Sentences with phrase «pressured by city officials»
But pressured by city officials, who felt his presence a distraction on the board after the pension revelations, Werhane reluctantly agreed to leave.
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BY ANDY HUMM Members of Queer Nation, which has led the charge among New Yorkers pressuring Russia to repeal its notorious anti-gay laws, are calling on city and state officials to pull their investments in Russia as bad both morally and financially.
The de Blasio administration is under pressure to make substantial changes at Rikers: The United States attorney's office, when releasing the inquiry's findings, gave the city 49 days to come up with a plan to reduce violence or face intervention by federal officials.
Regulators scrambled to block them in many cities, but by the time they did, the services were so popular that officials caved to pressure and relented.