Sentences with phrase «city budget work»

In your campaign, you promised to make the city budget work better for constituents.

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Cities and states across the country are working hard to overcome the double whammy of an economic slump and a fiscal budget crunch.

The difference between Chelsea, Man City, Man United and us, is that they have an unlimited amount of wealth to splash out when they fail to achieve a top - four finish, whereas we work within stricter budgets.

A criticism often aimed at Guardiola is that he hasn't had to work too hard to win trophies having twice inherited world class squads with Barcelona and Bayern Munich and joining a club with an endless transfer budget in Manchester City.

Manchester City have already sent out a chilling message to their rivals that large sums of cash splashed on superstars can make you an overnight title contender, with the Eastlands outfit heading into the New Year level on points with arch-rivals Manchester United at the summit, so the hear their assistant manager Brian Kidd claim the team will only get stronger in 2011 will be of alarming news to their competitors, who are working on more limited budgets and will find it harder and harder to maintain pace with City as the club continue their relentless pursuit of major honours.

Officials said they had no idea what it will cost to restore the ceilings, but figure it won't be easy to find money to do the work, with the city in the midst of a budget crisis.

This week, members of the New York City Transparency Working Group sent a letter to The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey thanking them for publishing their budget online in a machine - readable format.

Watertown city council members were at work at a budget hearing Tuesday night trying to balance sewer and water costs.

The state should work to release $ 200 million in funding that was allocated to NYCHA in last year's budget, but which it has not yet received, Dean Fuleihan, the city's first deputy mayor, said at a City Hall news conferecity's first deputy mayor, said at a City Hall news confereCity Hall news conference.

The city budget passed last year included a 2.5 percent cost - of - living adjustment, and in January the de Blasio administration announced that municipal workers and those working for contracted agencies will earn $ 15 an hour by the end of 2018.

Voters in the 19th Congressional district are being offered a choice between longtime resident John Faso with a proven track record of cutting budgets, lowering taxes, and working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and a radical New York City academic, with no roots in the district, who supports higher taxes, the Iran Nuclear Deal, and ever larger government in Washington.

The next mayor is facing a daunting multibillion - dollar bill for retroactive pay hikes because the entire city - labor force has been working for more than two years under expired contracts, the Independent Budget Office warned yesterday.

He also previously served in the city budget office and worked for U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) prior to that.

The city is losing about $ 10 million per week on parking ticket revenue because of the NYPD work slowdown, according to the Citizens Budget Commission.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that he was going to add $ 305 million to New York City's capital budget to speed up work on Water Tunnel No. 3 so that it would be able to serve Brooklyn and Queens.

That was a big enough figure for councilors to be concerned and call a special committee meeting, but school Superintendent Sharon Contreras wrote a letter to councilors saying the district can «effectively manage» its budget and that the land bank is a «positive force» for the city and should continue its work.

As the budget nears its deadline of April 1, city commissioners have been working their way through Albany to make their case for funding to combat homelessness and improve public housing.

Mulgrew said the work the union and its members did to help shape the state budget should help protect New York City public schools from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her privatization agenda.

He continued, «Instead of looking for a handout and attempting to balance its budget on the backs of the hard - working men and women who travel to work in New York City each day, the MTA would be better served by engaging in internal cost - cutting measures and proven budgetary practices that actually make fiscal sense.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Amid debate, the Rockland County Legislature's Planning & Public Works and Budget & Finance committees approved an extension of their agreement with the law firm of Harris Beach, PLLC to continue litigation stemming from a particularly difficult lawsuit filed against the county by West Gate Landscaping, Inc..

After graduating, he worked as a budget analyst in the city controller's office until he was elected to the Assembly in 2000.

Vladimer, now 30, works for New York City's Independent Budget Office and contacted the Huffington Post recently.

He says the tax cap would work in the same way as it does in school budgets, requiring city voters to approve budgets that surpass the tax cap.

During nearly four hours of questioning at a state budget hearing on transportation spending, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota assured Senate and Assembly members that an $ 836 million «subway action plan» launched last summer to fix the city's subway system is improving service, although he admitted there still is plenty of work still to do.

«Keeping New York City the safest big city in the country is a core priority for Mayor de Blasio, and this Administration already began in last year's budget the work of increasing NYPD force levels through civilianizatCity the safest big city in the country is a core priority for Mayor de Blasio, and this Administration already began in last year's budget the work of increasing NYPD force levels through civilianizatcity in the country is a core priority for Mayor de Blasio, and this Administration already began in last year's budget the work of increasing NYPD force levels through civilianization.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

The budget appropriates $ 250 million for the NYCHA and grants it design - build authority, but creates an independent monitor chosen by the New York City Council and NYCHA tenants who will work with the New York City comptroller.

