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«Many companies in Donetsk have closed the gates and sent their staff home on unpaid leave,» said Gennadiy Tkachenko, the deputy mayor of Donetsk, a city of one million inhabitants.

Cuomo also hired two former Bloombeg administration staffers: Kevin Kelly, who had served as deputy commissioner of NYC Business under the former mayor, will be COO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal; and Jamal Othman, who was chief of staff in the New York City Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs will now be deputy director of the state Division of Veterans» Affairs.

Meanwhile, City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who represents the area, said she informed staff who work for the mayor's government relations team in December that Allure was emptying its beds.

Communications between the mayor and his taxpayer - funded staff who work for the city are normally withheld from public disclosure.

Enraged at the mayor's threat to close 33 «persistently lowest achieving» schools and remove half the staff in each school, more than 1,000 UFT - represented educators descended on a Jan. 18 meeting of the city's Panel for Educational Policy at Brooklyn Technical HS, disrupting the proceedings with whistles and chants before walking out in protest.

SIDA Chairman Bill Ryan, who is also a former city councilor and now the mayor's chief of staff, says he thought the continuous battles between the mall's ownership and the city would go away after this summer.

Between appearing at fund - raisers and dispatching City Hall staff to work on individual races, the Democratic mayor pushed hard for his party to take over the Senate — a lot harder, notably, than the state's top Democrat, Andrew Cuomo.

Ryan is a former common councilor and now chief of staff for the mayor and chairman of Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA), the city's development arm.

The governor's office, the mayor's office staffs talk constantly,» Mr. de Blasio told the Observer during today's press conference, insisting yet again he'd work with the state when it was helping the city.

Maloney, who served as White House staff secretary under Bill Clinton and was a top aide to governors Spitzer and Paterson, said he was not chiefly motivated to support Quinn simply because she would be New York City's first female and first openly gay mayor.

The mayor kicked off his «City Hall in Your Borough» initiative in Staten Island where he and senior staff will spend a week working out of Borough Hall with Oddo.

Calling her «my closest confidante» and «No. 1 adviser,» the mayor gave McCray, who is legally barred from drawing a salary, a full - time staff of five to work out of both Gracie Mansion and City Hall.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary procCity's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary proccity council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary proccity council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary procCity Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

The mayor has been criticized by good government groups for trying to keep correspondence between himself and his «agents» hidden from the public, even though one of them — Jonathan Rosen from public relations and consulting firm BerlinRosen — has sat in regularly on his staff meetings and recommended people for jobs at City Hall.

In a series of articles, the Daily News revealed a number of questionable activities by the mayor and his staff, including how City Hall hit up donors for contributions in an alleged pay - to - play scheme.

Responding to an email from a New York City deputy mayor's chief of staff, then - REBNY President Steven Spinola wrote in March of 2015 that it did not appear as if the state Senate majority leader at the time, Republican Dean Skelos, had put anything about school governance in his budget bills.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is continuing to significantly redact the mayor's emails to staff and political consultants, amid a court battle between the city and two news agencies over the disclosure of City Hall emacity and two news agencies over the disclosure of City Hall emaCity Hall emails.

City Hall will set up shop on Staten Island for a week in April, as part of the first installment of «City Hall in Your Borough» — a new initiative to immerse the mayor and his senior staff in each of the five boroughs throughout the rest of the year.

Another candidate, Micah C. Lasher, 34, is a former chief of staff to the state attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman (who held the Senate seat before Mr. Espaillat), and also served as the city's legislative director in Albany when Michael R. Bloomberg was mayor.

According to the source, the city council members, who were hand - selected by the mayor's staff for being among those likely to co-sponsor the bill, were told that the drivers would also benefit from getting the green medallions earlier than they would had they applied through normal channels.

The mayor has been critical of the planned cuts to tax credits and has ordered City Hall staff to calculate the impact on Londoners.

The mayor's campaign staff tweeted Friday that the mayor made political journal City & State's list of «Winners» for the week.

Yes, Mayor Bill de Blasio, deputy mayors and dozens of the most senior members of his staff will decamp from City Hall in Lower Manhattan and set up shop this week on Staten Island, in the first of what are intended to be five satellite city nerve centers imported to each borough, if not before the November election, then by the end of the yCity Hall in Lower Manhattan and set up shop this week on Staten Island, in the first of what are intended to be five satellite city nerve centers imported to each borough, if not before the November election, then by the end of the ycity nerve centers imported to each borough, if not before the November election, then by the end of the year.

While much of the mayor's itinerary for the week remained in flux, according to City Hall staff, some events were known: an appearance at the 123rd Police Precinct on the South Shore, where heroin and opioid abuse has been prevalent; a town - hall meeting on the North Shore, a repaving event; a few meals at restaurants.

Ditullio's voicemail, left Thursday for Bill Ryan, the mayor's chief of staff, indicated that the appeal might cast the city «in a very poor light» because the review board «won't suffer fools.»

But Stringer found that the process — dating back to the first days of the mayor's term — involved «dozens of Administration officials, including three Deputy Mayors, the Directors of the Mayor's Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs and Contract Services, three City Commissioners and numerous members of their staffs.»

«The mayor seems to be lost in his own fantasy world of education, the one where reality doesn't apply,» declared UFT President Michael Mulgrew in response to the mayor's State of the City speech on Jan. 12, in which, among other proposals, he threatened to fire half the staffs in 33 schools receiving federal School Improvement Grant support.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

According to payment - in - lieu - of - tax agreements with the developer, the city will receive no property taxes from Carousel Center mall or the Destiny expansion for 30 years, said Bill Ryan, the mayor's chief of staff and the chairman of SIDA.

«A task force has been set up between my administration and Superintendent Cash where we have staffs that are looking at ways that the city and school district can work together to find deficiencies to further improve educational outcomes in our schools,» the mayor said.

William T. Cunningham, a political strategist and former adviser to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, said, «If the mayor was in the city on Sunday for a parade, I'm a little surprised that his staff didn't think it was important to get him out at least to touch base with community leaders in that part of Queens.»

DNAinfo New York reported two members of de Blasio's staff left City Hall to work for Hilltop before also working for the mayor's now - shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York.

September 30, 2010 • White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will announce his resignation from the Obama administration tomorrow, to run for mayor of the city of Chicago, NPR has confirmed.

A cornerstone of the mayor's «restructuring» plan had been to scrap the city's practice of divvying up money to pay for staff members based on a school's enrollment.

When former U.S. congressman and Obama administration chief of staff Rahm Emanuel marched triumphantly into the Chicago mayor's office in 2011, he promised to revamp Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in ways that had barely been contemplated in 16 years of mayoral control over the city's sprawling public - school system.

Not only did Obama formerly live in Chicago, the city's mayor is Rahm Emanuel, Obama's tough - talking former chief of staff and the person who pushed strongly behind the scenes to pass the healthcare overhaul, a signature Obama issue.

Norfolk SPCA invites major donors, along with the mayor, city council, board members, shelter staff and key volunteers, to a reception every December at the shelter.

If a newspaper reports that the mayor of a big city is using his control of federal stimulus funds to reward political supporters, it helps to know whether this information comes from «a source within City Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.&racity is using his control of federal stimulus funds to reward political supporters, it helps to know whether this information comes from «a source within City Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.&raCity Hall», «a former staff member», «a press conference by an opposing candidate», or «an official involved in the Justice Department investigation.»

USCM staff connects mayors to their colleagues for peer - to - peer networking opportunities and on - site technical assistance; and through a network of city education policy advisors, identifies and shares best practices, shares resources, and provides peer - to - peer learning opportunities.