Sentences with phrase «city authorities»

The first task of city authorities in the wake of a terror attack is to hunt down the terrorists and those who have helped them.

Engineers, coastal scientists and city authorities need to know what storm waters can do.

However, when city authorities were not receptive, and the plan was withdrawn.

Over the past year, many city authorities have added local tourism taxes on top of government charges, increasing costs for domestic and international visitors alike.

But alongside government commitments we also need collaborative efforts — from city authorities through to civil society and businesses — to achieve these objectives.

There's even a mobile «app» to report neighbors to city authorities so they can be fined for wasting water.

The New York World's story about two deals cut by the Battery Park City Authority board of directors on former Chairman Bill Thompson's watch that benefited two real estate developers that just so happen to be big contributors to the former NYC comptroller's political campaign raised a lot of eyebrows.

On December 8th, 2017 State Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assemblymembers Deborah Glick and Yuh - Line Niou sent the attached letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to sign S130B / A4002A, which would require residential appointments to the Battery Park City Authority Board.

Series of news reports gathered by Citi News in the last week shows that there is a worsening sanitation crisis in the capital with city authorities struggling to deal with the situation.

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, Charles Palmer - Buckle, has attributed the insanitary conditions in the city to the sense of indiscipline, calling on city authorities to enforce sanitation laws and put in place proactive measures to address the menace.

In early March, the Battery Park City Authority awarded the lease of the pier to Downtown restaurateurs Harry and Peter -LSB-...]

That design was withdrawn after city authorities were unreceptive.

BATTERY PARK CITY — Jim Cavanaugh will step down as president and CEO of the Battery Park City Authority as soon as next month.

Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including two who died, in Bijie, Guizhou province, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing city authorities.

«Researchers at the new Centre will investigate how advanced analytics and visualisation techniques coupled with solutions such as Cloud, stream, and high performance computing, can help city authorities make optimal use of resources and so meet the challenges of our increasingly urbanised world,» said Dr. Katherine Frase, Vice President, Industry Solutions and Emerging Business at IBM Research.

New York: Elected officials join the Battery Park community board to demand that the Battery Park City Authority withdraw its plan to privatize Parks Enforcement Patrol officers with a private security firm.

The Kampala Capital City Authority has undertaken feasibility studies for a light rail system, cable cars and fly - overs as potential solutions to this challenge.

Environmental group DUH sued city authorities in Stuttgart, in Germany's carmaking heartland, and in Duesseldorf over levels of particulate matter exceeding European Union limits.

Beijing city authorities gave Baidu the first batch of licenses to conduct open road test for driverless vehicles.

A Facebook post complaining about a lack of power at a facility in Sunrise led Edwards to notify city authorities, who checked on the Sunrise assisted living facility and found it had been without power for three days after Hurricane Irma.

City authorities recently announced a much needed $ 322 million ($ 300m) renovation, in consideration with the city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics.

It's also a recognition that elected city mayors need to cover a wider area than the tightly bound city authorities they currently have responsibility for.

Speakers at the opening ceremony included Borough President Scott Stringer, Battery Park City Authority Chairman Bill Thompson, BPCA President Gayle Horwitz, City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, Community Board 1 Chairwoman Julie Menin and Downtown Alliance President Liz Berger.

BATTERY PARK CITY — The longtime community center in Stuyvesant High School will remain open, after the Battery Park City Authority tabled its controversial plan to shut it down, officials announced Monday.

However, residents and elected officials — including Silver — contended that the Battery Park City Authority didn't have the right to close the Stuyvesant High School center, because the authority has an «ironclad» agreement with the city to keep it open under a 1987 deal that let the city open the high school in the first place.

During the NYCHA discussion at the debate, Stringer touted his many audits of the housing authority and called for new funding streams, including his push for tens of millions of dollars in Battery Park City Authority proceeds to go toward NYCHA fixes.

Restructuring at the state Thruway Authority and Battery Park City Authority combined have eliminated nearly two dozen jobs, officials confirmed today.

«We believe that it is a matter of urgency and necessity that the Battery Park City Authority reflects the local community,» the elected officials wrote in their letter.

Despite outcry from community groups and some elected officials, the Battery Park City Authority today awarded a 10 - year license to operate the North Cove Marina to two companies with ties to Governor Andrew Cuomo, who controls the authority board.

Baltimore police faxed New York City authorities a warning about Brinsley around 2:45 p.m., Mr. Bratton said.

No Authority Bill Bill Thompson told us he will not take back authority of the Battery Park City Authority if he is elected mayor this year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's almost theatrical frustration with the coverage of his administration's handling of Legionnaires» disease has obscured one aspect of the episode: on the substance, city authorities appear to have gotten the response largely right.

A veteran New York politician is demanding city authorities open a probe into the household of Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin for potential child abuse and neglect.

Sun Wenlin and Hu Mingliang filed a lawsuit against Changsha city authorities after their application to register a union was rejected.

BATTERY PARK CITY — The Battery Park City Authority poured more than $ 300,000 of taxpayer money into open - bar parties, pricey executive lunches and gifts for employees, an investigation by the state Inspector General's office revealed Friday.

Now the pair is advising city authorities across the US and in Europe.

13 Humans need houses too: When Luiz Bispo built his house in a Rio de Janeiro slum out of construction waste last year, city authorities threatened to destroy it.

Last year, the city - state's legislature passed a nonbinding resolution declaring a phase - out of all primate research, and apparently city authorities mean to follow through.

City authorities acknowledge that pinning down accurate dog bite data within the city and county can be a challenge.

I am 23 yrs from Uganda and in Uganda, street dogs are all over the cities and streets.The city authorities poison these strays to death as means of reducing them reducing them which according to is merciless and inhumane, so I am starting a home for the strays in Uganda and welcome anyone interested in giving strays a happy life to work with me to reach this cause.

Over here, City authorities often engage private law firms to act for them due to the cost involved.Thanks for the info Duker.

While the cause of the farm owner's death has yet to be disclosed, there have been no reports of injuries from animal attacks outside the farm, though city authorities are warning the public to be on alert to the unusual threat.

In November 2014, the Casablanca Finance City Authority (CFC)-- a public - private partnership, which is seeking to position itself as a commercial and financial gateway for wider African operations for businesses looking to invest in the region — opened the Casablanca International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CIMAC).

«The state's Battery Park City Authority voted Thursday to approve a 10 - year agreement with Brookfield, which owns an adjacent 8 million - square - foot office and retail complex.

Sanitation in Accra can best be described as one of the worst in the country, despite commitments and pledges to reverse the situation by city authorities.