Gov. Andrew Cuomo poses
with state Assembly members at the Adirondack Challenge in Indian Lake on Sunday, July 16, 2017.
Also at 11 a.m., a rally to «save school based health centers» in Brooklyn,
with state Assembly members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon, and families and representatives from the four schools slated to have their clinics closed, The Brooklyn New School, 610 Henry St., Brooklyn.
Not exact matches
Carlson is not alone: Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer who came out publicly against her employer alleging sexual harassment, is also working
with members of the California
State Assembly to pass legislation to eliminate forced arbitration, which prevented Fowler from coming forward about sexual harassment at Uber until after she quit.
Even
with the $ 5 billion tax hike,
members of the General
Assembly could not find a way to do what families across the
state accomplish every day: spend within their means.
Close on the heels of Sodexo's $ 21 million settlement
with the
state of New York for failing to properly pass on rebates and volume discounts to the school districts it serves, two
assembly members in New Jersey have petitioned that
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World Health
Assembly resolution 49.15 expresses «
Member states should ensure that the financial support for professionals working in infant and young child health does not create conflicts of interest, especially
with regards to the WHO / UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.»
In addition WHO is working
with Member States and partners to implement Every Newborn: An Action Plan to End Preventable Deaths, which was endorsed by the 67th World Health
Assembly in May 2014.
IBFAN calls upon World Health
Assembly Member States to adopt a resolution to call for a «budget line» for Breastfeeding and Infant and Young Child Feeding interventions in child health and / or nutrition,
with a clear plan of action and timelines that is reported to the World Health
Assembly every two years.
REQUESTS the Director - General: (2) to foster,
with all relevant sectors of society, a constructive and transparent dialogue in order to monitor progress towards implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent relevant Health
Assembly resolutions, in an independent manner and free from commercial influence, and to provide support to
Member States in their efforts to monitor implementation of the Code;
RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal bill and they knew about Mikael's bill on the
assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York
State Senator Kennedy and he really ran
with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working
with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke
with a lot of the
assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.
Humanist MP Michael Connarty has been working closely
with the BHA and the European Humanist Federation in his role as a
member of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe — a forum within the Council of Europe that provides an opportunity for representatives from
member states to discuss human rights issues.
And he would not go along
with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's push for reintroducing new
member items into the
state budget.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a non-publicized trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday to meet for the first time
with Democratic
members of New York's congressional delegation, who are growing increasingly concerned about the
state's redistricting process — a process that will reduce their number from 29 to 27.
When in the Course of New York
State Governmental events, it becomes necessary for a Governor to dissolve the political ideas and assumptions which have connected him
with Democratic and Republican
Members of the
Assembly and the Senate, and forced him to assume among this executive powers, the right to assemble a Mooreland Commission, to reinstitute the rule of law in NYS; keeping in mind a decent respect for the opinions of New Yorkers requires that he should declare the causes which impel him to such dramatic action:
At noon, New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention — comprised of both
state senators and
assembly members — will join
with advocates outside of the Senate Chambers to release a package of commonsense gun violence prevention bills, outside the Senate chamber, 3rd Floor,
state Capitol, Albany.
State Assembly and Senate
members can use the Executive Health Program at Albany Medical Center for souped - up checkups in a private suite complete
with marble bathrooms and plush robes.
Also at 11 a.m., the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy hosts a press conference
with Assembly members Ron Kim and Pamela Hunter to call attention to the elimination of adult literacy classes from the governor's executive budget, Million Dollar Staircase,
state Capitol, Albany.
As for my education I am currently working on my Ph.D in Behavioral Ecology and I work for an advocacy group in Albany that allows me full access to the NYS LRS, keeps me in constant face - to - face contact
with State Senators,
Assembly members, U.S. Congressmen, and our two U.S. Senators.
«It's a separate thing being a public servant in terms of doing budgets and constituent work,» said Sen. Jim Tedisco, a Republican from the Capital Region, who as a
member of the
Assembly tangled infamously
with Eliot Spitzer, a governor who failed to overcome the hard - charging attitude he carried as the
state's popular attorney general.
The
Assembly bill, which does not have a sponsor in the
state Senate, is sponsored by
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan)
with eight Queens
Assembly members signing on to the bill: Barbara Clark (D - Queens Village), Michael DenDekker (D - Jackson Heights), Phil Goldfeder (D - Ozone Park), Rory Lancman (D - Fresh Meadows), Marge Markey (D - Maspeth), Grace Meng (D - Flushing), Mike Miller (D - Woodhaven) and Francisco Moya (D - Jackson Heights).
Members of VOCAL - NY want Cuomo and Republicans in the
state Senate to go along
with a plan by
Assembly Democrats to expand the millionaires» tax to add several higher brackets to generate even more revenue.
Furthermore, Fedele conflates
state lawmakers from New York City
with city lawmakers from New York City: «18 of the 19 corrupt Senators and
Assembly members cited by the commission represented districts from within that very same New York City matching system,» he claims.
The study, funded by the New York
State Department's Division of Coastal Resources, was commissioned by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer and New York
State Assembly member Brian Kavanagh, in collaboration
with Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan Community Board 6, and the Lower East Side Ecology Center.
Tony served as
Assembly member beginning in 1978 but finally resigned in 2009 after pleading guilty to a single count of fraud, saying he had wrongly advanced the interests of a consulting client in connection
with state business, according to a report in the New York Times.
