Sentences with phrase «slap in»

«It is a slap in the face to the Italian - American community and we are not going to tolerate it.»

He says he considers it a «slap in the face» to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

«The news that Bill de Blasio is jetting off to Germany for the G - 20 is a slap in the face of New Yorkers who deserve a mayor who works for them,» Malliotakis said in a statement.

The state's powerful Black, Hispanic and Asian caucus is condemning legislative leaders for redrawing Congressional districts in a way that amounts to a «slap in the face» to the minority communities across the state.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg called it a «slap in the face» for millions who were struggling.

But Kathryn Robb, a child sex abuse survivor and advocate, called it a «slap in the face to survivors» and «brazenly hypocritical.»

«To our (union) workers that continue without contracts, it's a slap in the face,» he said.

(Syracuse, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, held a news conference today outside Governor Cuomo's media event for the Women's Equality Party (WEP) ballot line to say that Cuomo's economic policies are a slap in the face to working - class women he has neglected as Governor, especially women on welfare and minimum wage workers.

Law enforcement officials around the state have slammed Cuomo's commutation of Clark's sentence, calling it a slap in the face.

«By not allowing this to come to the floor, by even mentioning that nine points is adequate for the women of this state is absolutely a slap in the face.»

Notorious drug lord Joaquín «El Chapo» Guzmán was extradited to the US last night as a slap in the face to Trump, just hours before he's set to take office, sources told The NY Post.

The main civil servants» union, the Public and Commercial Services union, which took joint strike action on 30 June, has described Labour leader Ed Miliband's refusal to support public sector workers taking action over cuts in their pensions as «a slap in the face».

That would be an almighty slap in the face for the David Cameron who has thrown his weight behind the idea in a big way.

So, let us get on with the Women's Equality Agenda; just not in the NYS Assembly, where the membership surely understands Kristen Gillibrand's allegorical «slap in the a $ $» comment.

«That is a mind - boggling statement and a slap in the face to New York taxpayers.

Andy Burnham said it was a «slap in the face for young people» that under - 25s would be excluded from the compulsory level.

Presumably this is because if he were to choose anyone other than David Miliband it would seem a slap in the face for his vanquished elder brother.

And Mr Clarke - who disappointed those expecting he would attack Gordon Brown's premiership - said Labour needed to «regain their confidence» after the «slap in the face» election results of May 1st.

All of which tends to support the notion there is more to this than just yet another slap in the face from Tory MPs sick of Cameron.

«But I think it's an extraordinarily bad choice for the BBC, and I think it's actually a slap in the face to these tens and hundreds of thousands of child abuse victims.

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security called the letter a slap in the face to ICE employees.

Indeed, not being on the nominating petitions is a slap in the face.

Reinstating the commuter tax would be a tremendous slap in the face to the people who are already paying significantly more than their fair share.»

In fact, it's a rude slap in the face to de Blasio's boast that he can easily make up for any federal funding the city might lose under the new administration.

Malliotakis had called de Blasio's trip to Germany «a slap in the face of New Yorkers» and even tweeted a picture of the mayor wearing German lederhosen with beer and bratwurst.

NO PENSION FORFEITURE IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO HARD WORKING NEW YORK TAXPAYERS Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C - Canandaigua) Convicted former legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos will collect New York taxpayer money to the tune -LSB-...]

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb called the ruling, «a slap in the face to police officers who risk their lives protecting us from killers like Herman Bell.»

«This is a demeaning slap in the face to them because this law says even if you are trying to transition off of regular cigarettes and lower the nicotine level gradually, which a lot of people do, you can't do that, so I do have some issues,» Tyner said.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day calls this move a slap in the face for the county when it comes to train service.

Coons called Sheehan's absence «another slap in our face... morale is definitely down among our members.»

Labour First, shadowy right - wing Old Labour group run by John Spellar got in first (though the mouth of former Labour national executive member Luke Akehurst), describing the new group as «a slap in the face for grassroots campaigners ``.

As cheers and boos echoed through the church, Powell added, «Four rent controlled apartments is a slap in the face of this community.»

A veto of this legislation from Westchester County Executive Astorino is a slap in the face to the true meaning of community policing and will endanger the public safety of the immigrant community.

Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. David Carlucci (D - Rockland County) on Thursday slammed Equifax for refusing requests to testify before the committee, calling it a «slap in the face» to New Yorkers.

On Monday, Republican Assemblyman Karl Brabenec — whose district borders the scene of the crime — called Cuomo's commutation of Clark's sentence «ill - advised» and «yet another slap in the face to every police officer serving in our state.»

Michelle Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the charity, said: «This is a slap in the face for thousands of women in or approaching retirement who are being penalised for taking time out of work to care.»

That was a slap in the face to every legitimate law - abiding U.S. citizen who pays NYS taxes.

The shock factor is significant here: Downing Street is suggesting it only heard about the possibility of this slap in the face last week.

«The action taken by the President can not in the remotest sense by any shred of legal reasoning or imagination amounts to a slap in the face of the judiciary,» he said.

There are legitimate reasons for debating such a law — as well as obvious dangers and problems with it in practice — but the timing was a slap in the face to Scottish voters.

Probably of immigration and job security, themes linked in many angry people's minds, but also on giving a slap in the face to the «political elite» at the Welsh assembly in Cardiff Bay and the smug London elites.

And mayoral control of city schools would be renewed, but only for one year — a slap in the face to de Blasio.

Lucas Sánchez, director of the Long Island office for New York Communities for Change, a progressive group that advocates for low - income families, called the post «embarrassing» and a «slap in the face» to all of her constituents.

Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Schenectady area, called Cuomo's tour a «slap in the face» to lawmakers.

Shutting out the voters might seem like a sensible strategy, but it can only lead to one result: a slap in the face come polling day.

«Mayor de Blasio's endorsement of Keith Ellison for Chairman of the Democratic National Committee is a slap in the face to the more than one million Jews who live in New York City.

«The Ground Zero Mosque is an insult to all Americans and a slap in the face to the surviving families of those murdered in cold blood on September 11th and all the American and allied men and women killed and maimed in the ensuing wars.»

«Given that the chancellor promised a year ago that bank chief executive pay would be linked to SME lending, news of Mr Hester's bonus is a slap in the face for thousands of small businesses struggling to get the finance they need.

As if this act wasn't quite enough of a slap in the face to Dugdale, her deputy quoted the words of SNP First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to support his case.

That's a slap in the face for David Cameron, whose enthusiasm for appointing the American super cop Bratton knew no bounds.