Sentences with phrase «fired under the mayor»

Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired under the mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.

Not exact matches

Last week, President Donald Trump came under fire after his responses to a plea for help from the mayor of San Juan were perceived by many as being racist and issuing blame on the hurricane victims.

The Chicago Park District, under fire not only from the usual reformers but also feeling pressure from the mayor «s office, went on the defensive Tuesday.

While he and his administration have come under fire for what critics have called aggressive tactics to acquire private Willets Point property, the mayor said plans to transform the blighted area had for too long remained stagnant.

The initiative came under fire even before the mayor has managed to name a single task force member.

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De Blasio has come under fire before for trips away from New York City to promote his national agenda; an August Quinnipiac poll showed more than half of New Yorkers believe his «involvement in national issues is distracting him from his duties as mayor.»

MANHATTAN — The city's fire and police forces would shrink to their lowest levels in more than a decade under the mayor's preliminary budget plan, according to a new report.

The Council was poised to approve the mayor's plans, which have come under fire from community boards, preservationist groups and affordable housing advocates, when a group of protesters interrupted the vote.

«When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie came under fire, he answered every question the news media had, just as former New York City mayor David Dinkins did in the early 1990's over a business controversy.

DOWNTOWN — Three Manhattan fire companies are slated to close under the mayor's latest budget proposal, including a pair of companies located near Ground Zero and one famously featured in the film «Ghostbusters.»

Both the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito have come under fire for mulling the removal of the Columbus statue as part of that review.

The mayor's own campaign fundraising practices have come under fire over the last few years.

After 22 years on the municipal payroll — and an Ethics in Government award — Morales was abruptly fired (and removed under armed guard) just hours after the mayor was grilled by federal prosecutors.

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He urged that the superintendent, under the direction of the mayor, be given control over the budget and all hiring and firing in the district.

Fenty, who served a single term as mayor from 2007 to 2011, previously came under fire for his children's special placement at Lafayette Elementary School by former schools chancellor Michelle Rhee in 2009.