Sentences with phrase «top state legislators»

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and top state legislators are heading to Israel this week for a two - day visit to show «solidarity» during that country's conflict in Gaza.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Before Gov. Cuomo and top state legislators embarked on their trip to Israel Tuesday, Cuomo said the «unity mission» has a clear message during a news conference at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be joining top state legislators in a trip to Israel this week in a show of «solidarity» during the country's conflict in Gaza.

Ultimately, a rival company was selected, but the whole operation was cut short the following spring when the Moreland Commission was abruptly disbanded as part of a controversial deal between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top state legislators.

Earlene Hooper (D - Hempstead) again topped all state legislators in travel expenses in 2015 — including Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx).

Not exact matches

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and New York's Acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood are among 16 people state legislators plan to interview to take over as New York's top law enforcement officer through the end of the year.

Ben Liebman, a former top gambling adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, explains how state legislators flipped on electronic gambling, highlights the major players involved and judges the success (or failure) of the plan to save harness racing in New York.

Right now, the top news in the New York politics is the story of the State Senate's lulu payments, the extra money that legislators in leadership positions earn.

Daniel Chill, representing the Assembly Democrats, also argued for the prerogative of incumbents, saying it's «state policy» based on decades of redistricting plans that considered the existing legislators, and that the court could perhaps make it a significant factor without «putting it at the top of the list.»

But in a year when the state's top two legislators were arrested, and as New York remains one of the nation's highest - taxed places, many voters on Syracuse's east side want leaders to address the growing population of deer.

The mayor's top priority is convincing state legislators to allow the city to raise taxes on high - income earners, to pay for expanded pre-K and after - school programs.

ALBANY — The top leaders of the Senate and Assembly will skip all six renditions of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State speech next week amid hard feelings between the governor and many legislators.

-LSB-...] now, the top news in the New York politics is the story of the State Senate's lulu payments, the extra money that legislators in leadership positions earn.

Pork barrel spending flourishes throughout the budget bills, and the final deal includes the creation of a commission intended to pave the way for a pay hike for legislators and top state officials.

Reacting to a Supreme Court ruling, two former top New York State legislators convicted of public corruption crimes are urging judges to let them remain free pending appeal.

At that time, and for much of the succeeding decade, the state's top unions were often willing to aid legislators who might oppose the bulk of their agendas if they supported a few key items.

-- Creates a new pay raise commission that will have the power to increase salaries for state legislators and top executive branch employees.

But state legislators have been discussing proposed changes to procurement oversight in the wake of the scandal, which has seen the arrests of former top Cuomo aide Joe Percoco and ex-SUNY Poly President Alain Kaloyeros.

Haley was a top ally of Sanford's in the state House and entered the governor's race with the backing of his political allies, a troublesome association given Sanford's combative relationship with state legislators and his notorious admission of marital infidelity last summer.

The worldwide push for government entities to drop investments in fossil fuels comes home to roost in the Empire State: this week New York legislators, led by Senator Liz Krueger, introduced the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act, which would require Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to divest the Common Retirement Fund's holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies by 2020.

Meanwhile, the commission subpoenaed the state - office - building security cards and E-Z Pass records of legislators to see which ones were claiming to be working in Albany — and collecting a $ 172 per diem on top of their salaries — when they were in fact out of town.

He was allowed to weigh in, and the top female legislator in this state was barred.»

Other potential Republican or Conservative candidates are William Ferris, a Navy veteran and former prosecutor; Robert Biancavilla, top homicide prosecutor in Spota's office; John Halverson, a private practice attorney and former county prosecutor; Edward Friedland, district executive of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan; Andrew Crecca, a state Supreme Court justice and former county legislator; and Patrick O'Connell, a former prosecutor who is in private law practice with Suffolk County Conservative chairman Frank Tinari.

Terry Gipson, a former state legislator who served one term before losing reelection, has been talking with liberal groups across the state, and could also run for the top office in the state.

