Sentences with phrase «community as an elected official»

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This environmental protection group works with businesses, elected officials and community groups on issues such as global warming, reviving the oceans, clean water and sustainable communities.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

«As an elected official who strives to be involved in the communities I represent, I am excited to have a new office in Orland Park's Village Hall,» Lipinski said.

It will be the homelessness and poverty that is impacting our community and the efforts that I have made personally as an elected official to address those issues.»

New York City wants elected and community officials to speak up about potential locations for new homeless shelters in their neighborhoods as it enters the second year of its effort to build 90 citywide.

De Blasio's plan to reshape neighborhoods is facing widespread opposition from community leaders and elected officials, setting up a battle for his administration as it seeks to build more affordable housing citywide.

This, in the senator's mind, is tantamount to «double crossing» of the community by its elected officials, whose names he has pledged to make public — just as soon as he figures out who has met with whom.

«I believe that our local elected officials have already been elected to do their jobs,» Marchione said at a news conference on the issue, «and to put something out as simple as shared services I think that the local governments can certainly make those decisions on behalf of their community.»

Working together with parents, teachers, community members and elected officials, they want to empower school communities to reinvent themselves as community «hubs» that can provide services that efficiently and effectively reduce barriers to learning and improve student outcomes.

He served eight years as a mayoral advisor, mainly as liaison to elected officials and community groups for New York City Mayor Ed Koch.

Participants cited the uproar caused by community residents, elected officials and Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change community residents, elected officials and Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change Community Board members as the reason the DOE had a change of heart.

Former state Sen. Hiram Monserrate showed up to two community events honoring the Ecuadorian community over the weekend as tension and arguments erupted between himself and elected officials and his Assembly primary opponent, Francisco Moya.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced continued widespread support from federal, state and county legislators as well as other former and current elected officials, community and business leaders for current plans to build a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee.

Also at noon, Bronx DA Darcel Clark, The Bronx Defenders as well as local elected officials and community leaders announce Another Chance, which is the Bronx DA's second annual summons warrant forgiveness program on Aug. 5, Eastchester Presbyterian Church, 3154 Fish Ave., Bronx.

Albany, New York, May 24, 2016 — New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) and the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) joined Living Resources, Regan Development, The Community Preservation Corporation, elected officials, and partners to announce the opening of Lion Heart Residences in Cohoes, a new $ 16.4 million 72 - unit development that offers affordable homes for working families, as well as apartments with support services for people with developmental disabilities.

She volunteers and gives back to the community in a number of ways, not just as an elected official and a registered nurse — all the while keeping a smile on her face despite her ongoing battle with cancer, which is nothing short of amazing.

Walsh also said he would propose creating a «quality of life commission» that would engage the community, department heads and elected officials to focus on topics such as beautification and litter in the city.

In a letter to Tom Allon, the president of City & State, Sen. Espaillat, joined by a number of other Latino elected officials, demanded that Airbnb be dropped as a SOMOS co-sponsor, claiming that the internet home - share middleman «exacerbates the housing crisis plaguing our communities... particularly the communities we represent.»

The Mayor's announcement came as a response to a longstanding effort by local elected officials and community advocates to fund and build a continuous esplanade to close the gap.

ERIE COUNTY, NY - Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined today by elected officials and members of the business community as he signed his 18th Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers shall include requirements to employ local and disadvantaged workers.

ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by elected officials, business and community leaders, and concerned citizens as he delivered his 2013 State of the County address at the Albright - Knox Art Gallery.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

As such, I was recently joined by elected officials and members of the business and labor community to sign my eighteenth Executive Order, mandating that Erie County construction projects of over $ 250,000 and involving at least three workers must include requirements to employ local workers.

When the lines for state Senate and state Assembly seats were unveiled last week, the drawn districts were widely criticized across the borough and viewed as breaking up communities and gerrymandering the districts to suit elected officials.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

During a candidate forum on Oct. 24, Olesheski had touted his experience as an elected official and his roots in the community.

I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil - based as well as other community - driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy...

The bipartisan breakfast table featured several community leaders as well as elected officials including Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore), Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island)

His visit, organized jointly by the Center for Community and Ethnic Media (CCEM) at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and the Office of the Brooklyn District Attorney, was the second installment of «Newsmakers 2015,» a roundtable series with CCEM members and elected officials, stakeholders and leaders as funded by the Revson Foundation.

