Sentences with phrase «city policy in»

The city's Youth Commission — a group of high school students appointed by the city council — has the power to affect city policy in matters related to them.

He has also been a vocal critic of city policy in Midtown and Gallo in particular.

Only two organizations — the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International — had refused to abide by the Mexico City Policy in the years just prior to Obama's repeal and consequently were refused the funds, Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) reported at the time.

Mark - Viverito is scheduled to participate in a session focused on sanctuary city policies in a panel titled «Cities of Refuge: Violence Against Displaced Persons and Refugees.»

Not exact matches

- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan participate in «Monetary Policy and Reform in Practice» panel before the Hoover Institution / Stanford University «Currencies, Capital, and Central Bank Balances: a Policy Conference,» - 0000 GMT.

Over the past 30 years, policymakers from around the United States have spent countless hours and numerous dollars on programs, policies, and incentives to create venture - capital clusters and to stimulate investments in their cities and regions.

A recent ranking in Foreign Policy magazine evaluated 75 leading cities on population and GDP growth, indicating which would be the most dynamic by 2025, and only one was Canadian: Toronto, at 52nd.

Tourism Minister Enrique de la Madrid, confronting rising lawlessness in and around the resort cities of Cancun and Los Cabos, said it made no sense for Mexico to maintain prohibition given permissive US policies in states such as California.

But the city still has much to offer beyond February 9th: jazz in the streets, gumbo and jambalaya, and, copious amounts of alcohol (and a liberal open container policy), if you feel so inclined.

In September, the City of Calgary, which has some of the highest office rents in the country, adopted an Alternative Workplace Strategies policy encouraging employees who can to work from homIn September, the City of Calgary, which has some of the highest office rents in the country, adopted an Alternative Workplace Strategies policy encouraging employees who can to work from homin the country, adopted an Alternative Workplace Strategies policy encouraging employees who can to work from home.

In its latest statement, it said «household vulnerabilities have moved higher,» which is how policy makers describe the troubling nexus between excessive housing prices in many cities and record levels of household debIn its latest statement, it said «household vulnerabilities have moved higher,» which is how policy makers describe the troubling nexus between excessive housing prices in many cities and record levels of household debin many cities and record levels of household debt.

Property taxes in the U.S. are a complicated patchwork of different policies set by states, cities and counties as well as local school boards, fire departments and utility commissions.

«We expect order growth in China to remain strong with more store openings and the recent policy changes in Beijing and other major cities that allow buyers of Tesla vehicles to bypass license plate restrictions.»

«Our policies from the last Administration — and quite frankly the Democrat policies of today — of an open border and sanctuary cities allow and enables these drug smugglers who don't care about human life to put people in this horrific situation,» Patrick said.

In 1971, a year after the Women's Strike for Equality March — during which 50,000 women marched down New York City's Fifth Avenue demanding changes to childcare and abortion policies — Congress passed a resolution designating Aug. 26 as Women's Equality Day.

If you have major cities with major mass incarceration problems, where progressive DAs are coming in, you are going to see big changes to mass incarceration in terms of the policies that are pursued.

But another recent ranking, published in the latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine, measured what it called «The Most Dynamic Cities of 2025.»

In other words, the city's policies ought to have stipulated that an employee accused of wrongdoing be given sufficient time to mount a defence before being asked to stand «trial.»

The surprise acquittal of Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in the shooting death of San Francisco woman Kate Steinle set off a firestorm of outrage Thursday night, as top conservatives and critics of so - called «sanctuary cities» pinned blame for Steinle's death on illegal immigration and insufficiently aggressive deportation policies.

The policy that councillors will vote on won't immediately decrease the city's number of payday loan businesses to 15 to match its number of wards because it will grandfather in existing companies, but will prevent new ones from opening, said Tom Cooper, the director of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction.

In a press statement this week, the organizers behind the Austin, Texas - based conference set out a no - drones policy, citing a city ordinance.

Asked in late June about the effect sanctuary - city policies have on efforts to combat transnational organized crime, Flordia Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he didn't believe getting rid of them would solve the problem such groups posed.

This deal between the city and tech companies including Google and Facebook has been in the works for some time, The Wall Street Journal reported, but a recent string of protests in the last month (including activists smashing a bus window in Oakland, and multiple instances of protesters physically blocking buses) have escalated the need for a new policy.

