Sentences with phrase «prominent civic group»

Mr. Stringer, who was an assemblyman in 1999 and voted against the repeal, will describe his plan in a speech on Tuesday at a meeting of a prominent civic group, the Association for a Better New York, a regular stop for the city's presumptive mayoral candidates as they try to define themselves amid a crowded field of left - leaning progressives.

Speaking to the Association for a Better New York, a prominent civic group, the mayor cited businesses like Gap and Costco that have raised their employees» pay above the national minimum.

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Prominent academics and civil liberties organizations have raised the prospect of stripping churches of their tax exemptions and pursuing litigation to require private companies and civic groups to be led and staffed by people who pledge allegiance to the moral creed of the left.

A recent report from a prominent group of business and civic leaders called the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren anticipated a possible role for the mayor.

This company was originally founded in 1851 by a group of prominent business, religious, and civic leaders in Hartford, Connecticut.