Sentences with phrase «sought by advocates»

Hoxby's evidence indicates that competition would meet the demands of state constitutions for a «thorough and efficient» education system better than the lawyer - engineered, centralized outcomes that are so eagerly sought by the advocates of adequacy.

None are believed to contain the one - year window sought by advocates that allows adults who were abused as kids but can no longer sue under current law to bring a civil case.

He announced that he and Governor Andrew Cuomo have agreed to increase support for New Yorkers with AIDS receiving housing assistance so that their rent will not exceed 30 percent of their income — a goal long sought by advocates.

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By advocating for policy changes, the Council seeks to create an economic model in which what is good for business is good for the environment and society.

To seek consciously to become a saint, or attain «union,» as is advocated by some modern mystics, (See for example the writings of Gerald Heard, in particular The Third Morality [New York: William Morrow, London: Cassell, 1937], chaps.

If there is any danger that the Bretton Woods institutions will really support the interests of other countries against us, seeking the level playing field advocated by economists, the U.S. will allow these institutions to fail.

This is precisely why abortion advocates expend such vast efforts at international meetings pushing for abortion policies that do in fact seek to subvert the democratic process by foisting an a priori abortion agenda on nations around the world.

In a debate with an advocate for abortion, one occasionally comes up against an informed opponent who seeks to undermine the Church's position on the issue by pointing out that the Universal Doctor of the Church, St Thomas Aquinas, held to the doctrine of delayed animation or hominisation.

With feminist theologians and advocates of creation centered spirituality, mutually transformed by the encounter with the new physics and the new biology, process theologians have sought a vision of the relational matrix of creativity, and to learn from the wisdom of the earth and the embodiment of that wisdom in the all too long suppressed and neglected traditions of women, blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, of Africa and Asia.

Hindu nationalism, which is alive and well in India today, is concertedly engaged in the assignment of absorbing minorities into its ideology, Driven by the ideology of Hindutva — a term coined by V. D. Sarvarkar10 which has always advocated a comprehensive project involving the coming together of culture, society, and politics, it seeks to fuse all the distinct particularities and differences of religious minorities (Muslims and Christians) and ethnocultural minorities (Dalits and Adivasis) into its Brahmanic construction of an Indian nation.

Military spouse, breastfeeding advocate, natural parent, and seamstress, Amy ran into natural parenting by accident, and now blogs at Amy Willa: Me Mothering, and Making it All Work and Natural Parents Network, in order to share her experience and inspire others to live an authentic life and seek peace in parenting.

Madison criticized a representative of the Civic Federation for seeking tax cuts similar to those advocated by Mayor Richard Daley, saying such cuts were unrealistic.

You don't seem to have noticed that the people who produced Microbirth are not microbiologists, but rather natural childbirth advocates who seek to increase market share by engendering distrust of obstetrcians.

Unlike Dr. Amy, who seeks to advocate the safest place to deliver babies (i.e. in an fully equipped and competently staffed facility), Lisa clearly CARES about the well - being of women and babies, demonstrating this by declaring she'd «rather have a baby in the middle of a forest completely alone in the middle of nowhere» before she'd even consider letting Dr. Amy or someone like her — by implication, a trained professional — care for Lisa or deliver her child.

In the meantime, while the pending child nutrition legislation in Congress seeks to raise federal reimbursement for school meals by a mere six cents — rather than the one dollar advocated by reformers like Chef Ann — we need to exploit every opportunity to bring more funds to schools.

Expert consumer opinion was sought by «The Age» from organisations such as maternity coalition or future families, advocates for primary maternity care reform supporting natural birth options.

William Brewer, a lawyer for the NRA, in a statement accused Cuomo and Vullo of abusing the public's trust by «mounting a blacklisting campaign that seeks to deprive Second Amendment advocates of banking services and insurance coverage in the State of New York.»

Adrienne Esposito, a longtime sustainability advocate and Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, is seeking an open seat currently held by Lee Zeldin, who's running for Congress.

The move by Cuomo makes New York the first state to join in on the national lawsuit filed by a group of fair housing advocates seeking to reverse HUD's suspension of the implementation of the AFFH Rule.

Though prior instant runoff proposals originating in the City Council have failed, the group of electeds and advocates sought to seize on an opportunity presented by the mayor's creation of the Charter Revision Commission.

Cuomo also banned the practice of «conversion therapy,» which seeks to reverse an individual's sexual orientation but has been widely panned by LGBT advocates and mental and medical health professionals as harmful.

Public Advocate Letitia James announced Friday afternoon she will not seek appointment by the state Legislature to the state attorney post vacated this week by Eric Schneiderman.

«We've had clients in Russia who've been beaten by police, but more often it's vigilante groups and thugs engaging in social cleansing and unfortunately the police don't do anything to offer protection,» said Aaron Morris, senior staff attorney for Immigration Equality, a national organization that advocates for LGBT equality under US immigration law and offers legal counsel to those seeking asylum.

