Sentences with phrase «by city charter»

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg appointed the artist to the Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, a body mandated by the City Charter to advise the mayor and the cultural affairs commissioner.

The remaining 108 are chartered cities governed by the city charter, local ordinances, and some State laws.

Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the state constitution and by city charter, all powers of the city are vested in the elective council, which enacts local legislation, adopts budgets, determines policies, and appoints the City Manager.

Wednesday's vote came in advance of the adoption of the school district's and city's combined budget, which by city charter...

The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.

But besides issuing a veto, Miner rejected the law because she said the city clerk failed to deliver it to her «promptly» as required by the city charter.

Each borough president is mandated by the City Charter to allocate a capital budget, and during her tenure Marshall has spent more than $ 616 million, more than?

Upper West Side resident Cary Goodman, who launched in January a City Council race on a primarily single - issue platform against the AMNH expansion, told those present at a City Hall hearing on the Parks Department's preliminary budget Tuesday that Mitchell Silver is abdicating his responsibilities as outlined by the City Charter unless he rejects the museum's «toxic» proposal.

The new mayor takes the $ 95,000 post currently held by Tutunjian, who could not run for re-election due to a two - term limit set by the city charter.

Since then, COPIC, which is required by the City Charter to meet once a year, has met irregularly.

The Buffalo Police Department is currently not accredited, even though it's required by the City Charter.

But he can't just pick any day, since this is all governed by the City Charter.

The independent, bipartisan commission is charged by the City Charter with devising a new... Continue reading →

As mandated by the City Charter, the Borough President is empowered to make recommendations to the Mayor's Budget, as well as provide discretionary funding to organizations and City agencies.

The Queens Borough Board's evaluation of the proposed amendments is part of a six - month citywide public review process that began in late September as mandated by the City Charter, and includes separate reviews by Community Boards and Borough Presidents, as well as by the City Planning Commission around mid-December.

Not exact matches

Summit does this by chartering an ocean liner and taking attendees on a camping trip to the mountains rather than booking a hotel in a major city.

Bill 21 sets the ground for the creation of Big City Charters in the Act's regulations, as advocated for by Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

Instructions or presentations of the family, clan, or city are explained and justified by tales — «charter myths» in Malinowski's term — or knowledge about religious ritual, authoritative and absolutely serious ritual, and about the gods involved, is expressed and passed on in the form of such tales; then there are the hopes and fears connected with the course of nature, the seasons, and the activities of food supply; there is the desperate experience of disease.

In 1869, as part of a plan that laid out a system of green spaces connected by boulevards, three city park boards were chartered by the state, the Lincoln, South and West Park Commissions.

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva MoskowCity's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowcity panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

Charter schools in New York City receive almost $ 5,000 less per student each year than traditional schools, according to a study to be released today by researchers at the University of Arkansas.

NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson is supporting a bill that would create a commission to take on more extensive charter review, parallel to a commission proposed by the mayor in his State of the City address.

In many cases, the groups — ranging from supporters of charter schools or proponents of public school spending — are waging battle in order to flip control of the chamber and are being spurred by issues that primarily impact New York City.

Also at 11 a.m., the City of Mount Vernon Department of Law Corporation Counsel Lawrence R. Porcari will hold a press conference to announce new anti-corruption and public ethics measures, which include full funding of an independent Inspector General as required by Mount Vernon charter, City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon.

In the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margin.

This past April, a weary press corps traveling with Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrived by chartered jet in the storied city of Havana, Cuba.

«Once again, New York City's public charter schools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah KittreCity's public charter schools are driving the gains made by the city's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittrecity's highest - need students,» said Families for Excellent Schools CEO Jeremiah Kittredge.

Reinvent Albany Asks Charter Revision Commission to Better Disclose and Limit Contributions to City - Affiliated Nonprofits by Donors Doing Business with the City Recommends Commission Phase in Campaign Finance Reform Because of Unprecedented 2021 Election Activity Due to Term Limits Reinvent Albany delivered testimony to the mayor - convened New York City Charter Revision Commission this evening, calling -LSB-...]

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

The opening of 519 absentee ballots flipped the outcome to a 10 - vote spread against a new charter that would have dissolved the commission form of government in favor of one run by a city manager.

As part of a deal to renew mayoral control of New York City schools, state and city leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opeCity schools, state and city leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opecity leaders will allow the reuse of 22 charter contracts that have been revoked or surrendered by charter schools that closed or never opened.

Assigning house numbers is an obscure duty of the city's borough presidents, one of the few actual powers they have retained since the position was declawed by the revised City Charter in 1city's borough presidents, one of the few actual powers they have retained since the position was declawed by the revised City Charter in 1City Charter in 1990.

The Board shall consist of not more than fifty persons appointed by the Borough President in accordance with applicable provisions of the City Charter.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Mr. Blake has emerged as one of the mayor's Democratic critics, having stood by e-hail app Uber and charter schools in the face of attacks from City Hall.

We are guided by Article Seven in the City Charter and we are guided by best practices.

To perform all duties as prescribed in the City Charter and any other duties prescribed under law; to receive Calendars and notices of meeting of all City Agencies required to refer matters to the Community Boards pursuant to the City Charter and to inform the Board members of such Calendars and notices; to attend any meetings required by the Mayor and / or the Borough President pursuant to the City Charter or to designate his / her representative or representatives to attend.

Pursuant to the City Charter, the nomination of candidates in the election will be by independent nominating petition, rather than through a party primary.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

(Gov. Cuomo told business leaders that the state would step in to pay the rent of city charter schools denied free space under a crackdown by Mayor De Blasio, according to two sources.

She later also suggested that if the mayor's commission failed to take up the proposal, a separate Charter Revision Commission being created by the City Council, through a bill co-sponsored by James, could step in.

Though prior instant runoff proposals originating in the City Council have failed, the group of electeds and advocates sought to seize on an opportunity presented by the mayor's creation of the Charter Revision Commission.

The charter issue became an unexpected budget battle after Mayor de Blasio stripped $ 210 million in capital funding from the city's charter schools and rescinded co-location agreements with three charters operated by former City Councilwoman Eva Moskowcity's charter schools and rescinded co-location agreements with three charters operated by former City Councilwoman Eva MoskowCity Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz.

Recently, Ms. Moskowitz and a charter lobbying organization with which she is closely associated, Families for Excellent Schools, have criticized the Education Department as not doing more to address violence and physical abuse by teachers in the city's regular public schools.

Also under the deal, if a new charter approved by the city includes a request for space inside existing city buildings, the city would have five - months to make a «reasonable» co-location offer or pay for private space, the sources said.

The city's Panel for Educational Policy, dominated by mayoral appointees, voted 8 to 4 at its March 1 meeting at Brooklyn Technical HS to co-locate a new charter school in Bedford - Stuyvesant's already - cramped PS 308, infuriating the school's parents, students and teachers.

They're opposing a casino by demanding the gambling section of the city charter be amended to ban casinos in the Flower Ccity charter be amended to ban casinos in the Flower CityCity.

Charter advocates, who feel they have gotten short - shrifted by the city and state, say they would look to run candidates to grab control of the community boards, whose elections would be held in May 2018.

The Charter Revision Commission, the panel appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to consider changes to the city constitution, plans to take a serious look at a proposal that would eliminate the need for voters to make a second trip to the polls for runoff elections.

De Blasio's power over city schools has already been somewhat diminished by the new pro-charter state law dictating how the city must accommodate charters in both public and private space.