Sentences with phrase «by city representatives»

She was referring to remarks made by a city representative at a community meeting hosted by State Sen. Gustavo Rivera on Wednesday evening.

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In this regard, Entrepreneur India personally interacted with Revathy Ashok who is not only associated with the Indian Angel Network but is also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Trustee at Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) which works at improving urban governance in the city by engaging both elected representatives as well as citizens.

A tax plan approved by the House of Representatives on Thursday would sharply curtail a federal deduction that millions of Americans can now claim for tax payments to state, county, city and town governments.

GROWTH AND INNOVATION: The Future of Cities Hosted by NBCUniversal Debbie Dingell, US Representative, 12th District of Michigan, United States House of Representatives Jacqueline Hinman, Chair and CEO, CH2M Belinda Johnson, Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer, Airbnb Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Moderator: Leigh Gallagher, Fortune; Author, The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving

Part One is entitled The Crumbling of the City of God, and the primary disintegrative force is science as presented by Locke and other more recent representatives of Polanyi's critical philosophy movement.

Entering the Old City at the historic Jaffa Gate, Demetrios was ceremonially welcomed by the bishops and priests of the Greek Orthodox Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, Israeli government and municipal officials, a police honor guard, six bemedaled consuls - general, representatives of the Roman Catholic, Armenian, Syrian Orthodox and Ethiopian churches, two uniformed Dragomen, a baton tossing drum - major, the Arab Orthodox Boy Scout drum and bugle corps, uniformed schoolgirls, scores of monks, nuns, reporters, cameramen and a smattering of curious tourists.

By filing a lawsuit to set aside the Mexico City policy on the basis of «international law» created outside the American political system, the CRLP has demonstrated that it firmly believes that «international law» (which has little if anything to do with the will of the American people or the representatives they elect to govern them) is nevertheless enforceable against the American people and, ultimately, the people of the world.

«The Deakin University - backed conference, also sponsored by Vic Health and Geelong City Council, banned any industry representatives from attending.

By 8:30 a.m., Townsend was called in to speak in front of a committee of representatives from the city to determine whether or not he had left Johnson off the sheet intentionally to allow an ineligible player to participate.

The Leicester City goalkeeper is said to be changing agents this week to join forces with Luca Bascherini, as reported by The Sun, with the Italian representative having strong links with Old Trafford.

A deal for the Brazilian was gathering pace after his representative, Diogo Kotscho, today said he would speak to City if a bid was accepted by Milan.

City sources now believe the deal could be done by the weekend but they have told Bilbao and Laporte's representatives they don't wont things being dragged out and if it is not done by Monday, they may revert to Evans.

With Manchester United dumped out by Sevilla and Tottenham outmanoeuvred by Juventus, Chelsea's exit means for all the talk of a Premier League resurgence, Liverpool and Manchester City are its only two representatives in the quarter - finals.

[Baby Milk Action comment: In addition to the documentary evidence substantiating the allegations by Syed Aamir Raza, there were contemporary surveys conducted in 33 cities in Pakistan and published as the report Feeding Fiasco, which found evidence from health workers of the activities of company representatives.

There are five pension funds in New York City, which, unlike the state pension fund, are run by boards of trustees comprised of elected and appointed officials and union representatives.

At 10 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic and NYC Councilman Peter Koo, both Queens Democrats, will be joined by representatives of NYC Department for the Aging, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, New York City Housing Agency, and Selfhelp Housing for a panel discussion, Selfhelp Benjamin Rosenthal - Prince Street Innovative Senior Center, 45 - 25 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, Queens.

BASC representatives spoke to children and teachers at a farm run by the charity Farms for City Children about wildlife management and the role of the gamekeeper.

There was no animosity on Saturday when Mrs. Clinton, accompanied by State Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley; Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York; and New York City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, shook hands with mostly black New Yorkers at Junior's, the iconic cheesecake hub on Flatbush Avenue in downtown Brooklyn.

Traditionally, the City Council generally acquiesces to the position taken by the local representative, Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez.

Progressivism, a populist reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative of the will of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election of Senators and ending the corruption of Machine politics in the cities.

Four year later, Ferraro entered the 1978 Democratic primary for the Ninth Congressional District, defeating then - City Councilman Tom Manton, who later succeeded Ferraro in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the longtime Queens Democratic Party boss, by 53 percent to 28 percent.

He then headed indoors for a news conference, where he was accompanied by elected officials, government reform advocates, and representatives of the city Campaign Finance Board.

Ed Miliband will broaden his drive for the devolution of political and economic power to the cities and regions, and away from London, by saying he wants an elected second chamber completely recast as representative of the cities, regions and nations of the UK.

Organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council, the press conference / rally featured five members of the House of Representatives, at least ten state legislators including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and at least six members of the City Council.

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.

This week we're going to take a look at the funding choices made by Margaret Chin and Rosie Mendez, our representatives at City Hall.

