Sentences with phrase «mayors of the city only»

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This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

On Tuesday, after hearing of complaints from citizens and city workers about religious diversity and inclusiveness, organizers of the German - inspired merchant fair decided to take down the word Christmas on the large signs outside City Hall — only to have the mayor reverse that decision yestercity workers about religious diversity and inclusiveness, organizers of the German - inspired merchant fair decided to take down the word Christmas on the large signs outside City Hall — only to have the mayor reverse that decision yesterCity Hall — only to have the mayor reverse that decision yesterday.

Newark mayor Cory Booker is going to get on the level of his city's struggling by going one week on food stamps only, spending about $ 29.87 on groceries (the average...

The only one whose voiced opposition to it is the mayor of the city of New York.»

The mayor is in Albany today to defend and push for an extension of mayoral control of New York City, a program that was only extended for 12 months last year, and is due to expire once again in June.

I didn't vote for her in 2013 (only 15.5 % of Democrats did — embarrassing) because she did not support paid leave and she made the ultimate careerist move of allowing a third term for city council and the mayor in 2008.

It comes as no surprise that Quinn, the only female in the mayor's race, has cornered the endorsements of the city's major women's groups.

«The mayor is, as far as I can tell, struggling to find any and all excuses to not acknowledge that congestion pricing is not only the best solution for raising money for transit, but also for slashing congestion in New York City,» said Matthiessen, who added Move New York was in the process of reaching out to Cuomo's office to discuss concepts.

A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole city regions, in contrast to existing city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf of, their local authority.

Wolfson, who served as a spokesman for Bloomberg and is a current employee of the Bloomberg Foundation, will only say, «Mike Bloomberg was the best mayor in the city's history, so anytime you hear criticism, especially if it's not accurate, it's frustrating.»

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

After 12 years under Mayor Bloomberg — the last four of those only thanks to a controversial, legislative extension of term limits — the city is set to elect a new mayor.

A source with knowledge of the mayor's plans put all that speculation to bed, insisting that Brown is definitely planning to run for re-election this fall, although the mayor's team would only say — officially speaking — that his focus right now is on continued progress in the city.

Last week, in her first television interview since she jumped into the mayoral race, Malliotakis falsly claimed that rape in the city had risen 33 percent under Mayor Bill de Blasio, when in fact the increase was only about 4 percent between 2013, the last year of Mayor Bloomberg's final term, and 2016, de Blasio's third year as mayor.

Senator Liz Krueger questioned why, after two votes in previous years to grant the mayor of New York City control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de BlaCity control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blacity schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blasio.

A city - government blogger conjectured that Mateo's interest in courting the mayor was tied to the efforts of Mateo's wife, Stella, to establish a women - only livery service — and the couple sought information about licensing in March, according to the Taxi & Limousine Commission.

«I intend to run for re-election as mayor of New York City, that's the only thing I'm running for,» de Blasio said.

In May 2012, voters in 10 out of 11 of England's largest cities rejected proposals for directly elected mayors; and in November 2012, only 14.9 % of voters in England and Wales bothered to elect new Police and Crime Commissioners.

Locals packed into the Brownsville Multi-Service Center for the standing - room only meeting with city officials, voicing concerns with the mayor's manifesto to bring thousands of affordable units to the neighborhood.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

De Blasio becomes the first Democratic mayor of New York since David Dinkins, elected the city's first and only black leader in 1989.

«It would not shock me when the next mayor [is] not only a woman but a woman of color,» he told Observer at City & State's «50 Over 50» gala on Monday night, where he received a lifetime achievement award.

Under the liberal Democratic mayor, the city booted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island and has only honored the federal agency's requests it detain a suspect if that person has committed one of 170 violent felony offenses.

But the mayor cautioned that the only way cities like Syracuse will be able to fix the larger problem of leaking water pipes is if Congress provides financial aid while tackling a root cause of the problem — climate change.

The hostilities between the mayor and the governor have only escalated in the last year over a variety of concerns, including mayoral control of New York City schools and proposed cuts in funding to the City University of New York, tumbling into public view with a rare intensity, even for two jobs that are often in conlfict.

De Blasio had pushed Albany to approved a permanent extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, only to have the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo agree to a 12 - month extension, meaning the mayor will be back at the Capitol once again to call for the program's renewal.

