Sentences with phrase «demanding city authorities»

A veteran New York politician is demanding city authorities open a probe into the household of Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin for potential child abuse and neglect.

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Forty fired - up NYC Council members have signed a letter, authored by Torres, demanding de Blasio «finally» address the New York City Housing Authority's failing heating systems.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

In recent days Governor Andrew Cuomo has publicly engaged two of the massive transportation agencies he controls on hot button topics, demanding in an open letter that the MTA act to address a recent spike in sexual assaults reported as occurring on the New York City subway system and demanding answers from the Port Authority on a report that NYPD officials ensnared in a corruption investigation arranged for a special escort, with a lane closure, through the Lincoln Tunnel.

REAL ESTATE — «Stringer: NYCHA apartments left vacant for years,» by Capital's Kelly Weill: «Low - income apartments run by the New York City Housing Authority are in high demand, with more than 270,000 applicants on the authority's waitAuthority are in high demand, with more than 270,000 applicants on the authority's waitauthority's waiting list.

«I think... many of us were aghast,» said de Blasio, who called on the Port Authority to take on a more aggressive role in ensuring that the city keeps up with the growing demand for transportation.

Seven months after the M.T.A. asked Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase the city's historically piddling contribution to the M.T.A. by an also piddling amount, and just as the mayor indicated that City Hall would meet its demands, the transportation authority asked for way mcity's historically piddling contribution to the M.T.A. by an also piddling amount, and just as the mayor indicated that City Hall would meet its demands, the transportation authority asked for way mCity Hall would meet its demands, the transportation authority asked for way more.

«The City of Kingston was quite explicit that the Thruway Authority should not be involved as lead agency for the environmental review of Pilgrim's proposed pipelines, and we voted unanimously to demand the DEC instead,» said Ward 1 Alderman and outgoing Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn in a statement posted on the KingstonCitizens.org website.

Public housing residents and their supporters rally to demand New York City Housing Authority conditions be improved outside of City Hall.

He pointed to former Gov. Hugh L. Carey, a Democrat, who was able to push through a capital improvement program for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city's transit system, in 1981 only after conceding to a demand by Republican legislative leaders for an independent monitor.

The incident touched off a storm of public protest, and humane society authorities demanded that the city change its policies.

Authorities also ordered Attleson to surrender the dogs he had taken to the show - accusing him of neglect and cruelty, demanding the valuable show dogs also be turned over to the city for their «health and safety.»

Municipal authorities increasingly understand the role (intra - and peri --RRB- urban farmers can play in environmental management (like the recycling of urban wastes, urban stormwater management, lowering urban temperatures and dust, maintaining urban biodiversity) while innovative farmers in and around cities are offering nowadays a variety of recreational services (staying on farm, horse riding, etcetera), playing a role in maintaining the cultural landscape and other services (e.g., on farm care for elderly people or with people with a psychological, eco-education,...) in response to the demands of citizens and city region managers.

The challenges associated with supporting the urban poor demand urgent and adequate responses from city and national authorities and international organisations.