Sentences with phrase «appointed mayors of cities»

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A task force of 14 members — seven appointed by the mayor and seven appointed by the Speaker of the City Council — created the curriculum for citywide safety training.

While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators to appoint the person with that role, Mangano aides say the mayor or governor directly selects them in the city and state.

New York City has appointed its first mayor for «nightlife» as part of de Blasio's effort to stoke the after - dark industry in the city that never sleCity has appointed its first mayor for «nightlife» as part of de Blasio's effort to stoke the after - dark industry in the city that never slecity that never sleeps.

NYCHA is not a city agency, but the mayor appoints its board and chairperson — and has been aware for more than two years of NYCHA's longtime noncompliance with required lead paint inspections.

Back in January, a traffic advisory panel appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo — which includes a number of former city and state politicians, the chairman of the Regional Plan Association, and the mayor of Yonkers — released a report outlining how congestion pricing could be implemented in New York Ccity and state politicians, the chairman of the Regional Plan Association, and the mayor of Yonkers — released a report outlining how congestion pricing could be implemented in New York CityCity.

The City Charter authorizes the mayor to appoint an interim commissioner for that length of time.

Instead, the mayor should appoint five members of the panel, the borough presidents should each continue to appoint one, and the city comptroller, the public advocate and the City Council speaker should each have a representative on the pacity comptroller, the public advocate and the City Council speaker should each have a representative on the paCity Council speaker should each have a representative on the panel.

New York City's mayor currently appoints a third of the trustees to the CUNY board.

From 2013 to 2016 she served as chair of the city's ethics board appointed by then - mayor Shayne Gallo.

According to the City Charter, the mayor has the authority to appoint the board's leader following consultation with the speaker of the City Council.

Joseph Finnerty, who was appointed to the board last year by Mr. de Blasio, served as one of the sponsors of a May 12 fundraiser that doubled as a party celebrating the Democratic mayor's 55th birthday, according to a disposition released by the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.

(Gallo is the brother of former mayor T.R. Gallo, who appointed him a city attorney, and the son of longtime alderman - at - large T. Robert Gallo.)

As outlined in the cultural plan law, the agency will work with a specially formed «citizens» advisory committee» - made up of 12 members appointed by the mayor, city council speaker, DCLA commissioner, and borough presidents - to gather information and make recommendations.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is appointing Lorelei Salas commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs, replacing Julie Menin, who left the agency to lead the mayor's office of media and entertainment in February.

Members of the city's agency are appointed by the mayor.

The boards, which are appointed by the mayor, City Council and borough presidents, have criticized the rezoning plans as not providing enough housing that is affordable to the actual income levels of people in the neighborhoods and for fear that it would spark more gentrification and overcrowding.

De Blasio's aides on Monday warned of chaos in the school system if the mayoral control law is allowed to expire and the city goes back to the old Board of Education system where the mayor appoints two members and the five borough presidents one each.

The D.O.E.'s Panel for Educational Policy, a 13 - member body appointed by the mayor and the city's borough presidents, will vote on the plan at a March 18 meeting before it is submitted to the mayor and City Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budcity's borough presidents, will vote on the plan at a March 18 meeting before it is submitted to the mayor and City Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budCity Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budget.

The City Planning Commission, of which the mayor appoints the chair and seven of 13 members, and the City Council also must approve the changes.

The mayor also appointed him to his Workforce Development Board, which consists of leaders from the private sector, public agencies and unions who advise the city on its policies about job seekers, employers and adult learners.

At 9:45 a.m., the Council Committee on Public safety holds a public hearing on a measure to require the mayor to appoint a department to oversee the coordination of efforts to address quality of life issues in local communities, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

The World Health Organization appointed the philanthropist and former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg as a global health ambassador to help governments tackle chronic diseases such as diabetes, stroke, cancer and heart disease.

A commission appointed by the mayor is examining whether controversial historical figures honored with monuments on public grounds are «oppressive and inconsistent with the values of New York City» — and subject to possible removal or alteration.

Among other reforms, the charter, driven by new mayor T.R. Gallo, solidified the city's strong - mayor form of government by rendering all mayorally - appointed boards advisory and extending the chief executive's term from two to four years.

Singh was then appointed to a number of prestigious posts on de Blasio's inauguration committee, the committee backing the city's failed bid to get the Democratic National Convention, and the committee to support and raise money for the mayor's pre-k initiative called UPKNYC, Kramer reported.

The bill by the Senate GOP, which has been warring with de Blasio, would create a new position of New York City education inspector that would be appointed not by the mayor, but the governor, with consent from the Senate.

