Sentences with phrase «go under the mayor»

Not exact matches

I am the first in line to step up to the plate to help someone in need (a friend told me about a homeless man living under bridge in a small town of 1500... everyone knew he was there; police, mayor and other community members, though NO one did a thing, I personaly went bought a sleeping bag and 100.00 worth of food, storage bags and toiletries and whatever I thought he may need and this is the first time brought up.)

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.

Contrary to expectations, it falls under the jurisdiction of the state, not the city, a situation that has allowed the mayor and the governor — in this case Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo, Democrats who don't particularly get along — to blame each other when something goes wrong.

In a statement, a spokesman for the mayor's office said, as they have repeatedly following criticism, that the program finally got going under de Blasio — after stalling under former Mayor Bloomberg.

The mayor pointed out the number of traffic - related deaths has gone down within the past four years under the Vision - Zero Dusk and Darkness campaign, but admits more work needs to be done.

Levitan also slammed Lhota for his role as a a deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, saying, «Lhota is right that we can't go back: we shouldn't return to the days when Republicans like Giuliani used fear tactics to divide New Yorkers against each other.»

Cumbo then went to the mayor's side of City Hall and demanded that de Blasio put the squeeze on the Speaker to get rid of Ede Fox, or else she would oppose the controversial Bedford - Union Armory affordable housing plan, which is already under attack from local politicians.

In New York City, the funding is used almost entirely for housing projects, and under a mayor who has promised to vastly expand the city's affordable housing stock by creating and preserving 200,000 units over a decade, that pattern was not going to change.

One of the more interesting questions was whether the candidates would seek a second term if crime went up under their watch as mayor.

Whenever you doubt that think of my list above or this simple fact: NYC has stayed in the black for twelve years (even though the mayor claimed otherwise more than once just to keep us fiscally conservative) and unlike many cities with far less social programs, NYC never had to entertain bankruptcy (e.g., Detroit goes under with $ 18 billion debt but NYC thrives with a $ 24 billion budget for DOE alone).

It is a hell of a plight, after all, as originally sketched in Victor Hugo's 1,400 - page historical novel: Sentenced to 19 years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread to feed his sister's family, the stolid, pious Valjean breaks parole upon his release and goes on to become a respectable small - town mayor under an assumed name.

And under the mayor's proposal, it's more likely the schools will eventually go back to IPS.

But Lynch went ballistic, accusing de Blasio of throwing officers «under the bus» after the mayor, who is married to a black woman, commented immediately after the verdict that he advises his son, Dante (who is both black and white) to be careful when dealing with law enforcement.

MAYOR: Look, I think it's understandable — and probably is more of a specific political thing than anything — I think it's understandable that people who opposed what was going on for many years in this city and this state and this country, and certainly, people who I agreed with on so many levels, including in opposition to the approaches in No Child Left Behind under George Bush, that they would want to continue to act on those concerns.