Sentences with phrase «shaping city policy»

Seeking to fill open seats is an eclectic batch of political newcomers who will be tasked with shaping city policy alongside a new mayoral administration.

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Being the center of political activity in the U.S. means that this city is shaped by people from all over the country who move here to work as congressional aides, lobbyists, policy analysts, reporters, elected officials, bureaucrats, organizers, etc..

Now advocates have a new tool to help achieve just such a lofty goal: It's called the Good Food Purchasing Policy and after its successful passage in 2012 by the Los Angeles Unified School District and the city of LA, school districts and cities across the country are exploring its possibilities for shaping how public food, like school lunch, is procured.

Most recently, she served as Legislative Director for Council Member Rosie Mendez, where she was tasked with helping shape legislation and policy to address homelessness, improve health, regulate the recent spate of new construction, take on landlord harassment, and save taxpayer dollars by improving inefficiencies within city agencies.

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.

CECs allow for parent involvement at the Community School District level and play an essential role in shaping education policies for New York City public schools.

In the face of criticism about apathy, young people have displayed leadership, and they continue to inform and shape public policy in our city.»

Part of a breakfast series put on by the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College, the event, Zoning and the City «s Food System: Opportunities to Shape Healthier Food Environments in NYC, brought together a full room of interested parties - students, advocates, and others - at the CUNY Graduate Center.

The job of the Public Advocate is, most fundamentally, that of a watchdog, ensuring that all New Yorkers receive the City services they deserve and have a voice in shaping the policies of their government.

Asked what policy the men influenced or helped shape, Levitan referred questions back to City Hall, which did not immediately provide a statement.

Absence of leadership from the administration on this issue, once again, has the city; s homeless policies shaped more by the court system rather than through collaboration and partnership with stakeholders,» Palma said.

Using policy and process, they can meaningfully shape the education systems — school quality, equity of access, openness to innovation — of entire cities.

If school choice policies are shaped differently and coupled with strong civil rights policies, it «could give D.C. families a choice that has never been present in most of the city — strong schools, well - integrated by race and income, where students... learn skills essential to living and working... [in a] multiracial city,» the Civil Rights Project notes.

«The Education Policy Initiative will help shape public policy in an area that impacts almost every aspect of life in the District of Columbia, and presages the city's future demographic profile» pointed out Charles (Sandy) Wilkes, Chairman of the D.C. Policy Center's Board of DirePolicy Initiative will help shape public policy in an area that impacts almost every aspect of life in the District of Columbia, and presages the city's future demographic profile» pointed out Charles (Sandy) Wilkes, Chairman of the D.C. Policy Center's Board of Direpolicy in an area that impacts almost every aspect of life in the District of Columbia, and presages the city's future demographic profile» pointed out Charles (Sandy) Wilkes, Chairman of the D.C. Policy Center's Board of DirePolicy Center's Board of Directors.

Over a two - year period, the Initiative will expand its research to better understand the role of education in shaping the city's demographics, and vice versa, and how transportation and housing policies impact schooling preferences, school locations, and the education landscape.

Dr. Robert Vargas discussed how redistricting laws, bureaucracies, and public policies shape the conditions of cities, with a particular focus on the relationship between ward boundary redistricting and block - level violence in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago.

Learn how New York shaped Lincoln's career and how his policies shaped the city.

I think if we apply creative responses to policy and to the landscape of the city, we can all be artists in the terms of the urban forms and the policies that shape our cities.

And I couldn't help notice how the Power Dialog is echoed at the high school level by Change Climate Change, an initiative by some students at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles aiming to engage with government officials shaping their city's energy and climate policies.

The toolkit has a specific focus on cities in less - developed and developing countries where significant infrastructure will be built to cater to a growing transportation demand and, therefore, land - use and transport policies can play an important role in shaping mobility demand and mode choice.

Provinces, states, cities, business, investors, and culture - shaping institutions look for political institutions like the G20 to affirm the global direction of travel, which is mainstreaming climate action and the low - carbon transition,» said Maeve McLynn, finance and subsidies policy coordinator at Climate Action Network Europe.

In recent years, Harvard faculty members have made many vital contributions in this area, such as creating an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, designing new chemical processes to reduce fossil fuel dependence, developing new battery technologies, envisioning the future of green buildings and cities, proposing carbon pricing models, and helping to shape progress on international climate agreements, US energy policy, and strategies to reduce emissions in China.

Under a long history of «cooperative federalism», where energy, transportation, and land use decisions are made on a local level, coalitions like «Under 2 Coalition» for states, cities and regions and the «We Mean Business» initiative for companies have shaped climate policies.

In the proposals, ABEC stated «Nevada (DOC) is perhaps one of the most volatile states in the west regions for ABEC's industry,» so its PR work in the state includes issues management, as well as presidential candidate outreach and identifying «cities and communities critical to helping shape policy at the grassroots level.»

Make / model, driving history, where you live in the city, how much coverage you desire outside the state minimum, and other factors will all help shape the policy.

This infographic's purpose is to connect the dots between Vancouver's history of speculation, demographic waves, public policy, and external pressures that have all had a hand in shaping today's hot real estate market in the city.