Sentences with phrase «city policy matters»

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«Mr. Bloomberg's hypocritical support of constitutional protections, only when they don't impact the New York City budget, coupled with his uneducated and uninformed statements on the issue, serve to fan the flames of aggression, and undermine the potential for peaceful resolution of these matters, while perpetuating a long dormant policy of Indian termination which dates back to the days of General Custer's failed battle of Little Bighorn.»

«He pretends to be a moderate when it benefits him, but on the issues that matter the most for Upstate New York, he has been a rubber stamp for the corruption and failed liberal policies of Governor Cuomo, Sheldon Silver, Ray Halbritter and New York City liberals,» Tenney said.

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

De Blasio and incoming NYPD commissioner James O'Neill said Tuesday they would examine the city's policy on the matter after POLITICO New York reported that Officer Daniel Pantaleo boosted his salary by more than 20 percent in the two years since he was placed on modified duty following his role in the 2014 death of Eric Garner.

Those fights have largely been with members of the Democratic - led Assembly, starting with Speaker Carl Heastie soon after the session ended over New York City policy, but soon spilled over to economic development matters and the contention lawmakers haven't «made the case» to a commission to grant a pay hike.

In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school sysCity Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school syscity's public school system.

In the way the city's criminal justice coordinator works to set and develop policy, so would the civil justice coordinator — and Mr. Levine said his goal would be scaling up to a universal right to counsel in cases that could be potentially life - altering, such as eviction, custody matters, and deportation hearings.

Actions — not words and feelings — are what matters, which is why this administration fought for and delivered more state funding to New York City than ever before — $ 30 billion this year — raised the minimum wage to $ 15, passed the country's strongest paid family leave policy, enacted full - day universal Pre-K without additional taxes, secured unprecedented funding to modernize the MTA, and is rebuilding LaGuardia, and reconstructing Penn Station.»

«The reality of the city's overall legal position — meaning the need of the city to defend our legal prerogatives in all sorts of cases in very narrow, obscure legal ways — makes people think it's a policy matter.

A co-founder of the now - dominant Progressive Caucus, he became a regular face at Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter protests, and commandeered headlines as a bitter critic of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's policing policies and of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the city's rent laws.

I think that as a matter of policy would be bad for the city, bad for the state.

Because atmospheric conditions such as wind and temperature can greatly affect particulate - matter measurements, researchers from EPIC - India and the Evidence for Policy Design initiative at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, gathered data from air - quality monitors in New Delhi and placed monitors in three adjacent cities as a control.

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.

While discipline policies vary across schools, districts, and states — and as the nation's largest school district the New York City public schools are likely more bureaucratized and formalized in matters of school discipline than smaller districts — the scale, scope, and level of complexity of the legal regulations affecting day - to - day school practices appear quite formidable.

And in this case, its effect on policy implementation in cities across the nation would matter: we'd see greater prudence in the process of deliberation, improved communication to stakeholders, and more thoughtful and respectful execution of an undesirable but ultimately necessary decision.

Many of the individuals who are driving education policy in this country, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Jeb Bush and Bill Gates, sent their own children to abundantly financed private schools where class sizes were 16 or less, and yet continue to insist that resources, equitable funding, and class size don't matter — when all the evidence points to the contrary.

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The increased recognition of urban agriculture and food policies is not only a matter of governments in the global North, but is as much present in the global South where amongst others cities like Rosario (Argentina), Lima (Peru),

Beginning with a single division devoted to domestic energy policy (Energy Probe), it has grown into a hydra - like body that, among other things, addresses foreign aid and investment (Probe International), government policies relating to Canadian natural resources (Environment Probe), and regulatory matters that affect cities (the Urban Renaissance Institute).

The conclusion we can draw from these is that policies and institutional settings matter as mechanisms to move our cities to less carbon intensive pathways of development.

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Nigel Richardson, former Director of Children's Service, Leeds City Council (Chair) Ben Ashcroft, Care experienced and Founder of Every Child Leaving Care Matters Cllr Judith Blake, Leader, Leeds City Council and Chair of Core Cities UK Matthew Brazier, Her Majesty's Inspector, Specialist Adviser (Looked After Children), Ofsted Nigel Brown, Chief Executive, Cafcass Cymru Beth Cape Cowens, Child Care lawyer and FRG Trustee Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive, Cafcass Angela Frazer - Wicks, Family Rights Group's Parents» Panel & Co-Chair of Your Family, Your Voice Alliance Andrew Gill, Chair, BASW (Representative to be confirmed) Dez Holmes, Director, Research in Practice Tony Hunter, Chief Executive, SCIE Ian Keating, Principal Policy Advisor Children and Young People, Local Government Association Anne Longfield, Children's Commissioner for England Kevin Makwikila, Member of Family Rights Group's Parents» Panel Lord Justice Andrew McFarlane, a Lord Justice of Appeal in England and Wales Mel Meggs, Deputy Director of Children's Services, Rotherham MBC Alison Michalska, President of the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) and Corporate Director of Children and Adults, Nottingham City Council Alice Miles, Director of Strategy, Children's Commissioner for England Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division Alasdair Smith, Director of Children's Services, LB Southwark Rachael Wardell, Corporate Director of Communities with Responsibility for Children and Adult Services, West Berkshire Council (and lead for ADCS on workforce development) Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association's Children and Young People Board and Leader of the LB Islington Sue Williams, Director of Family Safeguarding, Hertfordshire County Council