Sentences with phrase «citywide issues»

Christine Quinn I'd like to be remembered as somebody who helped further unite the council and make the council even more effective, someone who empowered council members so that each member could accomplish more, not only for their district, but also on citywide issues.

Speaking mostly about citywide issues, he said of Staten Island, specifically, «We need to look at tax reform and we have a major opiates issue that we need to tackle and we need to create an economy that's vibrant and creating jobs.»

I look forward to boldly examine different citywide issues that are preventing Oakland public schools from serving their underprivileged neighborhoods fully, and problem solving with other TAG members to provide better neighborhood school choices for our children.

According to a 1999 New York Times profile, Fariña's strategies to overhaul P.S. 6 on the Upper East Side included introducing selective admissions criteria — a move that would hardly solve citywide issues.