Sentences with phrase «city mayor testifies»

The hearing starts at 9:30 a.m. Traditionally, the New York City mayor testifies first.

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Flint's former mayor and the city's former emergency manager testified that they were not aware of lead in the water until January 2015.

@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?

Bloomberg came to the Capitol on a day that has become known as the «Tin Cup Brigade,» where mayors from the largest cities around the state testify to their constituent's needs.

Rechnitz became a star witness after testifying that he received special attention from City Hall in exchange for contributing to the mayor's efforts to help Democrats win control of the state Senate.

The Fire Department is scheduled to testify at the City Council today on the mayor's latest budget proposal.

Its decision comes after deep - pocketed donor Jona Rechnitz testified in an unrelated federal corruption trial that he was able to open doors at City Hall after contributing nearly $ 200,000 to the mayor's political causes.

Last month, before the New York City Council issued its budget demands for next fiscal year to Mayor Bill de Blasio and before the mayor eventually ignored nearly all of them in his Executive Budget plan, the Council called in administration budget officials to testify on a modification to the current year's budget.

During a closed court appearance in 2016, Singh testified that he bribed de Blasio with tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions so the mayor and other officials would arrange a «favorable» renewal of the lease on his since - shuttered Water's Edge restaurant in Long Island City, Queens.

Disgraced City Hall donor Harendra Singh testified under oath Monday that he's telling the truth about bribing Mayor de Blasio and making illegal donations on his behalf — but the mayor says he's full of it.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the City Council on April 8 on the mayor's preliminary budget.

UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the FY 2016 preliminary budget, mayor's FY ’15 preliminary management report and agency oversight hearings.

The mayor reportedly did not mention the issue when he traveled to Albany to testify on the governor's budget proposal in January, weeks after taking office, instead dedicating his remarks to pressing lawmakers to approve his signature proposal to raise taxes on the city's highest income - earners to fund universal pre-K and after - school programs.

Walcott testified that the mayor was «outraged» that the state did not come through with the city's fair share of aid for next year and froze additional funds that were supposed to come to New York City schools as a result of the settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawscity's fair share of aid for next year and froze additional funds that were supposed to come to New York City schools as a result of the settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawsCity schools as a result of the settlement of the Campaign for Fiscal Equity school aid lawsuit.