Sentences with phrase «good job as mayor»

58 % of respondents think he is doing a good job as mayor, with 34 % thinking he is doing a bad job.
Just 40 % of Democrats citywide think Weiner would do an excellent or good job as mayor.

Not exact matches

«Continued unemployment and the growing gap between the rich and the poor are the greatest threats to our prosperity,» said Quinn, who is widely expected to run for mayor, in a speech in Midtown at an Association for Better New York event, where she unveiled what she described as «concrete and immediate steps we can take to create jobs today and strengthen our economy for years to come.»
State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.
With full understanding of ridership and revenues4 on different routes (through better data collection) the metro mayor should seek to offer services to connect people more quickly and affordably to job and training opportunities across the city region, as well boosting health, environmental and social outcomes.
Yet Marist recorded a mediocre 39 percent of city residents rating the mayor's job performance as good or excellent.
«I feel that the mayor did a good job in very difficult negotiations and sought as much stability for the city as possible, given the political realities,» she said.
De Blasio said he misses the family time he was able to spend in private life, and wants to do «better» in his job as mayor.
In promising to veto the measure last week — as well as following through a veto of the related prevailing wage bill, which that would apply to certain building workers in properties where the city leases a large percentage of space — the mayor argued that the legislation would kill jobs and undermine progress the city had made recovering from the recession.
48 % give him high marks, including 12 % who say Bloomberg is doing an excellent job as mayor and 36 % who say he is doing a good job.
In response, a spokesman for the mayor cited de Blasio's efforts to expand pre-K, raise worker wages and build affordable housing, as well as the city's record - low crime rate and record - high jobs rate.
«For the last three and a half years as mayor, I've been committed to three things: making sure we have safer, vibrant neighborhoods, better educational opportunities and jobs and opportunities for our citizens and I think we've shown we made these investments.»
About half said the mayor is doing an «excellent» or «good» job, while another 30 percent ranked his performance as «fair.»
De Blasio offered a continuation of his first - term accomplishments in tackling inequality, while Albanese attempted to present himself as the alternative to a mayor who he argued has not done the job well.
The candidates also discussed the question of whether to raise taxes on high - income earners, the best means to create jobs in the city and how they would respond to a citywide emergency as mayor.
While this program, championed by liberals such as New York City's new mayor Bill de Blasio, might boost achievement for at - risk kids — it is part of Canada's initiative as well — it is also likely to add union jobs.
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