Sentences with phrase «state elected officials from»

Happily, it now appears our work is informing the decisions of the Trump administration, conscientious members of the U.S. House and Senate, and governors and state elected officials from coast to coast.

WHO: Explorations Charter School community, representatives from the Northeast Charter Schools Network, as well as local and state elected officials from throughout the greater Torrington area

Invitees include local and state elected officials from Winsted and the greater Torrington area comprised of Canton, Simsbury, Granby, Goshen and Litchfield; this includes the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Education.

Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.

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The news comes from a report issued Thursday by the Secure Our Smartphones («S.O.S.») Initiative, an international partnership of law - enforcement agencies, elected officials, and consumer advocates headed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

The fire started when a spark from the unauthorized fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, a few hours north of Kerala's state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the state's top elected official.

They're challenging a 2011 state statute, backed by the gun lobby, that outlines penalties for elected officials who try to enact local gun laws, including a $ 5,000 fine and the prospect of being removed from office.

Adam believes it is this visibility which will force accountability and responsibility from elected officials charged with the fiscal decisions of local, city, state and federal government offices.

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

In total, Welcome.us has received 70 proclamations from elected officials in 31 states plus our nation's capital declaring June Immigrant Heritage Month.

Elected officials from across the state are strengthening their calls for the state pension system to divest from fossil fuels.

The demonstrations have drawn elected officials ranging from the mayor of Albany, Kathy Sheehan, to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

Paterson's a little late to react to this issue, elected officials from all over the state rushed to condemn the new law last week, and the Rev. Al Sharpton has pledged to challenge it.

Hailing from Manhattan, Farley, a former official of the state GOP and a first - time candidate for elected office, admitted she is not well known outside NYC — if at all even there.

Sen. Simcha Felder appears to have a sweetheart deal for his campaign headquarters from the same landlord who rents the elected official his state office.

It would certainly benefit Trump at the state level to have a Republican ally in the executive mansion — especially in a Democrat - dominated state, where elected officials — from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic minority leader, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have vowed to oppose the new administration on multiple fronts.

Gibson, who served three terms and is not seeking re-election because of self - imposed term limits, joins more than 60 other local and state leaders, committees and organizations who have endorsed Faso in the race, including state and local GOP and Conservative party leaders, elected officials from the 11 - county district, CNBC television host Larry Kudlow, noted political science professor Dr. Gerald Benjamin and the state Conservative Party, among others.

The congress committee chairman, Senator Jonathan Zwingina, said elected officials of the party in the state who did not obtain nomination form from his panel, would be disqualified.

Despite intense opposition from nearly every local elected official and a total lack of public input on the new design, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state Department of Transportation are moving forward with plans to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge without transit.

«An overwhelming number of elected officials and community leaders throughout New York State, from both sides of the aisles and different political stripes, have spoken loud and clear that the plan to build a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee is right for the state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo State, from both sides of the aisles and different political stripes, have spoken loud and clear that the plan to build a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee is right for the state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo said.

Marijuana legalization in New York is getting lit with support from elected officials, and one state senator believes it could become reality by 2019.

Both state law and district policy prohibit elected officials from disclosing information discussed in executive sessions, and there has been at least one previous attempt to remove a member of the Buffalo School Board on those grounds.

The two candidates have split support from the local Democratic party machines and elected officials, and have overshadowed two other Democrats on the primary ballot, community activist Tamika Mapp and former State Assemblymember Israel Martinez.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced continued widespread support from federal, state and county legislators as well as other former and current elected officials, community and business leaders for current plans to build a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee.

Elected officials, ranging from New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), New York State Assemblymember Catherine Nolan (D - Long Island City), and New York City Councilmember James Van Bramer (D - Sunnywide), attended a rally in Long Island City on Saturday, March 3, to call for responsibile real estate development.

The handful of elected officials from the state and city level have forcefully denounced the prospect of new bridge tolls as Cuomo drafts a congestion pricing plan for New York City that would raise revenue for its mass transit network.

