Sentences with phrase «of public city»

The appeal heard by the Court on October 14, 2014, centres on whether the recital of a prayer at the beginning of public city council meetings violates provisions of -LSB-...]

Muoio again insisted Wednesday the plan is for the school to operate without a penny of public city dollars.

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As of now, the company has made only one big enterprise partnership public — a November deal with Microsoft, in which the software company offered 300 New York City employees a WeWork membership.

Musk later explained that he likes many forms of public transportation but thought that major cities were not fully equipped to solve traffic and congestion issues.

The initial public offering of Saudi Aramco in a city such as New York or London was expected to be the largest ever share listing.

The City of Perth Library and Public Plaza and the State Buildings have shared the George Temple Poole award at the WA Architecture Awards held on July 1.

The New York Times reports that the impending public offering of the company formerly known as Snapchat is drawing excitement from many of the city's money managers, eager to assist Snap's 1,900 employees as some of them prepare to become millionaires for the first time.

The public's enthusiasm for the intimate and sophisticated experience offered by the city's small bars shows no sign of slowing, nearly six years after liquor licence reform was legislated in Western

From professional services like accounting, real estate, and insurance to simple job brokering (i.e. a head hunter), all you need is a phone and a list of names (which is also easy to get if you have access to your town or city's public property tax records).

Toronto's CEO - turned mayor on how tech is transforming cities: «Why should the job of people in public life... be to try and stop change?»

Gabe Zichermann is a New York City - based entreprenuer, public speaker and chair of The Gamification Summit.

As higher costs are passed on to consumers, supporters aim to put a dent in sales, as was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda tax.

That database, obtained from Panama City law firm Mossack Fonseca and made public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, showed Amin and Mansoor Lalji have an ownership position in the J.W. Marriott Las Vegas Resort and Rampart Casino, and brother Shiraz Lalji has connections to Oakdene Finance Ltd., a holding company based in the British Virgin Islands.

By the way, [Councillor] Josh Matlow put forward this benign suggestion that would be a tiny step forward in having the city more connected, and that is in some of the major public places [like city hall] you'd have wi - fi made available.

Seattle's City Council voted on Monday to levy a special tax on sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers, becoming the latest of several local government bodies across the country to take such action for the sake of public health.

A week of protests over concerns for public safety preceded the spraying, with protesters marching outside city hall and circulating an online petition that gained thousands of signatures.

And given the relative dearth in exits, the city does lack the kind of alumni network that can be found in the U.S. and the U.K. Analysts argue that Berlin needs more entrepreneurs to either take their startups public or sell them for a hefty sum, so that those players can reinvest in German startups.

If you'd rather not have a vehicle of your own, the city has a growing network of public buses on the main boulevards which senior citizens can travel for free on.

While pricey, cost of living in New York City is offset by its top public transportation system, diverse population, and electric atmosphere.

«This type of financing can be a bridge to going public or an alternative to an IPO,» explains Thomas Shattan, managing director of Prudential Securities» private - equity - financing group, in New York City.

Rosalind Resnick, the founder and CEO of Axxess Business Consulting, a New York City consulting firm that advises startups and small businesses, is the co-founder and former CEO of NetCreations, a two - person homebased web design firm that grew to a $ 58 million public company and was acquired for $ 111 million in cash in 2001.

When he first made his venture public in 2002, it was still just an idea, and he insisted it was contingent upon the construction of a bridge to replace the island airport's existing ferry service — a project with many detractors, including then city councillor Olivia Chow, now the area's NDP member of Parliament.

There was a wave of public resistance from those who feared American - style retailing on this scale would pulverize smaller players, and politicians in Vancouver also lobbied to keep the retailer outside of city borders, citing environmental concerns.

The breakdown of the New York metro area's public transit system is sure to cause a city - wide headache, leaving roughly 600,000 commuters scrambling.

«To reduce the threshold of innovative entrepreneurship, the government provides appropriate financial subsidies for rent, broadband access and public software for new businesses,» said John Rhee, general manager of the Los Angeles office for UBTECH, a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen City that makes humanoid robots for the home.

