Sentences with phrase «mayor of a real city»

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Steve Rotheram added: «As mayor of the Liverpool city region, I am delighted that Liverpool Football Club has taken this step and is now committed to becoming a Real Living Wage Employer.

Indeed, the effect of the mayor's affordable housing plan on the city's real estate market has thus far been subtle.

The move comes as another mayor Cuomo has differed with, New York City's Bill de Blasio, has decided to return contributions from Glenwood Management, the real - estate firm that has played a role in multiple corruption cases and donated heavily to the convicted former leaders of the Senate and Assembly, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.

Paul Massey, the president of Cushman & Wakefield «s New York investment sales and a Republican candidate for mayor, made his case to Real Estate Board of New York members, painting the city as a failing place and taking personal shots at incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Other proposals by the Albanese campaign include new Mitchell Lama development in place of the mayor's proposal to build 90 new homeless shelters, a tax on real estate purchased by foreign individuals and corporations as investments rather than residences, and consolidating «programs like Head Start and pre-K under a single city agency.»

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another ycity schools for another year.

Despite her earlier career as a «radical» on the far left of city politics, first as a campaign manager for Council member Tom Duane and then later a Council member herself, Quinn has emerged as the real estate community's favorite for mayor, besting Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, co-sponsors of a rent control bill that has plagued the industry.

«I don't think I have any real areas of disagreement with the mayor right now,» he said, adding that he remained focused on getting the city the best deal possible.

«They include efforts by city officials to aid the owner of a restaurant in Queens, a soundstage company in Brooklyn and a Brooklyn real estate developer — all donors to the mayor,» the Times reported, noting the restaurant owner is cooperating with authorities.

A pair of left - leaning advocacy groups criticized Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to reform a controversial real estate tax break, calling on the progressive mayor to extract more concessions from the city's powerful real estate industry.

«I think ultimately this election will be a referendum on the mayor's poor management of various city agencies, his inattention to detail, his failure to come up with real solutions for the affordable housing crisis, for the spike in homelessness,» Ulrich said.

The upcoming battle is reflected on this list by the presence of Albany - centric lawmakers, who the mayor will need to get his affordable housing plan off the ground; real estate industry players, who will no doubt have their deep - pocketed say in the legislative skirmish to come; and the city officials who will lobby hard for tenant - friendly rent laws in the state capital, or cut a few deals that alienate their progressive base.

«Here we have something that's been agreed on by a progressive mayor of New York City and the real estate community.

«While the Mayor's Preliminary Budget increases real programmatic savings, there is room to find additional, lasting savings across all agencies,» said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, chair of the finance committee, in a joint statement after the mayor released his preliminary budget.

The mayor has personally blamed the real estate developers at the center of the scandal — accusing them of hoodwinking the city administration into dropping deed restrictions on the former nursing home.

Staffers with the city Department of Investigation and city comptroller quizzed Morales last March and April about two real - estate transactions that allegedly benefited developers and lobbyists who gave donations to the mayor's campaign and the mayor's nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York.

«One of the real problems that is the chicken coming home to roost for this mayor is that the city is 43 percent of the state's population, 38 percent of the registered voters but it only cast 26 percent of the vote in 2014.

«The fight is over this real estate program, but really it comes to something deeper, which is that the forever - fraught relationship between de Blasio and Cuomo — and indeed the fraught relationship between any mayor of New York City and any governor of New York really is at a low point with just nine days left in Albany's legislation session and with several items on the mayor's agenda sitting in Albany's lap,» Jimmy Vielkind, who covers the state government for Capital New York, told WCBS 880.

«We disagree with the mayor's proposed housing plan, which we consider a step backwards, extending tax breaks for big developers by a decade and riddled with sweetheart provisions for the real estate industry at the expense of the city's taxpayers and workers,» Melissa DeRosa, a spokeswoman for Cuomo, said in a statement Saturday.

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Now Spitzer's looking at the very real possibility of winning and transforming the office into a major new force in the financial world, and a four - year - long migraine for the city's next mayor.

In the weeks leading up to the election, top de Blasio donor Jona Rechnitz, a Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.