Elected officials, community leaders, and a enthusiastic throng of supporters welcomed the bikers in Harlem, cheering the riders as they crossed the 145th Street Bridge into Manhattan.

As elected officials, we must always use our offices for the betterment of the ENTIRE community, not just our supporters or those who agree with us.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will speak at the press conference the Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) is holding tomorrow morning to give elected officials and community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas Community Council (QJCC) is holding tomorrow morning to give elected officials and community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas -LSB-...]

«All decisions by the DOE to co-locate schools are viewed by communities as the City giving up on the extant traditional public school,» the elected officials wrote in a joint letter last week to Chancellor Carmen Fariña and PEP Chairperson Vanessa Leung.

Intergovernmental Affairs The Intergovernmental Affairs Unit is responsible for outreach to the community with a focus on communications with elected officials as well as landlord and tenant advocacy groups.

«As elected officials, as community leaders, as religious leaders, as ordinary citizens, we must stand together to condemn these acts of hate against our Muslim and Jewish communitieAs elected officials, as community leaders, as religious leaders, as ordinary citizens, we must stand together to condemn these acts of hate against our Muslim and Jewish communitieas community leaders, as religious leaders, as ordinary citizens, we must stand together to condemn these acts of hate against our Muslim and Jewish communitieas religious leaders, as ordinary citizens, we must stand together to condemn these acts of hate against our Muslim and Jewish communitieas ordinary citizens, we must stand together to condemn these acts of hate against our Muslim and Jewish communities.

A spokesman for Mark - Viverito said, «The speaker holds the same position on Oscar Lopez Rivera as numerous members of Congress and elected officials all over the country, community activists and faith leaders from across the spectrum.»

In 2008, they eyed the building at 75 Morton St. as a potential site for a new middle school, and started rallying support from the community and local elected officials.

The working group is expected to include members of the 75MCA, the District 2 Community Education Council and CB 2, as well as representatives for local elected officials.

If you agree, you can send a message to our local elected officials telling them you will no longer tolerate their decision to act as willing co-conspirators with the DEP as that agency continues to engage in its long - held practice of profligate spending, this time in our community, as it proposes to spend $ 1.8 million on a parcel of land carried on our assessment roll at $ 165,500.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

Quigley joined with a number of local northern Manhattan elected officials, including New York State Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez and New York City Councilmember Melissa Mark - Viverito, community leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon rcommunity leaders such as Department of Youth and Community Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon rCommunity Development's Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav and Supportive Children's Advocacy Network (SCAN)'s Executive Director Lewis Zuchman, and a host of residents, including local schoolchildren, for the center's unveiling in a late afternoon reception.

«I stand here beside you today and every day to reaffirm our friendship, to let you know that as the county's top elected official, that not only are you welcome here, but that the contributions of our Muslim - American community are essential to us,» said Astorino, whose is up for re-election this year and unofficially has said he plans to seek a third term in office.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«For Mr. Paladino, I'm going to call his name, to use such hateful language against anyone is a detriment to our community and as an elected official he should know better,» Grant said.

At 9 a.m., immigrant communities, elected officials, and community supporters and allies will gather to stand in support of Riaz Talukder, a Bangladeshi immigrant who was brought to this country as a minor and has lived and worked here for 36 years, and now faces deportation, 26 Federal Plaza, Federal Building steps, Lafayette Street side, Manhattan.

As the protest continued outside of the Harlem River Yard, cars filled with elected officials and community leaders began to pass through the two security gates.

As an elected official I have pranced my way to victory with: the assault rifle ban; marriage equality; the fracking ban; free community college tuition... And I will keep delivering results by fighting in the Senate for all Marylanders.

We currently have a process that will take into consideration Manhattan's West Side community as represented by the local Community Board, elected officials and Ccommunity as represented by the local Community Board, elected officials and CCommunity Board, elected officials and City Hall.

As part of the broader Community and Citywide Education Council selection process, elected officials urged parents to apply.

Community schools with wraparound social services got a statewide funding boost of $ 175 million as elected officials in both parties embraced the model.