Sentences with phrase «new role of mayor»

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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.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, who is white, was less ambiguous about the role of race in the recent protests, and the «reality» of those perceptions.

The role of money in this year's New York City mayor's race, and the concentration of donations amongst the wealthy, have dropped, by some measurements.

Asked Wednesday in a conference call with reporters if he thought the mayor, a Democratic rival, was playing a role in Nixon's potential bid, Cuomo remarked: «I think it was probably either the mayor of New York or Vladimir Putin... I'm going to leave it to you great investigative reporters to follow the facts» and find the truth.

It creates a new role, that of the metro mayor, in addition to local authority leaders, existing city mayors and — depending on whether the local area agrees to merge the two roles or not — police and crime commissioners.

David Wildstein, the professed mastermind in the so - called Bridgegate scandal, was spared prison when he was sentenced for his role in the blocking of lanes near the George Washington Bridge as political revenge against a New Jersey mayor, closing a final chapter in a bizarre episode that grounded the national political ambitions of Gov. Chris Christie.

Off topic questions the Long Island Railroad and possible strike, the City's contingency plans and role in the event of a strike, whether the petitions supporting continued operation of horse carriages, with 40,000 signatures recently delivered to City Hall affect his thinking on the topic, what the 66 donors to Campaign for One New York expect from the mayor, whether he plans to take any additional vacations this year, what initiatives Campaign for One New York will next focus on, the status of the review of the 911 system upgrade and, concerning his trip to Italy, whether he is packed, whether he's packing his own bags and what food he is most looking forward to.

The Senate has for the last decade been an unpredictable force in state politics and the source of heavy spending by deep - pocketed benefactors and labor groups interested in seeing which party controls the chamber — underscoring the chamber's role in determining the outcome of everything from charter schools, to tax policy and the agenda of the mayor of the city of New York.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new constructiNew Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new constructinew construction.

«This is about the person who could best take us to the next level,» the mayor said, pointing to O'Neill's 33 years of experience as a cop in New York City, and his role in implementing the mayor's strategies to improve police - community relations.

The mayor's perceived role in persuading Cynthia Nixon to challenge Cuomo in the Democratic primary has spurred a new level of fighting.

The mayor downplayed Stringer's proposed new role by saying the comptroller's office already has the power to audit how the city spends taxpayer money and that he welcomed the governor's promise of additional resources to improve the shelters.

The Human Rights Campaign, which played a big role in Cuomo's successful campaign to get gay marriage passed by the Legislature here in New York and has now launched a similar effort at the national level, released an undated letter signed by Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg and 13 other mayors and governors that urged members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee to pass the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), the bill to repeal DOMA.

Former Queens Councilman Dan Halloran was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in two corruption schemes, including taking thousands of dollars in bribes to help Malcolm Smith, a Democrat and the former state Senate majority leader, run for New York City mayor in 2013 as a Republican.

His decision to drop out thrust Ms. Malliotakis into the role of Republican front - runner after little more than two months of campaigning and offered an opening for outsider candidates like Roque De La Fuente, a San Diego developer who recently moved to New York City to run for mayor as a Republican.

De Blasio and Cuomo have offered competing plans for how to fund universal pre-K in New York City, and now the difference of opinion between the mayor and governor about the role of the city's growing charter movement is crystallizing.

The two were discussing the role of an auditor, with Mr. Schneiderman advising Mr. Stringer how to be an effective check on the city's new mayor, Bill de Blasio.

One of the key roles of the new mayor will be to raise the profile of the city region on the national and international stage and to attract more investment.

Newly - minted LG Bob Duffy gave an impromptu press gaggle after the Cuomo administration's first cabinet meeting and pledged to continue to act as a champion of upstate interests in his new role — much as he did in his old job as mayor of Rochester.

«You have a mayor of New York City who is very impacted by the Port Authority but doesn't have any role in the Port Authority,» Cunningham said.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS DE BLASIO AIDE OVER HOMELESSNESS — POLITICO New York's Gloria Pazmino and Sally Goldenberg: City Council members, already increasingly frustrated with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, privately questioned one of his deputy mayors recently over their concerns with the city's growing homelessness problem and her role in it.

Jeffries has taken a leading role in criticizing de Blasio over his support of the New York Police Department's broken windows policy and public safety agenda, while also faulting the freshman mayor for trying to organize a presidential forum in Iowa while critics say homelessness, inequality and quality - of - life issues in New York City have worsened.

(NaturalHealth365) The mayor of New York may worry about super-sized soft drinks playing a role in the obesity epidemic, without realizing the real risks from these sweet poisons.

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Tortimer has retired from the position of mayor, and the first player to move into town assumes the role, assisted by Isabelle.

With mayors playing an ever more active role in the affairs of their cities» schools, a new effort is under way to help them share with one another some of what they've learned.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing and educating young people, with particular attention to children living in poverty.

In an era of widespread disagreement on education reform, increased confidence in local control of education, and the absence of a dominant theory on where reform goes from here, visionary mayors are emerging as leaders of thought and action in defining a new role for municipalities to play in developing...

Prior to the 2002 legislation that placed Michael Bloomberg in near complete control of the city schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their role.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf lets you take on the role of mayor and run your easygoing small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighboNew Leaf lets you take on the role of mayor and run your easygoing small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighbonew neighbors.

Or Animal Crossing: New Leaf, where you take on the role of mayor and run your small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighboNew Leaf, where you take on the role of mayor and run your small country town as you see fit, collecting fossils and meeting new neighbonew neighbors.

Freshly minted as Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the 3DS title places players in the role of the town mayor.

She's appeared a couple of times since then, but Nintendo gave her a pretty great role as the all - singing, all - dancing mayor of New Donk City in Odyssey.

New Leaf is arguably the best of the series, with the handheld design making it easy to pop in and out of your colourful city, increased social functionality adding to its appeal, and your new role as mayor giving you more say over the town's developmeNew Leaf is arguably the best of the series, with the handheld design making it easy to pop in and out of your colourful city, increased social functionality adding to its appeal, and your new role as mayor giving you more say over the town's developmenew role as mayor giving you more say over the town's development.

The game is open - ended, with players assuming the role of a new mayor in the town of Animal Crossing.