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De Blasio said the city has already begun to increase security at homeless shelters.

Mr. de Blasio said the city had no way of knowing which buildings had cooling towers, promising legislation and then, after being hammered for taking so long, finally issuing an executive order to have all the cooling towers identified and cleaned in the coming days.

Speaking at the Center for American Progress» 2018 Ideas Conference in Washington, D.C. early Tuesday afternoon, de Blasio said the city will reform and revamp its policy within the next 30 days.

De Blasio said the city is making changes to improve police and community relations, including moving toward police body cameras.

De Blasio said the city takes very seriously «any sincere reporting» of problems, from sexual harassment to cheating on tests.

De Blasio said the city will develop a plan for the group, similar to the one used to save the New York City Housing Authority.

Mayor de Blasio said the city hit a milestone Wednesday toward eradicating homelessness among military veterans — even as NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton took to the airwaves to identify street...

Mayor de Blasio said the city «appreciates» that Gov. Cuomo is walking back plans to hit the city with $ 800 million in extra costs.

A spokeswoman for Mayor de Blasio said City Hall looks forward to reviewing the bill, which is being drafted.

De Blasio said the city «intends to do more going forward,» adding, «first we want to get this implemented.»

Despite the overflow of applications, de Blasio said the city will advertise for teaching positions in subway ads and online.

De Blasio said the city's reserves are robust by historical standards, but the naysayers noted that in the context of the city's $ 89 billion budget, they are not.

De Blasio said the city could theoretically dip into its roughly $ 5 billion worth of reserves, which is a record high amount, in the event of federal budget cuts, but City Council fInance chair Julissa Ferreras - Copeland expressed concern that the city's savings would not be enough.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will fight nuisance suits rather than settle to make them go away.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city wouldn't contribute additional funds toward the $ 836 million plan unveiled by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota this week until the state returned the nearly half a billion in funds it has drawn from MTA coffers since 2011.

During a press conference at a ferry stop in Brooklyn's Bay Ridge, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would be investing another $ 300 million in coming years to accommodate the crush.

Officials identified a total of 39 buildings in the impacted area of the South Bronx with cooling towers, but de Blasio said the city was very confident that the outbreak originated from one of the original five infected sites: Lincoln Hospital, Concourse Plaza, the Opera House Hotel, Streamline Plastic Co. and a Verizon office building.

De Blasio said the city will also see more than $ 750 million in potential risks from Albany.

De Blasio said the city was ramping up security for the next several days even before the terror threat became public.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said his city followed every protocol in its handling of Spencer's case.

De Blasio said the city is re-examining a deal that gave development rights for a Brooklyn armory to the company that hushed up its purchase of the Rivington House nursing home earlier this year.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would review the future of the predawn celebration before the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn after two people were shot and killed during the festival long marred by violence.

To ensure all children read at grade level by second grade, Mr. de Blasio said the city will provide more tutoring through reading programs for 10,000 children from kindergarten through second grade.

But Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city has a list of roughly 170 criminal offenses that are not covered by the sanctuary policy.

Just last week, de Blasio said the city received only 15 minutes warning from the state before Cuomo made the decision to shut down the subway due to an impending snow storm.

With Democrats in control of that chamber, de Blasio said the city could, potentially, benefit from boosted state funding for public housing and support for other policies helpful to city residents.

During his weekly appearance on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show, de Blasio said the city will make sure the statue — which he called a symbol of the «fight against injustice» — stays in its current location staring down the «Charging Bull.»

It's unclear what kind of financial impact the police barricades and lane closures on Fifth Avenue are having on business for the stores located near Trump Tower, but de Blasio said the city will be working with the Midtown business community on the problem, which he hoped would be offset by the holiday season, when New York City expects to receive 60 million tourists.

De Blasio said the city got a «consistent funding line» from Albany for his pre-K initiative as well as after - school programming for middle school students, calling it a «victory» because 70,000 kids are going to pre-K and because the city doubled the number of middle school students in after - school programs.

On Friday's show, de Blasio said the city would be prepared fight Di Modica legally to make sure «Fearless Girl» can stay.

Stakeholders have been awaiting word of a new «New York / New York» deal, as the previous three city - state supportive housing plans have been called, but with negotiations at an impasse, de Blasio said the city couldn't wait for Albany any longer.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city had already made some improvements at NYCHA facilities but this will help strengthen them.

Mayor de Blasio said the city will investigate the NYPD's handling of a protest against the deportation of immigration activist Ravi Ragbir.

De Blasio said all city officials followed «clear and strong» protocols in their handling and treatment of Craig Spencer, a member of Doctors Without Borders.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city «will welcome them with open arms» during what's expected to be a temporary stay, until the outcome of the Texas lawsuit.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city is filing a lawsuit against the country's largest opioid manufacturers, arguing they are fueling the crisis.

De Blasio said the city is safer even though the police stop, question, frisk and arrest fewer people.

De Blasio said the city and the state underwent a «horrible shock» on Monday night and called the revelations «absolutely disgusting.»

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

De Blasio said the city reserves the right to hand out tickets to a vehicle operator traveling even a 1 mph above the speed limit.

Liu said there should be greater development of the city's rivers and waterways, while de Blasio said the city would be well - served by a better evacuation plan.

Without directly mentioning his dispute with the governor, de Blasio said the city «went above and beyond» in its support for CUNY, including an added $ 130 million in funding for science and engineering instruction and programs to help students obtain associates degrees.

Last week, de Blasio said the city will launch a «five - borough» fast ferry system, with landings in the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn.

De Blasio said the city has already targeted mosquitoes for pesticide spraying — despite the lack of cases of local transmission — as a preventive measure.

De Blasio said the city was in pain and that it needed to work through the pain to bring the police force and the community together.

Later Wednesday, de Blasio said the city had earned recognition from the feds for effectively ending chronic homelessness among veterans.

Mayor de Blasio said the city hit a milestone Wednesday toward eradicating homelessness among military veterans — even as NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton took to the airwaves to identify street dwellers as a source of unease about public safety.

If the federal government takes any action based on the executive order, de Blasio said the city would challenge the White House in court «the next hour.»

De Blasio said the city won't fund lawyers for immigrants facing deportation if they've been convicted of certain crimes — the same 170 on which the city cooperates with ICE detainers that start the process of deportation.

Despite criticism from local elected officials, de Blasio said the city does not need to provide advance notice when it rents out an entire hotel to use as a homeless shelter.