Sentences with phrase «by public advocate»

The city's Law Department issued the extraordinary defense in court papers responding to a lawsuit filed by Public Advocate Letitia James and other plaintiffs to block 36 co-locations initially approved by Bloomberg and later seconded by de Blasio.

In a show of strength and seriousness, Brewer and Chin were joined by Public Advocate Letitia James,

Of the 2,322 apartments in the Tenant Interim Lease program, 38 percent — or 884 — are unoccupied, according to a report by Public Advocate Letitia James.

The march — attended by Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Martin Dilan and a representative for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez — was in protest of increasing harassment of local homeowners and tenants, City Limits reported.

Residents of Ved Parkash's 750 Grand Concourse in the South Bronx filed a raft of lawsuits against the landlord, called the city's worst by Public Advocate Letitia James.

The bill was drafted last year by the public advocate, Letitia James, and the Manhattan borough president, Gale A. Brewer.

Parkash, who owns a lavish Long Island mansion, was declared the city's «worst landlord» by Public Advocate Letitia James in her annual list.

A dozen volunteers assembled by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio went door to door, distributing a thick sheaf of instructions on how to apply for aid.

«There are several potential initiatives on our part to improve our work that's just been ignored by the public advocate, which is really distressing — and one has to question the motivation.»

After a Staten Island grand jury decided in December not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, a request for disclosure of the transcripts and evidence presented to the grand jury was brought before the court by Public Advocate James, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and The New York Post.

They where they were joined by Public Advocate Tish James and Controller Scott Stringer.

He is being sued by Public Advocate Letitia James for allowing the co-locations that he did approve.

Polanco was granted a debate by Public Advocate Letitia James, and the two jousted for an hour Monday evening about James» record, the role of public advocate, and a variety of other issues.

At her somber election party, campaign staffers and surrogates acknowledged they had underestimated voters» deep frustrations with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and demand for a change in leadership — a message seized on early by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, the decisive winner in the race.

MIDTOWN — The city could be forced to shell out nearly $ 44 million in private school tuition after failing to place thousands of kindergarten students with special needs in public schools for next fall, according to a new report by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

More than 50 parents and education activists back a lawsuit filed by Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to overturn all charter school «co-locations» in city - owned buildings approved by de Blasio last month.

He was named as one of the city's worst landlords by public advocate Bill de Blasio in 2010, but was later removed after clearing up violations.

Former city Comptroller Bill Thompson landed third with 13 percent of support, followed by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio at 10 percent and city Comptroller John Liu at 8 percent, the poll found.

Joined by Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, NY State Senators Adriano Espaillat and Liz Krueger and many members of the City Council, Mark - Viverito strongly condemned Trump.

A bill sponsored by Public Advocate Letitia James that bans employers from asking applicants about their salary history was passed by the Council in April.

The heated discussion saw Council members frequently surpassing the one - minute speaking time limit, and being told by Public Advocate Letitia James — who tried to cut members off when their time was up — to continue in general discussion.

She lit into him over term limits — a favorite jab used by the public advocate against her — accusing him of being in favor of overturning them in 2005.

The new law introduced by Public Advocate James will change this outdated traffic law to reflect how all New Yorkers operate and would provide the right of way to pedestrians crossing from a median when a numerical countdown has already begun to count down.

Cynthia Nixon's pointed racial justice argument was echoed a week later by Public Advocate Letitia James, an ally of Governor Cuomo.

Efstathios «Steve» Valiotis ranked third in an annual Top 100 list of worst landlords tallied by Public Advocate Letitia James.

Knight will join six other mayoral appointees on the City Planning Commission, as well as one appointee from each borough president, and one appointee by the public advocate.

CECs are the local representative bodies that help inform education policy decision making and have been highlighted during the «Mayoral Control Forums» held by Public Advocate Letitia James in recent weeks.

Soon, she was joined by Public Advocate Letitia James, herself running for reelection (she won the Democratic primary), whose buoyant personality brought several passersby to laughter.

OpenFOIL builds on recommendations made by Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's 2013 report, «Breaking Through Bureaucracy.»

de Blasio was accompanied by Public Advocate Tish James, Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, Chief Resiliency Officer Dan Zarilli, EDC President James Patchett and Johnathan Gaska, District Manager of Community Board 14.

But this time the topic was brought up voluntarily, by Public Advocate and public - school parent Bill de Blasio.

The caravan of pro-peace demonstrators was led by Public Advocate James.

The letter was co-signed by Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Congressman Adriano Espaillat, and Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez.

'» The article focuses on a new effort by Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio to get NYC agencies to comply with state FOIL -LSB-...]

The case involves an attempt by Public Advocates in San Francisco to compel the state to satisfy the law's requirements that all teachers of core subjects be highly qualified, and if some are not, that less - qualified teachers not be employed disproportionately in poor and minority areas.

Earlier this year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson ruled that charters can not require volunteer hours after a report by Public Advocates found that a third of charters illegally required forced work hours (including Rocketship).

• EdSource has reported extensively on the reports by Public Advocates, the ACLU, Education Trust - West and Californians Together that have uncovered inadequate reporting or improper uses of supplemental and concentration money.

Not exact matches

«We were encouraged by many pieces of the bill that align with what we've been saying, in particular a ban on paid prioritization and blocking are things we have advocated for,» says Althea Erickson, Etsy's head of public policy.

Jarrett Walker, a prominent public transit advocate and consultant, entered the fray by describing Musk's disdain for public transit as «a luxury (or pathology) that only the rich can afford,» and accusing him, in essence, of attempting to impose his phobia of strangers on everyone.

The documents were obtained by NYC Park Advocates through a public - records request and shared with the newspaper.

New York City Parks Advocates had argued the event was taking away public space from, well, the public, by setting up on Damrosch Park, an area of greenery on the Lincoln Center compound.

Famous Author and public advocate of alternative healing speaks to CNBC's Brian Sullivan about how to create a peaceful, joyful world by managing time and technology.

Election - integrity advocates nationwide are celebrating a decision by a New York state appeals court that classifies electronic ballot images as public records.

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

Further, it is understood that emphasis should be on recruitment of Directors who bring more than credentials or designations by contributing to a culture that accelerates business success by advocating and influencing public policy, developing business leaders, connecting businesses and presenting thought leaders.

If the economy does recover and the unemployment rate decreases, they should be praised for not making the massive cuts to critical public services advocated for by, Jason Kenney, the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservative Party.

The Charlotte Chamber is a membership, volunteer - led organization that creates competitive advantage by growing the economy, advocating pro-business public policies and delivering innovative programs and services.

At the same time, the community should advocate for necessary change and self - regulate in areas where there are significant risks of public harm that have not been addressed by current law.

Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»