Sentences with phrase «suing over this measure»

The New York state Democratic Party has launched an advertising attack on the new federal tax law at the urging of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has vowed to sue over the measure.

There is little prospect for suing over this measure.

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Meanwhile, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations for child molestation — and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegations — is supported by the Assembly and Cuomo, but has been held up in the Senate.

Several high - profile proposals appear to losing momentum, including Cuomo's call to allow advance voting and the Child Victims Act, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations on child molestation and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegations.

The living - wage measure, which was passed into law over Michael Bloomberg's veto in 2012, would have covered more than 12,000 jobs had Bloomberg not sued to stop it, according to a study released last July by the union that pushed the bill, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union.

Amid the furor over Gov. Paterson's furlough plan this week, few seemed to notice when the state Senate passed a bipartisan measure on Wednesday that would give workers who have been physically, psychologically or economically abused by their employers the ability to sue in civil court.

2011 JUNE: New York State United Teachers sue over evaluation regulations adopted by the state's board of regents, saying they conflict with the law and put too much emphasis on state tests over locally designed measures.

If approved by voters, the measure would also delete the existing liability provision that allows parents or guardians to sue schools and school officials over the English - only mandate.

Last year, seven anonymous parents sued LAUSD over non-enforcement of the Stull Act, a 1971 law that says teacher evaluations must include some measure of pupil progress (See: Outing the Lemon Teachers at LAUSD).

DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts — who has near carte blanche over the schools and is currently being sued by the teachers» union — maintained that the EAS is a fair and effective reform measure.