Sentences with phrase «state assembly supported»

«I feel like we are starting to be heard,» McTavish said after the state Assembly supported a bill protecting students» right to opt out of PARCC.

In 2016, the State Board of Regents and the Democratic - led state Assembly supported restarting the phase - in, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate did not support it.

In 2016 the State Board of Regents and the Democratic - led state Assembly supported restarting the phase - in, but Governor Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate did not support it.

Democrats in the State Assembly support public financing of campaigns and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is a long time proponent..

Democrats in the state Assembly support both measures, and passed the Dream Act in February for the sixth year in a row.

Democrats in the State Assembly support the bill.

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Mr. Horner is certainly a moderate conservative and has received the support of longtime MLA and Assembly Speaker Ken Kowalski, who's campaign once published an election ad stating that «While human beings can create laws, the laws of God must take precedence.»

High degree» will be held on March 20 — 22, 2014 in Exhibition Hall of Odessa Sea Commercial Port Official support to projects is provided by: • Assembly of European wine producing regions; • Association of cultural and tourist exchange (ACTE), in collaboration with Council of Europe; • Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; • Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine; • Antitrust Committee of Ukraine; • State Agriculture Inspectorate of Ukraine; • Ukrainian corporation on viticulture and wine producing «Ukrvinprom»; • Odessa Regional State Administration.

The largest rally regarding midwifery issues that has ever taken place in the United States is at the North Carolina General Assembly, when 650 people come to demonstrate their support of licensing Certified Professional Midwives.

World Health Assembly resolution 49.15 expresses «Member states should ensure that the financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest, especially with regards to the WHO / UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.»

IBFAN notes that the World Health Assembly has addressed the issue of sponsorship in Resolution 49.15 from 1996 and again in Resolution 58.32 from 2005 where it stated care was needed: «to ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflict of interest».

The World Health Assembly has addressed the issue of sponsorship in Resolution 49.15 from 1996 and again in Resolution 58.32 from 2005 where it stated: «ensure that financial support and other incentives for programmes and health professionals working in infant and young child health do not create conflict of interest».

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

It stresses the obligation for States to protect, promote and support breastfeeding through the implementation of the World Health Assembly Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.

Assembly Concurrent Resolution 155 (1998) encourages the state and employers to support and encourage the practice of breastfeeding by striving to accommodate the needs of employees, and by ensuring that employees are provided with adequate facilities for breastfeeding and expressing milk for their children.

REQUESTS the Director - General: (2) to foster, with all relevant sectors of society, a constructive and transparent dialogue in order to monitor progress towards implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant Health Assembly resolutions, in an independent manner and free from commercial influence, and to provide support to Member States in their efforts to monitor implementation of the Code;

RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal bill and they knew about Mikael's bill on the assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York State Senator Kennedy and he really ran with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke with a lot of the assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.

Paladino's campaign manager Michael Caputo at first said the candidate was «intrigued» by Samuels» suggestion, but later put out a statement saying he «fully supports retaking the New York State Senate and increasing the Republican representatives in the Assembly.»

We now must take that energy and focus on driving support for our entire state - wide ticket, State Senate, Assembly and Congressional Candidstate - wide ticket, State Senate, Assembly and Congressional CandidState Senate, Assembly and Congressional Candidates.

Schumer, who is now the state's senior senator and one of the most powerful and influential Democrats in the country, showed up to his old stomping grounds to support the Assembly's passage of the Iran Divestment Act to bar companies that invest in Iran's energy industry from doing business with the state.

«Whether in the State Senate, the Assembly, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, or the Rye City Council, George Latimer has steadfastly supported working men and women throughout three decades of public service,» said John Santos, Vice-President of 32BJ.

At 12:30 p.m., Assembly members Andrew Hevesi, Michael Blake and Kimberly Jean - Pierre call on Cuomo to pass progressive tax policies, fund the Home Stability Support plan and expand access to the HIV enhanced shelter allowance, Assembly Chamber, state Capitol, Albany.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Also at noon, the Coalition for Affordable Homes lobbies members of the state Assembly and Senate to support bills A7406 / S648 that would create a tax on real estate speculation, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

The convention votes are weighted and the 69th Assembly District, which is where the Broadway Democrats are located, is the most Democrat - dominated in the state, and also generally has the highest turnout, which means its support matters when the weighted vote is calculated.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a radio interview on Friday doubted whether there was enough support in the Democratic conference for the approval of the education - tax credit, a controversial measure opposed by the state's teachers unions.