The mayor is the city's only top elected New York official who has declined to reimburse taxpayers for his personal and political use of city vehicles — including an NYPD - helicopter trip to last month's presidential debate on Long Island.

A task force created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property — described by the mayor as «symbols of hate» — has recommended only one statue be moved: a monument to J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who developed advances in gynecological surgery by conducting operations on black slave women.

The comptroller's race had been a sideshow compared to the main event of the New York City mayor's race, with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer the only major candidate for the Democratic nomination.

City Council speaker Christine Quinn was the choice of few: She was so damaged by the slush scandal of 2008 that the only place she was able to find political safety was in the mayor's pocket.

State Senator Neil Breslin appeared with Assembly members Pat Fahy and John McDonald, in a show of support for Mayor Sheehan, who implored all city residents, state workers and politicians to blitz state lawmakers in a fund drive of epic proportions to not only land the $ 12.5 million to plug the hole in Albany's budget, but also fix funding formulas so the mayor never needs to pick the tin cup again.

«His son described him as the only candidate who will end the era of stop and frisk and that was a purposeful branding of de Blasio as a reformer and then immediately, as soon as he was the mayor - elect, he announced he was bringing back perhaps the most controversial police commissioner in the city's history,» Trujillo said, referring to de Blasio's early campaign ads with his son, Dante.

«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.

And if the city council or the mayor do come to the aid of an industry that has put not only tens of thousands into their campaign coffers, but many millions into the city's treasury via medallion sales, don't expect the ride - sharing apps to go quietly into the night.

She not only joined mayors around the country in pledging to honor the Paris Agreement, but she has thoughtfully pursued implementation of this goal through a City Energy Plan and a Climate Smart Communities Certification.

[59] Through negotiations this authority was only awarded to the mayor of New York City as an attempt to overcome a system of school boards that many considered to be hampering efforts at reform.

Manhattan Borough president Scott Stringer faced stiff competition among Democrats running for mayor next year, and was pulling in only 6 — 7 percent of City Democrats» support in early polls, Crains reports.

He has a unique perspective, not only the mayor of the nation's largest city, but also as a white man married to a black woman, and the father of two black children.

With the experience question on the minds of some, there seems to be a nascent movement toward a city manager form of government, something voters narrowly adopted in 1993, only to have it overturned at the behest of City Hall in exchange for a strong - mayor form of government the following ycity manager form of government, something voters narrowly adopted in 1993, only to have it overturned at the behest of City Hall in exchange for a strong - mayor form of government the following yCity Hall in exchange for a strong - mayor form of government the following year.

He was one of only two city labor leaders to back Mike Bloomberg's first run for mayor in October 2001.

The PA is an agency that mayors love to hate as it operates major parts of New York City's infrastructure with no mayoral control and a shared gubernatorial control (with the New Jersey governor) that provides only partial power to the New York governor.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Does the city of Buffalo want to elect a mayor for a fourth term for only the second time in its history or bring in someone new?

The mayor, one of the only men in the room of more than 150 people wearing a full suit and tie, hugged former New York City Council Speaker Peter Vallone.

With elected leaders from Gov. Cuomo on down all showing varying degrees of approval, only firebrand City Councilman Charles Barron (D - Brooklyn), who did not support de Blasio for mayor, sounded a sour note.

As part of ULURP, only the City Council and mayor have the power to vote down or approve the armory plan.

Amid this onslaught, Mr. Cuomo and the Senate delivered a rebuke to the mayor this year by agreeing to only a one - year extension of mayoral control of city schools.

It was only a few months ago when the mayor made building a Stuyvesant Town on the Sunnyside railyards the centerpiece of his State of the City speech, only to have Cuomo, the very same day, declare the M.T.A. portion of the site «unavailable.»

A fiery rally in support of NYPD reform legislation was the latest stage in the heated dispute between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council, only one hour before the outgoing mayor held his own press conference condemning the measures.

As quiet as it's kept, de Blasio is the only mayor of one of America's 10 largest cities, almost all Democrats, who isn't a charter booster.

The Clintons live in the Westchester County hamlet of Chappaqua, but state law requires only that a candidate for mayor be a New York City resident by Election Day, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections said.