Sentences with phrase «running city government»

De Blasio press secretary Eric Phillips insisted, «He was running city government, which involves more than showing up for snow press conferences.»

Whether New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is sitting at his City Hall desk or tucking into eggplant parmigiana in Italy, his top aide says his job is the same: running the city government.

Politicians in and outside the mayor's race have been blunt in their assessment of Weiner's fitness to run city government.

Not exact matches

The national credit system planned for 2020 will be an «ecosystem» made up of schemes of various sizes and reaches, run by cities, government ministries, online payment providers, down to neighborhoods, libraries, and businesses, say Chinese researchers who are designing the national scheme.

A bill recently introduced to the Arizona House of Representatives would take away the power of town, city, and county governments to «prohibit or otherwise restrict» the running blockchain nodes in residences.

Unlike the U.S. federal government, most states and cities have constitutions that prevent them from running budget deficits.

Neoliberals argue that a well run economy should have no government at all, but should shift all the economic planning to Wall Street, to the City of London, or Paris or other financial centers.

The troubled Chinese insurer that owns New York City's Waldorf Hotel is receiving a $ 9.6 billion bailout from a government - run fund to shore up its finances.

It's also still running its nationwide search for a second headquarters that has mostly entailed seeing which city governments are willing to debase themselves the most in the form of jaw - dropping sweetheart tax deals.

I have volunteered in homeless shelters in two major cities and the ones that rely on private donations exclusively do a MUCH better job of helping the homeless and the poor than the government run shelters.

The city these days was full of high schools run by the government, and by other religious groups, the Hindus and Sikhs.

And by governance on a daily basis, mean from the how from kings, aristocrats, down through every layer of bureaucracy till you get to your local tax collector, what / why / how these people ran the government administration on a day to day basis, from dealing with a rival city who recently stole one of your citizens crops, to pirates interfering with trade on the Mediterranean, to drought, city administration, what to do with tax money, neighborly disputes, superstition, weather, crime, theft, laws and battles of ideology, to political rivalries and infighting, to a foreigner spreading strange religious ideas in the city (or dealing with somebody accused of a crime they claim they did not commit), I mean everything and everything these officials may have dealt with, daily, and how they changed over time.

Schorr, running for the open 37th Senate district in Westchester County, is a former Yonkers inspector general, a prominent post in city government.

De Blasio is defending the privately - funded non-profit organizations tied to his administration after a government watchdog group, Common Cause New York, demanded an investigation, saying he js making a mockery of the city's campaign finance laws and may be running afoul of the City Charcity's campaign finance laws and may be running afoul of the City CharCity Charter.

Trump has threatened to veto a massive omnibus spending package if it includes money for the Gateway tunnel project in New York City, complicating the outlook for the $ 1 trillion - plus spending measure, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass before government funding runs out on March 23.

«New Yorkers have a City government that simply runs better, in no small part due to the programs and initiatives Jeff has developed and led.

At the lowest level of municipal government, the city is still managed by its medieval patchwork of contrade, neighbourhood - based collectives that raise money to be spent on local projects, including the lavish feasts that run for days after a contrada's horse has won the Palio.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

The opening of 519 absentee ballots flipped the outcome to a 10 - vote spread against a new charter that would have dissolved the commission form of government in favor of one run by a city manager.

That means more New Yorkers from every neighborhood can run for office and ensure city government works for everyone.

We hope that you will make every effort you can to support this reform - minded candidate in her run for public office, and help return the reins of city government back to the working class.

Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield has tapped his ally Kalman Yeger to run for his City Council seat, in a deal criticized by good government groups who say it deprives Democrats of the chance to choose a candidate in an open primary.

He ran as Democrat for the first half of his career in Buffalo city government and as a Republican for the second half.

The speaker warned that the alternative to a quota system, or an aggressive effort to encourage women to run for office, would be seeing the number of women in city government continue to shrink.

The former head of the city firefighters union — who now runs the FDNY's pension fund — was arrested Wednesday for allegedly crashing his government car in Manhattan while drunk...

