Sentences with phrase «efforts by city officials»

«They include efforts by city officials to aid the owner of a restaurant in Queens, a soundstage company in Brooklyn and a Brooklyn real estate developer — all donors to the mayor,» the Times reported, noting the restaurant owner is cooperating with authorities.

Not exact matches

Union officials, who have vowed to fight any effort to reduce benefits to retirees and vested workers, claim the city has undermined the pension fund by outsourcing city services to workers who don't pay into the system.

In the case of Norwalk, Connecticut, for instance, it was Diane Beltz - Jacobson, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City, who, once a concerned mother brought the issue to the attention of governmental officials, spearheaded the effort which led to adoption of a concussion safety ordinance by the cCity, who, once a concerned mother brought the issue to the attention of governmental officials, spearheaded the effort which led to adoption of a concussion safety ordinance by the citycity.

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.

In its effort to unionize flight attendants at JetBlue, the Transport Workers Union has found an uncommon array of allies — top New York City and state officials led by Cuomo.

Cuomo joined Mayor Paul A. Dyster and other officials in cutting a ribbon on the $ 37 million DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, a 192 - room hotel at 401 Buffalo Ave.. They used the event to trumpet state and city efforts to rebuild tourism in the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State Pcity efforts to rebuild tourism in the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State PCity of Niagara Falls and Niagara Falls State Park.

MANHATTAN — The city is ratcheting up its efforts to curb bullying by dedicating $ 8 million for new prevention programs and making it easier for bullied students to transfer out of their schools, Department of Education officials announced Monday.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Stepping up the effort to press the Cuomo administration to provide more funding to shelter homeless youth, State Senator Brad Hoylman, an out gay Manhattan Democrat, appeared with fellow elected officials and advocates outside of City Hall on February 12 to make the case.

«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»

Oddo started one last effort to halt the project last year by forcing the new streets to be part of the official city map and go through the city's lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) which could cripple their plans.

After several failed efforts to secure official recognition for rapper Christopher Wallace, who also went by Biggie Smalls, New York City's parks department has renamed the basketball courts at Crispus Attucks Playground, roughly on the border between Clinton Hill and Bedford - Stuyvesant, in his honor.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was unable to reverse an effort by Cuomo to claw back more than $ 600 million in city sales tax receipts that state officials argued rightfully belonged to the state.

The latest effort to bring the bright blue bikes to The Bronx comes in the form of an online petition launched by bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, demanding that city officials approve public funding to support the bike system's expansion into all five boroughs.

BOARDWALK EMPIRE — «Coney Island's boardwalk becomes an NYC landmark on its 95th anniversary,» by Curbed New York's Tanay Warerkar: «The Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island was officially designated New York City's eleventh scenic landmark on Tuesday morning, capping a years long effort by local residents and elected officials to officially recognize the cultural icon that is synonymous with visiting Coney Island.

The Summit on Latinos was a multi-coalition effort supported by NYC's Latino elected officials including Speaker of City Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic FederatCity Council Melissa Mark — Viverito; Council Members Ydanis Rodríguez, Carlos Menchaca, the city's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federatcity's top academic institutions the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, CUNY, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute, the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at CUNY, the CUNY Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, and community organizations such as the Hispanic Federation.

Cuomo is also expected to name former New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn as the state party's No. 2 official, but her selection was described by party insiders as more a rebuke to Mayor de Blasio, the governor's nemesis, and not an effort to find a replacement for Percoco.

And last week at City Hall, homeless outreach advocates attended a meeting called by de Blasio officials, where HRA Commissioner Steve Banks and top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe were present, in order to discuss the city's homelessness outreach effoCity Hall, homeless outreach advocates attended a meeting called by de Blasio officials, where HRA Commissioner Steve Banks and top de Blasio aide Emma Wolfe were present, in order to discuss the city's homelessness outreach effocity's homelessness outreach efforts.

The fund - raiser represents the latest effort by city elected officials to insert themselves into Albany politics, where Mayor Bill de Blasio has become an increasingly relevant player.

Topics of discussion included the Buffalo Billion scandal, the ramifications of this week's School Board elections, and efforts by City Hall and Erie County officials to deal with Buffalo's lead poisoning problem.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

CROWN HEIGHTS — As some neighbors of two planned Crown Heights homeless shelters fight to block their openings, city officials hope to mend relationships between shelters and residents by hiring a full - time Director of Community Partnerships to manage problems and volunteer efforts.

Two recent developments appear to signal that Buffalo officials are getting more serious about recycling after a series of reports by Investigative Post documenting serious shortcomings in the city's efforts.

Nashville school officials have rejected a proposal to open a charter school in a middle - class part of the city, highlighting a broader national battle over efforts by operators of such publicly financed, privately run schools to expand into more affluent areas.

At the center of those efforts is Richard Buery, de Blasio's deputy mayor for special projects.Buery, considered by City Hall officials to be a much - needed bridge to the charter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he grew up.

New York City's District 4 (by creating an extensive magnet system) and the state effort in Jersey City (by installing state officials at the top to remake a corrupt system) have taken different routes yet seem to have produced similar results.

The effort is being praised by the city and school officials for increasing diversity.

We are proud to be a part of this effort and will continue to help our fellow animal welfare agencies, city and state officials and residents affected by the disaster in every way we can.

City officials embarked on a massive outreach effort to put the cultural plan together, meeting by their own account with almost 200,000 New Yorkers in workshops across the five boroughs over the course of the past year.

The increase in support may reflect the public outreach efforts of advocates and agency officials to list the specific transit improvements that would be funded by congestion pricing (in addition to Tri-State and RPA's borough and regional fact sheets, the Campaign for New York's Future now has fact sheets for individual City Council and State Legislative districts).

City Making Some Gains In Literacy, GED Efforts Washington Post - United States... District officials are trying to boost those numbers by reaching out to immigrants, single mothers, grandparents raising grandchildren, criminal offenders...