Sentences with phrase «mayoral appointments»

With less than two weeks remaining in the state legislative session, State Assemblyman Ray Walter says the proposal for mayoral appointment of the Buffalo school board should be pushed to the side.

On Monday night the City Council acted on more than two dozen mayoral appointments to... [Read more...]

He also wants Beeps to have a stronger voice in land - use issues and in mayoral appointments of borough departmental commissioners.

JAMESTOWN - Over two dozen different mayoral appointments were approved by the Jamestown City Council during Monday night's inaugural meeting.

In 2005, Rosen also led Jennings» Charter Review Commission, which — among other things — backed giving the Common Council the power confirm or reject mayoral appointments for commissioner posts.

If the law goes belly up at the end of the month, the mayoral control system would be replaced by a return to the old Board of Education that would be made up of two mayoral appointments and one each by the borough presidents.

Walter says that bill has already been passed in the Assembly so it likely won't be amended in some way to add Buffalo to the mayoral appointment list.

Although most school boards in NJ use a democratic system of elections, some still operate under a system of mayoral appointments.

She has served on the boards of the University of California, Pratt Institute, Danspace Project, Housing Works, and Grow NYC, a mayoral appointment.