First, it was discovered that Mayor Bloomberg's pet project, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), is being run on City government servers and administered by City government staff:

A murmur ran through the crowd when County Executive Joanie Mahoney took the floor at Wednesday night's debate over the proposed merging of the governments of Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse.

The latest campaign funding for the crowded field running to replace City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) showed Bayside's Austin Shafran, former government spokesman for the Empire State Development authority, in the lead with Whitestone attorney Paul Vallone not far behind.

Over the past months, Melissa Mark - Viverito has run an impressive and transparent bid to be the next Speaker of the New York City Council, the second most powerful position in city governmCity Council, the second most powerful position in city governmcity government.

But both leaders are likely going to have to come up with more cash — both from state and city funds, and from Washington, assuming they can find a way to work with the Republicans who run the federal government.

The Democrat ratcheted up long - running conflicts with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the National Rifle Association, the federal government and upstate GOP Rep. John Faso — and initiated a bizarre new dispute with City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

The exposé led the head of a government - watchdog group — who has accused Mateo of flagrantly violating the terms of his contract to run a bar and lounge on city parkland — to call the situation «a continuation of the mayor's pay - to - play policies — and one that is impacting an entire community.»

Moskowitz, a former City Council member who ran for Manhattan Borough President in 2005, has long had an interest in being mayor and she's been deeply engaged with New York City and State government in her current role.

The new disclaimer language leaves out appointees to public authorities, which represent some of the most influential bodies in state government, including the New York Thruway Authority, the New York Power Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the subway, bus and commuter rail system in and around New York City.

Seven of the eight candidates vying to become the next Speaker of the New York City Council convened at New York Law School on Monday night for a forum focused on government reform, running the Council, transparency, ethics, voting, and elections.

Syracuse city government has run structural deficits in the millions of dollars in recent years.

Hawkins is now running for city auditor, a lesser - known position within Syracuse's municipal government.

The ruling allowed to City Hall advisers Rebecca Katz and Hayley Prim to work for Hilltop as it was running the Campaign for One New York in spite of a one - year ban on public employees going into a company that directly lobbies the government.

«The last thing hardworking taxpayers want is an all - Democrat, all - New York City run state government free to push their liberal tax - and - spend agenda on the people of New York,» Skelos said this morning.

Asked about Malliotakis raising $ 94,000 in a short period of time, Massey said other candidates will be evaluated on their experience running a large organization, like the city government.

«The true test of whether or not you run an effective government in New York City is handling the things you didn't anticipate, and nobody could anticipate,» Peter Ragone, a senior advisor to Mr. de Blasio, told the Observer earlier this month, before the murders.

Kellogg said that for her and her running mates, the big challenges facing Hurley are, «Making a change in our local government, protecting the quality of life that we have in Hurley as development pressures move up the Thruway, protecting our water and the beautiful scenic qualities of our town, and maintaining our low tax rates as NYS mandates additional responsibilities to the localities without providing funding (at the same time that they cap our annual budget increases) and as we get additional pressures from New York City to reduce their tax contributions for the reservoir property.»

Some producers ran afoul of city government by being overly critical of city government — as if that were possible.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- In New York state government news, time is running out on state lawmakers as they seek resolution on a long list of issues topped by control of New York City schools.

And Gallo, who ran on a campaign of accountability and transparency in government, said the appointment of trusted campaign aides to key posts in city government is necessary to make that promise a reality.

Though he ran as an outsider bent on shaking city government out of lassitude and cronyism, Gallo, son of a former Common Council president and brother of the late mayor T.R. Gallo, came to the job with intimate knowledge of the city's political and municipal infrastructure.

Cardiff Central MP Jenny Willott also accused Ed Miliband of talking down a Cardiff City Deal, after talks were initiated by the Coalition Government following months of inaction by the Labour - run Cardiff Council.

Hawkins» unsuccessful political past hasn't bogged him down — he ran for mayor of Syracuse in 2005 and has run for office in local, city and state government more than 20 times without winning a single election.

Good - government groups have questioned whether Harris can devote herself to helping run the city if she's also involved in the day - to - day operations of the charity committed to national and international causes.

Tim Rudd, a city resident who ran unsuccessfully for county Legislature last fall, said unified government could be good for everyone.