Sentences with phrase «state open meetings law»

Sen. Brad Hoylman of Manhattan has asked the state Committee on Open Government for a formal opinion on the Senate's adoption this week of chamber rules that bar the use of cellphones as recording devices — a prohibition that Hoylman strongly suspects is a violation of state Open Meetings Law.

«There is no doubt the meeting should have been open,» he said, citing the provisions of the New York State Open Meeting Law.

The bylaws for the two boards are also being rewritten to include more stringent conflict of interest rules and other corporate governance enhancements such a whistleblower policies, audit committees and rules to comply with state open meetings laws.

Town officials provided a list of raises on Thursday after Newsday submitted a written request under the New York State Open Meetings Law.

The panel is advisory in nature, its executive director Regina Calcaterra said, and is exempt from requirements under the state Open Meetings Law.

Fitzpatrick claimed the councilors may have violated the state Open Meetings Law before their vote.

Comments on open government, Opus 40, the state Open Meetings Law, support for a controversial housing development in Glasco brought some

That motion was eventually defeated, but JCOPE seemed ready to move closer to following the state open meetings law by announcing its votes after each session.

* Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Senate lawmakers and other elected officials met privately and behind closed doors to discuss the issue in violation of the state Opening Meetings Law.

JCOPE says it was not required to hold a public vote before hiring Cuomo's former aide, Seth Agata, as its new executive director — because it's not covered by the state open meetings law.

The group argued that the Senate Republican majority violated the state open meetings law by meeting behind closed doors, including with Mayor Bloomberg, to discuss the issue.

The meetings are not subject to state open meeting laws, so the administration is doing nothing wrong by holding these closed door meeting.

Amidst boiling tensions over an upcoming public referendum that, if successful, would alter the mayor's powers, Norman Rosenblum, the village of Mamaroneck's Republican mayor, will sue three Democrats on the Board of Trustees over alleged breaches in the New York state Open Meetings Law.

At the end of the August meeting, board members voted to go into executive session, «guided by» the section of the state Open Meetings law that allows public bodies to discuss investigations and pending litigation in private.

Comments on open government, Opus 40, the state Open Meetings Law, support for a controversial housing development in Glasco brought some sharp exchanges in an otherwise low - key town candidates» forum Monday, sponsored by the League of Women Voters.

Both appeared to violate the state Open Meetings Law.

Each appeared to violate the state Open Meetings Law, which gives the public the right to witness deliberations and decisions of public bodies.

The nonprofit board that runs ReNEW Schools is poised to hire Kevin Guitterrez as its CEO tonight after interviewing three finalists in private, likely violating the state Open Meetings Law.

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