Sentences with phrase «as mayor of the city»

Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his city is a center.

As mayor of the city of Davao on the Southern island of Mindanao, he was accused of establishing vigilante groups and death squads to stop the sale and consumption of drugs.

«I am very proud of the record that I have been able to develop as mayor of the city of Buffalo in almost 12 years of service as mayor.

«I make this final call to you to engage personally in assisting TfL and the bus operating companies in finding a just settlement to this matter; as the mayor of our city, chair of Transport for London and our host for the games.

The fact remains that for governors of New York, as well as mayors of the city, the third term is always a tough one.

Mayor Bloomberg issues a not - so - veiled threat to Omar from Queens, who briefly usurped him as mayor of City Hall on Foursquare.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio traveled through Paris yesterday, laying wreaths at the sites of the recent terror attacks, meeting with dignitaries and Jewish community leaders and, as the mayor of a city with a prominent Jewish population, speaking about «the cancer of anti-Semitism» throughout the world.

«Reinvesting in that infrastructure will position us for growth in the entire community, and that's why I've been committed as a mayor of this city to talk about how important infrastructure is and to talk about how important it is for our future,» said Miner.

And I'm simply saying that when it comes to issues of federal impact, as the mayor of this city, that I have not seen any zealous advocacy done on the issues of infrastructure, on the issues of lead remediation, on the issues of body cameras for police officers and our violence intervention programs.»

«You can never quite tell when you come to an election in an office as important as mayor of the city, however the trend would suggest that the winner of the Democratic primary as we saw in 2001 with Mayor Matt Driscoll and in 2009 with Mayor Stephanie Miner, will be the mayor of Syracuse,» he said.

Pauline (from the original Donkey Kong, and more recently, the Mario Vs. Donkey Kong series) makes an appearance as the mayor of the city and provides some exposition to the history of the place.

The application judge removed the Appellant from his office as mayor of the City of Toronto, finding that he had violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest

As the mayor of a city with the largest municipally - owned charter school system in the state, a father and a grandfather, this weighs heavily on me.

Not exact matches

With all these marketing efforts, Nesi has lofty goals in mind, such as reaching former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg with Roar's Soda Sucks campaign.

«There's a massive level of excitement about what it represents as a symbol of urban renewal, ambition for our city and recommitment to our downtown as the heart of it all,» says the 37 - year - old mayor.

He was elected mayor of New York City in 2001 as a Republican, but prior to that he had been a registered Democrat.

New York City Comptroller John Liu, trying to gain traction for his campaign for mayor, has come out as the latest advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

Bloomberg maintained high approval ratings for nearly all of his 12 years as New York City's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic cCity's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic citycity.

The city's mayor, George Heartwell, has set the goal of switching to 100 percent renewable power by 2020, and the city has been recognized as a center of expertise in sustainability by the United Nations and the most sustainable midsize city by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Siemens.

As he points out, when a review of the city finances under Mayor David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the city is indeed open for business.»

As a result, the mayor of Akron instructed residents to «stay clear of the area,» and the city began the process of demolishing the rotting shopping center in October 2016.

The former mayor, who spent $ 261 million on his campaigns for New York City office, says he'd spend as much as $ 1 billion of his own money on a presidential run.

After nine years as mayor of Alberta's capital city, Mr. Mandel left office in October 2013 as a well - respected civic leader.

Edmonton's last mayor with any lengthy amount of prior elected experience was Jan Reimer, who served three - terms on City Council before being elected as mayor in 1989.

He's always been tough, but he changed when he started to have national ambitions,» said George Arzt, former press secretary to Democrat Ed Koch, one of Giuliani's predecessors as New York City mayor.

My 86 year old great uncle who has been with the same man happily for 40 years, a good deal of the time as mayor of a decent sized city (no, not in the backwater US) has had one of the greatest, happiest lives I know.

Zanis» voice cracked as he told CNN in a phone interview the stories of victims» families he met in Aurora and described praying with the city's mayor, Steve Hogan.

Somehow I doubt the experience as mayor in a new suburb in the west would really qualify for dealing with urban issues that come with millions of people in cities now aging into centuries.

Just as the new mayor of Turin launches a drive to make the city meat free, so a new Communist - led coalition government in the Indian state of Kerala is attempting to make its dietary mark — this time by introducing a fat tax.

Georgia Henderson, the marketing director for the city of Douglas, introduced the mayor and other dignitaries as the crowd of cookers and their entourages crowded the stage.

RUDY GIULIANI A decent sandlot catcher as a youngster, Hizzoner was the Yankees» most ardent supporter during his tenure as mayor of New York City (1993 — 2001).

Formula E has had a couple of hits this season in terms of location as the proposed round in Sao Paulo has had to be postponed a year, and the mayor of Montreal cancelled the city's race because of financial reasons, leaving the sport with it's planned season finale.

Steve Rotheram added: «As mayor of the Liverpool city region, I am delighted that Liverpool Football Club has taken this step and is now committed to becoming a Real Living Wage Employer.

He said copies of the proposed agreement have been sent to the mayor and his key department heads as well as the chairmen of relevant Chicago City Council committees.

The mayor's office and Chicago Park District, which runs the stadium on behalf of the city, are exploring the possibility as Chicago mulls a Super Bowl bid.

As mayor of Rochester, Duffy (who is the city's former police chief) is putting his foot down when it comes to overtime for police and firefighters.

His successor as mayor of London, Labour's Sadiq Khan, who has clashed with the US president in the past over London terror attacks and Mr Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the US, tweeted the president would experience a city that chose «unity over division».

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.

The questioner (who happened to be a YNN videographer) then asked Gillibrand if she thought women should be offended by Eliot Spitzer's candidacy for New York City comptroller, as some of her fellow female elected officials have suggested — including NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but she had a political motive in seeking to link Spitzer and Weiner together in hopes of tarring the former congressman, who is one of her rivals in the mayor's race.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said it would take «upwards of almost a year» for the department to put into action reforms promised as part of a deal with the mayor and City Council speaker that circumvented a package of police reform bills supported by a majority of the Council.

In his campaign, McGrath has used de Blasio as a boogeyman for the suburban Senate district, raising the specter of a Democratic - controlled Senate being beholden to the liberal New York City mayor and costing Nassau County precious school aid.

Lhota, who served as a deputy mayor under Giuliani at City Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&raCity Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&racity of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.»

«I'm still the mayor of the City of Albany, which is a job that I wanted I pledged myself to; it was an honor, Liz, being mentioned as an potential lieutenant governor, but I'm happy for Bob Duffy.»

As her mother — politely, we assume — shoots down the idea of running for mayor of New York City, Chelsea Clinton is dipping her toe into her father's NGO, the Clinton Foundation.

I think in this contest, he is the better person to serve the city of New York as mayor, period.»

There were as many as five complaints of sexual harassment made against employees in the mayor's office during the de Blasio administration, City Hall officials said, but they refused to say how the perpetrators in those cases were disciplined.

A day after he was named by the mayor as New York City's next schools chancellor, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami - Dade County Public Schools, renounced his decision during a live TV broadcast.

By hiring Rudy Giuliani, a former prosecutor and New York City mayor, as his lawyer, Trump will presumably be getting what he wants — a trusted friend who can argue his side of the Russia investigation on TV and behind closed doors.

Where once the Democrat - dominated New York City Council was once a reliable ally of the Democratic mayor, the two branches have increasingly been split as the Council speaker, Corey Johnson, leads an emboldened and restive body itching to take on de Blasio and his administration.

Both as a former police chief and as mayor of the second largest city in upstate.»