Sentences with phrase «state grant processing»

That atmosphere offered some relief in a case where prosecutors lacked a smoking gun, and where jurors were thus subjected to long testimony on the details of tax abatements, state grant processing procedures and mesothelioma litigation.

Not exact matches

«It's not a fast process,» says Michael Patterson, CEO of Graphene Frontiers in Philadelphia, an advanced materials and nanotechnology company that has won 10 grants from local, state and federal agencies totaling nearly $ 1.3 million.

Richard Dawkins merely states in unvarnished form doctrines that other scientific metaphysicians take for granted: In the beginning were the particles and the impersonal laws of physics; life evolved by a mindless, non-teleological process in which God played no part; and human beings are just another animal species.

Or, to state this very important point differently, I am now finally in a position to explain why I feel justified in maintaining that a free - will theodicy is, in principle, no less plausible than the process theodicy, even though I grant that a free - will theodicy will be more «defensive» than its process counterpart.

Only nine years earlier, as we have seen, the Court had interpreted the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment to mean that Congress could not bar slavery from the territories (and that members of the black race could not be citizens of the United States or enjoy any rights and privileges save those that the dominant white race chose to grant them).

(C) An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States shall not be regarded as seeking an admission into the United States for purposes of the immigration laws unless the alien --(i) has abandoned or relinquished that status, (ii) has been absent from the United States for a continuous period in excess of 180 days, (iii) has engaged in illegal activity after having departed the United States, (iv) has departed from the United States while under legal process seeking removal of the alien from the United States, including removal proceedings under this chapter and extradition proceedings, (v) has committed an offense identified in section 1182 (a)(2) of this title, unless since such offense the alien has been granted relief under section 1182 (h) or 1229b (a) of this title, or (vi) is attempting to enter at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers or has not been admitted to the United States after inspection and authorization by an immigration officer.

«The desperate state party chairman, re-contesting his position, who, but for the waiver granted all current party executive by APC NEC, ought to have resigned his current position a month before the congress, together with his sponsors, hijacked the entire process of the congress.

They said Kaloyeros, who oversaw the application process for many of the state grants, retained Howe to help him, and Howe in turn solicited and received bribes.

Franco also said Silver could unilaterally steer state money to Taub, the cancer doctor, using the controversial member - item process in which many lawmakers legally dole out grants to favorite causes.

The state has also established a grant program to assist companies with their capital costs in processing and marketing New York - grown hemp.

The Department was awarded $ 290,000 in Child Protective Services («CPS») Enhancement Funds from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and $ 41,609 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program («SNAP») Process and Technology Improvement Grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture («USDA»).

(It also received a $ 1.5 million grant awarded through the state's Regional Economic Development Council process, which did not prompt controversy.)

He also routinely vetoes legislation to let various groups of local security guards such as employees of Port Chester's village court and the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center be considered «peace officers» and have some powers akin to police officers; he's argued this status should not be granted piecemeal, but as part of a «comprehensive, State - wide, process.»

The grant application process for New York State's various economic development agencies has been streamlined as a result of the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA).

The Minister insisted that she has absolutely nothing to do with the issue noting that it is an abuse of public office, the judicial process and her human rights for Governor Oshiomhole whom she stopped from taking a «highly suspicious N15 billion loan'to make false allegations against her while hiding behind the constitutional immunity granted state governors.

On this week's edition of the Campbell Conversations, host Grant Reeher breaks down that process with State Senator Dave Valesky, who argues that the process was actually better in many ways.

We don't have anything to do with the grant process in New York State.»

Cuomo's office said that grants made available through the program «will be awarded through a competitive process, with priority given to nonprofits with State contracts that provide direct services in high - need communities, particularly smaller nonprofits and nonprofits that lack access to other capital funding opportunities.»

The Legislature passed an amendment to HCRA that granted the leaders of each house the ability to spend up to $ 8.5 million on discretionary grants, none of which had to be disclosed or explained or go through a review process in the state's budget.

«It is an abuse of public office, the judicial process and her human rights for governor Oshiomhole, whom she stopped from taking a highly suspicious N15 billion loan, to make false allegations against her while hiding behind the constitutional immunity granted state governors,» read the statement.

While some future costs are estimated as part of the budget process, others, such as tax expenditures granted by the State and public authorities, would have to be calculated for the first time.

State Supreme Court Judge Barry D. Kramer granted Aqueduct Entertainment Company (formerly known as AEG) the temporary restraining order it sought, ordering the state Lottery Division to cease the Aqueduct racino bidding process pending a July 23 hearing on its lawState Supreme Court Judge Barry D. Kramer granted Aqueduct Entertainment Company (formerly known as AEG) the temporary restraining order it sought, ordering the state Lottery Division to cease the Aqueduct racino bidding process pending a July 23 hearing on its lawstate Lottery Division to cease the Aqueduct racino bidding process pending a July 23 hearing on its lawsuit.

