Sentences with phrase «city authority voted»

«The state's Battery Park City Authority voted Thursday to approve a 10 - year agreement with Brookfield, which owns an adjacent 8 million - square - foot office and retail complex.

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So in late January, in a big vote of confidence, Richard Baker — the Bay's American billionaire owner — added authority over the fusty New York City — based retailer Lord & Taylor to Brooks's portfolio, expecting a similar turnaround there.

Both businesses and residents of the City, or «Square Mile», are entitled to vote in elections, and in addition to its functions as the local authority — analogous to those undertaken by the 32 boroughs that administer the rest of the Greater London region — it takes responsibility for supporting the financial services industry and representing its interests.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

Ognibene also criticized Crowley over the Council's approval of a new high school for Maspeth without concessions for neighborhood children and a curb cut for buses, suggesting she could have won the concessions from the city School Construction Authority if she had consulted more Council members behind the scenes before the vote.

Authorities have more power to crack down on shops selling synthetic marijuana after the City Council voted unanimously to pass three bills aimed at halting the spread of the drug.

Recommends Disposition to Keep NYPD Counterterrorism Bureau Training Facility at Former Army Reserve Center QUEENS, NY — The Fort Tilden Local Redevelopment Authority today voted to approve a redevelopment plan that would dispose the federal property at Fort Tilden to the City of New York.

At the local authority level, the People Before Profit Alliance won nearly ten per cent of all the votes cast in Dun Laoghaire - Rathdown (9.8 %), with the next best result coming in Dublin City (6.9 %).

Apart from these counties / cities, Labour failed to win more than one vote in every eight cast in all of the other local authority areas, although the party did succeed in winning more than ten percent of all the votes cast in some other local authority areas, namely Fingal (11.3 %), Kilkenny (11.2 %), Galway City (10.8 %) and South Dublin County (10.2 %).

Democrats in the Assembly won more funding for transportation and the New York City Housing Authority, as well as a vote on a bill to take guns from people accused of domestic violence.

Per the governor's executive order, the outside party must be chosen in 60 days by a unanimous vote of de Blasio, the City Council speaker and the head of a citywide coalition of tenant presidents, who happen to be suing the mayor's administration over conditions at the housing authority.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A city councilman is calling on the State Liquor Authority to vote against renewing a liquor license for a controversial restaurant that was embroiled in a sex scandal involving police officers earlier this year.

Having gained 47 per cent of the first round vote (on a turn - out of 26 per cent), Jarvis has a strong mandate to bring together the combined authority leaders and rubberstamp the city region's devolution deal to enact the manifesto he campaigned on, including making the case for a Yorkshire Mayor, which we would argue against making the first priority.

On May 25th, the Public Authorities Control Board will vote to release $ 485m in state funds to the Solar City Riverbend factory.

«The City of Kingston was quite explicit that the Thruway Authority should not be involved as lead agency for the environmental review of Pilgrim's proposed pipelines, and we voted unanimously to demand the DEC instead,» said Ward 1 Alderman and outgoing Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn in a statement posted on the KingstonCitizens.org website.

Prior to the referendum, the county Legislature presumably would vote to approve the details of a new county charter to reflect the county's authority over city affairs.

And Denno and Kessner were among six councilors who voted to approve giving the Common Council added authority over the city planning commission.

QUEENS, NY — The Fort Tilden Local Redevelopment Authority today voted to approve a redevelopment plan that would dispose the federal property at Fort Tilden to the City of New York.

With the highest Yes vote for any local authority in Scotland, some in the Yes Scotland campaign nicknamed Dundee the «Yes City», including former First Minister Alex Salmond.

An ordinance granting new authority to the city's animal control officer was put on hold by the city commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickcity's animal control officer was put on hold by the city commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickcity commission Monday.Citing technical problems, City Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickCity Manager Rex Taylor recommended against voting on whether to allow the officer to write tickets.

The San Francisco Arts Commission said in a statement that «it is anticipated that proposals will be submitted in the spring and will be placed on public view on Treasure Island as well as elsewhere in the city for comment and feedback before being voted upon by the Treasure Island Development Authority.»

The city's transit authority voted to convert its fleet of buses to zero emission technologies by 2030; UCS provided testimony, analysis, advocacy, and partnership with local organizations to support the decision.

[The general court shall have full power and authority to erect and constitute municipal or city governments, in any corporate town or towns in this commonwealth, and to grant to the inhabitants thereof such powers, privileges, and immunities, not repugnant to the constitution as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof and to prescribe the manner of calling and holding public meetings of the inhabitants, in wards or otherwise for the election of officers under the constitution, and the manner of returning the votes given at such meetings.