Sentences with phrase «across city government»

The numbers were part of a broader set of data on how New York City handles sexual harassment complaints, which appeared to indicate deep - seated problems across city government.

Since before the last election cycle, there have been increasing calls for improving women's representation across city government and to add women's voices to important policy decisions.

Not exact matches

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

In June, Shanghai opened the country's first intelligent vehicle pilot zone, where its trialed about 200 vehicles across nine miles (15 kilometers) of test roads in a closed zone at Shanghai's international automobile city, the government said in a statement.

As digital minister, Vaizey had responsibility for overseeing government quangos Tech City UK and Tech North, as well as rolling broadband out across the country.

The demonstration Thursday evening in Madrid was one of 80 held in cities across Spain to protest the austerity measures the government says are necessary if Spain wants to avoid a bailout like Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

As Uber petitions municipal governments and battles angry taxi drivers in cities across Canada, at least one person in Parliament will be paying close attention.

A week after Amazon sent cities across North America scrambling to compete for the e-commerce giant's second headquarters, Philadelphia government leaders are beginning to settle on three locations to pitch most forcefully as the nucleus of a vast regional presence for the Seattle company: The Schuylkill Yards and uCity Square sites in West Philadelphia and South Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

Chinese government data show that prices across 70 Chinese cities were 9.7 % higher in May than a year earlier, a larger year - over-year increase than the 9.3 % last September, when the current round of housing controls were instituted.

Previously head of local government solutions at PayIt, Luke Norris now is leading the Kansas City office of Australia - based OpenCities, which is a provider of website and digital services for governments across the world.

A delivery battle is brewing in San Francisco (and other cities across America) and the outcome will be decided not by government officials, but by local businesses.

Bottom line 1: you got ta watch China on every geo - strategic front, and the «spontaneous» anti-Japanese protests the government has been coordinating across dozens of cities is a truly disturbing phenomenon.

To me, one of the most significant planks in Obama's education platform isn't in his education platform at all - it's in his poverty platform: his pledge to replicate Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the United States, as public / private partnerships, with the federal government's share of the bill coming to as much as a few billion dollars.

The scheme will also aim to help people get to work or school by better connecting towns and cities, unlock land for new homes, and improve business links — forming a crucial strand of the government's strategy to rebalance the economy by ensuring wealth is spread across the UK and not just concentrated in the south - east of England.

In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the...

Around 200,000 Romanians have taken to the streets in cities across Romania and the world to protest against the government's recent approval of draft legislation for an open - pit cyanide - based mining project at Rosia Montana.

In her first appearance as a New York gubernatorial candidate, «Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon hammered her Democratic opponent Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the crumbling subway, the «cesspool» of corruption in state government and inequality across the state.

Jewish New York Government Outreach is a project uniting diverse Jewish community leaders from across New York City seeking to engage candidates for elected office on the matters of great concern to the city's Orthodox communitCity seeking to engage candidates for elected office on the matters of great concern to the city's Orthodox communitcity's Orthodox communities.

Jen has worked to make utility costs more affordable, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus: As leading city governments across the country consider how to approach the Internet age, they're taking the concept of «adaptive reuse» to a new frontier by thinking of new ways to turn old standbys like payphones or disused rail tunnels into new pieces of digital infrastructure.

Jen has worked to bring down utility costs, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered the state government to conduct census of Ebonyi indigenes who are hawking in major cities like Lagos, Onitsha, Port Harcourt, Aba and elsewhere, across the country.

He said the state government had budgeted N3 billion for the rehabilitation of natives of the state who are hawking in major cities across the country.

New York City and other local governments across the region are upset over a provision tucked into the state budget that appears to exempt the MTA from local laws and zoning rules for any property it redevelops.

The increasingly complicated formations of city - regional government — evident in the diverse forms of «city - deals» signed so far across the North — could leave citizens confused.

A bevy of NYC elected leaders joined tenant groups outside City Hall to demand the state government bolster protections for tenants of more than one million apartments across the five boroughs.