Flanagan's candidacy to succeed Skelos had been opposed by upstate county Republican chairmen as well gun - rights advocates, who had sought to mobilize around DeFrancisco.

Gottfried said he has «no idea» of how Cuomo intends to act on the expedited medical marijuana bill, which was opposed by one of the original sponsors of the Compassionate Care Act, Sen. Diane Savino, who characterized it as a vehicle for advocates seeking full legalization of pot in New York.

The figure is less than the 4 percent bump sought by education advocates, and the revision amounts to a $ 769 million increase as opposed to $ 1.2 billion.

The positive reviews of the decades - old practice comes amid months of opposition by advocates, and as City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito seeks to limit the punitive consequences of low - level, nonviolent offenses.

By evaluating site reuse options, identifying new local economic development and workforce retraining opportunities, and advocating for appropriate decommissioning timelines, the task force seeks to assist the region overall for a prosperous and sustainable future during and after the decommissioning of the facility.

«At the same time that the Energy Company was paying Percoco's wife and the union president's daughter tens of thousands of dollars per year for low - show jobs, Kelly repeatedly sought Percoco's assistance in advocating on the Energy Company's behalf to various State officials, and the union president advocated directly to Percoco regarding the union's support for the Energy Company's proposed New York power plant and submitted a letter from his union, addressed to Governor Cuomo, setting forth the union's support for the plant,» the letter submitted by prosecutors states.

Foundation aid is expected to increase by $ 637 million, far short of the $ 1.2 billion education advocates have sought, and will likely fuel more calls for added education spending that has empowered the Democratic primary campaign of Cynthia Nixon.

Seeking to join them are the Women's Equality Party started by Cuomo's campaign, the Stop Common Core Party announced by Astorino and the Life and Justice Party, a group started by Michael Carey, its gubernatorial candidate, to oppose abortion rights and advocate for disabled people in state facilities....

The right - wing groups behind this case seek to debilitate public employee unions and take away their power to advocate for their members by undermining their funding structure.

Heastie provided few details but said the new bill would likely include some sort of a lookback provision that gives victims a chance to revive old cases — a key component sought by survivors and advocates who want to change the law.

Capital reported that Cuomo is now separating the matching fund system from other campaign finance reforms long sought by good - government advocates.

The co-location is also the subject of a lawsuit from Public Advocate Letitia James, who filed papers in December seeking to overturn 42 co-locations that were approved by the DOE in October.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has approached the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal seeking to set aside the guilty plea entered by four companies which were accused of laundering a sum of $ 15.591 m being claimed by the wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

It recommended a variety of tough - love solutions — and savaged the advocates who sought to «help» the homeless by giving them new rights.

ATTACHMENT A: FOIL request submitted by Environmental Advocates of New York to the DOH, DEC, and Governor's office seeking information about the DEC's already completed study.

If confirmed by the Senate, he is expected to serve as a champion for advocates who seek to open up commercial access to space.

By engaging scientists through their professional associations and societies, the Science and Human Rights Coalition seeks to benefit from the scientific sector's existing resources and to develop new resources to meet the needs of human rights advocates for scientific research and expertise on a range of issues.

Backed by many geneticists and medical groups, the advocates sought to have Myriad's patents invalidated so that any lab could test without fear of a lawsuit for BRCA genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

By advocating for self - awareness and self - love, Jennifer encourages women to take charge of their lives and seek the love, happiness, and success they truly deserve.

Beautiful Russian women from all corners of the former Soviet Union seek By Heather, loveisrespect Advocate.

By involving children in this process, he sought to help them become more active in their own education, and not incidentally, more self - aware; he advocated that children write extensively about themselves and their observations.

Washington — Like their counterparts in mathematics and science teaching, teachers and advocates of bilingual education — meeting here for their annual convention — are seeking to build support for their discipline by emphasizing its potential for strengthening America's place in the world.

This month we speak to John Fleming, a leading advocate for education reform and someone whose views are highly sought - after by education professionals throughout Australia.

Charter advocates in Massachusetts sought to increase the number of urban students who can enroll in charters, and the state had several well - qualified charter operators eager to open new schools, but both efforts failed in the legislature and in a referendum after a fierce campaign by teachers» unions.

Advocates argue that by giving parents an array of options on which to spend the grant funds, they will be more mindful of both the quality and cost of the services they seek, allowing them to get the most out of the grant.

Charter school advocates have for several years sought the statewide mandate, arguing that they should be funded equitably with traditional public schools and that capital money should follow the child, not be dictated by the needs of a school.

The study had long been sought by school reform advocates and Democratic legislators, who hailed its June 29 release as lending empirical proof of what's needed, financially at least, to boost the state's struggling schools.