Sentences with phrase «created city department»

With Veterans Day approaching, veterans advocates in New York say they want to see the long - term vision of the newly created city Department of Veterans» Services and how its Commissioner plans to tackle the most significant, persistent issues affecting the city's military veterans.

A de Blasio - opposed measure to create a city Department of Veterans Affairs languished in committee for 14 months despite having 40 co-sponsors, before the mayor agreed it should move forward.

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New York City's Department of Health created a new website to compare nutritional data for 66 chain restaurants.

Boston Seasons presented by Berkshire Bank is a three - year activation plan created by Boston Garden Development Corp and the City of Boston Property Management Department.

Created as part of «Healthy Places,» a partnership between the city's public health department and the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children, the challenge reinvigorates and extends what has been a consistent movement toward healthy vending.

In the late 1980s, Margaret Brodkin of Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth led a campaign that established the Children's Fund to ensure permanent funding for vital services for kids, and the city's Department of Children Youth and their Families was created, to make sure that children's issues were handled by a department focused solely on their uniDepartment of Children Youth and their Families was created, to make sure that children's issues were handled by a department focused solely on their unidepartment focused solely on their unique needs.

Sarlin was most recently the associate commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, working as a senior advisor for marketing, creating services and communications, according to the governor's office.

Also at 1 p.m., state Sen. Tony Avella and residents call on the city to transfer control of a vacant lot to the parks department so that a new park can be created, 39th Avenue and 234th Street, Queens.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer held a press conference in front of a vacant lot on West 115th Street to criticize the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development for «dragging its feet» on creating affordable housing on empty city - owned land.

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.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

City Hall says Cuomo's plan would simply expedite an already - underway process by the state Education Department to create guidelines for evaluating teachers but leave intact the legal language mandating layoffs be implemented based on seniority.

2 p.m., the Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services will assemble to make decisions on bills directing the Department of Correction to provide a list of all inmates waitlisted for placement or transfer to alternative housing, to expand its report on «enhanced supervision housing,» to publish «their rules and regulations regarding the use of force by staff on inmates,» to post quarterly reports detailing the visitation of incarcerated individuals, the department's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of righDepartment of Correction to provide a list of all inmates waitlisted for placement or transfer to alternative housing, to expand its report on «enhanced supervision housing,» to publish «their rules and regulations regarding the use of force by staff on inmates,» to post quarterly reports detailing the visitation of incarcerated individuals, the department's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of righdepartment's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of rights.»

One idea for improving oversight of the NYPD is to create an inspector general for the department, a move that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and more recently City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, have supported.

The Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously Wednesday to direct the Department of City Development to create a homeowner - assistance guide.

As Councilman Ellis pushed plans and initiatives to deal with abandoned buildings, address lack of diversity in the fire department, and create public access TV, and introduced a measure requiring city department heads to live in the city.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved $ 1.5 million for the city of Springfield, Massachusetts to create a restaurant development fund.

For more than a year the executive has been negotiating with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to create a trail - only scenic byway on the county - owned railroad right of way around the reservoir.

De Blasio signed a bill to create the city's first Department of Veterans» Services, abolishing the current Mayor's Office of Veterans» Affairs and expanding the city's role in serving the needs of its 225,000 veterans.

The New York City Council voted to allow the Transportation Department to create new rules for pedestrian plazas that could restrict the costumed characters and painted topless women to designated zones in Times Square.

The bill, originally sponsored by councilman Eric Ulrich — a Republican from Queens — and a majority of the city council, will create an independent department with an increased budget, subject to oversight from the council during the budget negotiation process.

And in November, Councilman Eric Ulrich — with the support of Mark - Viverito and a majority of the Council — successfully pushed the administration to create the city's first Department of Veterans» Services, despite de Blasio's repeated objections.

The package of bills will obligate the police department to collect demographic and geographic information about recipients of tickets, and require the the city to create community service options for people unable to pay the fees.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Mayor de Blasio signs legislation creating the city's new Department of Veterans» Services, via Joe Bello, @NYMetroVets

The City Council is introducing a package of bills on Tuesday to require the city's Department of Correction to provide detailed reports on inmates» demographic information and the department's use - of - force policy, and to create a crisis intervention plan at the troubled Rikers Island jail compCity Council is introducing a package of bills on Tuesday to require the city's Department of Correction to provide detailed reports on inmates» demographic information and the department's use - of - force policy, and to create a crisis intervention plan at the troubled Rikers Island jail compcity's Department of Correction to provide detailed reports on inmates» demographic information and the department's use - of - force policy, and to create a crisis intervention plan at the troubled Rikers Island jaiDepartment of Correction to provide detailed reports on inmates» demographic information and the department's use - of - force policy, and to create a crisis intervention plan at the troubled Rikers Island jaidepartment's use - of - force policy, and to create a crisis intervention plan at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.