Another top rival of AQE is the charter school sector, backed by wealthy private donors who have been regular contributors to the governor and to legislators friendly to charter schools in the state Senate.

In May, state legislators passed a bill that more than doubled the number of charter schools from 200 to 460 in an attempt to increase New York's chances of winning Race to the Top.

Heastie, who is one of the state's top political leaders, gave a candid assessment of the issues legislators face in Albany and talked about what lies ahead for this year's legislative session.

As New York's state legislators huddle behind closed doors to select a temporary replacement for the disgraced former attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman, they will be choosing more than just a six - month placeholder for the state's top legal job.

He added, «There should not be such a thing as a legislator here in this city who goes up to Albany, the State Senate or the State Assembly, and isn't putting this at the top of their agenda.»

The top - level conference between Niagara County legislators and Sen. Robert G. Ortt, R - North Tonawanda and Assemblywoman Jane L. Corwin, R - Clarence, found county and state lawmakers agreeing broadly over the need for fundamental reform to the state's Medicaid and «Safety Net» welfare program.

The former journalist and New York State Assembly candidate joins former Rochester Police Chief and current Monroe County legislator James Sheppard in the race for the city's top seat.

That money is coming under greater scrutiny after complaints from state legislators over a lack of transparency in how it's given out, criticism from state oversight agencies, and the indictments of top state officials and developers involved in projects in Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany.

As governors and state legislators gear up for a new year of budget action and policymaking, the federal Race to the Top competition is helping to drive a flurry of measures nationwide aimed, at least in part, at making states stronger candidates for a slice of the $ 4 billion in education grants.

Mississippi legislators are considering a charter school proposal that proponents say could better position the state for the federal Race to the Top competition and provide an option for parents with children in struggling schools.

But what if state legislators take seriously our finding that while top teachers don't sacrifice research output, it is also the case that top researchers don't teach exceptionally well?

This (and Race to the Top) prompted state legislators to craft an even stricter law that required fully half of a teacher's evaluation to be based on students» test performance; the union put up a fight and Governor Charlie Crist vetoed the measure.

With the approval of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), Wisconsin legislators this week approved a decidedly tepid package of legislation supposedly designed to help the state win a Race To The Top grant.

So this is what many state legislators adopted hoping to get money from Race to the Top.

The race for the state's top schools job has long followed a familiar pattern: A state legislator, anointed by the Democratic establishment and the teachers unions, faces off against political outsiders who want to bust up the Sacramento status quo.

Former state Sen. Gloria Romero, also a long - time legislator, had embraced some of President Barack Obama's education agenda contained in the federal Race to the Top competition.

Regarding the legislators noted in the article in Education Week, the opening sentence says plenty, «Seeking more allies for his school improvement agenda, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today asked a select group of state legislators to keep «pushing very, very hard» on the policy levers that he and President Barack Obama have made a top priority.»

Instead of continuing to offer tax giveaways to millionaires and giant corporations, I urge legislators to work with me to invest in our schools and make North Carolina a top - ten educated state.»

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The Federation hired Gary Goyke, a former legislator and top lobbyist perhaps best remembered for his 1990 conviction on four felony counts of money laundering campaign contributions to state legislators.

On June 30, 2015, a top lobbyist for Duke Energy reached out to several key state legislators to request a meeting about the emerging issue of «re-regulation» of Ohio's electricity markets.

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

A 2015 law that links the salaries of Colorado's state legislators and top executive officials to judicial salaries could be heading for a partial repeal.

I mentioned in December 2012 that Texas legislators had prefiled a bill (HB 129 of 2013) to require judges of state's top appellate courts (Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals) recuse if a party, attorney, firm, etc. contributed $ 2,500 or more to judge's campaign in last four years.

We know that you're in the business of serving and supporting children and families, and influencing legislators and other state leaders isn't always top of mind for you.