Sentences with phrase «by local community boards»

While the de Blasio administration hopes to implement Mandatory Inclusionary Housing by the summer, the proposal has been met with resistance by local community boards and politicians across the boroughs.

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

We currently have a process that will take into consideration Manhattan's West Side community as represented by the local Community Board, elected officials and City Hall.

The Domino Sugar proposal was overwhelmingly voted down by the local community board in March, but has received praise from both Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.

Not exact matches

In terms of in - store innovations, the company made a big splash last year by launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.

Florida's High Tech Corridor spans 23 counties across the state, connected by three research universities, more than 20 local and regional economic development organizations, 14 community and state colleges, 12 regional workforce boards, countless industry groups and the thousands of innovative companies that call this region home.

Said Williams, «I am honoured to be appointed to my new position at Alberta Enterprise by the Board and look forward to continuing to foster the growth of a local venture capital community and their investments into innovation and technology in the province of Alberta, creating jobs and contributing to diversifying Alberta's economy.»

According to Julie Menin, chairwoman of community board 1 in lower Manhattan, the community center, called Cordoba House, was approved by the local community in a vote of 29 to 1 in May 2010.

In many cases a labor union, the local Chamber of Commerce, a realty board, a mayor's commission, the P.T.A., or some community organization may be the key to the solution of some local problem, or the means by which «the secular relevance of the gospel» can be made manifest.

«Chief Collaboration Officer Rodney Youckton, as well as other executive team members, leads by example and sit on local nonprofit boards such as Community Youth Services, the Boys & Girls Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters or United Way,» Miles says.

Paul's life has been dedicated to community service, as evidenced by the numerous local and Citywide Boards of which he is a member.

Many people believe education is best run at the local level because school boards and school officials better serve the public when they are able to be held accountable by the local community they serve; when the decision - makers have local roots, many believe they do a better job than a monolithic federal bureaucracy hundreds or thousands of miles away.

«By requiring the appointment of two community members on the seven - person board, this legislation recognizes and ensures that the importance of local representation is honored.

This legislation guarantees for the first time in the Battery Park City Authority's history that the Board will be reflective of, and responsive to the needs of the local community by requiring at least two members of the Board be residents of Battery Park City.

In Queens, Sanders is being challenged in a Democratic primary by Adrienne Adams, a local community board chairwoman who has the backing of the Queens Democratic Party.

Joined by over one hundred community members, Senator Klein celebrated and honored local Jewish Americans including: Judith Sonnett, community activist; Hector Goldman, World War II Veteran; Michael Heller, Bronx Community Board # 8 District Manager; Ken and Cochava Dubin, Owners of The Corcommunity members, Senator Klein celebrated and honored local Jewish Americans including: Judith Sonnett, community activist; Hector Goldman, World War II Veteran; Michael Heller, Bronx Community Board # 8 District Manager; Ken and Cochava Dubin, Owners of The Corcommunity activist; Hector Goldman, World War II Veteran; Michael Heller, Bronx Community Board # 8 District Manager; Ken and Cochava Dubin, Owners of The CorCommunity Board # 8 District Manager; Ken and Cochava Dubin, Owners of The Corner Cafe.

The Borough President's budget office prepared these priorities after reviewing information supplied by the borough's 14 Community Boards and by local organizations seeking City funding.

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.

So far the project has been allocated $ 30,000 in funding by local Councilman Carlos Menchaca for next financial year and they are working with Friends of Community Board 6 as a fiscal sponsor, Baker said.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point — The Stony Point Town Board convened on April 9 to discuss recent developments in Sandy aid to affected areas of the town, explaining application procedures for federal assistance and progress with local communities.

As part of the agreement, the Yankees also created a Community Benefits Fund, controlled by a volunteer board, that would give out $ 800,000 a year in grants to local community groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccouCommunity Benefits Fund, controlled by a volunteer board, that would give out $ 800,000 a year in grants to local community groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccoucommunity groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccounted for.

On Tues., July 24th, New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, was joined by city agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildings.

The county machine, headed by Congressman Joseph Crowley, today announced it was backing local community board chairwoman Adrienne Adams in her bid to unseat Mr. Sanders in the September Democratic primary.

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«An organization that brings over 25,000 people to our neighborhoods should show us respect by sharing its routes with community boards and local elected officials and working together with us well in advance to determine how we can mitigate the negative impacts of this bar crawl on our local communities and small retail businesses, whose annual sales depend heavily on this time of year,» Hoylman added.

