Sentences with phrase «city initiatives include»

Smart city initiatives include systems that manage a mix of renewable energy and the power grid — all through blockchain technology.

Not exact matches

New business owners in Memphis will find support in multiple city initiatives, including both incubators and accelerators.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

Z Nation Lab curates startups for their pre-accelerator Bootcamp by vetting online applications and through Khoj an initiative which covers 9 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Indore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

His initiatives included sending two diocesan priests annually on doctoral studies mostly to the Jesuit Faculty of Theology in Brussels; reorganising the seminary in households linked to large city parishes where 10 to 12 seminarians live and undertake pastoral work while attending theological studies at the Faculte; and, perhaps above all, linking theological studies firmly to knowledge of the living Word of God in Scripture.

An active national leader in the fight against hunger, Danny serves on the board of Share Our Strength and has long supported hunger relief initiatives including City Harvest, God's Love We Deliver, and the Bed - Stuy Campaign Against Hunger.

The initiative is being led by the Brazilian Vegetarian Society, in partnership with organisations that include São Paulo's Municipal Secretary of Green and Environment, Vegetarian Magazine, Greenpeace and others — a real breakthrough from a city in one of the world's biggest meat - exporting countries.

Recognizing that towns and cities may have different environmental priorities, industry has worked as a partner on a range of initiatives, including:

includes a mind blowing number of initiatives that address intersections with schools, child care, cities, towns and counties, Indian Country, and faith communities, as well as efforts to connect kids with salad bars at school, outdoor initiatives, parks, museum and gardens, reading, and chefs.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

Hawkins» platform includes tax reform that would create a city income tax, anti-poverty initiatives, state - supported worker co-ops for poor and working - class people, public ownership of utilities and desegregation of schools and housing.

Cuomo has steered billions in state funds to Buffalo in recent years, including millions for community improvement projects, and the Buffalo Billion, his economic development initiative for the city.

The city and the county already work together on some law enforcement initiatives including 911 dispatching, the joint S.W.A.T. team, and drug task force.

She has served on many executive committees including the American Association of School Administrators, the New York State Council for School Superintendents, the Association of Small City School Districts, and the New Standards Project, a national initiative that launched the transformation to standards - based instruction, a concept that remains the framework for teaching and learning across the nation.

Some of Dinkins» accomplishments include creating the city's Economic Development Corporation, launching the «Safe City, Safe Streets» initiative, which many credit with putting New York City on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable houscity's Economic Development Corporation, launching the «Safe City, Safe Streets» initiative, which many credit with putting New York City on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable housCity, Safe Streets» initiative, which many credit with putting New York City on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable housCity on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable housing.

Fahy has been a key player in many city of Albany initiatives, including the move shore up the city budget with red light camera ticket revenue.

City Hall said the cost of the campaign is small compared with others, including anti-smoking initiatives.

Sheehan walked the gathering through what she said are some of the many highlights of her first term, including Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion as part of the community police initiative; restructuring the city budget; lobbying for additional state aid; developing an equity agenda; engaging marginalized communities; transforming neighborhoods like Sheridan Hollow and Park South.

She outlined several initiatives under way that will help modernize city government and make it perform better, including:

On Wednesday morning, on the day before the Mayor was to unveil his budget, advocates that included representatives from Alianza Dominicana, Children's Aid Society, the Children Arts and Sciences Workshop, ACDP, Fresh Youth Initiatives (FYI), Community League of the Heights (C.L.O.T.H.), the Police Athletic League (P.A.L.), and representatives from local New York City Councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Robert Jackson, New York State Assemblymembers Guillermo Linares and Herman D. Farrell, among others, gathered in an early morning meeting to brain - storm about strategies to ward off the cuts.

De Blasio and the NYC Council agreed on an $ 82.1 billion budget for New York City that adds tens of millions in new spending for initiatives, including summer jobs for youths, after - school programs and reserve funds to help the city weather an economic downtCity that adds tens of millions in new spending for initiatives, including summer jobs for youths, after - school programs and reserve funds to help the city weather an economic downtcity weather an economic downturn.

Airbnb, looking to protect its lucrative business dealings in New York City, has offered several concessions to its critics, including a statewide initiative to collect taxes on consumers who use the home - sharing web service.

He defended his record, which he said includes the universal prekindergarten initiative, his affordable housing plan, the city's work to support and protect immigrants and reducing the use of the stop and frisk policing method «93 percent while driving down crime.»

Though the mayor highlighted a few of the larger projects in the document in his State of the City address, Strichman says it includes initiatives of all sizes.

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.

Since taking office, Hoffay has embraced a series of progressive urban planning initiatives including the Complete Streets program to make Kingston more bike - and pedestrian - friendly, an initiative to reduce the city's carbon footprint and efforts by the Kingston Land Trust to create community gardens and preserve open space.

