Sentences with phrase «city government leader»

This year's summit features indigenous environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, writer and entrepreneur Erin Schrode, city government leader John R. Seydel, hip hop activist DJ Cavem Moetavation.

This year's summit features indigenous environmental activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, writer and entrepreneur Erin Schrode, city government leader John R. Seydel and hip hop activist DJ Cavem Moetavation.

A neighborhood - based, local stakeholder - driven approach to community development, the Initiative brought together community residents, not - for - profit and faith - based organizations, private firms, and industry experts with policymakers and city government leaders to discuss priority issues, opportunities, challenges, and project ideas to strengthen the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

Governor Andrew Cuomo is telling local governments they are on their own when it comes to coping with a recently imposed property tax cap, saying it's up to county and city government leaders to make the hard choices, and to stop complaining.

The Jamaica Planning Initiative is a neighborhood - based, local stakeholder - driven approach to community development that brings together community residents, not - for - profit and faith - based organizations, private firms, and industry experts with policymakers and city government leaders to discuss priority issues, opportunities, challenges, and project ideas to strengthen the neighborhood of Jamaica, Queens.

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Second, in many cities, the Amazon bid brought together unprecedented coalitions of government officials, startup community leaders, and corporate executives.

A week after Amazon sent cities across North America scrambling to compete for the e-commerce giant's second headquarters, Philadelphia government leaders are beginning to settle on three locations to pitch most forcefully as the nucleus of a vast regional presence for the Seattle company: The Schuylkill Yards and uCity Square sites in West Philadelphia and South Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

Its leader, the former New York City deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff, openly acknowledges the gulf between technologists and city government tyCity deputy mayor Dan Doctoroff, openly acknowledges the gulf between technologists and city government tycity government types.

Himanshu (Sue) Bhatia is the Founder / Chair of St. Louis - based Rose International, a leader in providing innovative end - to - end Workforce and Technology Solutions to both commercial organizations and government agencies from offices and development centers in 20 + U.S. cities and India, and a WBENC - Certified WBE since 2003.

While this move could easily be seen as a demotion, Mr. Hughes, a trusted confident of Ms. Redford's, will have an important role in repairing the provincial government's strained relationship with its municipal leaders — both in the large cities and rural municipalities.

EDMONTON — Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on the Alberta government to commit to funding the Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court, a unique program in the city that provides a path to meaningful rehabilitation while at the same time improving community safety and saving money.

Romy Tittel, Leader of the Green Party of Alberta and Catriona Wright, Shadow Cabinet member for Sustainable Towns and Cities, strongly encourages the Alberta Government to quickly adopt the following in order to keep recyclables out of the landfill: An immediate plastic bag ban.

Just before the crusade, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders in the city issued a strong statement denouncing those «who cast doubt upon the loyalty of the state department and officials in other departments of government, and many of our proven patriots and statesmen of long standing (February 28, 1962).

Rainforest Alliance Leadership Summit May 9, 2018 - New York City, NY, United States A convening of leaders from business, government and conservation for a day of panels and discussions on protecting the environment, implementing climate solutions and supporting communities worldwide.

A simmering feud between leaders of Darien's city government and its Park District boiled over this week in a battle over the Park District's continued existence.

Look away from the bubble and see municipal politicians such as Sir Richard Leese, Labour leader of Manchester City Council, doing their best to use the heavily circumscribed powers of local government to gain real results for their populations.

His claims come one day before the eight biggest cities outside London and the south - east join together to create a «core cities Cabinet», which will unite city leaders in demands on the coalition government.

Trump has threatened to veto a massive omnibus spending package if it includes money for the Gateway tunnel project in New York City, complicating the outlook for the $ 1 trillion - plus spending measure, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass before government funding runs out on March 23.

At 9 a.m., City & State hosts the Digital NY Summit and Awards, with New York's top information technology leaders from government and industry for a daylong, dynamic program of candid discussion and thought - provoking presentations, Manny Cantor Center, 197 E. Broadway, Manhattan.

In the next few months, Consensus will make recommendations, one of which is expected to be a consolidation of city and county into some form of metropolitan government, according to leaders of the group.

Central New York this month won $ 500 million from the state for economic development, based in part on a promise that city and county leaders would work together to streamline and modernize local government.

«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.

The support of leaders in education and in government, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Elia, state Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and the heads of both the State and City University systems, sends a strong message both to the federal government and the affected students, Worona said.

Earlier this year, a group composed of city leaders, called Consensus, released a government service consolidation plan and recommended a merger between the city and county governments.

Even before Tony Blair became Labour leader, the party famously invested a lot of donor's money holding reassuring shrimp cocktail receptions for City personnel to attract their support for a prospective Labour government.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan says the city hasn't provided documents showing how government money was spent, which is required by state law.

