Sentences with phrase «city workers do»

Find out what city workers do and what valuable services and support they provide for city residents.

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Monaghan is particularly concerned that the city could become crowded with workers who don't fit in.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry ordered a mandatory evacuation for some parts of the city on Friday, but an evacuation order does not necessarily protect absent workers from being fired.

As the workers said in a statement, «O'Hare workers are ready to do whatever it takes to make sure the city, their employers and the airlines listen to their concerns.»

One reason major cities see such a wide wealth gap is that when new generations of workers cluster there, density increases and, therefore, so does property cost and competition.

Union officials, who have vowed to fight any effort to reduce benefits to retirees and vested workers, claim the city has undermined the pension fund by outsourcing city services to workers who don't pay into the system.

Improving delivery times is seen as a way to appeal to busy inner - city workers who do not own cars and for whom grocery trips are often limited to what they can carry home.

Many people who took the survey do not have a background in technology, including Jim Symbouras, 56, a municipal worker in New York City.

We then calculate what the ratio would be if Amazon added 50,000 Amazon workers and 62,500 supplementary workers over a ten year period, as Amazon's RFP projects, and if the city's housing supply grew 20 percent faster than it did in the earlier period.1 We adjusted the 20 percent figure up or down to reflect differences in metros» level of difficulty in producing new housing, and we assumed that vacancy rates would drop to between 3 and 5 percent of the city's housing stock.

The company collects and remits taxes on rentals in the city, but hotel workers and housing advocates say the rules do not go far enough.

You need capital, great workers and affordable space — and the city could do more to help, say Brooklyn entrepreneurs

These inner - city workers understand the «victim mentality» and «entitlement mind - set» they encounter in the devastated communities where they live, but they do not let such attitudes go unchallenged, and they expect great things from their neighbors despite those neighbors» disadvantaged circumstances.

Jesus tells us that we are called to do for the poor farmer in Cuzco, the inner - city gang member, the undocumented worker and the pregnant teen what we would want done if we were in their places.

Till Leicester City did the unthinkable and banked home the Premier League trophy two seasons ago, the last time English football witnessed «hard workers» and not «money bags» takes all champion was way back ’95 when Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester United to the trophy.

The union, which represents more than 70,000 workers in New York, is endorsing Schneiderman at City Hall in Manhattan this morning and has pledged to do a voter outreach campaign — including mailings, door - to - door canvassing and member mobilization — in support of Schneiderman's election.

Cuomo did not specify what he thought those workers should be paid, but he sought (unsuccessfully) during the budget talks to increase the minimum wage to $ 11.50 in New York City and $ 10.50 in the rest of the state.

He called Paterson's maneuver a «mistake,» and said the state would «do the right thing» by uniformed workers, describing the current state of New York City officers» benefits as «blatantly unfair.»

Halloran said five city workers, including two Department of Transportation and three Sanitation Department employees assigned to Queens, told him the day before that they were asked by supervisors «to take their time» plowing roads because the «mayor's office doesn't care about them.»

«A lot of people think the deal that has been negotiated by the city is too rich for developers and doesn't do enough for workers,» Cuomo said.

The workers told Halloran they were ordered to do this because of cuts the mayor made to the city Sanitation Department.

She raised the pay for all city of Syracuse workers to at least $ 15 an hour even before Gov. Andrew Cuomo did that for state workers, making Syracuse the first city in the state to do it.

«What I do know I've been walking out door - to - door and we've been talking to many city employees and their families who feel they do not have a voice in their workplace and I'm glad to have the support of all these blue - collar workers in this race and it's notable that many of those employees and their families are not supporting the incumbent mayor.

«A lot of people think the deal that's been negotiated by the city is too rich for developers and doesn't do enough for workers.

But the administration has worked since the audit to reduce the SURA payroll by transferring workers to the city departments where they do their work.

Since taking office in January 2014, Stringer has assessed over $ 13 million dollars owed to workers on city projects and has suspended 30 contractors from doing business with the city and state due to prevailing wage violations.

Between 30 and 40 people turned out Wednesday at City Hall in a cold drizzle to lobby in support of a countywide living wage of $ 14.34 an hour for a worker whose employer does not offer health benefits.

They did agree to push a city worker retirement incentive program and feel a boost in parking fees will help.