His wife, Debbie, served as deputy chief of staff to the indicted Mr. Silver and now works under the city's budget director, Dean Fuleihan.

City lawmakers are working to restore a «clean streets» — as in less strewn with trash — program which, unnoticed by them, was cut from the 2012 budget by former mayor James Sottile.

«I'm going to work hard with the council over the next couple of weeks to get our budget straight and get our city in the best position that it can be in.»

With the state government deadlocked in a budget battle as the legislative calendar draws to a close, Mayor Noam Bramson is working with the four state representatives of New Rochelle in Albany to sneak through last minute legislation authorizing the City of New Rochelle to tear down the Naval Armory in New Rochelle.

De Blasio said he was going to add $ 305 million to New York City's capital budget to speed up work on Water Tunnel No. 3 so that it would be able to serve Brooklyn and Queens.

The next mayor of NYC is facing a multibillion - dollar bill for retroactive pay hikes because the entire city - labor force has been working for more than two years under expired contracts, the Independent Budget Office warned.

The New York Times: «Cuomo, who should be using his power to make New York City more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).&raCity more hospitable to working - class and middle - class families, has instead slipped a little poison into his executive budget that could cripple the city's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).&racity's ambitious efforts to build affordable housing... It's not a stretch to call this sabotage (of de Blasio's agenda).»

Cuomo insisted the state is working with the city of Albany to help shore up its financial considerations amid yet another budget shortfall.

De Blasio, meanwhile, is skeptical Cuomo's plan for rescuing the New York City Housing Authority as approved in the state budget will work.

Nonprofit providers who operate shelters and provide homeless prevention and aftercare services, who have been agitating for across - the - board contract increases from the de Blasio administration as part of this year's budget, said they were concerned about how the city planned to fund what amounts to a broadening of their work.

«New York City had a tremendous amount at stake in this state budget, from dangerous cuts that would have imperiled key city services, to real opportunities to fight inequality and lift up working people,» Mr. de Blasio said in a statemCity had a tremendous amount at stake in this state budget, from dangerous cuts that would have imperiled key city services, to real opportunities to fight inequality and lift up working people,» Mr. de Blasio said in a statemcity services, to real opportunities to fight inequality and lift up working people,» Mr. de Blasio said in a statement.

«We will be working very hard together with Mayor Bloomberg to push Albany for a state budget that is fair and equitable to New York City, because the fact of the matter is our city budget depends on getting our fair share from the state.&raCity, because the fact of the matter is our city budget depends on getting our fair share from the state.&racity budget depends on getting our fair share from the state.»

City Council President - elect Carmella Mantello in a letter to the council called for delaying the final budget adoption vote until Dec. 1, the deadline set in the city charter, to provide more time to work on the budCity Council President - elect Carmella Mantello in a letter to the council called for delaying the final budget adoption vote until Dec. 1, the deadline set in the city charter, to provide more time to work on the budcity charter, to provide more time to work on the budget.

Veteran Alderman Bob Senor (D - Ward 8) praised much of Gallo's work with the council, including the passage of a zero - growth city budget that contained no service cuts.

«Since the recent financial crisis and recession, the City Council has worked aggressively to control spending and manage the city's budget in a fiscally responsible manner while protecting vital services,» they sCity Council has worked aggressively to control spending and manage the city's budget in a fiscally responsible manner while protecting vital services,» they scity's budget in a fiscally responsible manner while protecting vital services,» they said.

Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who chairs the chamber's Committee for the Aging, said she's already working to have the city include funds in the city's executive budget which de Blasio did not include in his preliminary financial plan.

Walsh, in the budget proposal, said the city could cut spending in areas such as social security, medical insurance, parks conservancy, the department of public works and city employee, police and fire retirement systems.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)

If liberals do not strive to work with Walsh as mayor, their ideas will go not to the city's laws or budget, but rather into the journals of disgruntled Perez Williams supporters.

City Hall officials have also called on Cuomo to release $ 200 million for public housing included in last year's state budget and authorize the de Blasio administration to employ «design - build,» a process of combining design and construction work, which they say would expedite repairs by at least 12 months.

This is the second year that Rikers Island has seen significant investment from the city in the budget plan, and despite continued problems there, Mr. de Blasio said he felt that the money and the new programs it is paying for were working.

«As we work toward a more inclusive, transparent city government, I am excited for 22 Council districts to take part in the participatory budgeting — more than doubling our participation from the previous cycle.

I will continue to work with my colleagues in the City Council to ensure that parks projects will be completed on time and within their budget.