Sentences with phrase «of mayoral leadership»

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With nagging questions over the leadership of the Buffalo Public School District, and some suggesting full mayoral control is the answer, a Buffalo - area state senator has drafted compromise legislation that would give the mayor «input.»

The Legislature and governor ended the extraordinary session by granting a two - year extension of mayoral control over New York City's schools, ending months of uncertainty over Mayor Bill de Blasio's leadership of the nation's largest school system and its 1.1 million students a day before it was to expire.

«For months, Mayor de Blasio has been asking us to support the status quo, and now that appears to be the position of the Democrat leadership in the Assembly, even though they requested and received significant changes to the mayoral control statute when it was first renewed in 2009,» Flanagan said.

The leadership in the Senate Republican conference backs a bill that would raise the cap by 100 and link it to a 12 - month extension of mayoral control of New York City schools.

Creasy admitted that some of the messages may have been provoked by the deluge of emails people have received over the past few months from contenders not only in the deputy leadership contest, but also the campaigns for leader and London mayoral candidate.

Although Dan Halloran has not yet made an official endorsement of any of the GOP Mayoral candidates, he offered praise to Joe Lhota for his leadership of the MTA.

Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis demanded that the NYC Department of Investigation look into tens of millions in spending by the school system on leadership training.

He criticized the mayor for a «complete lack of leadership» on transportation issues and then condemned the MTA's statement that Long Islanders working in the City should consider working from home during upcoming Penn Station repairs, eventually getting around to the position that any further capital funding from the City should be conditioned on «increased mayoral control and influence.»

REFORM PARTY MAYORAL CANDIDATE FORUM Reform Party leadership and members will listen to all of the candidates who are currently seeking the Reform Party nomination for Mayor of New York City.

For example, Labour Uncut have suggested that the implementation committee might change the basis of the London mayoral primary, and any early leadership election so that union members can be fully involved.

In May 2016, the devolved and local elections will provide the first major test of his leadership and it is crucial for Project Corbyn that the party performs well in the big mayoral contests in London, Bristol and Liverpool.

Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis on Tuesday demanded that the Department of Investigation look into tens of millions in spending by the school system on leadership training.

Asked whether the de Blasio administration had any concerns about Rodriguez's ability to provide oversight over the M.T.A. as a member of the its leadership, mayoral spokesman Wiley Norvell said, «None whatsoever.»

But the pressure mounted on the governor to deliver deals on rent regulations, mayoral control of New York City schools, and other big - ticket items, all while the legislature remained in turmoil thanks to their leadership crises.

Allowing this is happen does not seem like the action of a party leadership that is «impeccably neutral» in the London mayoral race.

In addition, Sen. Jeffrey Klein, the Bronx Democrat who heads a group of eight breakaway Dems aligned with the GOP in a leadership coalition, has introduced his own mayoral control bill that would extend the law two years while also giving community parent boards more power.

He was previously the President of the party, as well as a two - time leadership candidate, and stood for the party in the 2004 Mayoral election.

Unlike say, a Mike Bloomberg, who made a switch with no track record before his first mayoral campaign, I had already been endorsed by Republicans and Conservatives, so it wasn't any kind of great leap that I was being endorsed again by Republican and Conservative leadership.

ALBANY — While one part of the State Senate leadership coalition pushes to limit mayoral control over schools in New York City, the other part is proposing to give more control over schools to Yonkers mayor Mike Spano.

«The inconvenient truth for Owen Smith is that Labour polled ahead of the Tories in May's local elections; and we have won all parliamentary by - elections under Jeremy's leadership, as well as having won mayoral elections in Bristol, London, Liverpool and Salford.

Curvin suggests the possibility of a legislative or regulatory alternative, perhaps involving an interim board of mayoral and gubernatorial appointees and certain ex officio members of the city's civic leadership (e.g., the president of Rutgers - Newark).

These closings no doubt contributed to end of her leadership in the district and may also have played a part Adrian Fenty's loss in the mayoral election.

As a high school designer at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy, Jonathan knew first - hand the value of strong school leadership.

Mayoral control of city schools was started by de Blasio's predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, who convinced the legislature to grant him leadership for seven years in 2002, and a six - year extension in 2009.

City - School District Partnership: While mayoral leadership is central to the Lab's theory of action, schools are and will continue to be the hub of service provision for children.

In addition to his leadership of the WRTP / BIG - STEP, Mr. Buford served on Tom Barrett's mayoral transition team in 2004.

The first mayoral session gathered ambassadors and champions of the Compact of Mayors and Covenant of Mayors cities and towns who presented their climate action leadership and the progress made in their respective cities.

«This alliance brings together mayoral political leadership and the pragmatic policy expertise of C2ES to advance climate change action and sustainable development, including by working with states to implement the Clean Power Plan» said Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of The U.S. Conference of Mayors.