Sentences with phrase «breaking from city tradition»

Not exact matches

Mayor Bill de Blasio is breaking from tradition and delivering his annual State of the City address at night in hopes of broadening the traditional audience for his speech.

For example, the City Council broke from its tradition of deferring to the local council member on land use matters in 2009, when it approved a rezoning for Two Trees Management in Dumbo against the wishes of David Yassky, the Council member at the time.

Breaking decades of tradition, NYC officials are keeping secret the names of thousands of retirees who get pensions from the city.

In a break from its tradition, Google showed off the Android Oreo mascot statue for the first time in a press event in New York City, rather than showing the statue first at its Googleplex headquarters.