The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan policy institute at the NYU School of Law, reports that overall crime rates in the nation's 30 largest cities remain at or near historic lows.

«It's also part of a civic duty,» said Joo Yu - min, an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy whose research focuses on mega-events in Asian cities.

Jewish department - store owners unquestionably influence newspaper policy in cities where they are numerous like New York but the influence is rather negative (against criticism of Jews) than positive (for particular Jews or particular Jewish programs).

On Nov. 20, the city planning committee agreed to change the official plan so that additional drive - thrus could not be located in «special policy areas,» like the historic downtown, unless the company submits an urban design study that satisfies the overall plan.

Though not headquartered in the city of San Francisco, tech companies including Facebook, Netflix, and eBay are known for offering generous parental leave policies.

Jackie Breslin, director of human capital services at professional employer organization TriNet, says the policy will have mixed impact on startups that will differ from the impact on small businesses in the city.

For example, according to a report by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, 86 percent of people arrested in Cook County in 2012 tested positive for at least one illegal narcotic — the highest percentage of any big city.

There is an argument to be made that the Bank of Canada's policies are making homes more expensive in those two cities by stoking already strong demand.

Bubbly markets in two big cities will trouble policy makers.

Of course, that doesn't make the most expensive cities the «best» cities to live in, at least not for everyone, says Jennie Allison of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness, a nonprofit research and policy group.

Candidates for Baltimore County Council from the Pikesville area are pledging to pursue policies to reduce crime and curtail excessive development in a district that shares a border with the city.

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Tech - and STEM - oriented companies thrive in cities with access to engineering talent and business - positive policies.

Yesterday I blogged about rental housing in Yellowknife, over at the Northern Public Affairs web site. Specifically, I blogged about a recent announcement by the city's largest for - profit landlord that it plans to «tighten» its policies vis - a-vis renting to recipients of «income assistance» (which, in most parts of Canada, is known generically as social assistance).

We evaluated renters insurance quotes for a sample policy in 95 cities across the state of Pennsylvania in order to determine which cities had the highest and lowest annual renters insurance costs.

In most cities, a majority of renters do not carry a renters insurance policy — even though they should.

Cupertino's commitment to meeting its RHNA and to creating more opportunities for affordable housing is reflected in various policies adopted and championed by the City Council.

Since some cities in the state are always threatened by storms year after year, most insurers will not offer policies online, and require you to call an insurer.

We evaluated renters insurance policies for a sample policy that included $ 30,000 in coverage in 305 cities in the state of California in order to determine which cities had the highest and lowest annual renters insurance costs.

The New York City area, with its many interest rate - sensitive industries, has prospered when decision - makers in the public and private sectors could have confidence that the Federal Reserve was committed to a rigorous set of policies that promoted price stability, in a growth - oriented economic environment.

My goal is to take advantage of cheaper heartland real estate with much higher net rental yields (8 % — 12 % vs. 2 % — 3.5 % in SF) and diversify away from expensive coastal city real estate which is now under pressure due to new tax policy which limits SALT deduction to $ 10,000 and new mortgage interest deduction on mortgages of $ 750,000 from $ 1,000,000 for 2018 and beyond.

Rudy Giuliani told CNBC on Monday that high unemployment in places like Detroit is the result of the same Democratic policies that crippled New York City's economy before he became mayor in 1994.

The letter raised the possibility that a federal contractor in San Francisco would have to make its policies conform to three separate sick leave rules — one for the city, one for the state of California and one for the federal government.

I am proud that he was a Harvard undergraduate during my time on the faculty at Harvard and I think that the Bank of England is fortunate to have someone with his degree of experience in public policy and also experience as a participant directly in financial markets, at the helm at what will be a challenging time for the city of London and England and the global financial system.

Rocketrip, based in New York City, provides employers with insights and analytics on company spending, savings and employee travel behavior, giving them the ability to optimize their travel policy and rewards program.

Here are this week's watercooler conversation - starters on why inland states struggle to find funding, coming issues in federal entrepreneurship policy and the success of innovation districts that are cropping up around the U.S. (and in Kansas City).

Karl Fitzgerald: Michael Hudson, our old friend here on the Renegade Economists, from the University of Missouri in Kansas City, has just returned from Russia speaking at the Global Policy Forum.