Sentences with phrase «great mayor of this city»
For the New Yorkers that are at a loss for why the snow wasn't cleared quick enough and for Speaker Quinn, you may want to take a page out of the book of the late, great mayor of the City of Albany, Erastus Corning, who said to citizens complaining about his city's poor response to ANY snowstorm -
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«Imagine a Great City» was the slogan of Federico Peña's campaign to become mayor of Denver.
My 86 year old great uncle who has been with the same man happily for 40 years, a good deal of the time as mayor of a decent sized city (no, not in the backwater US) has had one of the greatest, happiest lives I know.
Whatever you think about the current elected mayor for Bristol, the role has certainly changed the way politics in the city works and has changed people's perceptions of the city to some extent — with greater visibility both within the city and externally — something Bristol has undoubtedly lacked in the past.
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, «one of the greatest Mexican soccer players of all time,» has been the mayor of Cuernavaca, a colonial city of 350 000 inhabitants in the state of Morelos, since 2015.
Greater Manchester's newly elected mayor had to deal with a terrorist attack in his city within weeks of his election last month.
On the one hand, advocates suggest that a directly elected mayor would create greater local political accountability and raise the profile of cities and city regions.
More than half of adults in the Sheffield City Region (56 per cent) agree that the new metro mayor should have greater powers than local council leaders, while a quarter (24 per cent) disagree.
This is particularly in the case of the great cities of the Midlands and the North — Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle etc — which show no inclination to favour regional devolution, and — with the exception of Liverpool — have rejected directly elected mayors.
«The mayor and his team conducted a great deal of outreach with Senator Flanagan, his team, and Senators in his conference, especially those from New York City, throughout the legislative process,» said spokeswoman Karen Hinton.
Cities are going to be the first line of defense against a Trump Administration and his radical right - wing agenda, and I am thankful that we have a mayor who has pledged to use the tools at his disposal to protect the values that make New York City great.
Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.
StreetsPAC's Endorsement Announcement: No one has greater influence over the safety and design of New York City's streets than its mayor.
«I think the borough president would make a great mayor,» said City Councilman Andrew Cohen of the Bronx.
Turnout was low - just 26.1 % of voters cast a ballot to choose the first Liverpool City Region metro mayor, while 28.93 % turned out for the contest in Greater Manchester.
Although the mayor campaigned on a promise of greater openness with the media and the public, he is currently fielding a number of cases seeking more transparency from the city.
«In the same way I know that a child will be born today, maybe in Bellevue Hospital or Harlem Hospital, perhaps the baby daughter of a Mexican or a Dominican immigrant, and God - willing, she will go on to become the mayor of this great city,» Dinkins said.
The announcement of Ms. Wiley's departure from City Hall followed that of a recently hired director of social media, Scott Kleinberg, who resigned on Saturday, just eight weeks after being hired to bring greater personality to the Twitter, Facebook and other online accounts associated with the mayor's office.
The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region are calling for a special convention to boost the northern economy:
As the vanguard city - region underpinning the wider Northern Powerhouse vision of the Cameron governments, the Greater Manchester mayoral elections were a critical litmus test offering insights into the possibility that metro mayors outside London could stimulate local democracy.
«While I have made no secret of my hope to earn the votes of New Yorkers in 2021 in pursuit of serving them as mayor of the greatest city on Earth, I continue to be focused on my ongoing service to the borough of my birth and my run next year for re-election as Brooklyn borough president,» Adams said.
«The honorable Gary McCarthy, mayor of the great city of Schenectady, New York.
Turnout at last year's metro mayor elections in neighbouring city regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA macity regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA maCity Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA mayor.
The mayor's budget proposal did not address what he called the «great unknown» of possible federal cuts to city financing from the Trump administration and the Republican - controlled Congress.
It's good to have the mayor of one of the world's greatest cities address our party.
