Sentences with phrase «city borough presidents»

At 9 a.m., Stroock Government Relations will host a panel discussion featuring the five city borough presidents, 180 Maiden Lane, Conference Room 38 F and G, Manhattan.

Its board of directors included a former city borough president, a former chancellor of the State Board of Regents, and two former members of the Board of Regents.

Not exact matches

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn's schools chancellor Carmen Fariña and borough president Eric Adams announced the initiative on Monday, underlining the fact that schools are the perfect place to learn lifelong lessons about nutrition and the environment.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

New York City's five Republican borough leaders are deliberating whether to grant their party line to independent mayoral candidate Bo Dietl, a conservative TV and radio pundit and onetime NYPD detective who has drawn comparisons to President Donald Trump.

City officials are also starting to push back on these seemingly endless transit problems: As the New York Daily News reports, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has called for a study that will determine how the incessant subway delays impact the borough's economy.

The mayor extended invitations to Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; John C. Liu, the comptroller; Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council; James Oddo, the minority leader of the Council; Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn borough president; and Rubén Díaz Jr., the Bronx borough president.

«Borough presidents play an extremely important role in the civic life of each of our boroughs by providing an invaluable human interface between our constituents and our behemoth city service agencies,» Mr. Díaz said.

Pat Lynch, President of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA) union, 20,000 police in the city's five boroughs.

Ms. Rosenthal, the City Council member, and Gale Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, are questioning whether Upper West Side zoning allows Mr. Barnett to build so high without going through the city's approval procCity Council member, and Gale Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, are questioning whether Upper West Side zoning allows Mr. Barnett to build so high without going through the city's approval proccity's approval process.

City - and countywide campaigns include those for district attorney and borough president.

We have a list of candidates running in races for the citywide and borough president positions, the two DA races, and all the City Council races.

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was critical of the city's agreement, stating that the administration failed to properly engage the local community before deciding on a site in the borough.

At 7 p.m. and 10 p.m., NY1's «Road to City Hall» will feature MTA Chairman Tom Pendergast, Manhattan borough president Democratic primary winner / NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer, and a political rundown with Curtis Sliwa and Gerson Borrero.

Assigning house numbers is an obscure duty of the city's borough presidents, one of the few actual powers they have retained since the position was declawed by the revised City Charter in 1city's borough presidents, one of the few actual powers they have retained since the position was declawed by the revised City Charter in 1City Charter in 1990.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

«The borough president is looking at our borough and saying that we're doing great things in this borough and we can really be a model reflective of the entire city,» said City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson of the Brcity,» said City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson of the BrCity Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson of the Bronx.

It will now move through the borough president's office, City Planning, City Council, and finally the Mayor's Office for approval before they can start construction.

Staten Island Borough President Jim Molinaro applied for his city pension this year — on top of his $ 160,000 city salary — but then had second thoughts about how his constituents in the city's most conservative borough would view the double - dip and pulled back the application.

For Capital and Expense Budgets, the process begins with consultations at the district level and moves on to consultations at the borough level; public hearings scheduled by the board, the borough president and the city council before the budget is adopted.

De Blasio on Monday signed a City Council bill creating a second commission with members to be appointed by the mayor, Council speaker, public advocate, comptroller and the five borough presidents.

Meanwhile, Espaillat has the backing of two influential former Bronx borough presidents: Fernando Ferrer, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in 2005, and Adolfo Carrión, who served as a director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs under President Barack Obama.

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

«I think the borough president would make a great mayor,» said City Councilman Andrew Cohen of the Bronx.

Bronx Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr., a candidate for Bronx borough president in 2009, told talk show host Gary Axelbank on Monday night that he and his colleagues were «misled» by the city when they voted to allow the city to dig a giant hole in Van Cortlandt Park for a water filtration plant.

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

At the same time, Mr. Peralta, a leading candidate for Queens borough president, has paid $ 31,000 since the end of 2011 from his separate state Senate account to the New York City law firm Stroock Stroock & Lavan.

In addition, a summary page enables users to access an overview of campaign spending, independent expenditures, and public funds received for all citywide, borough president, and city council races.

On Monday, the Manhattan Borough Board — made up of the borough president, community board chairpersons and city councilmembers — approved resolutions rejecting two key zoning proposals unless they are revised, the third borough to do so.

Voters in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens will also be looking to select new borough president nominees, and all 52 of the city's council districts are up for grabs.

This year, Borough President James Oddo said he worked to restore some brush fire units to FDNY houses in the borough and was working on restarting talks to develop a new Community Wildfire Protection Plan with city and state agencies.

Documents obtained by the Observer indicate that the VAN «turf packets» that ABQ canvassers used to guide when going door - to - door last August all had the names of three Advance Group clients: Laurie Cumbo and Robert Waterman, each running for City Council, and then - Councilman Robert Jackson, running for Manhattan borough president,

Markowitz, now the vice president for borough promotion and engagement for the city's tourism promoter NYC & Company, said Brooklyn hosting the Democratic convention is a question of when, not if.

Instead, the mayor should appoint five members of the panel, the borough presidents should each continue to appoint one, and the city comptroller, the public advocate and the City Council speaker should each have a representative on the pacity comptroller, the public advocate and the City Council speaker should each have a representative on the paCity Council speaker should each have a representative on the panel.

«We can not minimize the important contributions women have made to our borough and our city, and I was proud to honor so many deserving women at this wonderful annual event,» said Borough President Diaz.

The delegates voted to back Ruben Diaz Jr. for re-election as Bronx borough president and to support eight other candidates for City Council in the primary [see box].

In the 2009 city elections, the mayor, a number of Council members and three of the five borough presidents, including Borough President Helen Marshall,?

The New York Post reported that the city's other borough presidents had only spent hundreds of dollars on photographers for public events.

«Staten Island is a borough that has a very high percentage of home ownership,» Borough President James Oddo, a Republican, said after de Blasio's second State of the City address.

After mayoral control officially expires on June 30, the city will have to create a new Board of Education with two mayoral appointees and five appointees made by each borough president.

While the language of the ballot measure has yet to be determined, the commission passed a resolution for voters to decide whether terms for mayor, public advocate, city comptroller, borough presidents and Council members should revert back to two terms.

Thompson was the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in 2009, a deputy borough president in Brooklyn, Board of Education President, and City Compresident in Brooklyn, Board of Education President, and City ComPresident, and City Comptroller.

Prompted by the mayor's own proposal for a «five borough» fast ferry system, Borough President James Oddo has been calling on City Hall to study potential dock locations across Staten Island.

Thanks to the mayor, members of the City Council and borough presidents, free reusable bags have been sent out by the thousands across the cCity Council and borough presidents, free reusable bags have been sent out by the thousands across the citycity.

Community and borough boards across the city have rejected all or most of the administration's plan, as have most of the borough presidents.

To help make the case, the borough president worked with New York Waterway, one of the city's largest private fast ferry providers, to run trial routes at various alternative locations.

Officials have taken steps to reform the process around deed modifications, including running new proposals by the borough presidents, City Council members and community boards of the affected buildings.

Finding himself term - limited, the politician had publicly flirted with running for Brooklyn borough president and city comptroller before deciding he wanted to go to Congress.

The Borough President reiterated her call for a permanent ferry service connecting the Rockaways to the rest of New York City and called for more free standing emergency rooms to be opened in the borough to help alleviate the overcrowding found in the borough's existing emergency rooms.