Sentences with phrase «city policy makers»

Grassroots leaders of Baltimore's Human Rights Organization, the United Workers, are calling for dialogue and reconciliation with neighbors and city policy makers to address the systemic racism and poverty that has plagued the City for 40 years and get below the surface of this evolving and troubling crisis in our city.

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Other cities followed suit, and such policies became a boon for China's electric - car makers.

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 debt.

Bubbly markets in two big cities will trouble policy makers.

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.

Canada's cities have of course already seen a condominium boom, one so pronounced that policy makers have expressed concern.

Economists and policy - makers are keeping a close eye on condos, especially in the country's most populous city, where cranes dot the sky.

According to a report from Bourscheidt's Alliance that is meant to encourage policy makers to help the arts industry play a role in rebuilding New York City's economy, nonprofit cultural organizations in the city had an economic impact of $ 5.8 billion in 2005 and generated more than 40,000 jobs and $ 2.2 billion in waCity's economy, nonprofit cultural organizations in the city had an economic impact of $ 5.8 billion in 2005 and generated more than 40,000 jobs and $ 2.2 billion in wacity had an economic impact of $ 5.8 billion in 2005 and generated more than 40,000 jobs and $ 2.2 billion in wages.

Are these the groups that policy - makers hope to enlist to save the inner city?

On November 7th in Cork City, Young Knocknaheeny will bring together leading experts, policy makers, practitioners, and participants to share and connect the science, policy, and interdisciplinary practice across the domains of child development, health, equality, urban development, and change practices for whole community prevention and early intervention.

To compare, Washington DC, the city where policy - makers are preoccupied with Syria in these days, is almost 6 000 miles away, or 12 hours by plane.

Mayor Bramson's responsibilities include serving as the City's chief policy - maker.

We hope the Board of Regents, Governor Cuomo, NYC Schools Chancellor Fariña, Mayor DeBlasio and all policy - makers throughout the city and state and nation listen to this urgent video message.

Understanding how birds move through urban areas will help urban planners and policy makers to make cities better places to live.»

Subica believes strategies developed by South Los Angeles organizers and policy makers to reduce crime and violence around these properties may carry over to other large cities throughout the U.S., which also possess high numbers of tobacco shops and liquor stores.

«When we talk to policy - makers they say, «One number for the whole city is lovely, but we need to know what is emitting».»

Barthelemy says the model could also come in handy for estimating traffic delays, gas consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, so that urban planners and policy makers can better understand how those different factors evolve as a city grows.

Dr Crescenzi, Assistant Professor of Economics Geography, said: «Our results provide European, national and regional policy makers with preliminary insights to assess the capabilities of their cities and regions to react to economic shocks and design adequate responses.

To parents choosing among schools, to families deciding where to live, to taxpayers attempting to gauge the ROI on schools they're supporting, and to policy makers concerned with big - picture questions such as how their education system is doing when compared with those in another city, state, or country, that information is only marginally helpful — and potentially quite misleading.

Teach Plus, for example, which connects groups of teachers to top policy makers in six cities, including Boston, Chicago and Memphis, helped alter the Indianapolis contract to ensure that teacher effectiveness was considered when laying off teachers with less than six years of experience.

A new report out of New York City suggests that policy makers should identify troubled schools by their absenteeism rates — a relatively easy data point to obtain — and then work to fix the schools by addressing each one's unique problems, from homelessness and child abuse to teacher turnover and safety.

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Unfortunately, there are people who are so entrenched in the old battles between policy makers and labor that they fail to see that we have moved beyond past skirmishes and are working together for our city's kids.

Schools chancellor Carmen Fariña unveiled an update to the city's teacher evaluation system Wednesday, a year after state policy makers removed test scores from consideration in most teacher ratings.

Concerns have mounted that home prices in Canada's largest city have spiralled to the point where policy - makers need to intervene, as they have in Vancouver, where a number of measures have been implemented including a tax on foreign buyers.

But go check out KCDA's site — there is more response to the city reaction there, as well as a note sent to the city council by city manager Wayne Cauthen that tries to justify this decision to our city's policy - makers.

