Sentences with phrase «lower than the mayor»
The final budget is $ 100 million lower than the mayor's executive budget (but almost the exact amount of the preliminary budget proposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January).
http://www.gothamgazette.com/ Not exact matches
Enraged at the mayor's threat to close 33 «persistently lowest achieving» schools and remove half the staff in each school, more than 1,000 UFT - represented educators descended on a Jan. 18 meeting of the city's Panel for Educational Policy at Brooklyn Technical HS, disrupting the proceedings with whistles and chants before walking out in protest.
In a statement accompanying the endorsement, Crowley also cited pre-K, low crime, and, more locally, de Blasio's redesign of the deadly Queens Boulevard, where the mayor recently celebrated more than 900 straight days without a fatality.
The mayor and commissioner began by proudly discussed the NYPD's accomplishments in pushing crime numbers lower than the record - setting 2013.
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.
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 mayor.
De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan defended the timing of the solicitation, claiming Hizzoner «has received more low - dollar contributions from individual, everyday New Yorkers than any candidate for mayor — Democrat or Republican — in more than two decades.
While O'Neill frequently speaks at press conferences, he comes to the role of top cop with a decidedly lower profile than Bratton, whose big personality and love of the spotlight have caused him trouble with mayors before.
A recent Quinnipiac poll showed that de Blasio has lower approval ratings in New York City than Gov. Andrew Cuomo, with 56 percent of city voters approving of how the governor is handling his job and 41 percent feeling that way about the mayor.
A de Blasio administration official inquired about the fate of a Lower East Side nursing home more than a year before the mayor said he learned of a controversial deal to convert it to high - end housing.
Council Finance Chair Domenic Recchia said that revenues have been coming in lower than expected and felt the mayor had no choice but to call for further cuts.
«What matters are results: crime is down 6 percent from last year's record lows, more affordable housing is being built than at any time in the past 40 years and the city has added more than 150,000 jobs since the mayor took office.»
«While polls go up and polls go down, the mayor remains focused on keeping NYC the safest big city in America, adding over 65,000 pre-K seats, creating more affordable housing than in decades, the first ever rent freeze, the lowest unemployment rate since the recession, and making New York a fairer city for its millions of residents,» said Peter Kadushin, a spokesman for Mr. de Blasio.
The fact that Im several years younger than this guy, working low level in a company, and making more than a mayor of a town like NP that has a college like SUNY there, says A LOT about things.
And the billionaire mayor said the nearly two weeks of action have actually hurt lower level workers earning less than $ 50,000 rather than the rich.
«Despite the mayor's restorations, the child care system at large is still under siege, with more than 14,000 child care slots lost in the last four years, and 7,000 fewer children from low - income families able to access care next year.»
The Council expects the city to bring in more tax revenue than the mayor estimates and projects lower costs for other city programs, saying the budget will still have a $ 258 million surplus even with its additions.
Mr. Cuomo garnered a 58 percent approval rating from city voters in a Quinnipiac Poll released this week, and it seemed that Mayor Bill de Blasio's attacks on the governor weren't particular helpful — the mayor's polls are lower than ever, and New Yorkers are split when asked about their feud.
There are also a few top elected officials with a lower approval rating than the mayor: Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, whom the poll found only 29 percent of New Yorkers support (and 23 percent oppose), a new low for her as well.
The pledge, made by mayors representing more than 86 million Americans, is a bold statement of support for the lowering of carbon emissions across U.S. cities.
In 2002, San Francisco required that surplus public land be transferred to the mayor's office to support housing for the city's low - income and homeless populations, but the action led to «less than a handful» of projects, said Michael Martin, project director of the public site development program.