Sentences with phrase «major city issues»

One insider questioned how much Cuomo would go to bat for major city issues when he will need to bargain with Senate Republicans for his own policies like the Women's Equality Agenda.

Not exact matches

Musk later explained that he likes many forms of public transportation but thought that major cities were not fully equipped to solve traffic and congestion issues.

«Unfortunately, the mayor of the city of New York has rejected and has opposed again addressing this major issue,» James continued.

Sidewalk will focus on addressing major issues in cities, such as transportation, energy use, and cost of living, through innovative products, platforms, and partnerships.

At this FREE one - day event hosted in 15 Major US Cities, over 75,000 passionate Business Owners will connect, network with vendors in various industries, and learn from the best in business about how to solve their most pressing business issues.

There are cases where a major bank like Chase has issued a card with a retailer's logo on it — let's use Circuit City as an example — and because the store went under, the bank sent new cards out.

There are no shortage of issues that I hope will be the focus of debate in this election (urban sprawl, inner city schools, regional amalgamation, and others that I plan to write about over the next six months), but the one issue that may have the potential to create a major wave is the Katz Group «s desire to have the City of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arcity schools, regional amalgamation, and others that I plan to write about over the next six months), but the one issue that may have the potential to create a major wave is the Katz Group «s desire to have the City of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arCity of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arena.

In Rochester, New York, where the issues were housing and jobs, Minister Florence of the FIGHT organization could put the word «plantation» on policies of the city housing commission and major corporations.

the issue is not stocking food, it's not a bad advice, the issue is calling Irene the hurricane, which is wreaking havoc on the east cost, a blessing from God because he thinks, god is sending a hurricane on major costal cities, just to prove that Glen Beck is right about his food advice, note to Glenn, you are not God, you have never talked to god and you should stop lying about your god.

We may never know the ins and outs of what happene3d between Claudio Ranieri and the other staff and players at Leicester City, but Arsenal fans are as keen to know as anyone, and probably more so because of the issues that many fans have with the club and it's continued willingness to keep our own manager Arsene Wenger despite what is seen as the same old problems hurting our hopes of major trophy success year after year.

Molly M. Ginty (http://mollymaureenginty.wordpress.com) is an award - winning health writer who is based in New York City and whose work has been featured in Ms., On the Issues, PlannedParenthood.org, PBS.org, and major women's magazines.

Our district doesn't have a policy regarding food, and because we suffer from so many major deal issues being inner city, low social economic, as well as a negative district balance, layoffs, and pay cuts, getting a food discussion going isn't even on the radar.

Mayoral control of New York City schools remains a major issue.

``... I think the major issue today is to get everyone to take a step back, to get everyone to embrace the spirituality of whatever culture they live in and remember that we're still residents of New York City and citizens of America and we can treat each other with a lot more better decorum than perhaps we have the last few days and perhaps turn the situation into a more positive discussion.»

«Buffalo voters also give the mayor a high positive job rating on each specific major issue facing the city.»

She's also decided to distance herself from major issues facing Albany City Schools.

Seals Nevergold said Flanagan - Priore came across as «very genuine,» as a longtime city resident «invested in the city» and someone who «will not have a very steep learning curve because she already comes in with some understanding of some of the major issues that we face in the district.»

The report, «Vision Zero: How Safer Streets In New York City Can Save Over 100 Lives A Year,» was issued on June 8th by the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and Transportation Alternatives.

In addition, Boards regularly conduct public hearings — on the City's budget, on land use matters, and other major issues — to give the people of the community the opportunity to express their opinions.

«New York City is home to some of the most gridlocked streets in the nation and with this new advisory panel, we take a major step forward in coming up with a real solution to tackle the issue of congestion while helping to fund mass transit moving forward,» Cuomo said.

At the May 17 Delegate Assembly, UFT President Michael Mulgrew broached the topic of mayoral control — an issue of major import to New York City educators and all who are concerned with the state of the city's public schoCity educators and all who are concerned with the state of the city's public schocity's public schools.

In the final weeks of the legislative session, groups are lobbying for some of the major remaining issues still on the table, including the mayor of New York City, and groups who want a property tax break for homeowners struggling to hold on to their houses.

Though many major, city - based unions are involved in the independent expenditure, Lhota seized on the United Federation of Teachers so he could draw distinctions between himself and de Blasio on education issues.

He said negotiations failed around three major issues, including raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, a potential cost shift from public schools to charter schools and a real estate tax abatement program in New York City.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

New York City waits Meanwhile a number of issues important to New York City will be before the Legislature this year - rent laws and mayoral control of schools are each set to expire and while most legislators say they expect to renew both, major battles will be fought over the details of each.

