Sentences with phrase «city officials started»

City officials started throwing up roadblocks to the project months ago, after Cor obtained lucrative tax breaks from Onondaga County despite Miner's strong objections.

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In Mumbai, banks in the city's financial sector are starting out with 800 million to 1.2 billion rupees, instead of the regular 1.5 billion rupees, bank officials told Bloomberg.

When New Jersey announced a $ 7 billion package of tax incentives to try to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Newark, local officials saw a chance to jump - start a city that has long struggled with poverty and joblessness.

«I sat here and watched my house start coming apart,» Kendrick said, who sheltered with city officials in public building a block from his house.

Uber had started operating in Portland without permission from the city, and «greyballed» a city official who was hailing a ride.

Jacksonville officials continually market the city's economic incentives and benefits that make it an ideal location to start a business.

The official newspaper People's Daily reported that Beijing city officials have summoned the companies and demanded that they start a complete overhaul.

We look at how brokers and city officials are getting a jump - start on attracting the right retailers (hint: Millennials are a huge part of the equation).

The case started in the little town of Greece, New York, where city officials have been starting meetings with prayer for some time.

His definition started with the negative: it is not broken - down public housing; not neighborhoods where children and 73 - year - olds are on their own; not decision - making in which planners, city officials or federal bureaucrats — everyone but the people call the tune.

But Mackay, who has also managed Watford, told the Bluebird's official website: «I have started a project at Cardiff City.

Stadium: Etihad Stadium Official: Bjorn Kuipers (Ned) LINEUP: Manchester City Starting: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy, Jesus Navas, Fernandinho, Touré, Silva, Aguero, Dzeko...

But then I took a look at his statistics, as well as reading a few comments on the official Liverpool site, and I started to wonder if the former Manchester City man has actually been brought in to partner Agger at the heart of the defence in the majority of matches.

The loss of federal funds has stung city school officials, who started the program with the idea that they would get federal money to help pay for the free meals, which are being served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at various elementary schools during the strike.

The number of traffic fatalities in 2017 in New York City plummeted to the lowest level since record - keeping started over a century ago, city officials said — a decline led by a steep drop in pedestrian deaths, which fell by nearly a third from the year befCity plummeted to the lowest level since record - keeping started over a century ago, city officials said — a decline led by a steep drop in pedestrian deaths, which fell by nearly a third from the year befcity officials said — a decline led by a steep drop in pedestrian deaths, which fell by nearly a third from the year before.

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.

Citi Bike will unveil new docking stations in Astoria, Long Island City, Harlem, Crown Heights and Prospect Heights starting next week, officials announced.

It was an arresting start to the Trump presidency for three New York City elected officials.

Oddo started one last effort to halt the project last year by forcing the new streets to be part of the official city map and go through the city's lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which could cripple their plans.

Smith started his nearly three - decade career in city politics in 1986 as an aide to a former congressman, the Rev. Floyd Flake, according to his official bio.

The Milwaukee Common Council approved a resolution Tuesday that directs city officials to start procedures needed to close stretches of the city's North Fourth and Fifth streets in conjunction with the construction of a new Bucks arena nearby.

The city of Glen Cove has begun looking for potential operators for the ferry service to Manhattan that officials hope will start in the fall.

At 7 a.m., New York City elected officials will hold day two of their tour of transit issues, starting at Queensboro Plaza, Queens.

Senate Republicans starting this month will hold a series of hearings on the issue, with Majority Leader Dean Skelos pledging to review whether elected officials helped create a negative atmosphere that ultimately played a role in the recent shooting deaths of two New York City police officers.

Starting Thursday, the City Council will hold weeks of hearings to examine the financial plan, listening to testimony from city officials and gauging the needs and allocations of city agencCity Council will hold weeks of hearings to examine the financial plan, listening to testimony from city officials and gauging the needs and allocations of city agenccity officials and gauging the needs and allocations of city agenccity agencies.

Although the City Charter mandates that the comptroller office's review all contracts within 30 days of approval, a City Hall official said contracts are routinely reviewed after their official start dates.

The city's cash pool stands at $ 55 million to start the fiscal years, but will shrink to $ 42.9 million in 2017 unless officials can save money.

Public officials in New York City, from the mayor down to newly elected members of the City Council, are starting to make digital engagement more of an integrated part of their daily routine, as Miranda Neubauer reports.

Zika could cause major problems in the Big Apple if city health officials don't start discouraging people from traveling to hotbeds in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, according to former LG Betsy McCaughey.

The MTA, which holds a long - term lease on the abandoned trolley terminal beneath Delancey Street, is ready to start meeting with city officials to discuss transferring the site so that an innovative park can be built there, according to elected officials and the project's founders.

By Marie Rohde Eager to jump - start development, city of Franklin officials have applied for a $ 31 million federal loan to pay for construction of a large sewer that they plan to sell to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Yvette Rennie, the longtime parade organizer from J'Ouvert City International, will hold the official permit for the event this year, she said, though her parade is a small part of the large and amorphous J'Ouvert celebration which often consists of large crowds roaming through Flatbush and Crown Heights, often without an official start or end.

MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE JAMESTOWN - A city resident is letting city officials know he's upset over not being reappointed to a city agency at the start of the new year.

External Relations Director Dirk McCall, who started at the Borough President's office last month, introduces the elected officials and dignitaries in the audience from the Bronx and around the city.

«Once we are confident that our expansion is off to a good start, we welcome conversations with City officials on how we can meet the Mayor's goal of bringing Citi Bike to all five boroughs,» she said.

She started out in what was the far left of New York City politics, working as a housing activist, and then as the chief of staff for the country's first openly HIV - positive elected official.

After more than a year of deliberation and public discussion, an initiative to merge the governments of the city of Syracuse and Onondaga County has moved forward in what officials described as a «historical starting point.»

Zika could cause major problems in the Big Apple if city health officials don't start discouraging people from traveling to hotbeds in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, according to a former New York state official.

The governor agreed to change budget language that city officials said would have hindered their efforts to start a rent - subsidy program to help homeless families stay out of shelters.

All private vehicles will be banned from Central Park starting on June 27, Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials announced Friday.

But residents like Avery Brandon, who lives across the street from the proposed site and whose daughter is starting kindergarten in September at PS 163, told city officials «a hotline won't help.»

NEW YORK CITY — When Eva Moskowitz starts a new charter school, top officials at the city's Department of Education move heaven and earth to meet her demands.

A day after Mayor Bill de Blasio released his long - awaited plan to shrink the city's homeless shelter population, Department of Social Services Commissioner Steve Banks said he won't join the exodus of high - ranking officials from the administration — saying he plans to finish «what I started.»

Though most opinions expressed were less harsh, only two people - officials from the City Planning Department who provided a powerpoint of plan details at the hearing's start - voiced approval for the proposal, at least in its current form.

On Wednesday, city officials announced an agreement to start a public review process of proposed sites for smaller jails in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens.

City managers, health officials, and the federal government need to implement strategies to reduce our exposure to heat stress, air pollution, and natural disasters, Knowlton says, «and we must start now.»

Since the start of research under the plan, Bangladeshi engineers and officials have demanded an extensive network of large embankments to protect the country's cities and farms from future floods.

Kansas City school officials promised Thursday to shut down nearly half the district's schools by the start of classes in the fall without offering details of how they intend to implement the complicated plan in just a matter of months.

The lesson includes ideas for extending their work beyond the classroom, pursuing activities such as researching local recycling options and advocating with city officials for improvements, or starting a compost pile at school or at home.

The governor agreed to change budget language that city officials said would have hindered their efforts to start a rent - subsidy program to help homeless families stay out of shelters.