«Our responsibilities are great, but our city is one that has endured as a symbol of fortitude, perseverance and pride,» the mayor said to end his hour - plus address.
Former Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham is also standing down to be Labour's candidate for mayor of Greater Manchester, while Steve Rotheram - Mr Corbyn's parliamentary aide - is resigning his Liverpool Walton seat in his bid to become mayor of the city.
«I want to wake up and find that that's true, and get to love my city in a whole new way — because Bill de Blasio is a great city councilmember, he's a great Public Advocate and he will be one of the greatest mayors that New York has ever had.»
«Today, I am officially announcing that I'm running to be the mayor of the great city of New York,» she said.
«As we all know, New York has much in common with the great cities of Italy,» Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at the opening, surrounded by Archbishop Timothy Dolan and a host of Italian dignitaries, including the President of Luguria and the mayors of Alba, Barolo, Bra and Tur.
In past elections, including the 2013 general election for mayor, the largely well - off neighborhood typically votes for the Republican candidate in greater numbers than much of New York City.
«Anytime no - bid contracts are being put out there, I certainly have a great deal of concern,» said a City Council member who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal from the mayor.
Johnson came into office vowing greater independence from the mayor and increased oversight of city agencies.
Describing himself as the «mayor of the greatest city on earth», he them that London was the capital of Britain, the EU and «in many ways of the world».
«So, I am honored that in my office I have the very positive influence of the greatest mayor that this city has ever known.»
This is the latest in a series of increases to the Department of Homeless Services capital budget to deal with major deficiencies and repair needs at the city's homeless shelters, which have recently received a great deal of political attention from the mayor and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
«If a mayor lives there, then what they're doing is they're costing this city a lot more money and depriving the rest of the city of one of the great facilities any city has to host events and to show off our city,» he said.
«It's been a great privilege to serve the city of New York and the mayor for three months,» Black said, before walking back into her home.
«We still stand with the mayor [in] saying that it is time for individuals of great wealth in the city of New York to do a little bit more,» he continued.
Regaining mayoral control of schools was one Michael Bloomberg's greatest legislative achievements as mayor; it marked the first time City Hall gained discretion over education policy since the Lindsay administration, when those powers were decentralized and major decisions were made by an education board.
«We've brought great progress to every area of the City of Buffalo,» the mayor said between stops in Cazenovia Park.
«I know that a child will be born today, maybe at Bellevue Hospital or Harlem Hospital, perhaps the baby daughter of a Mexican or Dominican immigrant and God - willing she will go on to become mayor of this great city,» Mr. Dinkins said.
City mayors had the potential to attract big new talents to the leadership of Britain's great cities and deliver a decentralisation of economic and political power.
One great idea is a «Dr. Seuss Day» where Dr. Seuss books are read by outside leaders that may include county and city commissioners, the mayor, presidents of businesses, and other business professionals.
While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.
Prior to the 2002 legislation that placed Michael Bloomberg in near complete control of the city schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rcity schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rCity schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their rcity's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their role.
Because NYC schools risk receivership and even closure based on test scores, because state test scores are the variable used in awarding free SHSAT preparation, because the city publishes school - wide score averages in its own guidance materials for parents and because NYC School Reports literally center their definition of «great schools» on student test scores, test prep continues to feature prominently in city public school curriculum, beginning as early as kindergarten, no matter how much the mayor publicly claims to «de-emphasize» it.
«There are great things happening in the district schools, great things happening in the charter schools and what really matters is that we start having a conversation and continue that conversation so that we are working together, because at the end of the day we are one community,» the first Sikh mayor in the city said.
Airport: Orlando International Airport is managed by the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, which is governed by a seven - member board; the mayor of the City of Orlando, the Mayor of Orange County, and five other members who are appointed by the Governor of the State of Florida, subject to confirmation of the senate.
She's appeared a couple of times since then, but Nintendo gave her a pretty great role as the all - singing, all - dancing mayor of New Donk City in Odyssey.