The Thompson campaign has pointed out throughout the city comptroller's run for mayor that he has worked hard on environmental efforts, including attempting to stop natural gas drilling within or near the city's upstate watershed, which provides drinking water to the city's residents; calling for the preservation of wildlife space in the Ridgewood Reservoir; and issuing a report documenting the impact of airport congestion at the city's three major airports; and the rise in airport runoff, especially the flow from Kennedy Airport into marshes in Jamaica Bay.

With all three budgets out, Mayor de Blasio, city officials and residents are all taking note of where things stand on several other major issues.

Yesterday, Common Cause / NY released a critique of the Commission's proposed plan for the New York City Council, highlighting three major points of issue: the ratio of representation between the Bronx and Manhattan, Council District 8, and the removal of Randall's Island from Manhattan into Queens.

Offering a billion - dollar tax cut and assurances that New York City would not be stuck with a $ 250 million Medicaid bill, Gov. Andrew Cuomo inched closer to presenting an on - time budget with one major issue seemingly standing in his way — an increase in the minimum wage.

This major study of more than 4,500 New Yorkers, funded by the Dyson Foundation and conducted by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, takes an in - depth look at the issue of local government consolidation on a statewide level and in nine regions — the Capital Region, the Adirondacks, Western New York, the Finger Lakes, Central New York, the Mid-Hudson Valley, the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island.

Failing schools in the inner city are a major problem and frankly, I'd quite like someone who had direct experience of the issues in the system developing policy.

She recognizes that there are major accessibility issues in many of the city courts, especially the Bronx courthouse.

On Wednesday November 19, 2014, the leaders and members from the major New York City LGBT political clubs met jointly at the LGBT Center in Manhattan to discuss the results of the 2014 election, issues and strategies for the 2015 session in Albany, as well as issues on the national level for the 2015/2016 session of Congress and beyond.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signaled today that the contentious issue of mayoral control over New York City public schools — along with several other major policy debates — will «more likely» be decided during the regular legislative session, after the state budget deadline of April 1.

We have a mental illness crisis that is going unaddressed, and combined it has created a major issues for not only the individuals who are affected directly by living in the street, who are mentally ill and go untreated but it's also affecting the quality of life for the rest of the people in our city.»

City officials had no comment about Cuomo's dismissal of de Blasio's minimum wage proposal but it is not the first time the two men have failed to agree on major public policy issues.

Here is a breakdown of the mayoral candidates» stances on major issues facing the city of Syracuse:

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)

The spending comes as lawmakers next year decide a litany of major issues ranging from New York City mayoral control of schools to rent control regulations, both of which are due to expire.

She also promised to advocate for the creation and preservation of low - cost apartments, a major issue both in Mr. Silver's old Lower Manhattan turf and across the city.

He and his campaign volunteers start each day canvassing door - to - door, shaking the hands of the Albany citizens he hopes will soon be his constituents, and leaving personalized notes on campaign pamphlets outlining the major issues of city financial, infrastructural and communication reform of his focus for those who aren't home.

Affordable housing, actually, the major issue in New York City, something we don't fortunately have to deal with here but that's something I hear about constantly,» Hochul said before joining a group of Tonawanda politicians aboard the Niagara River cruise ship «Grand Lady.»

Eyecatching specifics include the removal of 50 % pension tax relief, mutualising of some major banks, including the 600 branches of Lloyds TSB, and directly elected mayors in six major English cities without holding referendums on the issue.

There are many, many issues which are of major concern to each of us and to our entire borough and city.

Whether the speaker's resistance to paid sick leave will ultimately pose a stumbling block for the city's major labor unions, which take care of issues like this as part of their contract negotiations with management, is unknown.

Nearly one week after the New York State legislative session was supposed to end, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have announced a deal on all major end of session issues, including renewal of New York City's rent laws and a related property tax cap, as well as a new tax rebate program for property owners.

Criticism of Quinn over the sick leave issue sparked spirited applause at the March 20 LGBT forum, but the tableau presented at City Hall on March 29 ---- with the speaker surrounded by more than a dozen Council members, major labor leaders, and fired up members of both 32BJ and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization ---- provided a striking contrast with the week before.

Flanagan met for about ten minutes with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and says he hopes to meet soon with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to discuss major issues that need to be settled before the legislative session ends, including renewing New York City's rent laws and a related tax break for developers.

This is a major issue in New York City and some larger upstate cities.