Sentences with phrase «criticized by some city officials»

Aiello said COR decided to partner with the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, a move heavily criticized by some city officials and residents, because the company was forced to sue Syracuse to lower its assessment.

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But the mayor's office, city aviation and Park District officials have criticized efforts by Edgar and his Transportation Department to threaten a lawsuit blocking Meigs» closing and steadfastly have defended the need for a new lakefront park.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

The mayor was flanked by members of DC 37, a public union that endorses de Blasio for reelection; his MTA board appointee David Jones, who has criticized NYPD fare evasion arrests; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Transportation; former City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod; and a slew of elected officials and transit advocates.

The requirement has been criticized by many city officials, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but the proposal puts the governor on a collision course with the mayor, who has repeatedly defended fingerprinting as necessary to prevent frcity officials, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but the proposal puts the governor on a collision course with the mayor, who has repeatedly defended fingerprinting as necessary to prevent frCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but the proposal puts the governor on a collision course with the mayor, who has repeatedly defended fingerprinting as necessary to prevent fraud.

The Court's ruling was criticized by multiple top city officials, as well as leading local immigration reform groups.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The 20 - year - old lead abatement program run by the city of Syracuse will shut down and its four employees will be laid off because federal officials, who had criticized the city's handling of grants, rejected Syracuse's application for continued funding.