Facing opposition from North Fork elected officials, the state parks department announced Tuesday it will withdraw a request for proposals for a Taste NY retail concession center that would have included alcohol sales at Hallock State Park Preserve in Northvstate parks department announced Tuesday it will withdraw a request for proposals for a Taste NY retail concession center that would have included alcohol sales at Hallock State Park Preserve in NorthvState Park Preserve in Northville.

«We have locally elected school officials who have forever been responsible for seeing to it that the monies received into the district from the state and federal level are brought into a budget that allocates resources where they are needed most,» Kremer said.

Another video showed elected officials from around the state, including Rep. Charlie Rangel and former speaker Christine Quinn, offering praiseful assessments.

Until we eliminate the LLC loophole, large flows of unattributed money from special interest groups can continue to influence the actions of our state elected officials.

«As both an elected official and candidate for attorney general, I am proud to support this long overdue effort to reform state government from top to bottom.»

«Nor could he, given the overwhelming evidence introduced at trial demonstrating that Silver approved funding, authorized legislation, and made other decisions in his official capacity as Speaker of the New York State Assembly, and as an elected State Assemblyman, that benefited those from whom he received millions of dollars in personal payoffs.»

Cooper passed along a long list of events Paul has held in the state in recent months, ranging from visiting a summer camp in Louisville's impoverished West End to a roundtable with local elected officials in Corbin about how to battle a opioid epidemic in Eastern Kentucky's coal country.

It seems fairly obvious that Make the Road, which receives millions of dollars from local and state government to provide social services, is siphoning some of that money to an ostensibly independent «Action Fund» in order to campaign for elected officials who will, lo and behold, allocate money to Make the Road.

And the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline would stretch more than 400 miles from Pennsylvania to New England, carrying natural gas through New York, but is opposed by Republican and Democratic elected officials alike because it offers the state few benefits.

Their release corresponds with the first joint budget hearing, which was held today and drew local elected officials from all over the state to testify.

These barriers, and the subsequent victory of Donald Trump, a historically unpopular president, have spurred renewed interest from New York's top elected officials in modernizing the state's electoral system.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

Turning away from the exodus state we have become and rebuilding the Empire State will require a new class of courageous elected officials of character and belief in making government stand up, protect the people, give New Yorkers opportunity and allow the economy to state we have become and rebuilding the Empire State will require a new class of courageous elected officials of character and belief in making government stand up, protect the people, give New Yorkers opportunity and allow the economy to State will require a new class of courageous elected officials of character and belief in making government stand up, protect the people, give New Yorkers opportunity and allow the economy to grow.

A bold move to be the first elected official to support the junior United States senator from Vermont, in Westchester County, the adopted home of Hillary Clinton.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

Day, that I was considering this effort, I've received an outpouring of support, both here in the city and across the state - from activists, elected officials, and everyday New Yorkers yearning for progressive change,» Williams added.»

With these concerns in mind, several elected officials and the operators of the Peace Bridge asked the state Department of Environmental Conservation this spring to begin enforcing a state law that prohibits trucks from idling for more than five minutes under normal circumstances.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

Cuomo is due to speak at 1 p.m. at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in front of a crowd that will include new Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, members of the state Legislature and elected officials from across the sState Plaza Convention Center in front of a crowd that will include new Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh, members of the state Legislature and elected officials from across the sstate Legislature and elected officials from across the statestate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - New York taxpayers stand to lose about $ 68 billion that they now deduct from their federal taxes if President - elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan move forward with their tax reform plans next year, according to state officials and tax experts.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will speak at the press conference the Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) is holding tomorrow morning to give elected officials and community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas -LSB-...]

Proposition Two would modify the state's constitution to allow judges the discretion to strip the pensions from some elected officials convicted of felonies.

So insists a collective of elected officials, including City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, City Council Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca, Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and numerous other Councilmembers, who issued a letter to New York Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, urging her to ban U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from New York State courts.