Sentences with phrase «called on the city»

For many, it was a wake - up call on their city's shortcomings that has led to changes, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Following the latest bloody weekend, Chicago Fraternal Order of Police president Michael Shields called on the city to hire more police: «Chicago police officers can't be everywhere.

Highland Park — At an unusual joint meeting this week of the City Council and Park District Board, park commissioners called on the city to give up running the city - owned Highland Park Country Club.

The Puerto Rican groups» resolution calls on the city and Park District to establish a public consultation process to seek alternatives to the restaurant.

At noon, NYC Council Health Chairman Mark Levine and others call on the city to increase tuberculosis funding for the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Also at 1 p.m., state Sen. Tony Avella and residents call on the city to transfer control of a vacant lot to the parks department so that a new park can be created, 39th Avenue and 234th Street, Queens.

A domestic incident call on the city's East Side turned into a hostage situation just before noon, on Sunday.

The Bridge editorial supporting BP Adams» call on the City to move government agency offices from Downtown Brooklyn to Broadway Junction to spur local economic development.

The point of the rally was to call on the city «to finish what they started,» said Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh.

He has called on the city to create 5000 units of affordable housing, with 1000 designated specifically for seniors, in both Inwood and Washington Heights.

The Regional Planning Association is calling on the city to make changes to zoning regulations that could add thousands of housing units and to...

Patch article on Borough President Adams calling on the City to investigate the failure of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to address widespread lead violations.

The governor sharply criticized NYCHA's management and the «maze of bureaucracy» for the dire conditions at the largest public housing authority in North America, housing about 400,000 people, and called on the City Council to make specific requests regarding how to quickly fix the situation.

The governor called on the City Council to make specific requests within two weeks regarding how to fix the issue, or said he would make a decision himself by the time the budget is done April 1.

«On the heels of Mayor de Blasio's re-election, we really call on the city of New York and the mayor to take action and move this project forward.»

News 12 Brooklyn story on BP Adams calling on the City to fund an expansion of Operation Safe Shopper, his security camera initiative for commercial corridors, following the program's success in assisting with the apprehension of a robbery suspect in Crown Heights.

59 Amanda Fries, «Albany Med CEO calls on city's large nonprofits to provide financial assistance,» Albany Times Union, October 19, 2016, http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/ Albany-Med-CEO-calls-on-city-s-large-nonprofits-9984330.php.

Public school parents and other advocates rallied on the steps of City Hall on Thurs., Dec. 7 to call on the city to increase the level of...

The Savo Brothers plan to apply for an exemption to a city rule that says a home can't be occupied unless it faces a mapped street, but Oddo called on the city to refuse the exemption, which the city often grants.

BY ANDY HUMM Members of Queer Nation, which has led the charge among New Yorkers pressuring Russia to repeal its notorious anti-gay laws, are calling on city and state officials to pull their investments in Russia as bad both morally and financially.

Councilmember Mark Levine is calling on the city to ramp up the installation of technology that would reduce the amount of time buses spend waiting at red lights.

Elected officials and advocates previously called on the city and the company to bring the system to the entire city, with Borough President James Oddo writing a letter to Motivate in 2015 to build docks at the St. George ferry terminal, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and in front of the URBY development.

Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney was in Newburgh Thursday, calling on city officials to reverse course and provide funding to prevent firefighter layoffs.

Rachel Barnhart calls on the City of Rochester to do a full accounting of funds it has loaned and granted Morgan Management.

State Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D - Forest Hills) is calling on a city body to install sound barriers near the Fresh Pond Terminal in Ridgewood so residents will not have to hear loud freight trains passing by the neighborhood.

State Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) is calling on the city Department of Health to take responsibility for nuisance raccoons he says are plaguing residents in northeast Queens, but the department has responded that?

At 11:30 a.m., Lhota Will call on the city to open the roads through Freshkills Park at a press conference with Assemblyman Joe Borelli, Yukon Avenue entrance of Freshkills Park at Richmond Avenue, Staten Island.

