Sentences with phrase «city leaders even»
Big - city leaders even overlook the fact that the successful charter schools they admire don't assess their teachers that way.
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Even after homes, businesses and city infrastructure were burned to the ground, Alberta's provincial leaders refused to reach out for assistance.»
Hundreds of people attended and even more stood at the gates waiting to get in — a 300 person limit had been placed on the gathering — as politicians, city officials, interfaith leaders and activists spoke from the steps telling Mayor Bloomberg why he should change his mind.
At the end of the Ch» ing dynasty Muslims owned nearly all the curio business in Peking and many other cities in China, and even today they are leaders in the field.
During a press conference at the police in Shahdara district on Tuesday evening, Muslim and Christian church leaders urged families to return to the city and to live in peace with Muslim neighbours.
That is the best record in the division with even leaders Manchester City having shipped one more.
If Nigel de Jong has indeed turned down a # 100k a week deal to stay at Man City we can assume he has done so not because he wants an even more obscene wage packet but because he may be ready to show some ambition and give up on the Premier League leaders after seeing his first team chances limited this term.
The Blues have made an awful start to the defence of their Premier League title this season as back - to - back defeats against Crystal Palace and Everton has left them 11 points behind current leaders Manchester City and could fall even further behind if they fail to take all three points against the Gunners.
Even if we do manage to win the next two Premier League games, at home to West Brom on Boxing Day and then Crystal Palace on new years day, I do not expect us to make up any ground on the league leaders, as Chelsea also have two very winnable home games against Bournemouth and Stoke City.
It would have been a big help to Arsenal and our chances of winning the Premier League this season if Leicester City had managed to beat Chelsea or at least stop the league leaders from adding another three points to their total, especially after the setback of a defeat last week and the loss of their main striker Diego Costa this weekend, but the fragile Foxes could not even hold out for seven minutes.
He then went on to say that his job is to worry about Arsenal and how we can keep up with and even pass the current league leaders Man City in the race to be crowned champions.
Even more shocking is the fact that the Reds have only lost two games so far, which is exactly the same as Arsenal, Man City and Man United, and are only six points below the League leaders.
Their form in the league wasn't great either, as they followed a 5 - 0 thumping of Aston Villa with disappointing draws with Chelsea and Everton, and were then beaten in a crucial game with Manchester United, who won 3 - 2 at the Etihad Stadium with a last - minute winner from none other than Robin van Persie, who was indeed making a huge difference in the title race, as his goal put six points between league leaders United and City, giving Mancini's side a real uphill task to retain their title even before the half - way point of the season.
But it also seems to me that the EPL officials are hurting the Gunners even in games that we are not involved in, especially the helping hands they keep giving to the league leaders Leicester City.
West Ham United have been the talk of social media once again following their brilliant 2 - 1 victory over Premier League leaders Manchester City this evening.
Could be a very good weekend for Arsenal; Chelsea away at Everton may leave them even further down the table, Man U — Liverpool means one of them loses points (hopefully a draw), Crystal Palace — Man City means one of the leaders loses points.
As the league leaders have a 100 percent record so far and are yet to even concede a goal, I may be clutching at straws here but West Ham are certainly a team that could upset City.
On Saturday evening title leaders Manchester City welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Etihad stadium in a battle between two Champions League clubs, sitting 1st and
Defeat at Watford on Saturday evening has left the the north Londoners already nine points adrift of Premier League leaders Manchester City.
Second - placed Spurs will look to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea to four points with a win in the evening kickoff against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.
Everyone knows now what the Ligue 1 leaders are capable of, even if Manchester City exposed their defensive frailties in a 5 - 3 win on Tuesday night, but Spurs were both too relaxed and overwhelmed against the team they beat 4 - 1 in the Europa League last season.
Sergio Aguero believes Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has made him an even better player, as he closes on 200 goals for the Premier League leaders.
The game, which is a must - win for Arsenal could see us finish the night a whopping 10 points behind Chelsea and an even - more - whopping 24 points behind the leaders Manchester City, should (when) they win their game against Watford this evening (Tues).