Community board members are selected by the borough president, and half of them are nominated by local City Council members.

Picente said the project, which helps local teachers inspire and educate students in key skill areas needed by local high - growth employers, is supported by the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties, Workforce Investment Board, Mohawk Valley EDGE, BOCES and National Grid.

All Community Board appointees are required to re-apply at the conclusion of each two - year term and are subject to review and reconsideration by local elected officials.

While neighborhood residents and preservationists are up in arms over the planned construction of a soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, an aggressive lobbyist effort by Major League Soccer is working the system by targeting everyone from local Community Boards right up to Mayor Bloomberg himself.

Director of Queens Community Boards Barry Grodenchik also received the first union endorsement of the race when he was backed by Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the largest union in the borough by the candidate's count.

RCPHS members along with our Advisory Board member Ed Day (Rockland County Executive) attended this local event to support the fine work done by the Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland organization.

OOC is governed by a volunteer, 24 - member Board of Directors comprised of local business and community leaders who strive for economic growth policies which result in project development.

Local opponents will have a key opportunity to express their concerns at a public discussion held by Community Board 2 next Monday.

Holbein looked at local school board races from 2004 - 2012 in North Carolina communities where schools failed to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) as defined by the 2001 federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

Current enforcement measures are proving unsuccessful and more needs to be done to bring local communities, which live in close proximity to the species on - board, by rewarding them for conserving wildlife.

A nine - member Newark Educational Success Board, whose members include parents, students, and business and community leaders appointed by the mayor and governor, has been tasked with developing a plan that will restore local control as soon as possible.

If there is not a student board, the rewards are paid by the local community or state program.

See, e.g., Coleman, The Struggle for Control of Education, in Education and Social Policy: Local Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&raqLocal Control of Education 64, 77 - 79 (C. Bowers, I. Housego & D. Dyke eds.1970); J. Conant, The Child, The Parent, and The State 27 (1959)(«Unless a local community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&raqlocal community, through its school board, has some control over the purse, there can be little real feeling in the community that the schools are in fact, local schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...&raqlocal schools...»); Howe, Anatomy of a Revolution, in Saturday Review 84, 88 (Nov. 20, 1971)(«It is an axiom of American politics that control and power follow money...»); R. Hutchinson, State - Administered Locally Shared Taxes 21 (1931)-LRB-» [S] tate administration of taxation is the first step toward state control of the functions supported by these taxes...»).

By focusing on raising student achievement through strong local governance and by actively engaging the community, school boards provide leadership for academic success in our public schoolBy focusing on raising student achievement through strong local governance and by actively engaging the community, school boards provide leadership for academic success in our public schoolby actively engaging the community, school boards provide leadership for academic success in our public schools.

The school is governed by the Cherokee Charter Academy, Inc., which consists of local community board members: Danny Dukes, Kim Cochran, Susan Imrie, Wendy Prichard, Josh Fuder and Mark Johnson.

Local school boards are breaking new ground in CTE education by making critical connections between the business community and institutions of higher education.

«Today's passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act is a true testament to the unprecedented activism by our nation's 90,000 local school board members, and reflects a strong national interest to restore local governance and community ownership in public education,» said Gentzel.

Thomas J. Gentzel, executive director, National School Boards Association: «Our nation's 90,000 school board members stand together with educators, principals, superintendents, chief state school officers, parents and school business officials to call upon lawmakers to end years of uncertainty and send a final education bill that restores local governance and community ownership to the president's desk by the end of this year.

Among its basic goals, DSBA is dedicated to advancing the quality of Delaware's public schools, promoting efficient and effective administration of those schools and strengthening the tradition of local citizen control through the establishment of education policy by elected and appointed school board members directly accountable to the communities they serve.

NSBA supports charter schools that are authorized by local school boards in their communities.

KIPP regional organizations are governed by a local board of directors, led by an executive director or superintendent, and often partner with neighboring schools and community based organizations.

NSBA supports charter schools that are authorized by the school boards in their local communities.

And that's where local advocates come in — by bringing this issue to the attention of school boards, superintendents, parents and others in the school community.

He could have returned charter schools to their original model as learning labs, run by teachers, not outside businesses, supported by the community, and overseen by parents and the local school board.

Student & Community Focused FCSBM affirms the importance of local control by accountable elected school board members in service to parents, students and taxpayers.