In a statement, Andrew Berman, the executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, called on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to either reject the rezoning or approve it in conjunction with the creation of a nearby historic district, known as the South Village Historic District.

The UFT Delegate Assembly on Feb. 11 approved one resolution endorsing David Kazansky for election as a teacher - member of the city's Teachers» Retirement Board and another calling on the city Department of Education to restore comprehensive hearing - screening program for young students.

Prompted by the mayor's own proposal for a «five borough» fast ferry system, Borough President James Oddo has been calling on City Hall to study potential dock locations across Staten Island.

New York, NY — Just days after Mayor Bill De Blasio expressed support for cutting ties with the banks behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, New Yorkers will gather to call on City Comptroller Scott Stringer to #DeFundDAPL and divest from risky coal, oil and gas stocks.

The Buffalo Parent Teacher Organization and several other groups are calling on city school members to join a conversation tomorrow.

Wednesday afternoon, the Council's Rules Committee held a hearing on legislation that would mandate that legislative and discretionary funding data be available to the public in a machine readable format, and call on the City Council Speaker to develop a public technology plan for public access to City Council materials and meetings.

The board called on the city council to close the loophole by limiting donations to outside groups and requiring full disclosure of contributors.

The turn in court comes after Ms. James had previously called on the city's lawyers represent, pro bono, children facing deportation cases in the federal government's surge docket, and had promised to do so herself after a refresher on family and immigration law.

Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and others have called on the city to identify other locations the children can be housed.

At 10 a.m., a new report will show black and Latino homeowners in the outer NYC boroughs remain in the grips of the foreclosure crisis because the value of their homes is less than the outstanding balance on their mortgages; Council members will call on the city to use eminent domain to seize «toxic» mortgage and modify them, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

On Friday Joe Lhota and Assembly Member Joe Borelli held a press conference calling on the City to allow Staten Island drivers to use roads inside the now - closed Fresh Kills landfill.

After the DeKalb Avenue episode, Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, called on the city's Independent Budget Office to study the economic impact of subway delays.

Authorities have identified the Syracuse police officer who was involved in a shooting while responding to a call on the city's Near West Side.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, of Brooklyn, called on the city to expand gun purchasing options for the NYPD by adding smart guns to the list of weapons it can purchase.

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli called on the city — namely Mayor Stephanie Miner — to drop the lawsuit.

Also at 11 a.m., wheelchair advocates join taxi, livery, black car and luxury car drivers, base owners and workers to call on the City Council to act on regulating the taxi and for - hire vehicle industry, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Speaker candidates slammed the Housing Authority and its head Shola Olatoye over its lead paint scandal with two calling on the city's Housing Preservation and Development Department to start overseeing the agency the way it does private landlords.

At 4 p.m., Sen. ony Avella will stand with neighbors of a long abandoned home to call on the city address the hazardous disrepair of this property, but also reform the system that has so far failed to address the scourge of abandoned homes in general, 50 - 19 175th Pl., Flushing, Queens.

The mayor and Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda have called Schulkin's claims baseless and demanded he resign, while Staten Island Councilman Joseph Borelli — co-chairman of Trump's New York campaign — called on the City Council's Government Operations Committee to investigate the allegations in its upcoming hearing on Wednesday morning.

Specifically, the senator wanted to know why no one on the mayor's team had responded to a letter he sent in December calling on the city to sue Rivington House's former owner.

Community boards, elected officials and residents have called on the city to develop a management plan for the animals, which the city convened a task force to develop.

City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) is calling on the city Police Department to dismiss all summonses written by a Queens traffic agent whom the councilman alleges was driving recklessly and running stop signs in Whitestone last week.

Next, on Thursday, advocates plan to march in solidarity just before the City Council is to pass a resolution calling on the city and the state to commit to creating 35,000 supportive housing units statewide.