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The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Not only have sales been meager, but the pill and its manufacturer — Valeant Pharmaceuticals (vrx)-- rate poorly on several measures that should be of concern to women and doctors, according to an advocacy group that on Thursday released a report card for the drug's one - year anniversary.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

Earlier this year, a survey by online advocacy groups found that nearly half of Americans under the age of 35 have been bullied, harassed or threatened online.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

The group hailed the new mental health support as a legislative «victory» - one of the few they have seen in four years of ceaseless advocacy to tighten America's gun laws.

Jonathan Zaid, the executive director of patient advocacy group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, said the enhanced coverage comes after years of litigation to gain this level of acceptance for medical marijuana.

Arguably, all of that user data should have been private from day one, a «privacy by default» experience that some internet advocacy groups have been begging Facebook to implement for years.

Investors have filed a record number of shareholder proposals on ESG issues this year, with a focus on climate change and corporate political activity, according to the As You Sow shareholder advocacy group.

The program is the idea of the city's 27 - year - old mayor and will be primarily funded by the basic income advocacy group Economic Security Project...

BROOKLYN - The New York City Department of Transportation has been partnering with Uprose, a Sunset Park - based advocacy group, for the past two years on a new project to improve the neighborhood.

A Christian advocacy group has called for the murderers of a Pakistani Christian politician to be brought to justice, more than four years after his death.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

As GOLD Lactation enters its 12th year, we're excited to continue our work of exploring the latest research, trends, new ideas and hot topics in the world of human lactation, along with bringing you cultural perspectives of breastfeeding around the world and updates from advocacy groups and non-profit organizations dedicated to breastfeeding support and promotion.

The letters also come as liberal advocacy groups that have been critical of the IDC over the years have mobilized to push Klein to step down as IDC leader.

Field organizing has been a top priority this year of Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and other wealthy donors.

LGBT advocacy groups in recent years have focused on make GENDA the law, especially in the years after the passage of the legaliztion of same - sex marriage.

These results are obviously useful for the campaigns themselves, but they can also help issue advocacy groups that are trying to piggyback off of the high level of political interest this year.

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Despite years of work by individual senators, representatives and and advocacy groups, global warming bills have always stalled in the Congress, killed off by well organized interest groups, industry coalitions and congressmembers from districts seen as being harmed.

Speak Out Central New York, a liberal advocacy group that is pressing Republicans on issues like taxes and health care, is releasing a six - figure ad purchase criticizing Republican Rep. John Katko over the passage of the tax bill from late last year.

With another election year on the way, it's time for a «Winning in 2012» follow - on to the 2010 book, for a start, along with plenty of drive - by potshots at candidates, campaigns and advocacy groups in the blog pages.

Two members of the billionaire's family are top officers in the 4 - year - old government advocacy group Reclaim New York.

Liberal advocacy groups have once again pointed to the alliance between Republicans and the IDC this year in urging Democratic control of the chamber.

And 12 years in the nonprofit space in DC has shown me that MORE women work for progressive advocacy groups than men (far more of my clients over the years have been women than men, for instance).

«It's been a historic year,» said Lynn A. Faria, interim executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, the largest statewide advocacy group for NewYork's LGBT community.

«The Latino community will move this country forward in the years to come,» said Lucia Gómez - Jiménez, Executive Director of the immigrant advocacy group La Fuente...

School districts, in particular, should not expect anything approaching a repeat of this year's record $ 1.5 billion (6.5 percent) state aid increase — although advocacy groups will surely demand it.

But more than a dozen advocacy organizations — including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union and Sunlight Foundation, as well as New York - based good government groups — sent a letter to the governor late last month, arguing his policy was technologically unnecessary and out of step with the federal government, which saves emails from rank - and - file employees for seven years.

I would like to thank all of the pet owners, groups and organizations that travel to Albany each year in support of Animal Advocacy Day.

The latest executive actions have bolstered Cuomo's support among engaged liberal advocacy groups, ranging from LGBT organizations thrilled with his plan to write regulations to protect transgender New Yorkers to labor groups who have pushed him for years to take action on the minimum wage through the previously little - known power of the Department of Labor wage board.

The Campaign for Youth Shelter, a coalition effort by a number of advocacy groups, are pressing the state and city to grow the supply of emergency beds each year by 100 until waiting lists at shelters around the city disappear.

Real Estate Board of New York president John Banks received a raise during his second year at the helm of the industry's biggest advocacy group.

The measure has universal support across the Adirondack Park, including environmental advocacy organizations, state and local officials and business groups — all of whom helped forge the agreement over years of painstaking negotiations.

The leaders of High Achievement New York, a Manhattan - based advocacy group of civil rights and business organizations, said this week's boycott showed «no measurable increase in opt - outs this year.»

«Today, we're calling on Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo to stop having us beg every year for funding,» said Saundrea Coleman, a resident of Stanley Isaacs Houses and member of the advocacy group Community Voices Heard (CVH).

«Joseph Dussich, the owner of a company in Queens that makes anti-rat garbage bags [made] two donations of $ 50,000 apiece to a political advocacy group run by allies of Mayor Bill de Blasio [last year].

A report from a housing advocacy group claims more than half of the Airbnb rentals in New York City last year were illegal.

A coalition of environmental advocacy groups is swinging their weight behind an effort that's making end - of - session push for an overhaul of campaign finance laws this year.

The pro-democracy group stated that it may be compelled to proceed further with, «advocacy activities» unless NYSC management provides it with «forensically verifiable evidence of refunds to the coffers of government» of the last year's cash saved from the four days removed from the statutory 21 days orientation camps in 2016.

Cuomo now faces de Blasio, a surprisingly united legislature, and a swath of advocacy groups that want him to commit to funding more supportive housing before the end of the year.

The agreement resolves litigation that has been pending for over a year in New Jersey, with a coalition of individuals and advocacy groups seeking to void LG's approval to build a 143 - foot - high corporate headquarters Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.

Located at Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road, Hunts Point Riverside Park opened in 2007 after several years of planning and advocacy by a number South Bronx community groups.

Tax reform advocacy groups from around the state gathered on May 22 to remind the Governor that he pledged to create a tax reform commission in his State of the State address earlier this year.

LOWER EAST SIDE — A new study by a transportation advocacy group echoes the Lower East Side community's concerns over the dangers of crossing Delancey Street, a week after 12 - year - old Dashane Santana was struck and killed by a minivan as she tried to navigate the thoroughfare's nine lanes of traffic.

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

The potential new law comes after years of lobbying by community groups to remove the facility from the neighborhood, according to Luis Garden Acosta, founder of El Puente, a local advocacy organization.

An advocacy group largely supported by the city's real estate industry raised more than $ 12 million for Governor Andrew Cuomo, and $ 17 million overall, in 2011, its first full year of operations.

Eldridge runs an investment firm that has backed Hudson Valley artisanal food companies, and he's had one foot in politics for years — he was a leader of Freedom to Marry, the marriage equality advocacy group, and in 2012 launched Protect Our Democracy, a PAC that unironically deplored the influence of big money in elections.