Now is the time to institute these reforms, which include oversight of the grants process and conflict of interest statements, as well as now disallowing legislators to set up private not - for - profit entities with this state money.»

About $ 1.5 billion is distributed through a «partially competitive» process, mostly large construction grants administered by the State University of New York, the report said.

ALBANY — A state Supreme Court judge has granted the rejected winner in the Aqueduct racino competition a restraining order that halts the new round of bidding in the long - delayed process.

Governor Cuomo has already made historic changes to the state's economic development grant application process to support the Regional Councils.

It's the first part of the process that will lead to $ 750 million in development grants being awarded across the state.

New York State is currently in the process of advancing its Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) project, the funding for which was included in the previous $ 151 million grant award, and therefore it was not yet eligible to apply for corridor - wide funding.

The demolition and remediation process which began last fall has now received a shot - in - the - arm through a $ 6 million grant from the state - funded Restore New York Communities Initiative.

Cuomo told the Empire State Pride Agenda he plans to bypass the Legislature — as he did in raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers — by granting transgender people protections through a regulatory process he controls.

«If we are to use that authority arbitrarily or to withhold these certifications where we should be granting them, what then can happen... is there is an opportunity for the federal government to just take that process over from us and then we no longer have that authority,» Snyder said at a roundtable discussion on climate change Monday sponsored by the state Assembly.

Rochester Business Alliance CEO Sandy Parker talked with WXXI 1370 Connection Host Bob Smith about the recently concluded New York State Economic Development grant process and how it impacted Rochester and the Finger Lakes Region.

$ 41,609 in grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture was used to build the call center through the SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant grant funding from the United States Department of Agriculture was used to build the call center through the SNAP Process and Technology Improvement Grant Grant Fund.

Amy Vargas, the executive director for the Hudson Valley Region of the Empire State Development Corporation explained some of the basics of the revised process for receiving grants.

City Council member Margaret Chin said, «Our neighborhoods, which are already over-saturated by late - night establishments serving alcohol, need more transparency in the liquor license granting process, not less... I urge our state elected officials to ensure that the community is consulted on any changes to the law and that all voices are heard.»

The process that has been done for the last 25 years, including in Albany, is, once the MOU is signed and the announcement is made, then the next piece of it is to have the contracts ready, have Empire State Development Corporation approve the grant, then issue what's called a grant disbursement agreement that the contracts attach to.

At a meeting in September, the chairman of the location board, Kevin Law, said that Atlantic City's decline was one of many factors the state considered as it reviewed the bidders» applications, and that deciding whether or not to grant a license in Orange County — close to New York City — was the «biggest challenge» the state faced in the decision - making process.

Various agencies throughout the state will oversee the grant process.

As part of Governor Cuomo's efforts to improve the state's economic development model, a NYS Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) was created to streamline and expedite the grant application process.

Conwall further stated that, despite the paperwork ESD sent in response to the FOIL request for TIF procedures, grants under the program are not a formal part of the REDC process.

Much of the testimony by Victor E. Franco, a New York State Assembly staff member, focused on the budgetary process and Mr. Silver's power to approve discretionary funding, known as member items, like Health Department grants.

At the team's request, and with the close collaboration of two state agencies (BabyNet / First Steps and the SCDDSN), approval was granted by the U.S. Department of Education to use BabyNet funds to pay for ABA therapy for children who failed a two - stage screening process, even if they had not yet received a formal diagnosis.

In a letter received yesterday, Perry and two other state leaders asked CPRIT to «fully address the concerns that have been raised about its processes and operations prior to future grants being awarded.»

A lower court's 23 August preliminary injunction halting hESC research «has a profound impact» that «disrupts not only the processing of grant applications currently under review by NIH, but it disrupts many of its currently funded grants, and it has already threatened ongoing programs to educate physicians and physician - researchers,» the brief states.

From 2001 through 2004, states that permitted personal belief exemptions had higher nonmedical exemption rates than states that offered only religious exemptions, and states that easily granted exemptions had higher nonmedical exemption rates in 2002 through 2003 compared with states with medium and difficult exemption processes.

The grant reimburses travel costs for state participants from Chiapas and Acre, and supports a facilitator for meetings and the work process.

The grants were awarded through a competitive process through the state health department and based on recommendations by the Biomedical Research Advisory Council.

In what's expected to be a heady application process — one estimate suggests it will take 675 hours to complete a credible application — and with grant money eventually trickling to the classroom, teachers have a real stake in helping their state make the case.

In addition, the state awarded 39 grants ranging from $ 600,000 to $ 15 million after an intensely competitive review process, and the legislature has just appropriated another $ 250 million for next year.

In a March 2009 ruling, Judge James Munley wrote that while such an injunction is an «extraordinary remedy,» he would grant it because «the parents in this case have a Fourteenth Amendment substantive due process right «to be free from state interference with family relations.»»