Sentences with phrase «city government more»

(This) will make the operation of city government more transparent, effective and accountable to the public... Streamline... communications within and between government, promote innovative strategies for social progress and create economic opportunities.»

Instead Bloomberg praised his former right - hand man, saying, «As New Yorkers, we were extraordinarily lucky to have Steve Goldsmith make our city government more innovative and efficient.»

She has made city government more responsive and attuned to underserved communities and to people who feel invisible and forgotten.»

In a prepared statement, Bloomberg said, «As New Yorkers, we were extraordinarily lucky to have Steve Goldsmith make our City government more innovative and efficient.;

«It has become an international model for real grassroots democracy, and for making city government more responsive to the people.

Not exact matches

Cleveland has also benefited from a new government program that has awarded more than $ 160 million in tax credits to the city's development projects, leveraging almost $ 1.5 billion in redevelopment, according to CBRE, a commercial real estate services company.

But attacks claimed by IS in and around the city last week killed more than 100 people, sparking anger in the streets over the government's failure to ensure security.

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We don't know where those people are; Rural counties are incentivized to overreport population to receive more benefits from higher levels of government, while city districts report lower figures to hit population control targets.

The city is working on a more comprehensive refugee plan but it needs more help from the federal government, said councillor Kristyn Wong - Tam.

More than 2,500 cities around the world — many of which had the support of their local governments — submitted proposals to be among the first locations with a working Hyperloop.

Vancouver has asked the British Columbia provincial government for more money for refugee aid agencies, said city spokesman Jag Sandhu, and the province has promised C$ 6 million a year over three years.

«But I can't imagine more than two - thirds of voters in San Francisco thinking that our city government should be introducing measures that will cost local jobs and spitefully target one industry.»

For civic governments trying to stay on top of all of this, it can mean overload: As more and more government departments — many of them already prodigious producers of data — start moving their data to the Internet, cities are faced with the question of what to do with it all.

Jerrit Tan, CEO of New York City - based Canopy, believes more entrepreneurs should take advantage of the billions of dollars in business grants offered by government agencies, which can buy a startup valuable R&D time and boost credibility.

Realistically, creating those relationships will require government officials to engage startups on their turf — which is far more likely to be a happy hour at a coworking space than a long meeting at City Hall.

According to the documentary film «Saving Mes Aynak,» the mine would in effect destroy the ancient city, though MCC and the Afghan government claim that they will «move» the city in order to extract the more than $ 100 billion of copper deposited directly beneath it.

Documents filed with the local government in Jacksonville, Florida, this month state that a «leading international manufacturer of solar panels and modules» is seeking to invest more than $ 400 million in building a manufacturing plant in the city.

Musk originally believed a hyperloop connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would cost about $ 6bn, 10 times more than the $ 68bn the government is set to spend on a high - speed train line connecting the two cities.

Not only will city and state governments add more penalties the longer you ignore your tickets, but they could decide to report them to the credit bureaus as debts.

«I've just seen cities everywhere and have found that mayors and city governments are far more focused on progress in their cities here in China than I've seen elsewhere, and it makes me incredibly optimistic.»

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

The Springfield, Missouri - based hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor recreation retailer provided more than 80 Tracker boats to local, state and federal government agencies and rescue organizations in the widely flooded city, as well as in other impacted communities in Texas.

But now assume that the government passes a literacy law that requires that every city must have exactly one bookshop for every 10,000 residents — no more, no less — and there is a government agency whose purpose is to make sure that for every city there is the number of bookshops required by law.

Experts anticipate a mix of supply and demand levers in the B.C. NDP's new housing policy, including a speculation tax and a widening of Vancouver's foreign buyer tax, introduced by the previous Liberal government in 2016, to include more cities.

Experts anticipate a mix of supply and demand levers in the NDP's new housing policy, including a speculation tax and a widening of Vancouver's foreign buyer tax, introduced by the previous Liberal government in 2016, to include more cities.

It is designed to force out - of - province owners to contribute more to B.C. government coffers or rent out their homes in cities where rents are sky - high and vacancy rates less than one per cent.

And while Premier Alison Redford has been cold towards the idea of granting cities more financial power, saying she's «satisfied with the way things are,» her party should not forget that city voters are who they owe for their narrow re-election to government in 2012.

Horgan said Christy Clark's refusal to come to the table and offer a substantial partnership with cities and the federal government will only cause more delays of badly needed transit infrastructure.

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If the subject is knitting the social fabric, I expect the Church has done a great deal more than city government.

And when we realize that the average person today is paying the federal government around 25 % of their income, and then paying another 10 % (or more) for state, county, and city taxes, we are paying a little more in taxes today than what was prescribed by the Mosaic Law for the people of Israel to pay their government.

Perhaps more disturbing, not only to Christians but to all supporters of secular government in Nigeria, is the testimony I heard from a prominent solicitor in the city of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state in west - central Nigeria.

Inner - city Catholic schools (the Church in America's most effective social welfare program) demonstrate that time and again: They spend less than the government schools, and their students learn much more — and not just in quantifiable, standardized - testing terms.

Sydney Airport expects to attract more services from second - tier and third - tier Chinese cities after the federal government agreed to a new air services agreement with China.

The letter from Transportation Secretary Kirk Brown to Park Board President John Rogers reflects growing frustration of the Edgar administration with various aspects of city government in trying to learn more about the Northerly Island Park proposal.

The main government sponsors of Shia extremism or terrorist actions - Iran and Syria, are within the traditional city - state structure, so they are a bit more pragmatic in how they want their support to be directed, because they have their own nations at risk.

As I said earlier, the society expects more of the government: citizens expect them to deal with the pollution in the cities, they expect them to put in place a better and proper health service, they expect pensions, [and] they expect their children to have reasonable schools to go to.

Local government elections don't have any direct impact on each other and there is no consensus way to quantify the fact that an election in a small city, or a city with more seats on its council, may be less important than in a major city, or a seat with fewer seats on its council.

Within two weeks, and ominously for the government, protests began to spread to the more prosperous parts of the country, including the cities of Sfax and Tunis.

However, the party has also reiterated its belief in City Regions, a policy first mooted in the wake of the 2004 North - East regional assembly referendum defeat — stating that it will pass an «English Devolution Act» if elected into government, giving more powers to City and also County regions, and replacing the House of Lords with an elected Senate of the Nations and regions to work as a forum for regional representation.

Good - government group Citizens Union released a report this morning that found more competitive elections take place on the New York City council level than at the state level, which they attribute to in part a public - financing of campaigns.

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.

If either New York City - based lawmaker voted against the extender, that could mean a shutdown of state government — at least temporarily — unless one or more of the 30 Republicans supported it.

Today, New York City took a very important step towards getting more government digital data online when the NYC City Council passed Council Member Gale Brewer's NYC Open Data Bill, Intro 29 - A.

Without fundamental reform of local government finance, more cities will face a funding crisis in the coming years

Tax - funded public - pension costs for every level of state government rose from absolutely minimal levels in 2000 to a grand total of more than $ 16 billion last year, half of it in New York City alone.

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

Before serving in the Assembly, as Chief of Staff for then - City Councilmember and current Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brian negotiated enactment of several significant new laws, including the Domestic Worker Protection Act, promoting the rights of housekeepers and caregivers, and laws to foster the use of technology to make government more accessible and efficient.

That means more New Yorkers from every neighborhood can run for office and ensure city government works for everyone.