Sentences with phrase «city leaders called»

After the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition uncovered video from a local business showing the driver was at fault, city leaders called an emergency hearing on cycling enforcement.

Shootings of two children started and ended a bloody summer in Buffalo, leaving two young boys fighting for their lives and city leaders calling for an end to gang violence.The summer started when an 11 - year - old, Juan «Macho» Rodriguez, was hit by a stray bullet while he was opening his front door.Then on Thursday night, 8 - year - old Donnell «Donny» Bibbes was shot in the he...

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A defiant city council has called on residents to fight the move, saying Michigan is usurping their right to elect their leaders.

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on the Alberta government to commit to funding the Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court, a unique program in the city that provides a path to meaningful rehabilitation while at the same time improving community safety and saving money.

Also, we should all be concerned with calls from some city leaders to deny Chick - fil - A building permits, as these raise serious constitutional concerns.

Speaking of how Bethel have engaged with Redding's population of 90,000, Valotton says, «The Lord spoke to us about people in our city who are Romans 13 people, they are civic leaders who are called «ministers of God» [by Paul].

From that first year in 1998 next to the Chicago Theatre to the present time, Green City Market has morphed into Chicago's most vital farmer's market that industry leader Alice Waters calls «the best sustainable market in the country.»

Stan Collymore has now called for them to push on and create a four - way dogfight for the Premier League title, alongside Chelsea, Manchester United and current runaway leaders Man City.

Mauricio Pellegrino has called on his team to build on the convincing win over Everton at the weekend and seize the opportunity to surprise leaders Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

Former Barca boss Guardiola, who is now in charge of Premier League leaders Manchester City, also called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to answer questions after violent scenes broke out during Catalonia's unofficial independence referendum.

Attracting museums to parks has been a city trend since 1893, when civic leaders arranged for the Art Institute of Chicago to move to Grant Park and for what we now call the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum to move to Lincoln Park.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called the compromise on the state's minimum wage — increasing on different timetables in New York City, the suburbs and upstate over varying phase ins — a far better arrangement than what was initially proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

De Blasio — who has resisted including the «Fair Fares» (city - funded half - priced Metro Cards) measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $ 212 million for it in his executive budget.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Trump to preserve a pair of tax deductions widely used by Long Island and New York City property owners that would be eliminated under the White House's recently proposed tax plan.

He's the leader of the most important city in the world, and on Tuesday Mayor de Blasio called in sick — with the sniffles.

Leaders in the City Council's so - called progressive caucus, councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Ritchie Torres, enthusiastically supported Alcantara, putting their own political interests over the future of long - lasting progressive change in the state.

In a statement issued shortly after the mayor's announcement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called for the mayor to fund subway improvements with part of the city's existing surplus.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan was staunch in his support for no longer than a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, calling it a «wise course» that lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved 12 - month deadline last year.

The embattled chairwoman of the New York City Housing Authority — buffeted by scandals over untested lead paint, false testimony and thousands of residents without heat in the winter cold — testified for nearly five hours before the City Council on Tuesday and did not heed calls by the chamber's leader to apologize.

Earlier this year, a group composed of city leaders, called Consensus, released a government service consolidation plan and recommended a merger between the city and county governments.

Top Democrats from New York City and its suburbs rallied in support of Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, calling on Democrats to unify and allow her to lead the deeply divided state Senate.

Smith was convicted of conspiring with others to bribe Tabone and other New York City county Republican leaders to give him so - called «Wilson - Pakula» certificates allowing a Democrat to run on the GOP ballot.

«On Uber, I called for a meeting with the City Council leader... I think she has led the Council very well and I think she's made the Council a deliberative body, and I believe this is an issue that is very complicated and an issue that needs real analysis before you move forward,» Cuomo told reporters at an unrelated event Wednesday.

Facing resistance in Albany over his calls for a minimum wage exceeding $ 13 an hour in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio took his case directly to business leaders on Thursday, urging them to raise workers» pay to that level voluntarily.

Albans) joined U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D - Garden City) and other leaders outside the 113th Precinct Monday to call for tighter gun restrictions in light of the incident.

Both Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown and the city's local leader of the NAACP Chapter are calling for peace in response to the violent reaction in Ferguson, Missouri.

