Before mayoral control in the city, the school board was made up of seven members, two of whom were appointed by the mayor and
the rest by the borough presidents.
Not exact matches
Both businesses and residents of the City, or «Square Mile», are entitled to vote in elections, and in addition to its functions as the local authority — analogous to those undertaken
by the 32
boroughs that administer the
rest of the Greater London region — it takes responsibility for supporting the financial services industry and representing its interests.
Always proud of her ties to Queens, Ferraro introduced the
borough to the
rest of the country in her 1984 convention speech, telling how schoolchildren pass
by subway stops on their way to school, residents hang flags on Grand Avenue on the Fourth of July and small businesses «take pride in supporting their families through hard work and initiative.»
It is bordered to the south
by the
borough of The Bronx in New York City, to the west
by the Hudson River (New Jersey is across the river from Yonkers; most of the
rest of the county is across the Hudson from Rockland County), to the east
by Connecticut and the Long Island Sound and to the north
by Putnam County.
Though he was a Long Island guy, Mr. DiNapoli was an adopted son of this former outer
borough, at least for the day, for the good news he was bringing: economic growth in Downtown Brooklyn had outpaced the
rest of the city over the past decade, according to a new report prepared
by the comptroller's office.