Sentences with phrase «city joins the effort»

As L.A. Weekly reporter Hayley Fox pointed out, «TNR doesn't stand much chance of success until the city joins the effort.»

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He was joined by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett at an event called Detroit Homecoming, a relatively small invitation - only event designed to show off the city's ongoing rehabilitation efforts.

East Wenatchee City Councilman Tim Detering joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about road construction projects getting underway, with delays and closures starting today on North Baker Avenue, provide an update on the Gateway Project going in next year at 9th St. and Valley Mall Parkway, efforts to get direct flights from...

Join one of the city's finest, largest and most organized efforts to feed our community's hungry.

Also at 10 a.m., congressional candidate and state senator Adriano Espaillat joins parents outside of City College Academy of the Arts to call for an end to violence and to update the community regarding security efforts, 196th and Broadway (park side of the street), Manhattan.

Cuomo joined Mayor Paul A. Dyster and other officials in cutting a ribbon on the $ 37 million DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, a 192 - room hotel at 401 Buffalo Ave.. They used the event to trumpet state and city efforts to rebuild tourism in the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State Pcity efforts to rebuild tourism in the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State PCity of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State Park.

As reported by the New York Post's Yoav Gonen, Kavanagh joined Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett for a press briefing on the City's proactive response to the threat of the Zika virus, and the need for Congress to fund a robust, decisive effort by the federal government — in New York and especially in warmer places where mosquitoes known to transmit the virus are prevalent — to avert a health crisis in the United States.

When Kallos asked what the city could do to help push these bills in Albany, Kavanagh appealed to Council members to drum up public support and to urge their Assembly member to join his effort before the end of the legislative session in Albany on June 16.

It's far from a done deal — in February, Crain's suggested that it could «be stuck in neutral» — but it's gaining steam, with high - profile supporters such as Uber, the Partnership for New York City, and Transportation Alternatives joining the effort to get the policy passed.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

Free Men is set in the Nazi - occupied Paris of 1942 and focuses on a group of young North Africans who, in an effort to protect the city's Jews, join the French Resistance.

At the Nov. 28 Delegate Assembly, the first convened since Hurricane Sandy decimated parts of New York City, UFT President Michael Mulgrew gave a heartfelt thanks to delegates — and all UFT members — who joined the union's relief efforts in the aftermath of the storm.

While Bratton has signaled few dramatic changes in policy from his predecessor, he is, it appears, focusing his efforts on boosting the department's image in the eyes of the City Council — many members of which joined the de Blasio administration in criticizing the previous administration's police policies.

Advocates joined the applause, and expressed appreciation at the city's efforts to fulfill the spirit of the March 7th, 2013 deadline for posting all data already on city websites in the city's open data portal or explaining why this wasn't possible.

In 2017 Erie County was proud to join the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY, the City of Buffalo and others in a local relief effort for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.

The city's unions are joining forces to raise millions for Bill de Blasio, with the intent of counterbalancing a fund - raising effort for Joe Lhota spearheaded by conservative - activist billionaire David Koch.

As New York debates whether to join these cities after decades of stalled efforts, their experiences could provide a road map.

Elected officials, community leaders, victims and their family members will join Diaz Jr. in an effort to draw attention to the impact of gun violence on the public safety in the Bronx and in the city.

Joining Koch in his effort to stop what he called the downward spiral of New York politics are Citizens Union director Dick Dady, former city Parks Commissioner and New York Civic Director Henry Stern; and a number of other officials including former Gov. Mario Cuomo and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Perhaps the most long - term of these officials has been House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who Cuomo joined with on Tuesday in New York City to launch an effort to flip Republican House seats in New York.

At 2 p.m., key elected officials representing all levels of state government join reform advocates in calling on their colleagues to support efforts to end political corruption, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The 60 faith leaders, most of whom are from Harlem, the Bronx and other parts of the city, join 40 clergy who previously signed on to the effort.

At the 2015 meeting, Brewer pledged her support in identifying needed resources, and last month she was joined by Congressmember Adriano Espaillat, Assemblymember Inez Dickens, City Councilmember Bill Perkins, and Community Board 10 in establishing a task force to coordinate government, business, and community efforts for making it a reality.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick has joined an effort to secure a federal grant to support the City of Tonawanda Police Department's scuba diving team.

«There is a lot of work ahead of us to build the train station NYC desperately needs, but today the City Council and Speaker Quinn in particular have joined in that effort and taken a very important step forward.»

Jose Rivera and the others hoped that every single leader of the Dominican community would put their personal interests aside and like good Dominicans, join the effort to help Guillermo Linares become not only the first Dominican City Councilmember, but also to continue making history as the first Dominican Senator.