Ritchie Torres, who chairs a city council committee on public housing, said at the press conference that there was a direct link between the falsification of permits and the decline in affordable housing in New York.

If free public transport may not be a viable option for cities like London or New York — Tallinn has a population of just over 400,000 — there are other service options, White says.

Its one - year Safe City pilot program is testing out a range of advanced technologies in the hope of improving public safety.

The corporate watchdog has told the public to steer clear of a potential scam website that uses the same registered business name and the same business number as the recently privatised Market City.

«We're still in the early stages of that program, but we're hoping that there will be results showing that this technology can make a real difference to public safety in a more cost - effective way, but also in a more effective way,» Ger Daly, Global Managing Director of Defense and Public Safety, Accenture, said in a report for CNBC's Innovation Cpublic safety in a more cost - effective way, but also in a more effective way,» Ger Daly, Global Managing Director of Defense and Public Safety, Accenture, said in a report for CNBC's Innovation CPublic Safety, Accenture, said in a report for CNBC's Innovation Cities.

Over the years, Gotham has pushed through initiatives that ranged from lifestyle perks like free Wi - Fi in public parks and subway stations to make the city more attractive to a tech workforce, to establishing a network of business incubators to help provide affordable office space to more than 500 startups.

Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles — based nonprofit provides after - school writing and drama programs to underserved schools and produces stage shows for the public.

Instead of hiring the first one who shows up, do your homework, advises David Moore, an angel investor and president of City Rewards Network in Charlotte, N.C. «A lot of investment bankers are going to call you and say «We can take your small company public for $ 50,000.»

«Jokowi,» as he's known, cleaned up the city and rooted out corruption, thrilling an Indonesian public weary of the status quo.

With its narrow cobblestone streets, well - preserved historic buildings, manicured public squares and trendy eateries, the capital city of Santiago de Querétaro could easily be mistaken for somewhere in southern Spain.

In 2017, the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, and Imperial Beach, as well as Santa Cruz county, Marin County, and San Mateo County attempted to sue oil majors over climate change damages, citing a theory called «public nuisance.»

Israeli public radio said Palestinians and troops also clashed around the West Bank cities of Nablus, Hebron Bethlehem and Tulkarem.

In some cities, public transportation infrastructure simply isn't a viable means of transport; bikes help fill the gap.

The Irwindale City Council voted Wednesday night to drop a public nuisance declaration and lawsuit against Huy Fong Foods, makers of Sriracha hot sauce.

Can you handle eight hours at the office, school at night, and multiple legs of New York City public transportation travel all in the same day?

Besides destroying homes and office buildings here, the storm caused seven of 14 subway tunnels to flood, effectively shutting down all public transportation in the city of over 8 million people.

He was fascinated by the career of Frank Macchiarola, New York City's schools chancellor from 1978 to 1983 and a legendary educator who pushed for integration and better performance in public schools.

News of the new kindle comes after Amazon won a $ 30 million contract to deliver e-books to New York City public schools starting next school year.

The $ 6 million will be a mix of public and private funding, which will come from both the City and a partner that will be tasked with determining how to operate and manage the center.

The piece draws a comparison to Virginia's Fairfax County, which is similar in many ways to Westchester: They're both suburbs of big cities (New York and Washington, D.C.), they have similarly high home values, and they educate about the same number of students in public schools, which in both places have a good reputation.

Whether it's the National Security Agency harvesting millions of emails, or police and property owners in cities mounting cameras in public seemingly every five feet, or advertisers trailing you as you move around the web, you're deluded if you think somebody isn't following you at any moment.

Governor Snyder has said that the bankruptcy filing will allow the city to spend more money on public services because less of its money will be hurdled toward paying interest on debt.

One doesn't expect a government to become a business, but many cities, notably Atlanta, Austin and New York, have found a way to inject a sense of public - private partnership to attract and support new businesses.

The researchers compiled an ultimate ranking of public transportation in all of these cities and towns.

Uber gave the public a glimpse of that plan when it launched its Pittsburgh pilot in September, which allows select users to hail an Uber that's capable of driving itself on city streets but still needs human supervision.