On its website, Freshwater claims it can help firms to «influence decision - makers openly, effectively and ethically - in Westminster and Whitehall, the devolved national governments and assemblies, London's City Hall and local authorities across the UK».

In an attempt to get government to act on preserving water bodies across the country, the group said it will launch a public awareness march in the coming weeks to ensure the agenda on making Accra the cleanest city streamlined among the policies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is realized.

Tarsi manages membership and programming for Local Progress, the network of hundreds of progressive local elected officials across the country dedicated to shared prosperity, equal justice under law, sustainable and livable cities, and good government that serves the public interest.

Additionally, Andrew oversees Local Progress, a network of hundreds of local elected officials across the country committed to a strong economy, equal justice, livable cities, and effective government.

Ivan is the Organizing Director for Local Progress, the network of hundreds of progressive local elected officials across the country dedicated to shared prosperity, equal justice under law, sustainable and livable cities, and good government that serves the public interest.

Francesca Menes is the Florida State Coordinator for Local Progress, a network of hundreds of progressive local elected officials across the country dedicated to shared prosperity, equal justice under law, sustainable and livable cities, and good government that serves the public interest.

Mr. de Blasio, looking confident between indecipherable small talk and endless photos — chugging a can of Limoncello to keep fresh in his dark suit and red tie — was feted as the sudden hero of progressives and good - government advocates across the city.

Across the City's many social media accounts, the #VisionZero hashtag will be used to collect news from throughout City government and unify the message as each agency update the public on its progress in reducing traffic injuries and fatalities.

But for the Government to succeed in raising prosperity across the North, it should return to the original focus of the initiative — boosting the economic performance of major Northern city - regions such as Greater Manchester and the Leeds city - region.

Outside Government, George Osborne can focus on the policies that will best promote prosperity across the North — boosting productivity in cities.

Most of all, Elizabeth has served as mentor and inspiration to countless women and aspiring officeholders across the city through her work to ensure local government reflects all the voices of the community.

«Students across our city deserve a safe learning environment, no matter what community they come from or where they attend school,» said Mark - Viverito, but like all her colleagues she refused to clarify what has suddenly changed that mandates the government now stepping in where it never has before.

Local government watchers see signs here of David Cameron trying to mend fences by replacing the abrasive Pickles with the more emollient cities minister, Greg Clark, who is widely liked across the political divide.

The event, which brought together over 150 leaders from across the city, was designed to create dialogue between government and other professionals from both communities in order to discuss shared concerns and ways to develop strategic partnerships.

ALBANY — Public employees are working without contracts in cities and counties across New York State, as labor negotiations stall because local governments say they can not afford to raise wages.

Still, while the City of Corning is thriving compared to many others in the Southern Tier, it's not immune to the economic pressures facing local governments across upstate: a stagnant tax base, rising pension costs and a limited ability to increase revenues due to the state property tax cap.

Noting that there have been several other efforts for city - county government consolidations in cities across the country, Miner said every consolidation that she has seen has ended up costing taxpayers more money.

The differences between Clegg and Cameron came as the government faced calls from across the Commons as well as from City shareholders to delay its final decision on the proposed takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation, parent company of the News of the World.

Scientists across 50 cities took to the streets against funding cuts and government leaders» anti-science rhetoric

Government - sanctioned graffiti from the city's Department of Public Works, in red across the top, typically indicates an abandoned building.

Contrary to popular belief, over 80 percent of government jobs are located outside of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, in locations across the United States (largest concentrations include Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Diego, and New York City) and worldwide.

Edwards also provided examples of public agencies and state and local governments hiding incidents of high levels of lead in water without accountability across the United States, creating a false sense of security amongst people in cities.

Researchers from Binghamton University, Cornell University, the International City / County Management Association (ICMA), and two divisions of the American Planning Association measured local government action on energy, water, waste, land use and transportation, as well as social equity and economic development across 1,900 local governments.

The federal government's AirNow website provides daily air quality updates for more than 300 cities across the U.S., as well as links to more detailed state and local air quality web sites.