The Islip Town attorney, Vincent J. Messina Jr., who represented the town in the case before Judge Gowan, said that the use of electric rates to pay the $620 million settlement of the 1997 case was a marked departure from the county practice of paying directly for refunds of overassessments.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three counties practicing different livestock production systems to simultaneously assess the seroprevalence of, and risk factors for brucellosis among humans and their livestock (cattle, sheep, camels, and goats).
The anonymous survey contained 12 questions to obtain information on specialty, county of practice, outpatient practice activity during the last quarter of 2001, requests for anthrax prophylaxis from October through December of 2001, and distribution of antimicrobials for anthrax prophylaxis or stockpiling.
County negotiating practices and state arbitration rules have escalated police pay sharply higher than inflation rates, civil service raises and police wages in New York City.
Thinning a thicket of litigation but leaving unresolved questions about how Suffolk County controls mosquitoes, the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court in Brooklyn has dismissed two lawsuits brought by Peconic Baykeeper's executive director, Kevin McAllister, challenging the county's practices.
Having a neighboring county that practices FGDM e.g. the neighborhood effect is the most powerful predictor (z = 8.98, p < 0.000001) and contributes a sizeable effect.
Until two years ago, when a monk burned himself to death in Aba county, the practice was unknown among Tibetan clerics.
The county's practice favored what the Fourth Circuit describes as "the majoritarian faith in the community at the expense of religious minorities".
The Suffolk County Executive, Steve Levy, halted the county's practice of seizing cars driven by accused drunken drivers yesterday, one day after a State Supreme Court justice declared the county's seizure law unconstitutional.
William J. Ryan, chairman of the Board of Legislators, who initiated the county's practice of designating September as Jewish History and Heritage Month, said he was excited about the exhibition because it not only showcases "very attractive pieces of art that go on display for people to view and enjoy, but it also looks at art as it relates to life and religion".