In his own state of the city address Tuesday evening, Common Council Majority Leader Rennie Scott - Childress (D - Ward 3) offered up a ringing defense of Mayor Steve Noble's progressive «One Kingston» agenda and called on Kingstonians to embrace local government as a force for positive change and economic growth.

The back - and - forth didn't go unnoticed by Councilman Vincent Ignizio, the minority leader and one of the loudest voices calling for the 1,000 new cops in the city budget.

Over 100 HIV / AIDS activists, community leaders, and elected officials gathered outside City Hall this past Thurs., Jun. 18th to call for New York City to allocate $ 10 million for local HIV prevention and treatment programs that will advance New York State's Blueprint to End the AIDS Epidemic by 2020.

And Yonkers now has 2 State Senators who call the City home, something that has never occurred, and if the democrats can unite, Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins from Yonkers will become the Majority Leader of the State Senate.

NEW YORK CITY — Bill de Blasio and other leaders will march in a parade up Fifth Avenue on Monday to honor Christopher Columbus amid backlash against over the mayor's review of city monuments that some call as symbols of hate, including statues of the Italian explorer.

In fact, 81 % think the mayor rolls up his sleeves and works hard for New York City, 73 % believe he understands the problems facing the city, and a similar proportion calls Bloomberg «a good leader for New York.&raCity, 73 % believe he understands the problems facing the city, and a similar proportion calls Bloomberg «a good leader for New York.&racity, and a similar proportion calls Bloomberg «a good leader for New York.»

The beleaguered agency has been barraged with calls for its leader, Shola Olatoye, to step down after it emerged last summer that the city had for years failed to inspect for lead paint, falsely certified to the federal government that it had and failed to inform residents of the lapse.

A New York City Police Department detective says he has 300 signatures on a petition calling for the removal of Dean Skelos» name from a Rockville Centre sports complex and park after the former State Senate Republican leader was convicted of public corruption.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner today reiterated her call for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other state leaders to address the fiscal problems of cities before cities face bankruptcy or the imposition of state control boards.

Mr. Seabrook, the colorful leader of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, has been called by some a roadblock to reform at the city's jails on Rikers Island.

Milwaukee leaders are calling on residents looking for work to consider helping build hundreds of new apartments and homes in the city.

Last week, Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn (D - Ward 1) sent an official communication calling for Rea's reinstatement with full back pay in exchange for Rea's agreeing to drop further legal action against the city.

In a speech at the City Club of Cleveland earlier this morning, House Minority Leader John Boehner reiterated the Republican Party's call for an extension of the Bush tax cuts, criticized the administration's stimulus spending and called for the ouster of President Obama's entire economic team.

A hidden - camera video showing Yonkers teacher union leaders advising someone impersonating a teacher on how to avoid disciplinary charges has city officials calling for resignations.

Since the Democrats control both houses of the Legislature, this year's edition can be called «three New York City Democrats in a room» — Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Conference Leader John Sampson.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The group, called NY Jobs Now, includes Heather Bricetti, the president and CEO of the state Business Council, along with labor leaders like the AFL - CIO's Mario Cilento, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, Gary LaBarbera of Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

The array of Council Leaders from Northern cities calling on Ed Miliband to give the project his full support is testament to this.

Sheehan called Schneiderman a «leader» on the abortion - rights issue, citing his expansion of buffer zones around Planned Parenthood facilities in upstate cities.

At 9:40 a.m., leaders of New York City's charter networks join parents to call on Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration to support 50 new charter schools in public space over the next two years, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at noon, IDC Leader Jeff Klein and Sen. Diane Savino will call for a letter grading system for New York City day care centers and release a alarming investigative report, «The Hidden Dangers in Day Care,» 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

At 1 p.m., Real Affordability for All, top elected officials (like NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Tish James), union leaders, workers, and local residents, will call on de Blasio to make substantial changes to his housing plan to ensure real affordability and good union jobs for residents who live in neighborhoods that will be rezoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

At 3:30 p.m., Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, City Councilwoman Marion Porterfield, Schenectady low wage workers, community leaders, activists and clergy call for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in the state budget, Schenectady City Hall Steps, 105 Jay St.

Also at noon, faith leaders from New York City and upstate will hold a press conference and vigil to call on the state Legislature to pass an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 to be implemented as soon as possible, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.