Sentences with phrase «several city unions»

The mayor's administration also has negotiated contracts with several city unions that call for no wage increases.

Mayor Bill de Blasio already has the endorsement of several city unions, including the sanitation workers, Mulgrew noted.

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Some of Meyer's most hardcore fans have taken to visiting all of his various New York City restaurants — Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Cafe, Blue Smoke — in one several - day trip.

In July, Williams formally spun off the company, raising several million dollars from Union Square Ventures, a New York City VC with a hands - off reputation.

When she was in New York City for several months waiting transport to England, she spent much of her time in Harlem, because she liked to be with those who suffered, rather than at Union Seminary.

King recently expressed extreme frustration with the teachers union and school administrators in several large cities downstate and upstate, over what he said was a failure to come up with a teacher evaluation plan by a December 31 deadline, to meet requirements for the federal Race to the Top grant awards.

James» kickoff demonstrated the momentum behind her bid to replace Eric Schneiderman — supporters from several unions, old colleagues from the City Council and kind words from party leaders — and a pretty cogent demonstration that she and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on the same page.

Over the past few weeks, a series of loosely related public corruption investigations coordinated by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara have spilled into public view, with targets including high - ranking New York Police Department officials, the union representing city jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's macity jail guards, and the political fundraising activities of several people with ties to New York City's maCity's mayor.

Several trade associations and unions associated with construction made large donations to governor's campaign committee, including $ 25,000 checks from the New York City Council of Carpenters and New York State Laborers, $ 12,500 from the Building Trades Employers Association and $ 5,000 from the Associated General Contractors.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates neaCity Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates neacity's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.

NYC straphangers jittery over several recent subway slashings should holster their smartphones and pay more attention to their surroundings, the head of the city detectives» union said.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

Torres was one of several elected officials and police - reform groups — which included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council members Brad Lander, Carlos Menchaca, and Andy King, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, Communities United for Police Reform — who held a press conference outside City Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informatCity Hall announcing they had filed an amicus brief in the Garner case, urging the city to release the informatcity to release the information.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

In May, the Times Union submitted an open records request seeking the time sheets showing Aiello's governmental work hours while he was attending grad school in a city several hours away.

Constantinides has previously been endorsed by Congressman Joe Crowley (D - Jackson Heights), several members of the City Council, New York's Working Families Party, 1199SEIU, Brooklyn - Queens NOW PAC, Hotel Trades Council, Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union, Amalgamated Transit Union, City Council's Progressive Caucus Alliance, and Democracy for NYC.

Speaking to a rally of several hundred union members in front of the hotel's Lodge Street entrance, Sheehan recalled supporting a city tax break package for the hotel, worth more than $ 1 million a year, and said hotel owners United Capital Corp. had «broken their promises» by failing to reach a contract with the Hotel Trades Council, which represents about 140 workers at the hotel.

During nearly two and a half hours of questioning, several Republican legislators asked whether the tax money — a projected $ 530 million a year — would be used to help the city resolve open labor contracts with over 100 unions.

Parade organizers are sticking by their decision to have him take part, and several city officials were joined by members of the service workers Union to support Lopez Rivera.

Palma has used at least $ 64,000 from local unions to pay legal fees and fines from violations of the city's campaign finance law during her City Council campaign in 2003, according to several sources familiar with the accocity's campaign finance law during her City Council campaign in 2003, according to several sources familiar with the accoCity Council campaign in 2003, according to several sources familiar with the account.

The Chief - Leader, the city's influential weekly newspaper for civil service union members, and the Jewish Press — outlets that endorsed de Blasio in 2013 — have thrown their support to Sal Albanese and Malliotakis, respectively, citing the mayor's ethical lapses and policy failures, and several Democratic City Council members have refused to back city's influential weekly newspaper for civil service union members, and the Jewish Press — outlets that endorsed de Blasio in 2013 — have thrown their support to Sal Albanese and Malliotakis, respectively, citing the mayor's ethical lapses and policy failures, and several Democratic City Council members have refused to back City Council members have refused to back him.

The new City Council Speaker Corey Johnson was one of the beneficiaries of that giving, taking in maximum - allowable donations from several union - linked PACs for his transition and inauguration committee.

The leader of one of the city's five police unions said today that Mayor Bill de Blasio, at odds with the NYPD for several months now, will not acknowledge that there's even a rift between the two parties.

It may be coincidence, but in the midst of this very public debacle, several national AFT leaders were quietly involved with the negotiations between Baltimore City Schools and the local union which resulted in the just announced path - breaking new pay - for - performance contract that will replace the so - called «steps» and «lanes» of the traditional teacher contract.

A bill in the Ohio legislature that would hand Cleveland's mayor broad control over his city's beleaguered public schools is a shoo - in for passage, several school officials, lawmakers, and union leaders say.

The New Orleans teachers» union and a lawyer for several local families have sued to force the opening of more public schools in the storm - ravaged city, but state education officials contend that enough space is available at the schools already operating.

Buery, Mulgrew and several staffers from City Hall and the union will leave New York on Wednesday and return Thursday evening.

This flood of legislation, along with new rules in many states allowing for more charter schools, pioneering union contracts in several cities and a state - led effort to rewrite the nation's academic standards, have made this spring a watershed period, said Jon Schnur, an education adviser to the Obama campaign who helped design Race to the Top.

Casey would go on the next year to accuse news anchor - turned - teacher quality reform activist Campbell Brown (along with several other reformers) of committing «the equivalent of a blood libel» against teachers for daring to expose the complicity of the AFT's Big Apple local (and that of the national union) in keeping criminally abusive teachers on the city's payroll.

«The first half of his tenure was marked by a series of reforms: closing more than one dozen failing schools and programs and creating several others that have thrived; decentralizing the system by cutting the headquarters staff by more than half; giving principals power over budget decisions; creating choice for city families, and competition among middle and high schools; and signing a landmark pay - for - performance teachers» union contract that was hailed as a model in the nation.

Brill describes several union benefits from the New York City contract with extreme contempt.

One year ago, several community groups and unions including APPS, POWER, NAACP, Parents United for Public Education, Reclaim Philadelphia, the WE caucus of the PFT, the 215 People's Alliance, Media Mobilizing Project and a number of local unions formed the Our Cities, Our Schools Coalition (OCOS), calling for a return to local control.

Members of the nation's largest teachers unions — the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers — are pushing to organize in charter schools in several cities around the nation...

Several other credit unions have merged with Alliance Credit Union including: Ogden Board of Realtors (1983), Cream of Weber Credit Union (1992) and Rocky Mountain Credit Union (1998) which was formerly Ogden City Municipal Employees Credit Union.

While there are several New York City area airports, the John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark Liberty airports are closest to The Cooper Union.

The retrospective at Zwirner, installed in three upstairs rooms, also includes a suite of illustrations for The Brothers Karamazov and several works addressing social issues (e.g., Support the Union and City Hospital).

The Committee for Tacit History is happy to present the first of several exhibitions presented The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City.

In doing so, the document draws both on conceptual analysis and on some of the most important practical lessons learned to date from implementing ETSs around the world, including from the European Union, several provinces and cities in China, California and Québec, the Northeastern United States, Alberta, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Tokyo, and Saitama.

Maintaining a Union City Georgia driving record that is free of traffic violations will help you in several ways.