Sentences with phrase «city charter includes»

This private stingray city charter includes round - trip transport from the port, with snorkeling stops at the World Famous Stingray City Sandbar, Our Secret Reef, Kaibo and Starfish Point.

This private stingray city charter includes round - trip transport from the port, with snorkeling stops at the World Famous Stingray City Sandbar & Our Secret Reef.

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Each city's version of the program would be unique, but presumably each would include a charter school as well as intensive preschool programs, after - school tutoring, and family counseling.

The governor is reportedly pressing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to settle the city's charter school issues — including three lawsuits — so the state doesn't have to step in.

Also at 11 a.m., the City of Mount Vernon Department of Law Corporation Counsel Lawrence R. Porcari will hold a press conference to announce new anti-corruption and public ethics measures, which include full funding of an independent Inspector General as required by Mount Vernon charter, City Hall, 1 Roosevelt Square, Mount Vernon.

Include Independents To The Editor: As the coordinator of the Queens Independence Club, I testified on Wednesday night at a public hearing of the Mayor's appointed New York City Charter Revision Commission encouraging the Commission to put an a More...

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

At 11 a.m, public charter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Mancharter school leaders, including Eva Moskowitz, founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» ManCharter Schools, join parents on the City Hall steps to demand that de Blasio «act immediately to resolve (their) open space requests,» Manhattan.

De Blasio's Charter Revision Commission — which includes several donors to his campaigns, according to the New York Post — can propose changes to the city's governing document later this year on which New Yorkers would then vote.

De Blasio is creating a task force to grapple with the space crisis in the city's school system — and is including supporters of charters.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

Also under the deal, if a new charter approved by the city includes a request for space inside existing city buildings, the city would have five - months to make a «reasonable» co-location offer or pay for private space, the sources said.

The Queens Borough Board's evaluation of the proposed amendments is part of a six - month citywide public review process that began in late September as mandated by the City Charter, and includes separate reviews by Community Boards and Borough Presidents, as well as by the City Planning Commission around mid-December.

SUNY holds authority for the authorization of 38 Success Academy charter schools in New York City, including several that have yet to open.

He said negotiations failed around three major issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, a potential cost shift from public schools to charter schools and a real estate tax abatement program in New York City.

Under the City Charter, the mayor nominates department heads, including the police commissioner, and the Common Council is responsible for vetting and confirming them.

Success Academy is the city's largest charter network, with 36 schools citywide, including 19 in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

A diverse coalition of charter advocates rallied at City Hall on Friday to raise the cap, including several small independent charter operators who don't usually ally themselves with larger organizations, such as Families for Excellent Schools.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

At nearly the same time, about a thousand members of the city teachers union arrived in Albany to rally for more education aid and against Cuomo's plans, which include tougher teacher evaluations and more charter schools.

Cuomo's plan also shifts at least $ 56 million in costs to New York City — but also includes more than $ 400 million in funding increases for the city, and would lift the cap that prevents charter schools from expanding in the five borouCity — but also includes more than $ 400 million in funding increases for the city, and would lift the cap that prevents charter schools from expanding in the five boroucity, and would lift the cap that prevents charter schools from expanding in the five boroughs.

Meanwhile, on the thorny issue of charter school funding — a tuition aid un-freeze that would see aid increase by $ 1,500 per student paid out by a school district — a potentially large hit for any locality, including $ 200 million for New York City — the proposal would be to have flat funding for charters this year.

During his fifth annual «State of the City» address at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, de Blasio unveiled a 10 - point «DemocracyNYC» plan that includes the creation of a Charter Review Commission that will reform the city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2City» address at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, de Blasio unveiled a 10 - point «DemocracyNYC» plan that includes the creation of a Charter Review Commission that will reform the city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2city's campaign finance system and a CDO who will lead a series of initiatives to get 1.5 million New Yorkers registered to vote by 2022.

Despite Mr. de Blasio's «no way in hell» remark, the governor went on to enact a budget deal that barred the city from charging charter schools — Ms. Moskowitz's schools included.

Specifically, they said that Mayor Bill de Blasio's Charter Revision Commission, which just began a series of public hearings across the city, should include it among the proposals it puts before voters on the ballot this November.

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The City School District of Albany has scheduled a public hearing Thursday at William S. Hackett Middle School at 6 p.m. to hear public comment on the applications, including one proposal that would create a new 400 - student charter elementary school in Albany.

«As parents and as a community, we have to be open to all possibilities, but my position is that charter schools are just one possibility,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

She has also had a few bumps, including her controversial decision to revoke offers of city space from three charter schools.

Mayor de Blasio is creating a task force to grapple with the space crisis in the city's school system — and is including supporters of charters.

Records show board members at the growing Success Academy, which runs 22 charters in the city, have given $ 375,367 to Cuomo's re-election campaign — including $ 90,000 since de Blasio won the mayor's race last year.

Its charter is to «review all city information policies, including but not limited to, policies regarding public access to city produced or maintained information, particularly, computerized information; (ii) the quality, structure, and costs to the public of such information; (iii) agency compliance with the various notice, comment, and hearing provisions of the charter and other laws applicable to city agencies; and (iv) the usefulness and availability of city documents, reports, and publications.»

But Buery noted that more charters applied to offer pre-K this year, and he has repeatedly said he wants to include many charters in the city's pre-K program.

They include continued mayoral control of New York City schools and raising the cap on charter schools.

Those overtures offended many in largely Democratic New York City — including some charter backers who deemed anything but blanket condemnation of the new administration as inadequate.

As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.

They have offices in six cities across the state, and now regularly advocate for an agenda that includes ending the school - to - prison pipeline, increasing funding for community schools and pre-kindergarten programs, and railing against the expansion of privately - run charter school networks, what Easton calls the «privatization» of public education.

In 2006, she founded Harlem Success Academy, which grew into the Success Academy charter - school network that today includes 46 schools across the city.

The GOP - controlled Senate warned it's prepared to leave without extending the mayor's authority over New York City schools if the Democratic - controlled Assembly refuses to negotiate on its priorities, which include more charter schools.

Part of his recent deal with the state Legislature to extend mayoral control of city schools included significant concessions to charter schools.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

Meanwhile his allies on the left, including City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James, filed a suit against the city for allowing the 14 charter co-locatiCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James, filed a suit against the city for allowing the 14 charter co-locaticity for allowing the 14 charter co-locations.

(New York, NY)-- A new audit released today of the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found unauthorized expenditures that include travel, $ 16,000 spent on MetroCards that could not be accounted for and thousands in overpayments to the principal.

The County Executives Association includes the chief elected leaders from the 18 county governments with charter forms of government that include a County Executive, plus the mayor of the City of New York.

After sparring with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, charter - school advocates found an ally in Governor Andrew Cuomo this year, and the current state budget included sweeping policy changes that boosted the sector, especially in New York City.

Flanagan (R - LI) has called for extending mayoral control for five years, but only in concert with other provisions — including lifting the city's cap on the number of charter schools.

See Section 82 of the City Charter — included under the powers of the Borough President: «11.

Influential charter school leaders, including Success Academy founder and longtime de Blasio foe Eva Moskowitz, urged de Blasio to hand them space in city classrooms in a strident letter sent to City Hall Thurscity classrooms in a strident letter sent to City Hall ThursCity Hall Thursday.

The one - year extension was tied to opaque language about the State University of New York's regulatory authority over the charters it oversees — which include the city's major networks.