De Blasio, for his part, touted his various achievements at the city level, including his new $ 500 million life sciences initiative, his universal prekindergarten initiative, new programs the city has created to help young people get jobs in the film and TV industry, the city's rent freeze program and the fact that the city now gives residents who are being harassed by their landlords a lawyer for free if they can fight the case.

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.

Rose Pierre - Louis, commissioner of the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence, said the city already implemented several services to help victims — including starting the city's first anti-stalking initiative last year — and the opening of the Family Justice Center will put them all in one spot.

He celebrated some of Buffalo's developments including the Tesla / Panasonic plant in the city's Riverbend section, acknowledging the major financial kickstart it received from New York State under Governor Andrew Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative.

But given the Democratic governor's often rocky relationship with the legislature, including leaders of his own party, his lame - duck status could embolden lawmakers to ignore some of his less popular initiatives, such as cutting money for cities and towns, or allowing cities and towns to assess a new tax on hospitals.

Initiatives such as bike lanes and pedestrian plazas can be very beneficial to the city but it is important that they occur after thorough planning and include conversation among all those involved.

Mayor Bill de Blasio slapped back at city Comptroller Scott Stringer — the man discontented business interests hope to recruit to challenge him in next year's Democratic primary — for his critiques yesterday of the mayor's key initiatives to combat income inequality, including of his signature affordable housing plan.

The unit had been formed in January 2016 as a joint initiative under Speaker Mark - Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio to more thoroughly engage multilingual and cultural media outlets and included a compiled directory «for city employees to use in outreach and informational and paid campaign efforts.»

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson slammed the de Blasio administration on Monday for going it alone on an executive budget that proposed adding $ 954 million in new spending since February — but included just 11 out of 50 Council initiatives.

The comparative framework included the seminal work of German and Japanese urban climatologists, as well as the more recent climate policy initiatives of New York City and the City of Manchester.The project was a collaboration between MARC and the Centre for History of Science Technology and Medicine.

It said the state had saddled the city with $ 530 million in costs it described as «unsustainable,» including $ 254 million that will be used to «address mismanagement of state - run subways,» a $ 140 million «shortfall» in state school aid, and a $ 108 million «unfunded mandate» because of the initiative to raise the age of criminal responsibility.

Mayor de Blasio has also invested in numerous initiatives to support our DAs» essential efforts — including an additional $ 2 million per year to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor and $ 10 million to the Anti-Violence Innovation challenge — and launched expansive initiatives aimed at reducing opioid misuse and overdose deaths across the City, in close partnership with local elected officials.»

Representatives from local elected officials, including City Councilmen Robert Jackson and Ydanis Rodriguez as well as State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, are also working to create an initiative to help.

«As I stated last month, when I released results of our testing program that included over 150 residences across the City of Buffalo, out of an abundance of caution, we are expanding our voluntary initiative to make sure all water we deliver is safe from lead and other contaminants,» said Mayor Byron Brown.

They include an additional $ 100 million for water infrastructure investments, a $ 100 million «Downtown NY» revitalization initiative in which 10 cities will win $ 10 million apiece in a similar vein to his annual Regional Economic Development Council competition, and a tax cut program for small businesses (defined as those with less than 100 employees).

WRFA public affairs director Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi to get an update on several city initiatives, including the proposal to sell the city's... [Read more...]

Outlining the city's new spending initiatives, including investments in public safety, education, anti-homelessness services, transportation, infrastructure and the Board of Elections, Fuleihan said the executive budget, «makes investments that address longstanding structural issues that affect all New Yorkers.»

The executive budget increased overall spending by only about $ 100 million compared to the preliminary budget, but added a number of new initiatives paid for by $ 1.25 billion in additional savings, including an ambitious plan to overhaul the floundering municipal hospital system, New York City Health + Hospitals.

While many of the governor's proposals were known before he gave his address, unveiled over the last week in news conferences and press releases, among the new announcements were a number of New York City - specific initiatives, including several aimed at boosting each of the «outer boroughs.»

Then, too, the speaker aims to fund his subsidy (and other initiatives beyond what Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed for the nearly $ 90 billion city budget) from some iffy sources: ordering city agencies to find new savings and getting $ 1.25 billion in higher tax revenues — including $ 50 million more in administrative fines.

The governor spoke extensively Tuesday about his recent state initiatives, including a new scholarship for students at public universities and a building program that will include upgrades to the city's airports and Penn Station.

Initiatives under consideration include public housing safety, upgrading city police technology in precincts and a study of the illegal gun market.

The preliminary budget, which would take effect July 1 and must first be approved by the City Council, also includes more than $ 740 million worth of new city agency spending, mostly on programs de Blasio has already announced in recent months, like new initiatives to help the homeless and an overhaul of the city's mental health sysCity Council, also includes more than $ 740 million worth of new city agency spending, mostly on programs de Blasio has already announced in recent months, like new initiatives to help the homeless and an overhaul of the city's mental health syscity agency spending, mostly on programs de Blasio has already announced in recent months, like new initiatives to help the homeless and an overhaul of the city's mental health syscity's mental health system.