The Dept. of Public Art, a self - described «committed group of artists and activists who are creating public art in Binghamton», is a clever misnomer as the city of Binghamton has no official art department.

The committee plans to summon the city's Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), the agency tasked to create and maintain the map from the time Mayor Bloomberg signed the bill into law.

The funding provisions will create reams of new paperwork for the Department of Education, and city officials said the new rules would disrupt the city's current school budgeting process.

City Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said the city has invested $ 6.5 billion to create more than 46,600 classroom seats in overcrowded arCity Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said the city has invested $ 6.5 billion to create more than 46,600 classroom seats in overcrowded arcity has invested $ 6.5 billion to create more than 46,600 classroom seats in overcrowded areas.

The city Department of Education has received proposals to create 29,000 new pre-K seats since it began soliciting responses for de Blasio's universal pre-K plan, he said.

They negotiated a new sales - tax sharing agreement, merged several city and county departments and created a regional airport authority, among other accomplishments.

Carrion, Thompson and Albanese accused the city Department of Finance of creating inflated property assessments, the price of which landlords then passed on to business owners.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced the pact on creating a new watchdog for the nation's biggest police department and said talks were progressing on three companion proposals to set new rules surrounding stop and frisk, including banning racial profiling.

Josh Wallack, a deputy chancellor for strategy and policy at the city's Education Department, said that these policies and others, taken together, create a comprehensive improvement strategy for the entire system.

Through projects like Sydney House, and our new Open Door program, we will finance the construction of 1,300 new affordable homes as part of Housing New York 2.0, the Mayor's expanded and accelerated plan to create and preserve 300,000 affordable homes by 2026,» said New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres - Springer.

Indeed, the proposal predicts creating 15,000 new affordable housing units would cost about $ 3.83 billion, including about $ 1.875 billion in city subsidies, through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD).

The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development proposed that at least 50 percent of all the housing created in East New York would be affordable to local residents.

During a discussion of a proposed city law that would create an inspector general to oversee the police department ---- something that four of the five candidates support ---- Quinn said the Council would be doing all it could in that bill.

Those who want to back the project online can add their comments to the «Suggest Improvements» map on the Parks Department website or by filling out this form created by Parks4Us, a local parks advocacy group, which links directly to the city's site.

The city's Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Education's Educational Construction Fund are getting ready to release a request for proposals looking for a developer to create a new mixed - use building at 131 Livingston St., with the requirement of adding the school seats somewhere in the neighborhood, District Manager Rob Perris said at Wednesday's board meeting.

At a press conference Tuesday morning, Mayor Stephanie Miner said the city will work with the Department of Justice to create policies for how to implement a batch of 10 police body cameras.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued harsh language and a pointed threat Wednesday, as he fights a proposal to create an inspector general to oversee the New York City Police Department.

De Blasio will also announce the department will create a new division for the recently formed Office of Labor Policy and Standards which will work on labor issues for workers in the city and help to enforce specific labor laws, such as paid sick leave and commuter benefits.

The Department of Health partnered with Oddo this summer to create an awareness campaign about the illnesses, part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's «Deer Management Plan,» to help combat the rising rates of them in the city.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The New York City Council has voted to pass bills that will create an outside watchdog for the nation's biggest police department and make it easier for people to file profiling claims against it, overriding mayoral vetoes.

Two city departments accused Bronx landlord Ved Parkash of creating illegal apartments and allowing his building to become a breeding ground for rats.

The other - â $ «Intro 248 - A â $ «- would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to create a searchable database of all city owned and leased property, with an eye toward determining whether the property is «being used to its fullest extent.»

The legislation championed by Avella, currently in draft form, would empower the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development to fine owners who keep buildings empty and would create a fund to «provide capital for the rehabilitation of distressed vacant units.»

Some of them are concerned about creating more checks and balances on the city Department of Education's spending, while others want to increase parental involvement while weakening the mayor's ability to make appointments to the Panel for Educational Policy.

A nonprofit fundraising arm created by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to advance his summer concert series and other pet projects is being probed by both the federal government and the city's Department of Investigation for alleged impropriety, The Post has learned.