Sentences with phrase «blasio administration official»

«This program is moving forward,» the de Blasio administration official answered, to gasps and boos from the packed room of residents.

Rebecca Lynch, a de Blasio administration official and former Democratic district leader, said today she is running for Queens Councilman Mark Weprin's seat.

The key, according to a de Blasio administration official, is getting the blessing of the Senate GOP conference's three New York City - based members: Andrew Lanza, Marty Golden, and Simcha Felder.

For the second time in the last four months, a major de Blasio administration official directly responsible for the city's efforts to address a persistent homelessness problem has announced plans to resign.

A de Blasio administration official said their plan already calls for purchasing new vests in the current fiscal year, and permanently allocating money to buy new vests as their expiration date approaches.

A de Blasio administration official inquired about the fate of a Lower East Side nursing home more than a year before the mayor said he learned of a controversial deal to convert it to high - end housing.

This de Blasio administration official set one heckuva bad example for the teens she was hired to keep out of jail.

Top de Blasio administration officials, though not the mayor himself, worked the state Capitol hallways on mayoral control yesterday.

The expiration of mayoral control of city schools could cost the city up to $ 1.6 billion over 10 years — and the city would go after the state for the bill, according to a memo from de Blasio administration officials.

An immigration agent tried to search for a fourth - grader at Queens school — but was sent packing by staff, according to de Blasio administration officials.

Following Cuomo's press conference, de Blasio administration officials took to the steps of City Hall to hit back at the Governor and ask him to give NYCHA the $ 200 million it promised the agency last year.

De Blasio administration officials accused the Allure Group, which bought the 45 Rivington Street property from VillageCare in February for $ 28 million, of deceiving the city by promising it would maintain the building as a nursing home, despite already being in contract to sell it to the condominium developers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

De Blasio administration officials contend that donations the nonprofit received from people with business before the city do not violate the Conflicts of Interest Board directive.

The report — which outlined how some de Blasio administration officials were complicit in the shady deal — noted how DOI's probe was «hindered» by the city's Law Department refusal to hand over documents or allow access to City Hall computers.

Developers, bankers and de Blasio administration officials said they were told in meetings with aides to Cuomo the city would lose a sizable share of up to $ 900 million a year that the state provides in federal tax - exempt bonds for affordable housing projects in the five boroughs.

Facing the biggest public forum yet on their affordable housing strategy, de Blasio administration officials defended the plan, saying it is a «game changer.»

In interviews, de Blasio administration officials and Albany lawmakers agreed that a three - year extension was the easiest way to maintain the current system of mayoral control without significant changes, a win for de Blasio.

Senior de Blasio administration officials have undertaken a flurry of outreach since last week's meeting, when the city raised more questions than it answered about the proposed ban.

De Blasio administration officials looking to upgrade the computer system that handles 311 queries want to put Watson on the job.

That was the refrain from a team of de Blasio administration officials asked for facts and figures to justify the mayor's plan to corral horse - drawn carriages in Central Park.

De Blasio administration officials later issued a release saying he was on his way to Boston for the weekend.

De Blasio administration officials reported on April 20 that there were 471 sexual harassment complaints within the 140,000 - employee city Education Department from 2014 - 2017.

Top de Blasio administration officials were in the loop about its approval to turn a Lower East Side nursing home into luxury condos — and some were even complicit in the shady deal, despite Mayor Bill de Blasio insisting he was in the dark, a city investigation has revealed.

De Blasio administration officials are arguing that what Cuomo is requesting is not an actual emergency declaration and are calling on him to provide more money for the public housing developments — which have about 400,000 residents — and approve design - build authority, which would speed up the construction process and reduce costs.

In the notice, Morales, claims he was fired after complaining about possible conflicts of interest between de Blasio administration officials and «a popular restaurant in Queens commonly known as the Water's Edge restaurant, which was owned by a politically connected donor.»

De Blasio administration officials have floated $ 1 billion — with strings attached — to fund the MTA's transit repair and upgrade needs, according to two people familiar with discussions.

