Sentences with phrase «leaders of the city»

Aides to Mayor Bill de Blasio were in touch with leaders of the City Council as they decided which members would be awarded coveted committee assignments, a councilman acknowledged on Wednesday.

But Joseph Chamberlain in the 1870s Birmingham City Council and Herbert Morrison in the 1930s London County Council were not directly - elected, nor in the 1980s were Shirley Porter leader of the City of Westminster and Ken Livingstone leader of the Greater London Council, and yet they were highly visible leaders in their localities.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

When he officially took the helm as leader of the city school system he certainly inherited a number of challenges: poor graduation rates, gaps in special education services, burned bridges between his predecessor, Jean Claude Brizard, and the teachers union and the school board, among a host of others things.

Following a meeting with leaders of city civil rights groups and other organizations, City Councilmember Jumaane Williams and Kirsten John Foy, an aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, are still awaiting a public apology for their detention and handcuffing by police following the West Indian Day Parade earlier this month.

Republican Carmella Mantello is newly - elected elected leader of the City Council: «It's up to the mayor - elect and the council - elect to work together to fix this situation.

With just five months before leaders of cities, states and global businesses reveal new innovative commitments in San Francisco during the Global Climate Action Summit, mayors of more than 40 megacities have now publicly committed to implement the highest goals of the Paris Agreement at the local level.

The governor has chosen 10 people, including leaders of the city's LGBT community, to be on the commission to design and build the memorial.

The contentiousness of the debate was on full display over the last two weeks, as a pro-charter school group filed its second lawsuit alleging a «crisis» of violence in the city's schools — after which leaders of the city's education and police departments spent consecutive days reassuring reporters that city schools are safer than ever.

David Blunkett, who became leader of the city council in 1980, had been the youngest councillor in the country 10 years earlier when he and Michie were first elected.

Still, he acknowledges he's been flooded with entreaties in recent months, from fellow leaders of the city's black community as well as wealthy white donors, that he's got the best shot at spearheading a coalition to oust the embattled de Blasio.

«We send a message to the whole country that an HIV positive man is one of the great leaders of our city,» de Blasio continued.

His office, for example, has prosecuted top police officials in New York and the powerful leader of the city correction officers» union; they have pleaded not guilty.

At the same time, some names are being floated as the next potential leader of city schools.

Ah, but once ashore things aren't so easy — the pack meets their nemesis, the violent, gung - ho leader of the city's animal control department, Capt. Chantel DuBois (McDormand).

A series of sometimes - theatrical hearings this month on union contracts in New York City has spotlighted what leaders of the city's schools say are major barriers to improving instruction.

«I applaud the brave parents, teachers and community leaders of this city for banding together and standing up for what they believe in: better schools for all children.»

Currently, the business and civic leaders of the city have advocated for more charters, even though several of the city's charters have been investigated for financial misdeeds.

Ripped from the job she always loved, she is reassigned to work for mysterious Mark Sakai and spy on the corrupt leaders of her city.

Witness the insider - baseball bat - about over a non-enrolled Kingston alderman's eligibility to become minority leader of the city's common council next year.

The contentiousness of the debate was on full display over the last two weeks, as a pro-charter school group filed its second lawsuit alleging a «crisis» of violence in the city's schools — after which leaders of the city's education and police departments spent consecutive days reassuring reporters that city schools are safer than ever.

Leaders of the City Council are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to allocate upwards of $ 23 million from his city budget to help immigrants in danger of arrest and expulsion under President Donald Trump — including $ 12 million to ensure those battling deportation receive legal counsel.

The herald would go around the city, and go before the leaders of the city, telling them all, «The king is coming.

While disgruntled residents complain of potholes in the roads, the leaders of the city undertake diplomatic missions abroad.

NAPERVILLE — Proposals will be submitted Friday by consultants interested in gauging potential traffic flow around the planned large park near Naperville's south side, leaders of the city's Park District said this week.

That Cuomo marched alongside the leaders of the city and country's most prominent teachers unions in the same park where the Occupy Wall Street movement erupted was a clear demonstration of the governor's eagerness to burnish his progressive credentials.

«Nothing is better than having a leader of a city that is as diverse as New York, particularly Brooklyn, 47 percent of Brooklynites speak a language other than English at home,» Adams said, praising the mayor for repeatedly pushing back on President - elect Donald Trump.

Yet if you live on the road's north side, in Councilman Jumaane D. Williams's district, the leader of the City Council allocates about $ 2.50 per resident each year in discretionary spending.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio met privately for more than two hours with the leaders of the city's police unions, aiming to mend a rift with rank - and - file officers that has threatened to overwhelm his young mayoralty.

The press release refers to Clarke as a «leader of the city's large Jamaican community,» which just so happens to be in Brooklyn.

The leader of the city's largest charter school network sent a blistering letter to parents and staff members, saying she no longer supports President Trump.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The leader of the city's Republican Committee resigned Wednesday just hours before her party was scheduled to endorse a mayoral candidate.

The City Council and leaders of the city's two school districts agreed Thursday night to work together to keep police officers in the schools.

When asked what letter grade he would give himself as he nears two years as the leader of the city's school district, Cash replied, «I always am trying to improve.

Leaders of the city's police unions, who have accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of siding with protesters, say his leniency toward them laid the groundwork for Brinsley's rampage.

The mayor believes Mark - Viverito's status as the leader of the City Council means she should have been given a more respectful response.

«I think they should recognize if the speaker of the City Council, one of the leaders of the city government, is raising an issue, that obviously demands respect and demands attention,» de Blasio said.

Mayor de Blasio is the only pol of note still on board — odd as that choice is for the leader of a city targeted by al Qaeda and ISIS - inspired terrorism, as well as OLR's FALN.

John Fratta, chair of the New York State Commission for Social Justice, said it was «sad that the leader of the city has abdicated leadership on an issue of importance to millions of New Yorkers.

«Already, the leaders of the city, the school district, and the county have begun discussing how the three of us can work together.»

The 2 percent per year property tax cap does not technically expire until next year, but leaders of cities, towns, and counties, as well as teachers and public worker unions say they fear an early renewal of the law might be part of any end of session deal.

The leaders of the city's law enforcement unions met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday for nearly two and a half hours at the police training academy in College Point, Queens, but none of the officials provided much detail about the meeting.

He won't be on the defensive justifying every decision made as the leader of the City Council, as Speaker Christine Quinn will be.

The former Memphis City School leader received a favorable response from those attending, including the leader of the city teachers union.

But for now, Mayor Lovely Warren has her eyes set on another four years as the leader of the City of Rochester.