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney announced today that the House liaison for President - elect Donald Trump's transition team has joined her effort to get the federal government to fully reimburse the city for protecting the incoming commander - in - chief, his properties and his family.

A Democratic power broker from Harlem has been hired by a prominent lobbying firm to join its efforts to influence city and state government.

In September, he joined thousands of Bronx families and advocates like me at the #PathToPossible rally in Prospect Park, giving an inspiring speech about the power of a great public education and supporting our effort to grow New York City's public charter schools to 200,000 students by 2020.

«The Transport Workers Union, representing more than 200,000 active and retired workers, today endorsed the «Occupy Wall Street» protests taking place in New York City and called on TWU members and local unions to join similar efforts taking place across the country,» the TWU said in a statement.

Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists on the steps of City Hall to demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its books... [Click here to read more]

«After seeing the results in 2013, most Republicans realized that a joint effort would lead to more favorable results,» said City Council Member Joe Borelli, the newest Republican to join the Council.

At the other end of the scale are the modest efforts that make use of disused railway lines to join patches of wasteland in inner cities, bringing a taste of the countryside to town dwellers.

An effort to set up a satellite in Florida failed when local funding dried up, and now Jax is looking at joining a proposed genetics research collaboration in New York City.

Rather than griping about how things are in my city, I wish I had made the effort to join in much sooner, but I also didn't have a good grasp of my political stances and opinions, so I wouldn't have known how to make a solid impact.

It's never been a more exciting time to join our team as we ramp up our growth efforts to spread love in more cities all across the country!

For this reason, ICPS whose directors worked and lived in many parts of Africa, has joined forces with the Province of San Andres and the City of Cartagena, as well as its contacts in South Africa, in an effort to forge closer links between the two regions.

These include: Sister Schools, Sister Cities, Rotary Clubs, and projects initiated by women, religious leaders or immigrants, all of them primarily grassroots efforts initiated by one individual who recruits others to join her.

Michael McAfee, president of PolicyLink, has led the effort to make President Obama's Promise Neighborhoods initiative a reality in communities across the U.S. Please join the Education Redesign Lab (ERL) and cities participating in ERL's By All Means initiative for McAfee's keynote speech on May 18, 2017 at 11:15 a.m.. His talk, entitled «Equity and Collective Impact in Systems Change,» will focus on the work of the Promise Neighborhood Institute to build stronger systems of educational support and opportunity for children.

Parents and many others have joined the AFT's efforts to end the overuse and misuse of standardized tests, and to fix — not close — struggling schools, something Weingarten has advocated since her involvement in the creation of New York City's Chancellor's District, which dramatically improved achievement in what had been some of the city's lowest - performing schoCity's Chancellor's District, which dramatically improved achievement in what had been some of the city's lowest - performing schocity's lowest - performing schools.

In the bubble of optimism that came with the dawn of former schools chief Al Davis» tenure, all seven of the city's universities and colleges joined with the Orleans Parish School Board to work with some of the district's most academically troubled public schools by training teachers and nurturing reform efforts.

Prior to joining AUSL, Anissa worked for Public Allies Chicago and City Year Seattle / King County, successfully directing fundraising and development efforts.

Before joining TNTP, Ms. Banks worked for nine years in Memphis City Schools, where she overswaw the district - wie effort to improve student outcomes by increasing teacher effectiveness.

More than 300 cross-sector representatives joined in the effort, including school district superintendents, business and nonprofit leaders, city officials and university presidents.

Sara Solar joined Educate78 after moving back to Oakland from Memphis, TN, where she was the Portfolio Director for the Memphis Priority Schools Talent Strategy, a collaborative, city - wide effort to retain, develop, and recruit exceptional teachers and school leaders to transform Memphis» lowest - performing schools.

Subsequently, Derek joined the Stupski Foundation and managed efforts to support district - wide reform across the country, including efforts in districts such as Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi and the Baltimore City Public Schools System in Maryland.

Cities like New York (with its Aspiring Principals Program) are also joining the effort, while states such as Iowa and Louisiana have shuttered weak programs.

Prior to joining Match Education, Mr. Correa served as the Director of Admission and Recruitment for City Year Boston, where he coordinated their recruitment efforts, increased brand awareness and managed community and collegiate partnerships.

Just days after leaving city government in 2010, Klein joined News Corp. in order to invigorate Murdoch's efforts in education.

Please consider joining the thousands of city workers, teachers and other volunteers who have helped with relief efforts, including at a number of the public schools in our region still being used as shelters.