At a City Council hearing held by the general welfare and veterans committees, de Blasio administration representatives said they would meet a previous promise to find housing for all military veterans without.

Dromm was joined Tuesday by Ejeris Dixon, a deputy director at the New York City Anti-Violence Project, as well as a representative from Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office.

BY ANDY HUMM Out gay City Councilmember Daniel Dromm of Queens, on October 30, presided over a hearing of the Committee on Education he chairs that heard more than six hours of testimony on bullying in the city public schools, with representatives from the Department of Education (DOE) on the defensive and students and advocates -LSB-City Councilmember Daniel Dromm of Queens, on October 30, presided over a hearing of the Committee on Education he chairs that heard more than six hours of testimony on bullying in the city public schools, with representatives from the Department of Education (DOE) on the defensive and students and advocates -LSB-city public schools, with representatives from the Department of Education (DOE) on the defensive and students and advocates -LSB-...]

Thursday at City Hall, there will be a Student Voter Registration Day press conference held by elected officials, advocacy groups, and school representatives.

With so many scandals of corruption that effect and relate to constituents like me who have practically had to beg for proper representation with regard to honest, ethical city and state government leadership, I should not have to lose my pension, present and future because of false, fake and failed leadership — and the very public representatives who have collectively been the obstacle to fair labor practices and treatment, that now overshadow any corruption and misconduct by the Transit Authority and MTA.

Sponsored in each house by Albany - based representatives, the bill aims to address daytime parking problems for city residents, particularly those in the Center Square neighborhood.

At noon, Sen. Tony Avella will hold a joint press conference with The Humane Society of the United States, fellow elected officials, a representative from the Jane Goodall Institute and others to urge the New York Blood Center to keep its promise to provide lifetime care to a colony of chimpanzees exploited by the center for decades of research and then abandoned, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

An on - going hearing of the controversies surrounding the Centenary City Project by the House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory rowdy as the committee and the guests end up in a fiasco at the hearing.

The suggestion of appointing Andrew Adonis to lead on transport at City Hall is broadly supported by transportation industry representatives.

Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, a Republican from the Utica area, interrupted a news conference this week in New York City being held by Oneida Indian Representative Ray Halbritter to confront him about her client's lawsuit over a pending eviction from his land.

At 9 a.m., actor Gbenga Akinnagbe, NYC Councilman Robert Corny and representatives of the groups Black Lives Matter and The Coalition for African Peace and Justice hold a news conference to call for federal officials to send humanitarian aid and take further action in response to attacks in Nigeria by supporters of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

The task force will be co-chaired by Police Commissioner William Bratton and City Planning Commissioner Carl Weisbrod, and will include representatives from the New York City Police Department, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, the Department of Transportation, the Law Department, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of City Planning, Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, NYC & Company, and Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen.

The amendment, sponsored by Representatives Christopher C. Collins and John J. Faso, both upstate Republicans, would eliminate the burden for the counties — excluding New York City's five boroughs.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

The opposition from the funds is being led by city comptroller John Liu, a Democrat, but Mayor Bloomberg, who also has a representative on the pension fund boards, is standing by the Murdochs.

Members of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices were joined by city council members and representatives from a local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16 ounces.

The representative noted that between 2014 to 2016, New York City Housing Court only ruled that harassment occurred in 2 percent (or less) of cases brought by tenants.

BY MARGARET S. CHIN As your City Council representative, I would like to highlight the significant changes that have been made to the proposed Soho Business Improvement District plan.

A set of recommendations was recently released by a committee made up of representatives from the Rochester City School District, the military community, and various stakeholders from churches, colleges, and community groups.

The panel was made up of commissioners from city agencies and a representative selected by the mayor and the City Council speacity agencies and a representative selected by the mayor and the City Council speaCity Council speaker.

Held on the college's Bronx campus and moderated by BronxNet TV personality Gary Axelbank, the forum featured representatives from the Jacobi Stand - up to Violence (SUV) Program, the Chair of the City Council's Public Safety Committee Councilmember Vanessa Gibson, Ret.

'' Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by representatives from the Erie County Industrial Development Agency («ECIDA»), the Empire State Development Corporation («ESD»), the City of Lackawanna, and Tecumseh Redevelopment Inc. along with numerous other officials and agencies to announce Erie County's acquisition of 148 acres of industrial land at the former Bethlehem Steel site in Lackawanna.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick was joined by County Executive Mark Poloncarz, representatives from the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter # 187 — Commander Ken Speaker, Chairman Bob Segool and Senior Vice Commander Russell Ward, members of the Erie County Legislature, Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, City of Tonawanda Mayor and Air Force veteran Rick Davis, Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Ronald Pilozzi, and Rev. Andrew Abraham, who served in the Persian Gulf War, to unveil the sign and honor Purple Heart recipients.

Unlike in the City Council, black, Latino and Asian representatives are overwhelmingly outnumbered by whites in Albany.