Sentences with phrase «refused city funds»

So far, de Blasio has vowed to sue Washington should it refuse the city any funding.

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Owned the Seattle SuperSonics pro basketball team, which moved to Oklahoma in 2006 when he sold it after the city of Seattle refused public funding for a new arena

The Trump administration has invoked the shooting in its effort, unsuccessful so far, to strip federal funds from cities and states that refuse to take part in immigration enforcement.

The Trump administration has invoked Garcia Zarate and the slaying in its effort, unsuccessful so far, to strip federal funds from cities and states that refuse to take part in immigration enforcement.

Only two organizations — the International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International — had refused to abide by the Mexico City Policy in the years just prior to Obama's repeal and consequently were refused the funds, Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) reported at the time.

With unusual bluntness, the mayor criticized the Success Academy charter school network for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

Cities that refuse to coordinate with federal immigration enforcement efforts can not be stripped of federal funding, a judge ruled in a blow to President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday.

While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has pledged to fund half the cost, Mayor Bill de Blasio has for months refused to put new money toward the plan — which he was not consulted on crafting — arguing that city taxpayers already make significant contributions toward the authority's operating budget.

At a press conference early this morning demanding more education funding from the state, Ms. James went after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the $ 2 billion tax cut plan he unveiled ahead of his State of the State speech last week, separating her from other city lawmakers, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, who have largely refused to criticize the plan.

Q&A topics include: why the mayor and Governor Cuomo appear friendly and cooperative on pre-K when together but express different views when apart, will the city fund a single year of full day pre-K if the state does not, how many of the prospective new pre-K seats are in traditional public schools v. charter schools, what is the greatest challenge in converting existing 1/2 day pre-K sites into full day sites, how can the mayor assure that proceeds of his proposed income tax surcharge would remain dedicated solely to the pre - K / middle school program, regulatory issues around pre-K operators, how there can be space available in neighborhoods where schools are overcrowded, how many of the prospective new sites are in schools v. other locations, why the mayor is so opposed to co-locations of charter schools while seeking to co-locate new pre-K programs, the newly - announced ad campaign by charter school supporters, his views on academically screened high schools, his view on the school bus contracts, why he refused off - topic questions Friday evening despite saying on Friday morning that he would take such questions, the status of 28 charter schools expecting to open in fall 2014 in locations approved by the Bloomberg administration, his upcoming appearance on the TV series The Good Wife and his view on city employees marching in the Manhattan St. Patrick's Day Parade in uniform / with banners.

In his testimony, Mr. Fuleihan said the administration would fight for savings in city workers» health care costs, but otherwise refused to discuss how he would fund the retroactive pay hikes many unions are demanding, in addition to regular raises.

President Donald Trump has vowed to cut off all funding to «sanctuary cities» like New York that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities, while GOP leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have long sought to slash federal spending across the board.

Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley, the fourth - ranked Democrat in the House of Representatives, bashed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions over his threat to deny funding to so - called «sanctuary cities» like New York that refuse to comply with all Immigration and Customs Enforcement orders — a move the Democratic caucus chairman called «counter-intuitive» given the number of terror targets in the president's hometown.

On Tuesday, a federal judge in California sent a rebuke to President Trump by temporarily blocking his Jan. 25 executive order threatening to withhold some federal funds from cities that refused to cooperate with immigration officials.

«It is illegal for the federal government to withdraw funds in a punitive fashion to cities that they say are refusing to comply with ill - guided policies and the laws that they are enacting.»

«It's not surprising that New York state refuses to sit idly by while New Jersey's casino referendum... threatens thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for the state's education fund — a majority of which is currently generated by Resorts World in New York City,» the company added.

So far, Governor Cuomo has refused to ask millionaires and Wall Street hedge funders who give to his campaigns to pay their fair share to help our city's kids.

Upping the immigration deportation ante, a San Francisco federal judge found «irreparable harm» and ordered a national preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's threat of cutting off law enforcement funds to «sanctuary cities» that defiantly refused to comply with his deportation policy.

Trump vowed last month to cut off federal funding to «sanctuary» cities like New York if local enforcement allow undocumented immigrants access to social services without having to reveal their status, or otherwise refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The mayor agreed to fund the city's half of an $ 836 million short - term plan to fix the city's subway system after months of refusing to do so on the grounds that the state budget «appears to respond to the mayor's demands on behalf of the city's straphangers.»

The city has alleged that Moskowitz has refused to sign a contract granting the Department of Education oversight over pre-K programs in Success» charter schools — meaning the city can not fund the programs.

Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the Success Academy charter school network on Monday for refusing to sign a contract his administration says is mandatory for all organizations offering city - funded pre-kindergarten programs.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

The Queens Library, which receives a good chunk of funding from city, state and federal coffers, has refused to fully open its books to city Comptroller Scott Stringer, who attempted to conduct an audit of the nonprofit's finances.

The city receives $ 7 billion a year from the federal government, and the president has vowed to sever funding to municipalities like New York that refuse to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The department wouldn't give Success Academy any pre-K funding until the network agreed to the city's monitoring requirements, but Success Academy refused, claiming the DOE had no authority to oversee the network's pre-K program.

It also condemns «sanctuary cities» that provide relief to undocumented immigrants through refusals to cooperate with immigrant authorities in deportation proceedings and calls for these cities to be refused federal funding.

The treasurer, who sits on the police pension fund's board, refused to answer a subpoena for documents regarding deals between DV Urban Realty Partners and the city's pension funds.

The reason for Berkeley's administration to embrace a new method of funding is Donald Trump's reluctance to finance housing and support services in sanctuary cities like Berkeley, where the homeless population is growing as the city follows the policy of vast support of illegal immigrants, that includes prohibiting police or city employees from questioning people about their immigration status and refusing requests by federal immigration authorities to detain people.