During that period, our rulers created cities whose essential workers can not afford to live in them, cities full of ugly buildings and drably uniform centres and angry frightened neighbourhoods where people do not know their neighbours.

The city filed an amicus brief with the high court backing public workers unions» ability to collect mandatory fees, even from workers who don't want to join the union, officials said.

«A lot of people think the deal that has been negotiated by the city is too rich for developers and doesn't do enough for workers,» Mr. Cuomo told reporters yesterday.

Most private sector workers in New York City do not have any access to a retirement savings program, and low - income, immigrant, minority, and female New Yorkers are disproportionately impacted.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today declared he was using his executive authority to raise the minimum wage for state employees to $ 15 an hour — and called upon the city to do the same for its public workers.

The sanitation workers worked «long, long hours and multiple shifts» and fought hard to get the city running again, he said, adding that he went out there and said that «some people got ta do better» but that the sanitation workers prevailed.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio said he's fine with the state subsidizing higher wages for construction workers who build affordable housing in the five boroughs — as long as it doesn't impact the city's bottom line.

The DDC is in the process of leasing nearly 10,000 square feet of office space at 101 Tyrellan Ave. for 20 years to be closer to projects under construction in the borough so workers don't have to trek from Long Island City to Staten Island.

Back at Borough Hall, city information technology workers set up servers to ensure secure communications so that staffers could work as they do at City Hall, albeit on folding tables and from about 60 laptcity information technology workers set up servers to ensure secure communications so that staffers could work as they do at City Hall, albeit on folding tables and from about 60 laptCity Hall, albeit on folding tables and from about 60 laptops.

Cuomo's national strategy also explains other high - profile actions, including his belated embrace of a «women's agenda,» his refusal to permit «fracking» for natural gas even after repeatedly promising to do so, his anti-gun Safe Act, his embrace of the teachers unions he had once sharply criticized, and his recent high - profile crackdown on Korean - owned nail salons in the city that, according to a deeply flawed report in the New York Times, were exploiting their immigrant workers, said the source.

«We support expanding the Displaced Building Service Workers Act, and I know we'll get it done because this is a Council that cares about working men and women,» said Van Bramer, the son of a 32BJ member who worked as a cleaner in the city's school system.

Nearly three quarters, or 74 percent, of low - income private sector workers in New York City don't have access to a retirement savings plan, Public Advocate Letitia James said Thursday.

New York City private - sector workers whose employers don't offer retirement savings plans would be able to squirrel away part of their paychecks for their golden years under a city - run program Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to creCity private - sector workers whose employers don't offer retirement savings plans would be able to squirrel away part of their paychecks for their golden years under a city - run program Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to crecity - run program Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to create.

The 2 percent per year property tax cap does not technically expire until next year, but leaders of cities, towns, and counties, as well as teachers and public worker unions say they fear an early renewal of the law might be part of any end of session deal.

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CITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the sCITY HALL — After months of heated debate and demonstrations, City Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the sCity Council Speaker Christine announced a deal Friday afternoon on controversial legislation that would force developers who receive big city subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the scity subsidies to pay their workers more than the minimum wage but would exempt their tenants from doing the same.

They'll also talk about the program to offer tax credits to employers who hire inner - city youth and what else her office is doing to support workers and employers in the state.

Now after the workers took 0 and 1 percent increases, they are entitled to their 3 percent increases, which are coming now, but the city didn't plan for it.»

The Syracuse Common Council approved a Resident Employment Ordinance on Monday, requiring contractors who do business with the city to use workers from Syracuse neighborhoods for 20 percent of all work.

Mayor de Blasio and City Council leaders have taken policy positions that do just that: committing to non-cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pioneering an IDNYC program, maintaining strong worker protections, and increasing funding for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and the Community Schools initiative.

The de Blasio administration has sought to make Sunset Park the new landing spot for the city's fashion industry, but has faced resistance from manufacturers who say the commute doesn't make sense for its workers.

Days after the subway workers» union blasted Mayor de Blasio in new ads for not doing enough to bankroll the MTA, another labor group is pressuring City Hall to give more.

Driscoll said Mayor Stephanie Miner's administration is uncomfortable with that idea because they do not have the data yet on what percentage of contracted workers live in the city.