Sentences with phrase «city system»

Getting accurate measurements of the exact amount of gas leaking from any given city system is difficult.

The New York City system of public matching dollars has led to a more racially diverse city council, the study found.

Now as Senate Republicans plan to look at whether the New York City system of public financing is rife with fraud in a public hearing, Klein plans a series of hearings himself with the hope of demonstrating just the opposite.

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Democrats have pointed to the New York City system as a model for reform.

The only two public library directors on the DPLA board are from big - city systems on the coasts.

It explores the importance of local government, new digital platforms, hydrogen, city morphology and financial tools in securing a clean, resilient and affordable future for energy, transport and other city systems.

While this was a special setup, there is often a good amount of fluidity within the Manchester City system.

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Their projects will work to alleviate that overflow while repairing inner city systems, some nearing 100 years old.

Friends of the Library; Our sister organization dedicated to the continued well - being and enrichment of the libraries in the Salt Lake City system.

The teetering city system, said Superintendent William R. Hite Jr., desperately needs «to show a win.»

Dianne Payne leaves the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan after asking a judge to force the state to pay the same amount of money that the New York City system spends per pupil for two of her children to attend private school.

Houston and other big - city systems need to experiment with new ways of combining on - site teaching and tutoring with world - class online coursework.

Several large city systems, including New York City and Los Angeles have hired executive chefs to lead efforts to improve the menu.

For example, Missouri teachers in the state pension system can retire and work full time in the St. Louis or Kansas City systems, or they can cross the border and work in Kansas.

But the New York City system applied for the 2012 grant, which allows districts to differentiate pay for teachers who take on new responsibilities, and Ms. Feinberg, the district spokeswoman, said officials believe their proposal would pass muster with the Education Department's 2012 rules for the competition.

Euro NCAP tested low speed AEB City system performance on 6 vehicles:

The center is also great for local jobs, creating 200 new roles in an IDA Ireland for people researching, developing and commercializing new ways of making city systems more connected, sustainable and intelligent.

Here, at least, parks are understood to be part of a complex city system that is made livable and sustainable through good planning and far - sighted investment in a range of social amenities.

Some of the participating projects aimed to increase the security of smart city systems, facilitate patient data management through digital medical records, detect online fraud cases, improve paper printing and find innovative personal ID solutions.

Don't miss the March 23 and March 30 editions, which respectively analyze U.S. lawmakers telling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that they will expect him to testify about the unfolding Cambridge Analytica scandal and ransomware hits Atlanta city systems, Baltimore's 911 system and aviation giant Boeing.

But I would rather have the New Orleans enrollment and closure system than just about any other big city system in the country.

On changes to the state's campaign finance laws, Skelos indicated he would be open to reforms that did not include a public financing system that is modeled after the New York City system.

While the author of the Times piece is suspicious of parental choice and educator autonomy, having worked in urban school systems across America, I am confident that a city with such faith in the people closest to kids is more likely to develop solutions to the challenges of poverty than is a top - down, big city system of micro-management and zip - code confinement.

While bottled is preferable, even the water in the city system would do in a pinch.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last month introduced his own campaign - finance bill, one that is closely modeled after the New York City system.

The Brennan Center studied the impact of public financing in the New York City system and found that nearly 90 percent of the city's census block groups had at least one person who gave $ 175 or less to a city council candidate in 2009.

There are those who believe it's time to do away county committee votes for party nominees for state level seats, perhaps by shifting to the New York City system, which requires non-partisan special elections to fill vacancies.

The CFB report demonstrates the benefits of a public matching system for small donors, supporting the view that the New York City system could be a valid model for the rest of the nation.

Five of the six recommendations for making those early mass transit improvements rely in whole or in part on New York City: overhauling the city's parking placard system, which de Blasio has expanded; improving traffic enforcement in New York City, which his NYPD controls; reforming the city system that governs taxis and for - hire companies like Uber; assessing the impact of bus congestion on the central business district; and identifying transit improvements in the outer boroughs.

What came across to the casual observer was a city system with virtually no rules and little accountability that nonetheless was responsible for applying for and administering millions of dollars in state and federal grants.

Governor Cuomo has also pushed for public campaign finance reform for statewide campaigns, modeled on the New York City system.

It is modeled after the New York City system and would be financed, in part, through a $ 5 check off option on state income taxes.

In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

Schneiderman's proposal comes as state lawmakers prepare to debate once again a public financing of campaigns on the state level that could see the adoption of a matching program based off the New York City system (Senate Republicans have blocked efforts to institute public financing).

The umbrella group formed to push for a system of public financing on a statewide level says some of its members are being shut out of a Senate Republican - backed hearing on abuses within the New York City system.

Cuomo wants to create a system of public financing with small - dollar matches that is based on the current New York City system.

But advocates noted that the New York City system has existed for decades, and hasn't never been challenged on constitutional grounds.

Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, meanwhile, has rejected the idea that public financing could help curb corruption, noting that the New York City system hasn't stopped fraud.

Now, Mr. Adams said, he is learning the «city system» after spending several terms in Albany, where he was not always comfortable.

Cuomo has also pushed for public campaign finance reform for statewide campaigns, modeled on the New York City system.

ALBANY — In a shot directly at Mayor de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

State Sen. Majority Leader John Flanagan announced last week that he won't approve anything beyond a one - year extension — and only with a special state monitor to oversee the city system.