In the mayor's version, he would appoint the panel and it would have a narrow mandate, limited to charter changes aimed at improving the city's campaign finance system — including lowering the maximum levels of campaign contributions to candidates — and encouraging voter participation in elections.

It envisions a commission whose members would be appointed by a range of elected officials, including the mayor; Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker; Ms. James; Scott M. Stringer, the comptroller; Ms. Brewer and the four other borough presidents.

Before mayoral control in the city, the school board was made up of seven members, two of whom were appointed by the mayor and the rest by the borough presidents.

Judge Sedita went on to establish a private, general law practice downtown until his older brother was elected mayor of Buffalo and appointed him as a City Court judge in the late 1950s.

«If I were the governor, I would look and question whether this is the appointment I would want to make: whether her first obligation might be to the mayor of the City of New York, rather than to the governor who would be appointing her,» Silver told an Albany radio station then.

According to the order, the independent monitor must be appointed within the next 60 days and will be chosen by the mayor, the City Council speaker and the president of the Citywide Council of Presidents, a group of tenant leaders chosen by Nycha residents, which sued the agency in February.

Last week, Cuomo, who has feuded with the mayor at every turn, told the Observer that the comptroller's scathing audits of his economic development programs were not valid given his background as a state assemblyman, despite the fact that he appointed DiNapoli to oversee the city's homeless shelter system.

The legislature, at the request of the city's mayor, eliminated the board of education and authorized the mayor to appoint a new board from a list of nominees prepared by the legislature.

(However, a number of states have recently authorized the mayors of big cities, such as Cleveland and Detroit, to appoint some or all of the members of their school boards, while New York gave the mayor of New York City the power to appoint a commissioner of education to run the city's schooCity the power to appoint a commissioner of education to run the city's schoocity's schools.)

Although the mayor appoints directors of city departments, he shares budgetary powers with an elected comptroller and the Board of Aldermen.

The remainder of the boards are appointed by mayors, city councils, or other elected authorities.

during the closing weeks of the campaign, Booker said he wanted to improve relations between the mayor's office and the state - appointed superintendent when he became the city's chief executive.

The examples of mayors Richard Daley in Chicago and Michael Bloomberg in New York City» both of whom sought and won direct control over their city's school systems — have inspired other mayors, such as Anthony Williams in Washington, D.C., to press for the power to appoint the school board's members or dissolve the board altogetCity» both of whom sought and won direct control over their city's school systems — have inspired other mayors, such as Anthony Williams in Washington, D.C., to press for the power to appoint the school board's members or dissolve the board altogetcity's school systems — have inspired other mayors, such as Anthony Williams in Washington, D.C., to press for the power to appoint the school board's members or dissolve the board altogether.

Perhaps its most controversial elements involve the potential for increased public funding of charter schools, all of which hold nonprofit status, but some of which are operated by for - profit management franchises, and a proposal to transfer authority over the IPS district from an elected school board to a board appointed by the city's mayor and city - county council.

Three of those members would be appointed by the Indianapolis mayor, with the other two by the City - County Council.

In another city, the mayor appoints all members of the school committee.

When the notion of simply moving control of Bridgeport's school system to the City's mayor failed, the focus shifted to utilizing a provision in the state statutes that would allow the Commissioner of Education to throw out a community's elected board of education and install a panel appointed by the state.

Prior to the 2002 legislation that placed Michael Bloomberg in near complete control of the city schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rcity schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rCity schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rcity's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their role.

The final reports from Bridgeport's November 2012 education reform referendum are in and it turns out that the corporate education reform industry and its supporters spent at least $ 562,955.16 in their effort to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's anti-democracy initiative, a proposal that would have eliminated the City's democratically elected board of education and replaced it with one appointed by the mayor.

When the person who wants to be mayor, and who would appoint the members of the Hartford Board of Education, decides to enroll his child or children in a prestigious private school, rather than the city's public schools, it sends out a powerful message about privilege and entitlement.

A task force appointed by the city's mayor, and made up primarily of businessmen who don't even live in the city, has been providing recommendations to the city, including that some schools be closed.

Airport: Orlando International Airport is managed by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, which is governed by a seven - member board; the mayor of the City of Orlando, the Mayor of Orange County, and five other members who are appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida, subject to confirmation of the senate.

When he was appointed, the City's Conflict of Interest board advised mayor Bloomberg that he was allowed to be involved with only four broad areas of the company: «the sale of all or part of the company, the sale or purchase of significant assets, major financial commitments like loans, and major changes in employee compensation or structure.»