Sentences with phrase «city government during»

I'm a Brooklynite; I believe the city government during the Bloomberg years became less and less fair to the outer boroughs... I think I've made clear what it looks like to have a five - borough government that respects every borough.»

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During Monday's question period in the House of Commons, Duceppe claimed that after months of negotiations between Ottawa and the Liberal government of Jean Charest in Quebec City, a draft agreement to resolve the dispute awaited only the signature of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

Figures released by the Mexican government showed there were 336 homicides in the city during the first five months of 2015 — a 63 % increase over the same period in 2014.

During the day, I am often moving between meetings, about 50 percent with City government colleagues and partners working on City tech projects, and 50 percent with startups, organizations, and individuals in the tech community.

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

St Woolos Cathedral's website outlines the main areas of prayer: «Pray for good order and harmony for the city during the Summit, Pray for the Summit itself - to be positive and productive, Pray for peace and for wise government throughout the world, Pray for the nations, particularly those currently experiencing war and trouble.»

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says that more women politicians on the state and local levels would lead to better government accountability, especially during a time when men are behaving badly in both New York City and Albany.

During his service as Mayor of the City of Syracuse and at the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, he has displayed a keen understanding of the challenges facing local governments and the ability to implement innovative solutions.

«The advocates who were so verbal and litigious during my tenure as a spokeswoman for city government are now so completely in bed with these failing leaders, they don't dare do the same negative press or file lawsuits which cost city taxpayers millions of dollars,» she wrote.

Also at 11 a.m., NYC Councilmen Mark Levine and Carlos Menchaca, along with Reps. Yvette Clarke and Adriano Espaillat, call on the federal government to require ICE agents to wear body cameras during field operations and removal proceedings, City Hall Park, Manhattan.

The moment was in contrast to last week's blow up when Skelos stormed out of the meeting claiming that «another branch of government» was pushing New York City issues in the budget talks (There is no doubt he was referring to Silver, who has confounded Republicans during budget negotiations for 20 years now).

New York's state Legislature chose not pass the urgent pleas of local governments including Rockland County, the City of Long Beach, Suffolk and Nassau counties, Buffalo and Newburgh during the 2012 legislative session that ended last week.

Syracuse, NY - In a State of the City Address that included the word «crisis» at least six times, Mayor Stephanie Miner laid out her vision tonight for making city government smaller, smarter and more effective during her second year in offCity Address that included the word «crisis» at least six times, Mayor Stephanie Miner laid out her vision tonight for making city government smaller, smarter and more effective during her second year in offcity government smaller, smarter and more effective during her second year in office.

During his speech, Johnson warned that the city is facing the prospect of «massive, massive cuts» to infrastructure funding that the city receives from the federal government.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An otherwise friendly mayoral race soured during tonight's debate when one candidate questioned the need for another's job in city government.

The announcement of the suit came a day after Mr. de Blasio visited Rikers for the first time during his 13 years in city government, touting reform policies.

«I want to give credit to the important alliance between the advocates and the people who work in government,» Dr. Mary T. Bassett, the city's health commissioner, said during the March 15 official reopening of the clinic, which is located at 303 Ninth Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets.

Tensions between upstate state senators and the mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany when lawmakers questioned the mayor for more than five hours.

Mayor Koch's personal secretary and his first deputy mayor will spend most of their time at Gracie Mansion this week as the seat of city government shifts several miles uptown during Mr. Koch's recuperation from a minor stroke.

Ben Carson, who took Trump on a tour of blighted neighborhoods in Detroit during the presidential campaign, including his boyhood home, has been chosen by the president - elect to oversee one of the government's main efforts to lift American cities as HUD secretary.

«We come in the spirit of cooperation and creativity and flexibility and we will work with the federal government,» Cuomo said during remarks at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

A bipartisan group of New York House members — including the first Republican congressman to endorse Trump's candidacy, Buffalo Rep. Chris Collins — urged the federal government to reimburse New York City the $ 25.7 million it spent on protecting Trump Tower during the presidential transition.

During an interview Monday on WSYR - TV, Mahoney blamed Miner's reluctance to discuss a possible merger of city and county governments on the mayor's emotions.

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Topics during the Q&A portion of his press conference included the looming discontinuance of the Rockaway ferry, a broad consideration of his earlier statement about «righting greater wrongs,» what happened to government funding for a ferry obtained by Anthony Weiner and Joe Addabbo, whether there is any City effort to «track down scammers» in the Build it Back program, how satisfied de Blasio is with the pace of Build it Back, whether an updated evacuation plan is contemplated in conjunction with increasing the housing supply in Rockaway and a government memo reported by The Wave which stated that more money was available from FEMA than publicly acknowledged and that such additional funding could be a political liability.

