Tuesday bearing signatures and names of ward and Branch executives of the NDC in the Klottey Korle constituency, the group explained that, «We are all members of the NDC who have over the years work effortlessly to bring the party into power in this constituencin the Klottey Korle constituency, the group explained that, «We are all members of the NDC who have over the years work effortlessly to bring the party into power in this constituencin this constituency.

Bloomberg has long had a rocky relationship with the powers that be in Albany, and has seen a number of his signature issues rejected as a result — from the West Side Stadium to congestion pricing (both killed by the Assembly Democrats, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver).

The relationship between Gillibrand and Bloomberg got off to a bad start when the mayor released a statement questioning her record on one of his signature pet issues — gun control — in the wake of her selection by Gov. David Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton in the US Senate.

Even when signatures are collected to put a measure on the ballot, they are audited in some way, and that is less critical of an issue than signing someone up to vote.

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.

Serphin Maltese, expecting that restoring the Senate to Democratic hands would result in the passage of their signature issue — gay marriage.

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.

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.»

And then there was the subject matter: the governor proposed expanding universal pre-K — Mr. de Blasio's signature issue — to three - year - olds in a pilot program.

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.

Jennifer Maertz, a former Democratic state Senate candidate and an activist on women's rights issues, was in Cutchogue Sunday collecting signatures and speaking with potential voters about the new party platform.

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.

«The Legislature will want to put its signature on this in some way and I know Al and Bridget are already looking at [nitrogen pollution] issues,» said Mr. DeLuca, who added that his group will spend much of the next six weeks reviewing the proposal.

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

Suozzi's signature issue was always property tax relief, which makes a lot of sense, since Long Island and Westchester have the highest tax rates in one of the highest - taxed states in the nation.

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.

In something of an unexpected twist, Trump signaled he was open to compromise on immigration reform, his signature issue during the campaign.

This week, at an American Legion post in Colonie, New York, Faso opened the «Tax Relief Now» tour, highlighting his signature issue of stimulating the lagging upstate economy by cutting taxes and scaling back intrusive government regulation.

Tuesday morning, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that his office has issued an opinion that considers online voter registration, including the use of electronically affixed handwritten signatures, legal in New York State.

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.

Whether it was coincidence or karma, two events in the past week focused double attention on a problem that Connecticut Democrats can't seem to shake: The party that once claimed ownership of campaign - finance reform as its signature issue now is being called an enemy of reform.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had been looking forward to seeing her signature issues — combating sexual assault in the military and on campus, paid family leave, controlling opioids, pay equity — rise to the top in a Hillary Clinton presidency.

Issues regarding state contracts and contributors also arose in a federal investigation involving parts of Cuomo's building program, including his signature Buffalo Billion initiative to inject $ 1 billion into upstate development.

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.

He's grappling with Governor Cuomo over his signature campaign issue as the legislative clock ticks, the press and public have focused on his current actions rather than dreaming of the future and, barely three weeks in, he «owns» the City's successes and failures.

The question is whether it's enough, in this overwhelmingly Democratic state, to neutralize Nixon on her signature issue.

One day after codifying the state's fracking ban — the signature issue of his tenure at the helm of the DEC — the agency's commissioner, Joe Martens, has informed his senior staffers that he plans to depart in July.

McCarthy, who has made gun - control her signature issue over her past 18 years in Congress, said she was «confident» Rice would continue to «carry the torch» on the issue after McCarthy retires.

Since coming to power in 2010, Cameron's Conservatives have made a signature issue of zealously cracking down on benefit fraud.

The candidate said she would make the upcoming fight in Albany over rent regulations her 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 candidatIn 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 candidatin 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 candidatin 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.

ALBANY, New York (Reuters)-- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pressed signature issues such as cutting taxes, revitalizing worn infrastructure and boosting the upstate economy in a wide - ranging election - year speech in his annual address on Wednesday.

He also said he'd continue an effort on his «signature issues» of making the state more competitive in economic development, encouraging job growth and reducing regulatory burden on businesses so they can more effectively compete with enterprises elsewhere.

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.