At 2:30 p.m.,
state Sen. John Brooks,
Assembly members Christine Pellegrino and Kimberly Jean - Pierre, along
with local elected officials, call for the installation of elevators in Long Island Rail Road stations, Amityville Long Island Rail Road Station, John Street, Amityville.
State Sen. Liz Krueger and
Assembly member Crystal Peoples - Stokes are joining
with advocates organized by the Drug Policy Alliance Monday afternoon to announce reintroduction of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
No stranger to capturing media attention
with gimmicks and protest, Avella seems to have gotten this one right when he
stated, «The culture in Albany of «What happens in Albany stays in Albany» has to stop...
Assembly Member Silver... is now seen as the classic example of the dysfunction and back room deals that has plagued Albany for decades.
Last month
State Sen. Tony Avella made headlines once again by breaking
with his colleagues when he called for Speaker Silver to step down in the face of an apparent cover up of sexual harassment charges involving
Assembly Member Vito Lopez.
In releasing his plan, Faso — who as a
member of the
Assembly cut spending and championed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — called it a smart way to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and align New York
with most other
states in the nation that don't pass their Medicaid expenses down to county taxpayers.
Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Senator Phil Boyle (R,C,I - Suffolk County) and Senator George Amedore (R,C,I - Rotterdam) today joined
with family
members of two murdered dogs and animal advocates to call on the
Assembly to bring «Kirby & Quigley's Law» to the Floor of the New York
State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.
Nearly 2,000 workers from Transit Workers Union Local 100 (TWU Local 100) traveled to Albany on March 27th to meet
with members of the
state legislature in the Senate and
Assembly for the organization's annual «Lobby Day.»
After a public meeting
with the respective staff
members of these parties, DOB, the Senate, and the
Assembly release a consensus forecast of the
state's financial position by November 15.
Tenney, a three - term
member of the
State Assembly, enters the primary race
with a campaign debt of $ 110,000 from her last congressional bid, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Elected Republicans are also well - represented among the hosts,
with the two
state legislative leaders, Senate Temporary President and Majority Leader John Flanagan and
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb joining Sen. Marty Golden and
Assembly Member Ron Castorina as hosts.
As
Assembly Speaker, Silver was a
member of the so - called «three men in a room» who, along
with the Governor and Senate Majority Leader, wielded immense influence both in Lower Manhattan — where he was first elected in 1976 — and throughout the
state.
Hoyt also admitted to an affair
with an intern in 2008 while he was a
member of the
state Assembly.
I look forward to working
with him to continue to bring real, effective change to New York as the youngest Latina
member of the
State Assembly.»
He said, regardless, Cuomo should have to answer as to why he appointed Hoyt to a
state job
with a six - figure salary, when he had previously had inappropriate relations
with an intern as a
member of the
Assembly.
With one
member each appointed by the Senate and
Assembly, 7 or 15
members would be appointed by
state officials.
Joining Parsons on the new task force are several
members who also served
with him on the earlier panel, including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten,
State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, Parent Power Project founder and Rochester - area parent, Carrie Remis and the
State Assembly's education committee chair Cathy Nolan, a Queens Democrat.
Members of the
State Senate left the Capitol at 11:54 p.m., with the Democrat - dominated state Assembly lingering another 20 minutes before adjourning until January
State Senate left the Capitol at 11:54 p.m.,
with the Democrat - dominated
state Assembly lingering another 20 minutes before adjourning until January
state Assembly lingering another 20 minutes before adjourning until January 2016.
While Gottfried, an
Assembly Democratic Majority
member, said he is comfortable
with the concept of such a harm - reduction model,
state Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam, expressed vehement opposition.
Although the
state constitution says the legislature appoints a successor when the attorney general's post is vacant, in reality the Democrats who lead the
Assembly make the decision, because
with over one hundred
members, they have the largest faction in both houses.
Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the
state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office,
with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the
Assembly leader had finalized deals
with the
state Senate and Governor's office.
It helps her though that she's gotten some support, she said,
with endorsements from Upper East Side / Midtown East
Assembly Member Dan Quart,
Assembly Member Ron Kim of Flushing and
State Senator George Latimer of Westchester.
Gerson Borrero, a journalist
with City &
State NY, reports that Crespo's nomination will be seconded by his «BFF» Council
Member Vanessa Gibson and 85th
Assembly District female leader, Antonia Figueroa.
An attorney, she's served in the council for 10 years
with prior experience including as a
state assembly staff
member and an assistant attorney general in the NYS Attorney General's office.
Working
with the National Republican
State Leadership Committee, Senate Republican Campaign Commttee (SRCC) and the Republican
Assembly Campaign Committee (RACC), the Westchester GOP actively supports campaigns for Governor, Attorney General,
State Comptroller,
State Senators in the 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th 38th and 40th districts and
Members of the
Assembly in the 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th and 95th districts.
(Some, including
Assembly members Harry Bronson, Aravella Simotas and Tony Jordan as well as
State Senator Mark Grisanti and the chamber's mainstream Democrats, complied
with the subpoenas.)
The same pattern has repeated itself in Brooklyn
with City Councilman Al Vann,
Assembly Member Karim Camara, and
state Senators John Sampson, Kevin Parker and Eric Adams — all outspoken Obama delegates in 2008 — left off nominating petitions.