Even though City are on the verge of wrapping up the Premier League title, it's the home team that enters this weekend's headliner in higher spirits — and by some margin — after a catastrophic week for the leaders in what was undoubtedly the most important string of matches in the club's season.
The game is made even more important in the fact they are both trailing run away leaders Manchester City by other 10 points already.
Arsenal's hopes of winning the Premier League title this season are essentially over, even though it's still mathematically possible, with the Gunners currently 13 points behind leaders Leicester City with 15 still to play for.
Legislative leaders, meanwhile, have been hesitant in speaking with reporters, even when it comes to providing routine updates on a variety of issues due to expire in the coming days, including rent control for New York City as well as the 421a tax abatement.
Some in the Council even see the suggestion of more hearings as an attempt by state leaders to «embarrass» the Democratically elected members of the New York City Council.
De Blasio has sought to position New York City as a leader in the fight against climate change, but even as he has committed to quickly come up with an aggressive plan to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the agency that is supposed to lead that effort is in flux.
Thirteen months after its devolution deal was first announced, not a single candidate from a major party has come forward to stand in the city region's mayoral election next year, while local leaders have continued to question whether they should even have to introduce a metro mayor full - stop — despite the Communities secretary Sajid Javid stating explicitly that this would continue to be a «real red line» for progressing with devolution deals.
The governor and Mulgrew may have a better relationship now even than de Blasio does with the UFT — the union has put increasing distance between its leaders and City Hall in recent years.
According to someone close to de Blasio, Cuomo's lack of support for the mayor when New York City policemen turned their back on him in 2014 showed that Cuomo could not be trusted to be a friend or even a responsible leader.
Even more striking from a political perspective was that Cuomo confirmed a rumored meeting with council leaders on the Housing Authority last month, and promised to allow them to guide his decision on how to intercede in the city's sprawling public housing network.»
In the meantime, here's a shot of Lynch and Dinkins from BLA's website, (which, by the way, is under construction — except for the slideshow part that features Lynch with photos of prominent city, state, national and even international (Nelson Mandela) leaders.
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.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York City for the evening (his office did not give a reason why) and no leaders meetings are scheduled.
De Blasio, who just this morning labeled the new policy «immoral,» convened Crowley, NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill and an array of local leaders in City Hall this evening to discuss the new White House dictate.
Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates neaCity Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates neacity's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.
Mr. Lopez failed to win a City Council seat after leaving Albany and even mulled a run against his successor, Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, before settling on petitioning for district leader and state committee, sources say.
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.
In a tweet Sunday evening, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said: «NY Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan is setting a brave example by getting help.
Some of his colleagues — including City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), in whose district the event took place — didn't even attend the announcement.
Local leaders stood with the mayor, even if they have been critical of City Hall's response previously.
Last summer's refusal by state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith to attend a Rivera - sponsored event in the city — even though he was to have been the guest of honor — spoke volumes.
There is a problem when one of our two great political parties is so riven with the stain of anti-semitism that even one of its own council leaders questions if they will be welcome in his city again.
At the Red Room press conference where Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic legislative leaders — minus Skelos — had announced the med - mar deal, Klein said a vote would be held Thursday evening on the bill, along with bills that would create a 25 mph in New York City and adjust the state's teacher evaluation law.
As many Nigerians trooped out onto the streets of Lagos, Abuja and other cities on Monday February 6, 2016 protesting poor governance, a worsening economy, increasing poverty and degenerating standards of living in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari's spokesmen had late the previous evening informed Nigerians that the holidaying leader, who they had till then insisted was «hale and hearty» would no longer be returning on Monday due to «some tests» which results he would have to await.
But on Tuesday evening, it was the Republican leader in a statement praising Cuomo for signing a bill that blocks the implementation of a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags in New York City — a measure that had been pushed by the GOP conference, most prominently Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who aligns with the Republicans and is a key vote.
ALBANY — A bill that would reduce the New York City speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph hit a sudden roadblock Wednesday when Republican state Senate leader Dean Skelos said he wasn't sure it would even come up for a vote.
Some even suggested a lust for strippers and living large is running rampant among top city Republican leaders.