Jewish New York Government Outreach is a project uniting diverse Jewish community leaders from across New York City seeking to engage candidates for elected office on the matters of great concern to the city's Orthodox communitCity seeking to engage candidates for elected office on the matters of great concern to the city's Orthodox communitcity's Orthodox communities.

But both leaders are likely going to have to come up with more cash — both from state and city funds, and from Washington, assuming they can find a way to work with the Republicans who run the federal government.

«Tonight, New Yorkers have chosen balance and bipartisanship over an entire state government made up of Democrats from New York City, and placed their trust in Republicans to lead the Senate,» Republican conference leader Dean Skelos said in a statement.

Cuomo says the restructuring board could also provide political cover for local government leaders who need to make unpopular decisions, like laying off workers in order to consolidate services, or reducing the number of city councilmembers or supervisory boards.

A vice president of government relations at Con Edison and, before that, a high - ranking City Council staffer, Mr. Banks is now the leader of perhaps the city's most consequential lobbying organizatCity Council staffer, Mr. Banks is now the leader of perhaps the city's most consequential lobbying organizatcity's most consequential lobbying organization.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., Senator Joseph A. Griffo, Senator David Valesky, Member of Assembly Claudia Tenney, Marcy Supervisor Brian Scala, and City of Rome Mayor James F. Brown joined leaders and members of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association and other local elected officials today to announce that they are assembling a strategy to show state government that the four state prisons located in Oneida County are cost - effective and should be kept open.

In his own state of the city address Tuesday evening, Common Council Majority Leader Rennie Scott - Childress (D - Ward 3) offered up a ringing defense of Mayor Steve Noble's progressive «One Kingston» agenda and called on Kingstonians to embrace local government as a force for positive change and economic growth.

She is the leader best - positioned to make economic justice and fairness top priorities for city government.»

The governor and the legislative leaders, meanwhile, announced an agreement on a budget scheme allowing the state and many local governments — but not New York City — to «borrow» nearly $ 6 billion over the next three years from the state pension system in order to use the funds to make required annual contributions back to the pension fund.

The beleaguered agency has been barraged with calls for its leader, Shola Olatoye, to step down after it emerged last summer that the city had for years failed to inspect for lead paint, falsely certified to the federal government that it had and failed to inform residents of the lapse.

Former City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. and labor leader Rebecca Lynch were selected to once again serve in the halls of government.

There are statements from government leaders in other American cities with successful streetcars, like Portland, OR, where a streetcar route provides transportation to almost one - third of the city's jobs and has stimulated $ 4.5 billion of new property development.

Is there any part of city government that our «leaders» won't turn to their own private ends?

The Mayor and the other leaders of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority will be able to work with the Local Enterprise Partnership, central government and other organisations in pursuing shared goals.

Finding # 600m of savings after year - on - year «efficiency measures» has been described by city leader Sir Albert Bore as «the end of local government as we know it».

In the wake of chancellor George Osborne's announcement this week of a ground - breaking set of devolved powers for Greater Manchester, LGC interviewed political leaders at half of the 10 councils that make up the city region's combined authority about the negotiations leading up to the deal and its implications for local government.

Richard Ravitch has been a leader in state and city government finance for decades.

As he was preparing to take office, Cuomo distributed copies of the book «The Man Who Saved New York» — a biography of Carey that largely chronicles his efforts to work with union officials and business leaders to bail out the financially troubled New York City government.

The Kaduna State Government Tuesday afternoon said it demolished a property belonging to one of the factional leaders of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna State Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi to restore order in the city.

A bevy of NYC elected leaders joined tenant groups outside City Hall to demand the state government bolster protections for tenants of more than one million apartments across the five boroughs.

Also at 11 a.m., Nilda Mesa, director of de Blasio's Office of Sustainability, community groups, local leaders and national organizations thank de Blasio for his 2015 commitment to power 100 percent of city government operations with renewable energy, and deliver a letter urging him to make offshore wind a significant part of achieving that goal, City Hall steps, Manhatcity government operations with renewable energy, and deliver a letter urging him to make offshore wind a significant part of achieving that goal, City Hall steps, ManhatCity Hall steps, Manhattan.

4.10 pm Communities and Local Government Subject: Private rented sector Witness (es): Cllr Simon Blackburn, Leader, Blackpool Borough Council, Tom Gilchrist, Service Manager, Private Housing Sector, Bristol City Council and Cllr Jonathan Glanz, Cabinet Member for Housing and Property, Westminster City Council Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

At 8 a.m., Crain's New York Business holds a real estate conference, with New York leaders in real estate and government exploring issues impacting the city's industry, Sheraton New York, 811 7th Avenue and 53rd Street, Manhattan.

The group said they would continue protests demanding Sheikh Zakzaky's freedom on the streets of major cities of Nigeria, Abuja in particular, till when the federal government decided to obey the federal high court's order releasing our leader and his wife.