Led by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblyman Nick Perry, chair of the state Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, a delegation of legislators and staff embark today on a humanitarian effort to bring aid and support to residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

First introduced 12 years ago, the CVA has passed the State Assembly several times with bipartisan support, only to die within the Senate.

The city supports a bill, passed by the State Assembly Monday, that would allow NYCHA to use the design - build model, which streamlines projects by combining the design and construction stages into one contract.

Sources told NY1 on Tuesday night that James was calling state Assembly members and asking them for support in her bid to be attorney general.

The Assembly advanced the DREAM Act in its budget and the governor has stated his support.

Since then, campaign finance filings show the committee gave $ 12,000 to the Clinton County Republican Committee; $ 6,800 to Little; $ 5,000 to support the failed 2006 campaign of Jeanine Pirro; $ 4,250 to the Republican State Committee; $ 3,500 to Senator Tom Libous, a Binghamton Republican; $ 2,509.31 for a «Faso Event» in the fall of 2006; $ 1,350 to the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee; $ 1,000 to Senator Steve Saland, a Hudson Valley Republican; $ 1,000 to the Republican Senate Campaign Committee; $ 1,000 to Clinton County Legislator Paul Maroun; $ 1,000 to Judge Thomas Mercure; $ 800 to Assemblywoman Janet Duprey; $ 5,000 to the Empire Leadership Council and $ 7,750 to various charitable and not - for - profit groups including the American Cancer Society and March of Dimes.

The Assembly also provides for $ 2.2 million to support the involvement of the State Workforce Investment Board in new workforce training programs through DOL.

Horner concludes: «Given the tremendous institutional power of the executive, the support of the state Assembly, and the apparent support among many Senators, the fate of meaningful campaign finance reform will hinge on whether the governor can round up the necessary Senate votes....

In particular, we want to thank Senator Joe Robach, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, Assemblyman David Gantt, Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Chair of the Assembly Corporations Committee for their longstanding support of the transit industry and for the increased operating and capital funding in the 2016 - 17 state budget.

The safe - streets political action committee has put its support behind the reelection efforts of Manhattan State Senator Adriano Espaillat and Suffolk County Assemblyman Edward Hennessey, Bay Ridge Senate challenger James Kemmerer, Suffolk County Assembly challenger Tom Schiliro, and Pete Sikora, who's running a primary race for Assembly in Brownstone Brooklyn.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has formally announced his support of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's state attorney general run, saying he's «proud» of the outspoken Westchester Democrat has taken on «difficult and controversial matters, and changed the outcomes.»

Later in the video, Paladino criticizes Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's support for a state version of the Dream Act, and Cuomo's legislation that would expand abortion and reproductive rights.

State Assembly Majority Leader and former Monroe County Democratic Chairman Joe Morelle wouldn't bite when asked which candidate he supported while appearing on WXXI's Need to Know.

UDO was thrilled to support Yuh - Line Niou for State Assembly and congratulates her for this historic win.

Assemblymember Kavanagh currently Chairs American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, the State Caucus of Environmental Legislators, and the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection In endorsing Rivera, Kavanagh joins a growing list of local progressive elected officials at all levels of government who have announced their support for the leading Democratic candidate.

Many of the New York state measures backed by Cuomo and the Senate Democrats are also supported in the Democratic - led State Assestate measures backed by Cuomo and the Senate Democrats are also supported in the Democratic - led State AsseState Assembly.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, as well as state Senate Leader John Flanagan, expressed support for the bills last spring, but they ended the legislative session without voting on them.

While Eric Schneiderman wrapped up his final day as state attorney general after multiple allegations of abuse, the Democrat - led Assembly passed a package of bills aimed at strengthening support for survivors of domestic violence.

NYSRPA encourages all gun owners to support David Forsythe for State Assembly on November 2.

Those details are crucial, but they're wonky and hard to sell, which is why De Blasio's team is methodically assembling support inside the state Assembly and Senate.

It should have no problem receiving support in the Democratic - led state Assembly, but state Senate Republicans have been skeptical of the plan in the past.

Governor Cuomo has been in support of the measures de Blasio is now pushing, as has the Democrat - controlled State Assembly, which has time and again passed such bills, which fail in the Senate.

The poll, which surveyed 678 likely voters in the district, found 43 percent supporting Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader, and 42 percent behind Teachout, a onetime gubernatorial candidate.