Sentences with phrase «voting reforms initiatives»

The measure is part of voting reforms initiatives Cuomo says will improve the state's antiquated voting system.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

Not exact matches

Republicans attempted to bring their reform agenda, which includes term limits and a bill to allow initiative and referendum votes, to the Assembly floor.

The 13th proposal of the governor's developing 2018 State of the State speech, the advertising transparency and cybersecurity initiatives are joined by three voting reform measures that were introduced by Cuomo...

The Times has more details on the Office of Congressional Ethics probe into eight House members, including two New Yorkers — Reps. Joe Crowley and Chris Lee — who held fund - raisers in the days leading up to the Wall Street reform bill vote, collecting checks from lobbyists prior to weighing in on this key initiative.

During his fifth annual «State of the City» address at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, de Blasio unveiled a 10 - point «DemocracyNYC» plan that includes the creation of a Charter Review Commission that will reform the city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2022.

A number of the proposals the governor presented echoed mayor's ideas, including his $ 650 million life sciences initiative, voting reforms such as early voting and same - day registration, adopting salary history blind hiring practices and requiring state contracts to disclose data on gender, race and ethnicity of employees.

Unfortunately, Mayor Koch failed to research my voting record, policy positions, and myriad pieces of literature that support the reform initiatives contained in New York Uprising's pledge.»

He says new life has been breathed into initiatives like early voting, same day voter registration, ethics legislation and campaign finance reform traditionally blocked by the Republican Senate.

It was the second annual «Vote Better NY» Advocacy Day for Election Reform organized by NYC Votes, a non-partisan voter engagement initiative run by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) and its Voter Assistance

Voting reform initiatives in the US usually focus on problems with voting machines and on the electoral college...

A House appropriations subcommittee voted along straight party lines to maintain funding for key K — 12 education programs at current levels while completely eliminating three of the Obama administration's signature reform initiatives.

Under the measure, which passed by voice vote with Republicans audibly voting «no,» the Obama administration's signature education reform initiative would get $ 675 million in fiscal 2011 for another round of grants.

According to news reports, the Connecticut State Senator who voted for Governor Malloy's corporate education reform initiative, including the unfair and inappropriate teacher evaluation system and the massive increase in the use of the discriminatory Common Core Standardized Testing Scheme has now «landed a job» working for the Connecticut Education Association.

While he hasn't offered much initiative for reform, he has voted to keep interest rates low.

Other than supporting votes, he has not led many initiatives on student loan reform and policy.

The strong bipartisan vote today in the House of Representatives sends a very clear signal to the Senate that patent reform is a bipartisan priority, and one of the few major economic initiatives that Congress can pass this session.

That vote, as well as the Administration's actions, have demonstrated that comprehensive patent reform is a legislative priority for 2014 — and, in fact, appears to be the one major economic initiative upon which Congress is in bipartisan agreement.

Spurred on by Vancouver's announced intention last fall to ask for a membership vote at its March AGM, the provincial task force brought forward a number of initiatives for industry reform.