Sentences with phrase «city mayor did»

But the Kansas City mayor didn't stop there.

Governor Cuomo agrees but doesn't want the New York City mayor doing it by raising taxes on the rich.

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In 2005, he became mayor of Solo — the very city whose slums he had grown up in — and did so good a job busting corruption and cleaning things up, that in 2012, he unseated incumbent Fauzi Bowo to become governor of Jakarta, the sprawling megacity.

In New York City, the TV and film industry has a true partner, not to mention a mayor who will always be slightly in awe of the work you do.

Austin's mayor, Steve Adler, has said for months he doesn't believe the amended ordinance will cause these companies to leave the city.

«The fact is, there were a lot of small contractors and vendors who got hurt, who went out of business because Trump did not pay contracts on time,» New Jersey state senator Jim Whelan, who was the mayor of Atlantic City during Trump's casino years, told Newsweek last year.

«Residents of Molokai don't like to be bullied,» Alan Arakawa, the mayor of the city and county of Maui, said.

The mayor of Jersey City, Steven Fulop, has made it clear he doesn't want to give Kushner Companies a dime of subsidy to build...

Fiona Woolf, former lord mayor of the City of London, said: «This is no time to rest on our laurels and think the job is done.

What I did understand was that the mayor's request to evacuate was based on recommendations from people who understand how natural disasters can disrupt a city.

The mayor also said the city didn't make any mistakes in not reaching out to the state's economic development agency.

During a panel discussion, the mayor said the city is eager to provide aid to emerging small businesses «so people like Kevin, circa 1997, don't have to go to Atlantic City to meet their payroll.&racity is eager to provide aid to emerging small businesses «so people like Kevin, circa 1997, don't have to go to Atlantic City to meet their payroll.&raCity to meet their payroll.»

A spokesperson for then - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the mayor «does not support any game where you earn points for killing police officers.»

@chancetherapper demanding #nocopacademy, testifying at city council: «I guess the mayor had to step out when I walked in... but it's fine, I'll just speak to you: what are you doing?

The second paragraph of the WSJ story states, «' I don't want to have a national debate about freedom of religion when my whole purpose was to defend a strong and wonderful and appropriate city ordinance,» said Ms. Parker, a Democrat and the city's first openly gay mayor.»

Clearly Bloomberg does not speak for all of new york and while he may be mayor of nyc, he can't presume to speak for the entire city either.

I do probably twelve to fifteen TV and radio interviews during the show, where it's being like a mayor of a small city for three days.

But the mayor said he does not expect that city officials would have to enforce the ban.

That concern echoes the assessment of DiNapoli's New York City counterpart, Comptroller Scott Stringer, who recently called the contracts the «Achilles heel» of the de Blasio administration, and said budget chaos will ensue if the mayor doesn't reach agreements with the city's labor unions by the end of JCity counterpart, Comptroller Scott Stringer, who recently called the contracts the «Achilles heel» of the de Blasio administration, and said budget chaos will ensue if the mayor doesn't reach agreements with the city's labor unions by the end of Jcity's labor unions by the end of June.

City Hall, a modern - day version that focuses on the race to be New York's mayor, revels in the tension between doing down your opponents and trying to bolster your own approval ratings.

The mayor did not mention the tax increase in an event with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has said he wants a statewide universal pre-K program without the tax increase for New York City.

Asked Saturday about his feud with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted to reporters he is taking a broader view of pushing mayors statewide to «do something.»

Lhota, who served as a deputy mayor under Giuliani at City Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&raCity Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&racity of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.»

«I don't have an issue dealing with the mayor on issues affecting the city at all.»

I didn't vote for her in 2013 (only 15.5 % of Democrats did — embarrassing) because she did not support paid leave and she made the ultimate careerist move of allowing a third term for city council and the mayor in 2008.

Miner took particular exception to the assumption of abolishing the city government in Syracuse, an authority the mayor asserted doesn't exist.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor already unpopular in those coveted suburbs blowing up his spot.

«But the mayor has always said that's he's going to support somebody regardless of party whether or not they do what's in the best interest of the city and that's the mayor sole criteria.»

«We have seen the office of the mayor enter onto a new level of political terrain in using a nonprofit to advance his political agenda — with a nonprofit that also was raising money from people who do business before the city, which amounts to more or less being a political committee, and not just a nonprofit organization.»

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«The mayor is a friend because, as he has stated, we've done a lot of positive things for the city.

The councilman later went as far as to question the mayor's political philosophy, calling de Blasio an «opportunist» who doesn't serve the whole city.

Yet those close to the mayor argue that Cuomo should be doing much more to support the city's agenda.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor — already unpopular in the coveted suburbs — blowing up his spot.

She does believe that mayoral control of the New York City public school system should have been extended beyond the one year that the state Legislature gave Mayor Bill de Blasio «There is an element for the mayor to have some skin in the game,» she said.

«What the New York City mayor's office is looking to do is to have the tribes follow the law.»

In 25 years the governor will be long out of office, as will the mayor, which is probably why he is mystified she doesn't grab this offer and mumble the proper words of thanks, as the mayors of Rochester, Utica, Albany, Rome and other cities did.

«It will be my pleasure to partner with New York City and the mayor to do everything we can for this city and state together,» Cuomo sCity and the mayor to do everything we can for this city and state together,» Cuomo scity and state together,» Cuomo said.

Introducing a «clean air charge», addressing skills gaps and bolstering the city region's commercial centres, should be top of the Sheffield City Region metro mayor's to - do list when they take office in May this ycity region's commercial centres, should be top of the Sheffield City Region metro mayor's to - do list when they take office in May this yCity Region metro mayor's to - do list when they take office in May this year.

Matters worsened in May when Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan criticized de Blasio's appearance at a mayoral control hearing in Albany, saying the mayor's answers to questions from lawmakers did not display a command of the issues facing city schools.

Almost a week after City Hall denied ordering cops to remove homeless people ahead of the mayor's subway trip, O'Neill conceded Friday that the NYPD had indeed done «inspections» of the stations involved.

The battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio rages on, with the governor delivering a shot at City Hall by claiming he and state lawmakers have done more to aid Big Apple schools than the mayor and the NYC Council.

«I don't have enough sense of modern political history to fully analyze — I don't know enough honestly about the relationships between the particular governors and mayors,» Mr. de Blasio said at City Hall.

«New York City voters believe they can do better than their current mayor, and Eric is a Republican who can actually win in New York City.»

The mayor himself spoke for less than 10 minutes, and though his speech didn't include much in the way of actual policy — he wanted to keep it short for the benefit of those assembled in the cold — he did repeat his promise about making New York «the fairest big city in America.»

For this Mayoral Mashup we spoke with voters attending a mayoral candidate forum at Monroe College, hosted by the City Action Coalition, asking one simple question: What do you see as the most important issue that our next mayor will face upon taking office?

Halloran said five city workers, including two Department of Transportation and three Sanitation Department employees assigned to Queens, told him the day before that they were asked by supervisors «to take their time» plowing roads because the «mayor's office doesn't care about them.»

The city's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doingcity's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doingcity's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doingCity Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doing so.

Our annual Italian heritage event at Gracie Mansion drew hundreds more this year than it did last year, a clear testament to this mayor's strong relationship with his roots and our city's Italian community.»

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.