And Harendra Singh pleaded guilty to bribing top de Blasio administration officials for special favors — including ones Morales blocked.

Not exact matches

De Blasio's plan to reshape neighborhoods is facing widespread opposition from community leaders and elected officials, setting up a battle for his administration as it seeks to build more affordable housing citywide.

Lobbying filings show Lyft has retained Berlin Rosen, a consulting firm with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration and has done campaign work for a host of elected officials, including Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

There were as many as five complaints of sexual harassment made against employees in the mayor's office during the de Blasio administration, City Hall officials said, but they refused to say how the perpetrators in those cases were disciplined.

It would certainly benefit Trump at the state level to have a Republican ally in the executive mansion — especially in a Democrat - dominated state, where elected officials — from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic minority leader, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have vowed to oppose the new administration on multiple fronts.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's former press secretary Karen Hinton, the wife of ex-top Cuomo administration official Howard Glaser, was placed in a medically induced coma over the weekend after suffering a head injury, a relative said.

The de Blasio administration is illegally shipping homeless families off to unsuspecting, upstate towns with a year of free rent — forcing those municipalities to pick up the rest of their living expenses, Broome County officials said.

The de Blasio administration is scrambling to enlist influential elected officials — like Brooklyn BP Eric Adams — to marshal support for the mayor's plan to open 90 homeless shelters across New York City.

At 9:30 a.m., the de Blasio Administration and elected officials will announce that the Department of Homeless Services has ended the use of more than 42 percent of cluster units citywide as part of the its commitment to phasing out the 18 - year - old stop - gap cluster site program, 1146 Ogden Ave., the Bronx.

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

Ulrich, who was one of a number of elected officials who protested when the de Blasio administration tried to open a shelter in a hotel in Maspeth, Queens last fall, did not go into detail about what he would do differently from de Blasio to curb the homelessness problem.

A top de Blasio housing official is stepping down, the city announced today — the latest in a string of recent high - profile departures from the administration.

City officials Sunday renamed a Brooklyn street in honor of the aide to Gov. Cuomo who was killed during a street festival last year — but neither the governor nor Mayor de Blasio showed up for the ceremony amid their administrations» ethics probes.

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Emily Lloyd and Office of Sustainability Director Nilda Mesa, two of the de Blasio administration's top environmental officials, are both stepping down this summer, the mayor's office confirmed today.

de Blasio was joined at the press conference by members of his administration, including Amy Peterson, Dan Zarelli, Mitch Silver and Bill Goldstein, and elected officials including state senators Diane Savino and Andrew Lanza, council members Steve Matteo and Alan Maisal, Borough President Jimmy Oddo and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Congressman Michael Grimm slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for allowing top officials to take leave and work on political campaigns — including that of his opponent — during the city's Ebola scare.

She is one of the highest - ranking officials in the de Blasio administration to leave her position, and the first deputy mayor to do so.

«Capalino,» says de Blasio with a smile, before going over to chat with the former Koch administration official, who has also lobbied for developers like Avalon Bay and Related Companies, as well as for Krispy Kreme, Equinox and the Museum of the Moving Image.

The de Blasio administration wants to simplify and revise the 421 - a program so that only projects that set aside affordable units will qualify for a tax exemption, according to executives who have spoken to city officials.

Banks and Cuomo officials have been tangling for months in a public feud over the city's handling of homelessness, with the de Blasio administration questioning the governor's intentions and Cuomo officials openly questioning Banks's qualifications to manage the problem.

Iris Chen, director of the city's Fund for Public Schools, resigned this week — making her the seventh top official to step down from the de Blasio administration in less than two years.

Despite deep resistance from the neighborhood and elected officials, the de Blasio administration has thrown its support behind the developer's rezoning plan in hopes of bringing more affordable housing to the city, a key part of the mayor's agenda.

The state and federal probe into the de Blasio Administration has expended to include Emma Wolfe, the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs, as well as union officials and consulting firms with longstanding ties to City Hall, WCBS 880's Stephanie Colombini reported.

A Cuomo administration official replied by anonymously faulting de Blasio for late engagement with «controversial» proposals.