Sentences with phrase «mayor claims her administration»

The mayor claims her administration has made the city «absolutely» safe, in the face of increasing threats for severe weather.

Not exact matches

Days after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has «full faith» in a City Hall staffer who is dating a convicted felon, the mayor claimed today that his decision to retain Rachel Noerdlinger did not contradict his past move to reportedly stop a press secretary from joining his administration after newspapers reported she was dating former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

The governor also mocked de Blasio's claim that the state's «executive branch» — in other words, the governor — was behind the investigations of the mayor's administration and fund - raising activities.

Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday mocked Mayor de Blasio «s claim that the state's «executive branch» — meaning Cuomo — was behind the investigations of the mayor's administration and fund - raising activities.

But as autumn approaches, Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrestling with the kind of New York dilemma that has all the trappings of a particularly fevered Tom Wolfe vignette: the mayor promised to ban the elegant horse - drawn carriages — reviled by animal rights groups because they claim the practice of driving a horse through city streets is inhumane — on «day one» of his administration.

The mayor has repeatedly said his administration should have never lifted deed restrictions at Rivington House, but claims nothing can be done legally to wrest control of the building from its new owners, Slate Property Group, Adam America Real Estate and China Vanke.

The new program checks some key political boxes for the mayor: it effectively allows de Blasio to highlight and expand the cleanest political win of his administration repeatedly over the election cycle, while still being able to claim that he's rolled out new education plans since the November 2015 announcement of his equity and excellence agenda.