Sentences with phrase «york under this administration»

«By any measure, New York under this administration is leading the way on diversity in contracting by raising MWBE participation from 9 percent to 25 percent of state contracts over the last seven years.

«I thank Mayor de Blasio for giving me the chance to serve the city of New York under his administration,» Salas said in a statement.

Not exact matches

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Tuesday that New York and New Jersey need to shoulder more costs to build a critical tunnel under the Hudson River and denied that the Trump administration had agreed to finance the project.

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.

Yet another courtroom battle promises to pull the White House into the legal spotlight today as crucial arguments are heard in New York in a sweeping lawsuit that is challenging the administration's marijuana policy by seeking to legalize pot under federal law.

Hoylman pointed to the need to provide a bulwark in New York when it comes to the policies being developed under the Trump administration.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the district attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn signed on to his administration's plan to open four safe injection facilities in three boroughs where addicts can shoot up under medical supervision.

New York and New Jersey must shoulder more of the costs to build a transportation tunnel under the Hudson River, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said while confirming that the Trump administration was opposed to Congress financing the project.

Nixon said she voted for Cuomo eight years ago in hopes of his being a «real Democrat» but that «New York's eight years under the Cuomo administration have been an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction, and dishonesty.»

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has advocated for «a version» of broken windows policing, saying the term got a bad rap under previous administrations but that it is right in principle.

Under an agreement worked out by the Obama administration, New York and New Jersey would pay half the cost, with the federal government picking up the rest.

NYS GOP Chairman Ed Cox: «Today is indeed a sad day for the people of New York who are suffering under a corrupt administration that operates with an insatiable appetite for power and control.

«Many immigrants who are already terrified of being deported and targeted under this administration, will simply choose not to participate, out of fear that the information they provide is being used to target them,» said Meng during a press conference at the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), where lawmakers and advocates warned that lack of immigrant participation would lead to inaccurate census data and could jeopardize New York's share of federal funding and Congressional seats.

«New York's 4.4 million immigrants are under daily attack by the Trump administration.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

The speaker also told the crowd the Trump administration has «basically walked away» from the Gateway Tunnel Project, a train tunnel that would link New York and New Jersey under the Hudson River.

Central New York and the North Country will not receive any new casinos, under the plan, because the Oneida and Mohawk tribes have reached agreements with the Cuomo Administration for exclusive rights to operate existing tribal - run casinos.

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Ms. Behan, the wife of John Behan, a former Republican Committee chairman, worked for 12 years as executive director of the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, did economic development work for New York State under the Pataki administration, and more recently has kept the books for Uihlein's Marina in Montauk.

«I am thrilled at the opportunity to provide a voice and forum for New York Democrats to speak out and take action on issues that are important to us — many of which are under siege by the current administration in Washington,» he said.

The state minimum wage would rise to $ 10.50 an hour by the end of next year, with New York City's rising to $ 11.50, under the Cuomo administration proposal.

Cuomo's administration is currently under investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for possible bid rigging as part of the Buffalo Billion project in Western New York.

Earlier in the summer, DiNapoli's office had released reports critical of economic development spending in New York under Cuomo's administration.

New York's eight years under the Cuomo administration have been an exercise in living with disappointment, dysfunction and dishonesty.

But New York voters are also potentially receptive to Trump's push on infrastructure, with 64 percent of voters expecting it to improve under the new administration.

Attorney Peter Henner is taking on the Cuomo administration's plans to spend $ 500 million over the next three years to upgrade Internet broadband capacity in under - served areas across New York — not battling the idea itself, but rather seeking to carve out a role as a watchdog in the complicated, years - long process.

Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, has told his board and others that a soda tax could help ameliorate the financial hit the state's health care system faces with the potential repeal of Obamacare under a Trump administration and Republican - controlled Congress.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Thursday released a «legal roadmap» for New York cities who wish to protect immigrant communities under the incoming presidential administration of Donald Trump.

The GOP - oriented America Rising PAC announced it has filed requests under New York's Freedom of Information Law seeking documents on the Cuomo administration's purchase of a $ 12.5 million helicopter.

The de Blasio administration, under pressure from ultra-Orthodox rabbis, is set to ease New York City's regulations on a controversial Orthodox Jewish oral circumcision ritual that has been linked to herpes infections in infants.

Under past administrations, the governor of New York has been the guest of honor, usually seated beside the president of the LCA at a table with other high - profile officials and members of the administration.

«Under no circumstances should court officers interfere in the administration of duties of any law enforcement agencies in and around New York State courthouses.

Blair Horner, the legislative director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, who briefly worked for the attorney general's office under Mr. Cuomo, called the revelations «unsettling, given what has happened in the Paterson administration.»

Before joining BDCC, Anthony served under the Bloomberg and de Blasio administrations at City Hall with the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City.

Under Mayor Bill de Blasio, former New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Bill Bratton, who had first served in the Giuliani administration, was a strong proponent of the tactic.

The workshop is sponsored by New York Sea Grant (NYSG) with additional funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Community Climate Adaptation Initiative Program and the Environmental Protection Fund under the authority of the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Act.

While it's uncertain what a replacement plan under the incoming Trump administration might entail, or what consumer protections or mandates may be changed or removed, New York could be looking at a loss of $ 3.5 billion in federal funding, according to the fiscally conservative Empire Center for Public Policy.

Cuomo, who served as secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Clinton administration, said he also spoke to Trump about addressing «record» high homelessness in New York City.

[47] New York's 2003 ban on smoking in public places was passed and signed into law under the Pataki administration in the hopes that it would promote better health in New York and reduce health care cost overtime.

Under the Pataki Administration, New York's credit rating was increased three times by Moody's Investors Service, a fact that he highlighted often before his critics.

Several houses of worship will provide sanctuary — and temporary sleeping space — to the homeless under a de Blasio administration initiative aimed at helping to reduce the number of people living on New York City streets.

According to information from the New York State Authorities Budget Office, only about a dozen authority board members would be covered by the order under the Cuomo administration's new interpretation — and at least one of them is among those who have donated to the governor.

New York is «under attack like never before» because of the Trump administration's policies, the speaker of the Democrat - controlled Assembly said Monday as state lawmakers got down to work on what is likely to be one of the most contentious legislative sessions in years.

The pending legislation was submitted to codify existing policies adopted under the administration of former County Executive Andy Spano, a Democrat, while also drawing from model ordinances put in place by the New York state attorney general's office in order to alleviate concerns about the treatment of immigrants living in county.

This past October, Governor Paterson announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded New York $ 28.5 million in funding under the High - Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program for three projects across the State.

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Mr. de Blasio's transportation commissioner, Polly Trottenberg, wrote that a study of a smaller proposal for Brooklyn under the Bloomberg administration «brought to light the many citywide challenges with respect to reintroducing streetcars to New York City in general.»

«National economic growth slowed in 2016 and New York is not immune,» Morris Peters, a Budget Division spokesman said, «but under this administration unemployment is down in every region of the state, median household income growth is outpacing the nation as a whole, taxes are down for every New Yorker, and upstate is benefiting from the largest economic development investment in history.»

Cuomo and his administration have come increasingly under fire for reacting too slowly to toxin - laced water in the small eastern New York village.

He said the state has invested $ 25 billion in economic aid to the Upstate region, including $ 3 billion for Central New York, under his administration, reversing decades during which state government, dominated by downstate lawmakers, ignored Upstate as it lost thousands of manufacturing jobs.