Sentences with phrase «year moratorium in»

Jordan just reinstated the death penalty after an eight - year moratorium in December...

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After a 10 - year moratorium, the death penalty became a part of the US criminal justice system again in 1977 when a firing squad killed the murderer Gary Gilmore.

In fact, Morgan had wanted a two - year moratorium, but agreed to 15 months after Vice-Chairman Wayne Burkes said he believed the new policies could be developed more quickly.

In Australia, the decision by Northern Territory government to end a two - year moratorium and allow the resumption of fracking for natural gas will do little to immediately solve the country's energy woes, but will likely sharpen political battle lines.

Vallejo, California's, bankruptcy filing proposes a three - year moratorium on principal and interest on $ 35 million in municipal debt.

Bill Kurtis, CBS correspondent and anchor of Cold Case Files, launches The Death Penalty on Trial with the statistics that convinced former Illinois governor George Ryan to declare a moratorium on executions in his state in 2000 and, three years later, to commute all death sentences.

The South Australian Liberals adopted the 10 - year moratorium as a policy cornerstone in late 2016, and aren't budging after a win in the March 17 state election by Mr Marshall ended 16 years of Labor government.

In a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said that a moratorium on foreclosures of federally - insured mortgages on hurricane - ravaged Puerto Rico, which has been extended by 60 days until May, should be extended by a year.

Cuomo, in a sharp reversal, vetoes the bill he helped negotiate that set the two - year moratorium on use of student test scores.

In December, the Regents placed a four - year moratorium on including the scores as a factor in teacher evaluationIn December, the Regents placed a four - year moratorium on including the scores as a factor in teacher evaluationin teacher evaluations.

The de Blasio administration floated a proposal last year to end the decades - old moratorium and require that half the festivals» vendors come from the community board district where they were being held, in an attempt to bring more local flavor.

In June, Cuomo and legislative leaders announce agreement on a two - year moratorium on state rules that teachers would be fired based on «ineffective» ratings due to test scores.

A moratorium on using test results in teacher evaluations remains in place for this year, but the teachers union has continued to press the State Education Department to reset the testing benchmarks.

There has been ample speculation about why the Senate decided to pack it in early on the evening of Monday's special session while the Assembly toiled into the wee hours of Tueday morning and then returned later Tuesday afternoon to pass, among other things, the NYC OTB bailout bill and a hydrofracking moratorium that had been passed by the Senate earlier in the year.

Bloomberg has closed 140 struggling schools since taking charge of the education system in 2003, drawing the ire of critics including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former City Comptroller, who called for a legal moratorium on closures this year.

A couple of speakers requested a resolution for a one year moratorium during which time community educational forums would be held,,,» Of course, if the Governor's intent is to trick NYS into opening the door to fracking, then he can ignore what seems to be an overwhelming change of mind and heart in the Sanford residents whom he swore to protect when he took office.

The Board of Regents, on recommendation from Cuomo's Common Core task force, put in place a moratorium on the use of test scores in teacher and principal evaluations through the 2019 - 20 school year.

Cuomo, in his legislation, places a five year moratorium on any casinos in the downstate region.

ALBANY — A deal is being negotiated to place a two - year moratorium on the use of student tests based on the Common Core for grade promotion in public schools.

Cuomo has sought a two - year moratorium on using test scores in students» grades, but wanted to use the testing as part of the job evaluations of teachers and principals.

A five - year moratorium for the construction of downstate casinos is expected to remain in place, as will the siting for three upstate casinos in four locations.

The resolution declares «no confidence» in education department commissioner John King's policies and calls for a three - year moratorium on high - stakes standardized testing.

Leadership in both houses of the state Legislature support a two - year moratorium on using Common Core - aligned test scores to evaluate teachers and principals or to make decisions about student placement or promotion, a plan supported by teachers» unions.

The lawmakers, concerned with a backlash not just from the teachers but in some cases from vocal parent - constituents, appear to have followed the union's lead: The moratorium, which has been a major legislative priority of New York State United Teachers, would essentially hold harmless teachers, principals and students from low test scores on Common Core - aligned exams for two years.

ALBANY — State education commissioner John King said Tuesday that a call from teachers» unions for a three - year moratorium on using state exam results for «high - stakes» decisions is a «distraction» from the goal of improving New York graduates» outcomes in college and careers.

«Since each of these corrections requires time for development and implementation, we strongly urge you to support legislation to create a three - year moratorium on the use of state assessments for high - stakes consequences for students and teachers,» the unions wrote in the letter.