Prior to his time as City Councilman, Thomas served as regional director of government affairs during the Paterson administration.

«Many of the issues that Borough President Stringer has prioritized during his time in office hold resonance beyond Manhattan's borders,» said Gelman, explaining that Stringer frequently visits out - of - borough civic and community organizations to discuss his ideas for everything from improving the city's transportation network to government transparency.

During the White Plains federal corruption trial of Halloran (R - Queens), defense lawyer Vinoo Varghese tried to shoot down the government's claims that the pol in 2012 offered to dole out $ 80,000 in no - show city consulting work on a Queens YMCA to the wire - wearing undercover agent in exchange for funds to boost what would be a failed congressional run by Halloran.

Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.

The state's enabling legislation would likely describe the general outlines of how the city - county government would operate and would call for a public referendum on the merger during the next general election.

Like the Citizens Union, I've come to value government accountability, transparency, and citizen participation during my 20 years of non-profit and small business work, and I look forward to working with them to uphold those values on the City Council.»

«During my tenure as Temporary President and Majority Leader of the Senate, we've passed five consecutive on - time budgets and ended the dysfunction and chaos that existed when New York City Democrats ran our entire state government,» he said.

During his more than four decades in government, Commissioner Scoppetta put his remarkable intelligence and his considerable managerial and leadership experience to work on behalf of the people of this City, first as a prosecutor and then as a deputy mayor and later as the Commissioner who brought much needed reform to the Administration for Children's Services.

«I believe it is fair and appropriate for government to place requirements on a business that has voluntarily entered into an economic development agreement with the city,» explained Quinn, who had been silent on the bill during months of heated debate.

During five years with him, Quinn got a crash course in city government.

Walsh stressed that holding city government accountable is important during his mayoral campaign, promising accountability for police, the Syracuse Land Bank, code enforcement and City Hall, in his platfcity government accountable is important during his mayoral campaign, promising accountability for police, the Syracuse Land Bank, code enforcement and City Hall, in his platfCity Hall, in his platform.

Ms. Malliotakis, who sits in the minority and is one of only two Republican assembly members in the city, ripped Ms. Mark - Viverito for passing legislation that stopped the city from cooperating with the federal government in detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants and for allegedly not covering her heart during the Pledge of Allegiance at a 9/11 ceremony.

A bipartisan group of New York House members — including the first Republican congressman to endorse President Donald Trump's candidacy — urged the federal government Wednesday to reimburse New York City the $ 25.7 million it spent on protecting Trump Tower during the presidential transition.

During his regional State of the State tour in January, the Democratic governor proposed a plan requiring each county outside of New York City to come up with a plan to reduce duplication of government services for efficiency and property - tax savings.

Tensions between upstate Senators and the Mayor of New York City were highlighted during a budget hearing on aid to local governments in Albany, when lawmakers questioned the mayor for over five hours.

During the hearing, members formally introduced the Stop Sexual Harassment in NYC Act, a package of 11 bills aimed at preventing and punishing sexual harassment in much of city government and the private sector.

Article III, Section 7 of the State Constitution states: «No member of the legislature shall, during the time for which he or she was elected, receive any civil appointment from the governor, the governor and the senate, the legislature or from any city government, to an office which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.»

The study recommends government agencies focus efforts on enacting policies and programs to better protect rural households during a drought, such as supporting sustainable agriculture projects in the region, increasing transportation options to access city centers and providing access to insurance and credit schemes.

In the months leading up to and during the 2008 Beijing Olympics (August 8 - 24) and Paralympics (September 6 - 16), the Chinese government launched a series of aggressive measures to improve the city's chronic and notoriously poor air quality.

«No government in the world today has explicitly assigned the responsibility for planetary protection to any of its agencies,» ASE member Rusty Schweickart, who flew on the Apollo 9 mission in 1969, said Friday during a panel discussion at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

During that time, she was a co-founder of the Bay Area Working Group on the Precautionary Principle, which worked collaboratively with San Francisco city government to pass the nation's first precautionary principle ordinance, in 2003.

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Official Synopsis: During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the government to transfer $ 150 million into an off - shore account.

A sign at the barricaded Liberty State Park in Jersey City turns away would - be visitors during the New Jersey government shutdown.

But that would mean convincing Fulton County's legislative delegation (which can put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).