Sentences with phrase «efforts during the administration»

But every time congestion pricing has come up — and not just recently — it's been shot down by legislators in Albany, from John Lindsay's attempt in the 1970s to Michael Bloomberg's close - but - no - cigar efforts during his administration, which ultimately died (thanks to Sheldon Silver) in 2008.

Aggressive efforts during the administration of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani drove violence down drastically by the late 1990s, but the brutality increased again under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

Not exact matches

The Obama administration, in particular, has come under fire recently for what some lawmakers say was an inadequate response to Russia's election interference efforts during the 2016 presidential race.

Former SNA President Dorothy Caldwell, who has been on the front lines of child nutrition for 37 years, said she is worried SNA leadership has been «naive» in its approach, allowing the National School Lunch Program to be unnecessarily politicized as it was during Newt Gingrich's effort to block the grant program during the Clinton administration, when she was a USDA official.

Schneiderman, like other liberal Democratic state AGs, has started filing legal challenges to the administration's efforts on the environment, a mirror image of what Republicans did during the Obama years.

Ms. Crowley has been an active defender of firefighters during her time in the City Council, often working against the Bloomberg administration's efforts to close firehouses in cost - cutting moves.

During the weekend, Cuomo officials retracted his administration's effort to make the city pay for $ 485 million more for the City University of New York higher education system.

Pataki mentioned Solyndra at least three times when comparing his efforts during the 1990s on job creation to the Obama administration.

The effort to regulate those encounters grew out of outcry over the Police Department's aggressive use of stop - question - and - frisk encounters during the Bloomberg administration.

The decision to leave the administration was not brought on by recent investigations into city agencies or the mayor's fundraising efforts during the 2014 state Senate races, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.

Speaking during a visit to the United Nations Office in the Kenyan capital, President Buhari urged the United Nations to give more support for his administration's efforts to clean up the region.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The lead investigator for the Board of Elections looking into the 2014 fundraising efforts of the Bill de Blasio administration believes there was a `'» willful and flagrant» violation of campaign finance laws during that period of time.

Cuomo has declined to cooperate with a Trump administration - backed effort to review voter fraud during the election, which the president has blamed on his loss of the popular vote.

While those efforts are opposed by the Cuomo administration, officials were also upset to see Republican Sen. Marty Golden in particular call for what amounted to a doubling down of START - UP NY and the development councils during a forum in Brooklyn.

Pastor Dayo Oluwafunmi of the Christ Apostolic Church Gbomi area while speaking with Governor Aregbesola during the tour commended the governor for what he called the government's previous efforts at preventing what used to be the annual disaster before the advent of the Aregbesola administration.

Hoping that the third time's the charm, Mayor de Blasio held a press conference today to discuss the City's storm preparation and snow removal efforts during the third snow storm of his administration.

On Tuesday, during a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News, she delivered some harsh criticism against the Bloomberg administration's effort to close poor - performing schools, saying it had led the city to «warehouse» struggling students in schools where they «don't have a shot» at succeeding.

«We were not ordered,» said Hanson during his effort to present the county administration's side of the dispute.

During his fifth State of the City address, the mayor said his administration would «redouble» its efforts to increase the income tax rate for individuals who earn more than $ 500,000 a year and for couples who make more than $ 1 million.

A White House official said Obama would discuss his record on creating jobs during the first five years of his presidency, as well as his administration's continued efforts to bolster hiring.

The lead investigator for the Board of Elections looking into the 2014 fundraising efforts of the Bill de Blasio administration believes there was a `'» willful and flagrant» violation of campaign finance laws during that period of time.

The bitter infighting that plagued Donald Trump's campaign during the Republican presidential primary is starting to spill over into his team's efforts to establish an administration and political operation, according to more than half a dozen sources familiar with the planning efforts.

The research effort by the University of California, Davis; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and partners showed that during the peak of the Aliso Canyon event, enough methane poured into the air every day to fill a balloon the size of the Rose Bowl.

Efforts at the state level have been supported by the Clinton administration's class - size reduction program, passed in 1998, which was to fund the hiring of around 29,000 new teachers during the 1999 - 2000 school year alone.

The program was established in 2004 during Boehner's tenure as chairman of the Education & the Workforce Committee, and renewed in 2011 despite the Obama administration's efforts to eliminate it altogether.

Based on the reforms that occurred immediately prior to and during the Klein administration, it is clear that there has been a concerted effort to alter regulations, policies and practices to improve the overall quality of New York City teachers and especially ensure that students most in need of effective teachers are more likely to get them.

«I can't think of any administration that was in love with school desegregation efforts,» said Columbia Law School Professor Ted Shaw, who worked as a trial attorney at the Justice Department during the Carter and Reagan administrations.

The effort, in turn, builds upon the decades - long efforts of standards and accountability activists within the school reform movement — including conservative outfits such as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and its president, Checker Finn — to improve the quality of curricula in schools; this began in the 1970s with the work of southern governors and chambers of commerce, accelerated during the Eighties with the Reagan administration's release of A Nation at Risk, and supported by Ronald Reagan's successor, George Bush, during his tenure as president.

The efforts during Mr. Obama's administration resulted in farreaching investigations and resolutions that required schools and colleges to overhaul policies addressing a number of civil rights concerns.

The study, titled «Diagnosing Consumer Confusion and Sub-Optimal Shopping Effort: Theory and Mortgage Market Evidence,» used data from a sample of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration during a six - week period in 2001.

You may have heard about the 2015 Student Aid Bill of Rights, which was part of a sweeping effort during the Obama administration to help curb the rapidly - growing student loan debt problem.

The Federal Housing Administration was created in 1934 as an effort to bolster homes sales during the Depression.

Through the efforts of the Institute and the American Recreation Coalition, Park Prescriptions has come to the attention of the Obama administration and will be spotlighted during its Health and the Outdoors listening session, to be held in Chicago on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 as part of the President's «America's Great Outdoors» (AGO) initiative.

A decade ago, Hansen defied muzzling efforts during the George W. Bush administration and irked defenders of fossil fuels with his warnings of calamitous warming.

The answer is that EPA did not do much if any verification in their headlong rush to respond to the new Administration or even under an earlier abortive effort during the Bush Administration.

Its location permits lawyers and law firms to maintain close relationships with the students, professors, and administration, which is a bonus during annual recruitment efforts.

Managed two contract actuaries during the analysis and implementation of a large dividend scale effort across multiple administration systems

Professional Duties & Responsibilities Oversaw security operations in the United States and during three tours of duty in Iraq Served in a 6 man scout sniper team which successfully completed 50 missions in theater Determined range, windage, and elevation for active insurgent targets Built strong rapport with indigenous people to attain information on High Priority targets Operated deep in hostile territory without support units for extended periods of time Trained and led a 12 marine security patrol team in combat and high pressure situations Provided fire support and communications with artillery, jets, and other support units Responsible for base security operations including checkpoints in hostile territory Searched vehicles and individuals for weapons and other contraband prior to base entry Highly trained in weapons, hand to hand combat, and field first aid Proficient in operation and maintenance of military communications technology Oversaw police operations including investigations, law enforcement, and administration Maintain the highest level of physical fitness and health Performed various humanitarian relief efforts throughout Africa and the surrounding area Handled high pressure situations in a calm, professional, and effective manner

«The Administration is working hard to help all homeowners who have been hit hard during the crisis and, as this Regional Spotlight shows, our efforts have helped nearly 34,000 Cincinnati households to avoid foreclosure.