Sentences with phrase «most city commissioners»

After all, most city commissioners, county commissioners, and legislators own pets, and trust their veterinarian.

Not exact matches

NBA commissioner David Stern held a conference call with reporters to discuss the beginning of the NBA Playoffs, but most questions thus far have to do with Metta World Peace's seven - game suspension for elbowing Oklahoma City Thunder guard James Harden in the head.

«City» (short for the Bronx's Coop City / City Island League) was the most desired Chip, until recruiting refs became difficult and the commissioner's tires were slashed.

While much of what the speakers at the N.F.L. / USA Football luncheon I attended last week in New York City was concussions and football safety advice MomsTEAM has been giving parents for years, what impressed me the most was what we were told about the ongoing efforts by the league and its youth football partner to improve health and safety for football players from the pros down to the youth level, a topic which takes up more of N.F.L. commissioner Roger Goodell's time than any other.

In 2001 when trying to get my husband to remove a job bid that the son of the county commissioner wanted as well as a city councilman and the sons of three of the most influencial farmers in the county, My husband suggested I take his pimp father by the hand and both of us go to the interstate and step out in front of a semi.

Jesse Madison, the city consumer services commissioner who was named to the new position of executive vice president of the park district and given most of the duties of General Supt. Edmund Kelly, came to observe the rump meeting Thursday, even though he said it was illegally held.

Sarlin was most recently the associate commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, working as a senior advisor for marketing, creating services and communications, according to the governor's office.

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races...

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races of the year.

The cuts to Close to Home and foster care are, in terms of dollars, «the most drastic cut we've seen to child welfare in decades,» said David Hansell, commissioner for the city's Administration for Children's Services, which administers Close to Home and foster care.

Mr. Bratton, Mr. de Blasio's most prominent and loose - lipped commissioner, occasionally articulates views that would appear out of step with City Hall.

But it's efforts have drawn pushback from some local officials — city mayor Andrew Gillum and county commissioner Bill Proctor most notably.

«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.

That's partly why the city's health department has been commended by public health officials across the country, including Tom Farley, former mayor Michael Bloomberg's health commissioner, even as local politicians — most prominently Governor Andrew Cuomo — have publicly wondered whether the department could have done more or acted quicker.

And it explains the policies he is most passionate about: from city mayors to community schools to locally elected police commissioners.

Unlike a garden party at Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip mingle amidst the guests, de Blasio and McCray spoke to those assembled from a stage and slipped away afterwards without meeting guests other than the most high - powered, including City Council members and the mayor's own commissioners.

The war of words between two of the city's most storied police commissioners reached a boiling point on Tuesday.

The war of words between two of the city's most storied police commissioners reached a boiling point on Tuesday when the city's top cop dared his predecessor «to be a big man» and provide proof he's cooking the books on crime.

Cerf, currently commissioner of education in New Jersey, served as a deputy chancellor to Klein from 2004 to 2009, during one of the most turbulent periods in the city's education history.

The summit gave mayors, governors, premiers, and commissioners from Canada to Brazil a forum to link these regional efforts — the official term is «infra - national» — in an international system that enables cities, states, and others to learn from each other, share resources, set joint goals, and — most importantly — work together to amplify the impact each is making.

Today, as many cities pick new mayors, commissioners and other elected officials, most of their residents won't be participating.