Sentences with phrase «own city department»

That won't surprise anyone who's seen the recent New York City Department of Consumer Affairs report on gender pricing in the city, which found that toys and accessories marketed at girls cost an average of 7 % more than similar products aimed at boys.

Last March, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced the formation of a «sharing economy» working group, which would «bring together City Departments, neighborhood and community stakeholders and sharing economy companies to... explore policy alternatives and legislation to modernize those laws and / or address emerging impacts and issues.»

There are no statistics to show whether texting played a role in any of the fatalities, but «when you keep records for 40 years and see two consecutive years with the back - to - back largest, that tells me there was a game changer,» said Richard Retting, a former traffic safety commissioner for the New York City Department of Transportation who worked on the report.

After being contacted by ProPublica and the Times, other employers, including Amazon, Northwestern Mutual and the New York City Department of Education, said they had changed or were changing their recruiting strategies.

New York City Department of Education attorney Tsui S. Ng recently explained the benefits to the American Bar Association.

The issues reached a point where officials in Oakland, California, debated whether to ban use of the platform by city departments.

Effective immediately, I am directing City Departments under my authority to bar any publicly - funded City employee travel to the State of Indiana that is not absolutely essential to public health and safety.

«As a city, we should say in that letter that we are not going to allow our city to continue to utilize either the listservs or the Nextdoor if they continue to engage in this,» she said, explaining that city departments such as Oakland police, which posts on the site, would need to stop using it to make a statement.

The report also describes a web of fees that have not been coordinated between city departments, so tangled that not even local architects, engineers, and developers can always accurately estimate how much it will cost to build.

As Harvey ravaged the Houston area, City departments responded to help meet the needs of residents.

Multiple city departments were dispatched to a threat turned arson early this morning.

I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.

Last year, to help close this gap, the New York City Department of Education announced signing and retention bonuses for Pre-K For All teachers working outside public schools.

BROOKLYN - The New York City Department of Transportation has been partnering with Uprose, a Sunset Park - based advocacy group, for the past two years on a new project to improve the neighborhood.

The Department of Education's says that avoiding sensitive words on tests is nothing new, and that New York City is not the only locale to do so. California avoids the use of the word «weed» on tests and Florida avoids the phrases that use «Hurricane» or «Wildfires,» according to a statement by the New York City Department of Education.

The ritual potentially poses a fatal risk to newborns, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

The New York City Department of Investigation disclosed last fall that their supervisors urged pregnant women correction officers in New York City — mostly minority women — to obtain abortions («Women Given Cruelest Choice Now Fight Back,» New York Times, Oct. 21, 1989) The lower levels of the criminal justice system receive little funding, and New York City prisons are crowded.

«We now have 28 companies who have committed to reducing the salt levels in at least one of their categories of products,» says Thomas A. Farley, M.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and coauthor of an editorial accompanying Kuklina's study.

We are working with Reality Check, a youth empowerment against big tobacco program which is part of a division of the New York city department of health.

New York City Department of Education (New York), Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles), Chicago Public Schools (Chicago), Miami - Dade County Public Schools (Miami), Dallas Independent School District (Dallas), Orange County Public Schools (Orlando), Broward County Public Schools (Fort Lauderdale), Clark County Public Schools (Las Vegas), School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Baltimore Public Schools (Baltimore), and Boston Public Schools (Boston) will coordinate menus to improve purchasing power from food providers so that costs are kept low.

The CHA and city Department of Human Services sites feed an average of 11,000 children a day, according to Judith Walker, city commissioner of human services.

The teachers union says school officials never should have opened the programs because the Chicago Housing Authority and the city Department of Human Services have extended their summer feeding programs at 220 sites throughout the city.

The tiered investment structure offers several packages that focus on marketing services for your business, increased interactions with consumers through community events, contributions to beautification projects along the local business corridors, and a direct connection to city departments that work with small businesses.

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While I was on my break, some of you may have read about a controversial decision by the New York City Department of Education to discontinue a popular NYC school lunch program run by Wellness in the Schools (WITS).

Several city department heads have complained, however, that too many of the park district «s benefits would come at the city «s expense.

A draft summary of complaints, submitted by various city department heads, includes the following:

To help it achieve these ends, each district is also paired with an official partner, whether it be a state governmental office, a city department or a nonprofit.

In subsequent years, as a city department improved services and cut waste, it could save taxpayers money, he said.

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has additional concerns apart from safety and lack of regulation regarding the cardboard boxes being offered to new parents at hospitals and elsewhere.

The New York City department of health recorded all maternal deaths across several years, a key finding was that uninsured women were seven times more likely to die than women with health insurance.

Yesterday, the New York City department of education announced that all 1.1 million of the city's public school students will be offered free lunch starting this school year, regardless of their family's income level.

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Several city departments are working with the Forest Preserve District and the Park District to develop a comprehensive assessment of the city's open space needs.

Since 1999 there have been at least 41 suspected food poisoning incidents at Chicago schools, in which at least 215 children were sickened, city Department of Public Health reports and school records show.

The key difference between WITS and some other chef - led efforts is that it's a remarkably cooperative venture between the organization and the New York City Department of Education (DOE), which oversees the city's school food operations.

In 2005, the New York City Department of Education began reviewing its food policies and determined that replacing whole milk with fat - free or low - fat milk could decrease students» fat and calorie intake.

In the New York City Department of Education, the largest school district in the country by number of students, cups are «generally available to all students,» but spokesperson Margie Feinberg can not say in which of its schools cups are available only upon request.

De Blasio and NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer collided again over the administration's $ 6.4 million contract video recording devices to be mounted on NYPD officers, as de Blasio accused his potential Democratic primary rival of pulling a «cheap stunt» by calling public attention to a city Department of Investigation probe into the deal.

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.

Despite initial reservations about his independence, the New York City Council voted 48 - 2, with one abstention, to approve de Blasio's pick to head the city Department of Investigation: Mark Peters.

The city Department of Environmental is proposing a 2.36 percent increase to fund critical drinking water and wastewater projects.

Assemblyman Edward Braunstein and NYC Councilman Paul Vallone are pressing the city Department of Education to allow principals to lock all doors at schools, but the de Blasio administration is resisting.

At 7 p.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer attends a New York City Department of Education public hearing on Health Careers and Science High School, George Washington Educational Campus, 549 Audubon Ave., Manhattan.

However, the feds and the city Department of Investigation might yet cause Lopez some trouble.

Amid NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's crackdown on electric bicycles, the city Department of Transportation clarified that pedal - assist bikes that top out at 20 mph will be legal, but people on e-bikes with a throttle that require no pedaling will continue to get tickets.

At noon, NYC Council Health Chairman Mark Levine and others call on the city to increase tuberculosis funding for the City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Flanagan is specifically taking issue with city Department of Education officials submitting a report on school finances that doesn't adhere to state law.

Also at 10 a.m., Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and NYC Councilman Mark Levine call for affordable housing to be built at a building currently owned by the city Department of Transportation, 654 W. 158th St., Manhattan.

At 8 a.m., Crain's New York Business hosts a business breakfast with Rick Chandler, commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, New York Athletic Club, 180 Central Park S., Manhattan.