Sentences with phrase «state bidding law»

State legislators also voted to exempt the amphitheater project from a state bidding law, allowing the project to move forward more quickly.

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In 2014, the Maine Supreme Court rejected Bailey's bid to practice law in the state.

The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records on Thursday gave the city 30 days to release their bid to Megan Shannon, a citizen who asked for the information in January under the state's Right - to - Know Law.

A state law allows a public body, like the Wilmette Park District, to privately negotiate a lease, otherwise it would be publicly bid — potentially pitting the Harbor Association against outside interests.

Bids, RFPs and RFQs are published in local newspapers in compliance with local, state and federal laws.

RFPs and Bids are published in local newspapers in compliance with local, state and federal laws.

Former Republican Long Island state Sen. Jack Martins has joined a law firm that helped defeat his bid for Nassau County executive last year.

A bid for attorney general is a much riskier bet, especially considering state election law is fuzzy about whether a congressional candidate can run for the post this late in the midterm election cycle.

Schneiderman is focused more narrowly on possible bid - rigging and a violation of state antitrust laws in relation to a SUNY Polytechnic dorm construction project.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

In addition to a federal investigation into whether Campaign for One New York donors, many of whom had business before the city, received anything for their donation, authorities are also examining whether de Blasio's unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 violated campaign finance and election laws.

And last week, the leader of Ontario vowed to push a law that could restrict New York companies from bidding on billions of dollars of government contracts in that Canadian province in retaliation for a «Buy American» program signed two months ago by Gov. Andrew Cuomo for major state road and bridge projects.

In subsequent written correspondence with civil servants, the BHA stated that «Our concern is for the government to make absolutely clear that there is no chance it will ever accept [creationist Free School] bids, or allow any state - funded school to teach creationism as science, anywhere in the curriculum, and this is only possible through a change in the law... we would support any adjustment to the model funding agreement to add a statement [to this effect]... Could we request that the next time the [Free School] model funding agreement is reviewed, our desire for this point's inclusion is considered?»

But the State Legislature this week voted to block the city's duly enacted law, doing the bidding of the plastic - bag industry, and hiding behind the argument that the fee is a tax on the poor.

The mayor is facing investigations into whether his unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 as well as fundraising efforts for the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda, violated campaign finance and election laws.

But City Comptroller Scott Stringer, in a review of both city and state laws, found that government agencies themselves — at both levels — are not prohibited from discriminating in their choice of companies bidding on providing services for government, even though the contractors selected are barred from discriminating as employers.

He added in the letter that if the dorm had been considered a government project at the time, a design / build contract «would have not been allowed by the competitive bidding laws» of the state.

Generally includes the Executive Budget proposal; modifies proposal to apply Wicks provisions from General Municipal Law and State Finance Law, as well as GML competitive bidding requirements, if no PLA is used.

Isn't this the very definition of a 421a tax subsidy: «New York State taxpayers have enough problems, like crumbling roads and bridges and soaring taxes, without having to subsidize Cuomo's political supporters who would rather be handed the work than learn to compete within the confines of public bidding law and an open market,» said Josh Reap, the government affairs director for Associated Builders & Contractors.

«New York State taxpayers have enough problems, like crumbling roads and bridges and soaring taxes, without having to subsidize Cuomo's political supporters who would rather be handed the work than learn to compete within the confines of public bidding law and an open market,» said Josh Reap, the government affairs director for Associated Builders & Contractors.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.&rState Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.&rstate Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.»

Brian Sampson of the Associated Builders and Contractors, Empire State Chapter: «The governor is making a mockery of competitive - bidding laws.

Separate probes are examining if de Blasio and his allies violated state campaign - finance laws in a failed bid to put a Democratic majority in the state Senate in 2014, and if special favors were given to donors to the mayor's now - shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York.

In some instances, the emails provided law enforcement authorities with their most compelling evidence, and backed up what witnesses told investigators about the defendants» alleged schemes to rig bids or buy state government influence.

«New York State taxpayers have enough problems, like crumbling roads and bridges, and soaring taxes, without having to subsidize Cuomo's political supporters, who would rather be handed the work than learn to compete within the confines of public bidding law and an open market,» said Josh Reap, director of government affairs for Associated Builders & Contractors, Empire State Chapter.

But the construction portion of the project, estimated to be 90 percent of the $ 12 million cost, is contingent on a change in state law to allow municipalities to use special «design - build» contracts, in which the design and construction phases are awarded to one company, rather than in separate bids as is typical in large public works projects.

