Sentences with phrase «means city government»

That means city government will burn through its $ 60 million reserve fund in less than three years, unless new revenues come in or services are scaled back.

Not exact matches

For civic governments trying to stay on top of all of this, it can mean overload: As more and more government departments — many of them already prodigious producers of data — start moving their data to the Internet, cities are faced with the question of what to do with it all.

So the government is going to have to come to terms with what that means for affordability in the cities, what's that's going to mean for infrastructure, education — it's a big equation.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

Cuomo highlighted the issue in his campaign policy book on government reform, wrting, «Like New York City, New York State needs a system of public campaign financing to set limits on campaign spending and to increase participation by qualified candidates who lack the means or the connections to raise significant campaign funds.»

Bharara said the complaint outlines what he believes is a «systemic problem» in Albany — and he was also quick to note that when he uses the term «Albany,» he means the state government that is located there, and not the city itself, which he called a «wonderful town,» as Mayor Kathy Sheehan has told him «multiple times.»

If either New York City - based lawmaker voted against the extender, that could mean a shutdown of state government — at least temporarily — unless one or more of the 30 Republicans supported it.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Monday announced the appointments of three veterans of New York City government to new or long - unfilled posts meant to reform the county's contracting system and oversight of its jail.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

That means more New Yorkers from every neighborhood can run for office and ensure city government works for everyone.

While again hundred thousands of Egyptians show their defiance of the old regime at Cairo's Tahrir Square and worker protests have broken out in several Egyptian cities, Washington and London still follow a pipe dream of a gradual transition from Hosni Mubarak to a more or less democratic, yet by all means secular new government.

That means that details remain elusive on the status of, among other things, expanding ride - hailing outside of New York City, offering free tuition to SUNY and CUNY schools for middle - class students, and requiring local governments to come up with shared services plans.

While several new faces in city government will help increase racial diversity, McLaughlin said that doesn't mean issues for people of color will be focused topics.

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.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced the appointments of three veterans of New York City government to new or long - unfilled posts meant to reform the county's contracting system and oversight of its jail.

«It means... creating a competent, effective and efficient city government that New Yorkers have come to expect.»

Lynn has plans to make government more accessible, to ensure you have a means to have your voice heard, to increase green jobs in the city, to get ambulances back in the neighborhood in the short term, and hospital beds in the long term.

Tony Sinagra, an old hand at city politics who recently stepped down as chairman of Kingston's Republican Committee, said the problem was less with mayors handing out existing jobs to supporters, but with mayors creating new positions in city government as a means of increasing their patronage powers.

Gallo defended the cuts as a means to give the Common Council some sway over Noble's efforts to restructure city government.

Second, disagreements between members of the combined authority (made up of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield)-- and with the Government — mean that the public consultation needed to unlock the powers and resources on offer as part of the city region's devolution deal has not yet taken place.

«It means we have to balance our budget every year and the discourse in this city often fails to note that by law the city government of New York City must balance its budget every year or else we fall under the control of the Financial Control Board,» said de Blacity often fails to note that by law the city government of New York City must balance its budget every year or else we fall under the control of the Financial Control Board,» said de Blacity government of New York City must balance its budget every year or else we fall under the control of the Financial Control Board,» said de BlaCity must balance its budget every year or else we fall under the control of the Financial Control Board,» said de Blasio.

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

Early 20th century Progressive reformers established elected school boards as a means of shielding public school systems from the politics and patronage of corrupt city governments.

While handing control of the district to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter could be a step to take, the fact that the city government is struggling to get control of its own fiscal and operational house (along with the reality that Philly still doesn't have a handle on its quality of life and crime woes) means moving the district from one failing overlord to another.

But that would mean convincing Fulton County's legislative delegation (which can put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).

And that also means it gets the same Government Fuel Economy Ratings of 35 - City and 40 - highway.

But she added that outside the big cities, bookshop numbers had fallen, largely due to the well - meaning government policy of offering textbooks for free for schools to give students.

The floating city has meaning, as well as the 3 triangles (a government insignia).

Even though the Indian government subsidizes the cost of inoculation (it was easier for the Mission Rabies teams to buy vaccine than the spray paint used for marking dogs), getting treated for the disease means leaving work and often trekking to a major city.

Here's where the co-operative side of New Angeles rears its head, because while you may be competing to earn the most cash the city must also continue to tick otherwise the government will step in and take control, meaning game over for everybody.

A daring escape and a visit from a mysterious cultish figure known as The Outsider provides Corvo with means to vengeance, supernatural powers, to help you bring down the hierarchy that runs the city's government.

The vision of climate action as simply the accumulation of individual and familial choices overlooks the importance of public goods like infrastructure and the design and locations of cities and towns, which can only be changed by government action or other coordinated collective means.

Then, the idea of Ecological Footprints emerges, co-developed first by Mathis Wackernagel, CEO and co-founder of Global Footprint Network, in order to reveal what individuals, businesses, cities, and countries demand from nature and highlight the role of governments in managing our natural capital more wisely to ensure all live well, within the means of our planet.

Today and tomorrow, Toronto Innovation Showcase is bringing together City of Toronto staff, City leaders, and various groups of citizens to discuss the Open Government movement and what it should mean to the City.

Since the amount of damages paid by a city or county will be paid by tax dollars, government entities get special consideration under the law (meaning their liability is capped).

Depending on where you live, that may mean an increased need for labor for salting and storm maintenance for local airports, schools and city and county government services.

It is widely known that being a homeowner means paying taxes on your property to local government, whether it is the city, county or state.

«Publicly accessible» sold information as used in IDX policy and rules, means data that is available electronically or in hard copy to the public from city, county, state and other government records.

At a Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) forum in Richmond in March on the expiring federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), panelists emphasized that terrorism insurance is vital to businesses and public institutions outside of urban centers, and that terrorism is meant as an attack on the country, its government and way of life — vs. individual property owners in cities like New York and San Francisco (Richmond - Times Dispatch reported March 13).