Earlier in the day, legislative leaders including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver called for a moratorium and asked the Board of Regents to stop the roll - out for at least two years during its meeting next week.

The Regents, under emergency regulation, imposed a four - year moratorium on the evaluation law in December 2015, driven by backlash from both educators and parents.

Lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly are both calling for a minimum two - year moratorium on further implementing Common Core in schools across the state, a proposal that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office has called «premature» until an education commission can come up with recommendations to change the standards by the end of the session in June.

The bill places a one year moratorium on the fee from being enacted, but will likely kill the surcharge in its current iteration.

«In Maryland, they passed a two year moratorium after New York,» Walsh said.

Hawkins Calls for Moratorium on Oil Shipment by Rail and No Tar Sands Oil in New York Until Moratorium, NY Residents Have a Right to Know Details of Bakken and other Oil Shipments (Syracuse, NY) At a vigil in Syracuse to observe the one year anniversary of the 47 residents killed in Lac Megantic, Canada by a derailment of a «bomb train,» Howie Hawkins said that New York State residents have a right to know about the details of similar shipments here in New York.

While Mr. Obama is pro-fracking and has promoted gas drilling in his State of the Union message, many New York politicians oppose fracking and the state has had a de facto five - year moratorium on drilling.

The health care professionals say another five year moratorium is warranted, in light of all of the new data and ongoing health studies.

For four years, the Cuomo administration has put off making a decision whether to lift the moratorium that stops drilling companies from using the hydraulic fracturing method of extracting natural gas in New York state.

In December, however, the state Board of Regents approved a four - year moratorium on consequences for principals and teachers related to student test scores.

The draft also includes a space for the task force to weigh in on the impact of student test scores on teacher evaluations, and the panel will likely use that space to recommend up to a four - year moratorium, according to a source familiar with the task force's plans.

Opponents of hydrofracking say they want Governor Cuomo to declare a three to five year moratorium on fracking in New York.

Preston stood with State Senator Adriano Espaillat on October 22nd in support of his call to institute a one - year moratorium on «on - premise» liquor licenses issued in the area by the State Liquor Authority (SLA).

In a rare show of unity on a controversial issue, leaders of both the State Senate and Assembly last week advocated a two - year moratorium that would decouple Common Core - aligned test scores with teacher evaluations and student - placement decisions.

He faces a tough dilemma in an election year: Blocking lawmakers» push for a moratorium would be unpopular, but allowing them to move forward would take the teeth out of a law that he has presented as one of his crowning achievements.

The governor's Common Core Task Force unveiled the plan in its final report, which recommends a moratorium on linking teacher evaluations to student test scores until the 2019 - 20 school year in order to «avoid the errors caused by the prior flawed implementation,» according to an official press release.

Government placed a six - month moratorium on all activities of small - scale mining in March this year, and also deployed 400 joint military and police taskforce in July, to the Western, Eastern and Ashanti regions to enforce the ban.

Already, the board has put in place a four - year moratorium on the use of test scores in teacher evaluations.

Later that same day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Common Core task force released its recommendations, including a four - year moratorium on the use of state - provided growth scores based on state tests in evaluations.

Frustrated by the loss of more students and funding to new charters, the majority of the Buffalo School Board requested that the State University of New York and the state Board of Regents issue a three - year moratorium on charters in the city.

In the wake of the BP PLC Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, a rising tide of public push - back against the gas industry, resulting in a temporary moratorium on exploration in New York, prompted the White House to get involveIn the wake of the BP PLC Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year, a rising tide of public push - back against the gas industry, resulting in a temporary moratorium on exploration in New York, prompted the White House to get involvein the Gulf of Mexico last year, a rising tide of public push - back against the gas industry, resulting in a temporary moratorium on exploration in New York, prompted the White House to get involvein a temporary moratorium on exploration in New York, prompted the White House to get involvein New York, prompted the White House to get involved.

Japan has long maintained that most whale species are not endangered and began what it called scientific whaling in 1987, a year after an international moratorium came into effect, despite growing global outrage, including from key allies such as the United States.

In late September the NIH announced — but had not put into effect as of press time — a one - year moratorium on all paid industry consulting while the agency reviews its internal ethics policies.

NORWAY faces strong condemnation from the International Whaling Commission again this year, as its whalers continue their commercial hunt in the face of a world moratorium and in the absence of any reliable way of determining «safe» catch quotas.