«I am hoping now that the mayor of New York City understands that to do real education reform it's about helping schools to get better and not about closing schools,» said Mulgrew, speaking at a state press conference on Feb. 16 in Albany with the governor, State Education Commissioner John King and NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi standing beside him.

«The stench of corruption emanating from City Hall remainswith a record number of misconduct investigations into Mayor de Blasio (D - Corruption) at a cost of millions of dollars to taxpayers,» Republican real estate exec Paul Massey, who is running for mayor, said in a mocking email.

«I'm giving serious thought to running for mayor of New York City... I was a political supporter of Bill de Blasio,» real estate mogul Don Peebles told The Post on Tuesday.

Albanese, a former City Council member, went on the attack almost immediately and jabbed at de Blasio throughout, criticizing the mayor's inability to reign in homelessness, his ties to real estate interests, his «ineffective» affordable housing policy, his nonchalance towards the city's subway crisis and his «politicizing» of the polCity Council member, went on the attack almost immediately and jabbed at de Blasio throughout, criticizing the mayor's inability to reign in homelessness, his ties to real estate interests, his «ineffective» affordable housing policy, his nonchalance towards the city's subway crisis and his «politicizing» of the polcity's subway crisis and his «politicizing» of the police.

Cuomo had blamed New York City mayor Bill de Blasio for presenting a 421 - a plan — blessed by the machers of real estate but blasted by most labor unions — in the session's final weeks.

Legislators have seven weeks before they are set to adjourn for the year, and are expected to renew or modify laws that grant the New York City mayor control of schools, provide rent control for thousands of apartments and subsidize real estate development.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a close ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio, said Wednesday it's «very troubling» that the mayor's office impeded a city investigation of a botched Lower East Side real estate dCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a close ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio, said Wednesday it's «very troubling» that the mayor's office impeded a city investigation of a botched Lower East Side real estate dcity investigation of a botched Lower East Side real estate deal.

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The mayor published an opinion piece in The New York Times accusing Cuomo of offering cities «accounting gimmicks» rather than real leadership.

The effort comes after bribery charges were filed against the mayor and deputy mayor of the Rockland County Village of Spring Valley in an alleged real - estate development scheme with ties to state Senator Malcolm Smith, who along with three others, was charged in connection with an alleged plot to rig the New York City mayoral race.

At the same time, Kramer Levin has lobbied the office of the mayor, the city Department of Planning and the Board of Standards and Appeals for many real estate interests.

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The mayor, comptroller, and president of the Board of Aldermen are members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, which approves the city's annual operating budget, appropriations, and all city real - estate purchases.

The Democratic mayor's public comments against charters, among the most significant of the Bloomberg reforms, have convinced many reformers that de Blasio is a real threat to continued progress in the city's schools.

But the mayor can still influence on one of the most important issues to charters in New York City: real estate.

At the center of those efforts is Richard Buery, de Blasio's deputy mayor for special projects.Buery, considered by City Hall officials to be a much - needed bridge to the charter world, has real charter credentials: He created the Children's Aid College Prep Charter and served on the boards of two charters, including an Achievement First school in East New York, where he grew up.

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I don't think there's a chance of derailing Paris, or the faintest glimmer of stopping city mayors, because their commitment is real.»

«We have a real sense of urgency,» said the mayor, who was elected in November 2005 but has grappled with vacant houses as a city councilman and a state senator.

The city's mayor says this effort will involve «taking advantage of previously untapped real estate» in Los Angeles, which has more light poles than an other American city.

Outside of real estate, three of King's more prominent positions were serving as an alderman and deputy mayor for the City of Dartmouth, as well as president of the Dartmouth Chamber of Commerce.

The real - estate - magnate - turned - politico said the aged affordable housing stock will create a need for partnerships between the mayor, the city government and developers, but he was confident he could increase the amount of quality affordable housing in New York.

But Duggan, a real estate broker who served as mayor from 1994 to 2006, said eventually John Deere began hiring again, the city's economy diversified and Dubuque bought 960 acres of land to build what has become a successful industrial park.

On the day that he ended his campaign to replace Bill de Blasio as mayor of New York City, Cushman & Wakefield executive Paul Massey told Commercial Observer that he would not rule out running for office again while also casting doubt over his future with the commercial real estate brokerage giant.