If the director is a city or county employee, then personnel decisions, budgetary choices, and setting policy may happen at a higher level of city government, where the ultimate decision - maker is not solely focused on No Kill.

From governments and policy makers to community groups and individual urban dwellers, we are all part of making our city.

Curated by writer, Erick Lyle, and artists, Chris Johanson and Kal Spelletich, Streetopia will bring neighborhood residents together with at least 132 artists, performers, writers, filmmakers, activists, thinkers, and public policy makers in venues in the heart of the city, to address the show's themes of Utopian aspiration for the city.

It focuses on three broad issues: how cities contribute to and are affected by climate change; how policy makers can use cities to change human behavior and improve technology related to climate change; how cities should use climate change as an opportunity to raise their profile, reinforce sensible policies, and move toward a more sustainable community and planet.

«This landmark conference beside the Pantanal will gather an overview of the status of global wetlands, identify knowledge gaps, create greater collaboration and consistency in wetland science worldwide, and offer a plain - spoken policy prescription for decision makers with an appeal to adopt it with urgency,» said Professsor Paulo Speller of Brazil's Federal University of Mato Grasso which is hosting the meeting, the 8th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference meeting, held July 21 - 25 in the city of Cuiaba on the edge of South America's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetland.

Around 4500 delegates — scientists, innovators, academics, young researchers, journalists, policy makers, industry representatives and others converged on the world's first industrial city to discover and have discussions about the latest advancements in scientific and technological research across Europe and beyond.

These will be an important reference for city staff and policy makers, along with developers from any location, to instantly know what the green building state of play is in that city — and to be able to make comparisons with other cities.

Specifically, the report concluded in its «Summary for Policy Makers» section: «Costs and benefits of climate change for industry, settlement [cities and towns] and society will vary widely by location and scale.

GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles was proud to host some of the City of Los Angeles» most prominent policy makers, including keynotes from Lauren Faber (Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Los Angeles) and Nancy Sutley (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power).

Many species of plant are now well - established, and wildlife has been attracted to the new city oasis, as well as interested architects, engineers and policy - makers - especially those interested in reducing building energy use and helping to cool the city.

In a show of force today, individuals from diverse organizations representing youth, advocates, Indigenous peoples & frontlines communities, policy makers and more announced their platform — «The U.S. People's Delegation» to counter the Trump Administration's fossil fuel agenda and to hold US states, cities, businesses, and the public accountable to commitments to climate action.

«What if New York City...» is a call for innovation and an opportunity for designers and policy - makers to collaborate on one of the biggest challenges facing densely settled urban areas after a disaster: how do we keep people safely and comfortably housed while reconstruction proceeds?

But determining whether the Ordos - style expansion and re-engineering of old cities is being driven by smart planning or propelled by speculative madness is a prime challenge for Beijing policy makers.

Richard has delivered hundreds of lectures on energy and climate issues to audiences in 14 countries, addressing policy makers at many levels, from local City Councils to members of the European Parliament.

Forty bipartisan local elected officials delivered a powerful message at a recent summit: Coastal flooding is becoming more costly and dangerous for people, businesses and cities along America's shorelines — and policy makers at all levels of government, as well as presidential candidates, need to pay attention.

As violent crime in New York City peaked from 1988 - 1991, policy makers were desperate for ways to combat and prevent it.

In other cities, policy makers have tried lowering speed limits and even imposing fines for pedestrians found texting while walking.

It helps community groups understand and use legal tools to advance their concerns; works with policy - makers at all levels of government to create better processes for making environmental decisions; and provides free advice and education to people who have questions about a broad range of topics including pesticide use and conserving greenspace in cities, impacts of gravel pits, saving agricultural land or addressing the impacts of the oilsands.

• State policy makers track trends on the condition of children in Rhode Island cities and towns • Nonprofits, community organizations, and state agencies use the information for grant applications to bring resources to Rhode Island to improve children's lives • Local government and school district leaders use the information to plan education and outreach programs and to allocate resources