Other Democrats are considering bids, including Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D - N.Y.); Democratic state Sen. Mike Gianaris of Queens; Leecia Eve, a Verizon executive; and law professor Zephyr Teachout, who challenged Cuomo in a 2014 primary and ran for Congress in 2016.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- A Republican state Representative is contending his decision to defy his party's leaders and schedule a hearing on a bill calling for the repeal of the state's prevailing - wage laws is now costing him support in his bid for the state Senate.

It is ordered that on and after January 1, 2015, all Erie County offices, departments and administrative units, including but not limited to the Division of Purchase, fully implement a requirement in all bids, requests for proposals and other contract solicitations that the contractor submit an Erie County Equal Pay Certification which certifies the contractor's compliance with Federal Equal Pay Law and New York State Equal Pay Law (together, the «Equal Pay Laws»).

The law firm is headed by James Featherstonhaugh, the head of the New York State Gaming Association, who has two bids to build casino resorts in the Albany area and the Catskills.

State Sen. John Sampson was charged Monday with embezzling $ 440,000 and using some of it to bankroll a bid for one of the highest law enforcement jobs in the city, Brooklyn district attorney.

To that end, he's looking for a change in state law that would allow the city, like the state, to award contracts to MWBEs even if they are not proposed the least expensive qualified bid.

Under state law, government resources can not be used for political purposes — and DeFrancisco is pushing the issue in his uphill bid for governor.

According to Chairwoman Cornell, Vanderhoef issued a letter to the legislature stating that in his opinion the move violated state and federal law by proceeding upon terms materially different from the request for outgoing bids and failing to address the responsibility of all bidders.

ALBANY — The second - largest union of New York State government workers has endorsed Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law professor, in her insurgent Democratic primary bid against Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The investigation also found that the State Fair and Department of Agriculture and Markets officials violated state laws with a no - bid contract with concert promoter Live Nation in 2008 and Rhode Island «Fight Night» promoter Classic Entertainment and Sports Inc. in State Fair and Department of Agriculture and Markets officials violated state laws with a no - bid contract with concert promoter Live Nation in 2008 and Rhode Island «Fight Night» promoter Classic Entertainment and Sports Inc. in state laws with a no - bid contract with concert promoter Live Nation in 2008 and Rhode Island «Fight Night» promoter Classic Entertainment and Sports Inc. in 2009.

State laws require agencies to seek competitive bids or proposals for contracts worth more than $ 50,000.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.&rState Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.&rstate Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.»

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance simultaneously aborted his own inquiry into whether de Blasio and his aides deliberately circumvented state campaign finance laws in their 2014 bid to flip the State Senate Democrstate campaign finance laws in their 2014 bid to flip the State Senate DemocrState Senate Democratic.

For one, contractors raise the question of whether the policy is legal: The 30 percent requirement does not appear in state law, but is strongly encouraged by Cuomo's Executive Chamber to be put into bids for contracts.

Brent Stevens, the C.E.O. of Peninsula Pacific, said the joint Wilmorite - Peninsula Pacific bid enhances the proposed casino's chances of being selected by the state this fall, as one of four casinos allowed under state law.

ALBANY — The president of the NAACP's New York chapter believes a tentative plan by the state casino siting board to consider new casino bids only in the Southern Tier may violate civil rights laws.

The mayor is facing investigations including whether his unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 as well as fundraising efforts for the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda, violated campaign finance and election laws.

DiNapoli says SUNY didn't open up the contract to a competitive bidding process, and therefore didn't comply to current state laws.

The law enforcement unions also gave more than $ 128,050 to former Republican state Sen. Jack Martins in his unsuccessful bid last year for Nassau County executive.

The reimbursements take longer than the millions being spent by the state, for instance, by the Cuomo administration and SUNY regarding the ongoing bid - rigging and fraud case brought by Bharara's office because those agencies entered into contracts with law firms that were signed off by DiNapoli's office in advance rather than seeking reimbursement after the expenses were incurred.

There, a powerful robot has been hitting people over and over again in a bid to induce anything from mild to unbearable pain — in apparent defiance of the late sci - fi sage's famed first law of robotics, which states that «a robot may not injure a human being».

One of the chief authors of Massachusetts» new education - reform law has fired what appears to be an opening salvo in his bid to unseat the state's Republican Governor next year.

It is a move that George Orwell would be proud of; Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, the State Board of Education and the Malloy Administration recently explained that they were proposing a new law to ensure transparency and force the State Education Resource Center (SERC) to follow the state's bidding State Board of Education and the Malloy Administration recently explained that they were proposing a new law to ensure transparency and force the State Education Resource Center (SERC) to follow the state's bidding State Education Resource Center (SERC) to follow the state's bidding state's bidding laws.

The same Stefan Pryor who we've just learned used a quasi-state agency to get around the state's bidding laws so that he could hire two consultants to help develop Malloy's «Education Reform» plan — one for $ 195,000 and one for $ 60,000.