Sentences with phrase «local elected leaders say»
Local elected leaders say they aren't giving up their fight against helicopter noise despite the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to reject Southold Town's petition requesting that the controversial North Shore route be reconsidered.
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Jacobs said individual municipalities should not be expected to design their own regulations, even though some local elected leaders have said they support that idea.
Local elected officials, including City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer have lined up behind the Mayor: «Mayor de Blasio's forward thinking proposal promises to provide more Queens and Brooklyn residents with a new reliable transit option,» said Jimmy Van Bramer in 2016 press release.
Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.
While frustrations are now growing among some elected officials and local leaders who say no progress has been made, Quinn said she hopes that Brookfield and the protesters will be able to come to together in the coming days to reach a compromise that strikes the right balance between the free speech rights of the protesters and mounting concerns from nearby businesses and residents that «are not insignificant,» she said.
The Industrial Development Agency's board of directors voted 14 - 1 in favor of a tax break and capital investment package — despite criticism from residents and elected leaders who complained the local community was shut out of a deal they say poses environmental threats and only a promise of future jobs.
«Our proposal is in accordance with all existing laws governing such projects in terms of planning, consultation with community leaders and elected officials, environmental reviews and local government reviews,» she said.
«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.
«At a time when corruption in our state and local governments have eroded so much trust in our public officials, it's critical that we elect bold, honest, hard - working leaders like John Brooks,» Rice said in a statement.
«I instinctively took out my smartphone and I went to my Uber app,» Zemsky said, to laughter from Cuomo and a gathering of statewide local elected officials and business leaders.
Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democrat — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.
Local authorities would be given a strategic role as «champions» for parents and pupils, but the Lib Dem leader said the plans did not give councils any power to do this, and consequently took power away from locally - elected politicians.
Dr. Marcus Martinez, a village doctor fought to have local elected leaders recognize the threat posed by PFOA, said residents feel misled.
Though Bratton did not say what specifics he or the department will require from those who celebrate J'Ouvert — it's unclear, in fact, who organizes the large gathering — but said staffing issues and funding for more street lighting will be arranged in collaboration with the NYPD, the area's elected officials and local community leaders.
Addressing an audience of labor leaders, local elected officials and autoworkers, Mrs. Clinton singled out companies that she said had received tax benefits as they shipped jobs out of the country.
She says the county will host monthly meetings with local business leaders and elected officials in different towns and villages on a rotating basis.
Nassau County and its three towns say new or strengthened ethics laws will curb nepotism, but more than 100 current or former elected officeholders, high - level appointees and political club leaders — Republican and Democratic — have had at least one family member working in local government at some point since 2015.
Assemblyman James Skoufis (D - Woodbury), who represents Stony Point, said, «The New York Rising Program will allow these communities to bring together local elected officials, community leaders and residents to develop a comprehensive rebuilding plan which will allow them to rebuild in a more effective and efficient manner.»
Across the U.S. parents, students, teachers, community leaders and, increasingly, local elected officials, are saying «Enough is enough!»
Nearly 80 % of polled voters said they trust their local school leaders to make decisions and to hold schools accountable, more than they do elected officials in Lansing who have little stake in classrooms outside their own districts.