Sentences with phrase «times mayor of the city»

The father of Jan Poppen, Jacob Poppen, had been alderman and three times mayor of the city of Amsterdam.

Not exact matches

During his time at City Hall, where he sat back to back with the mayor, he says, they discussed the company for a total of perhaps one hour before Mike asked him to run it.

«The fact is, there were a lot of small contractors and vendors who got hurt, who went out of business because Trump did not pay contracts on time,» New Jersey state senator Jim Whelan, who was the mayor of Atlantic City during Trump's casino years, told Newsweek last year.

Fiona Woolf, former lord mayor of the City of London, said: «This is no time to rest on our laurels and think the job is done.

The pope is a head o state of a sovereign country, several times the age of the US Empire and the pope used a cheap car to travel from the airport in Rio (a city where the mayor and governor travel by helicopter all the time) and stayed at a modest lodging belonging to the Catholic Church, not a 5 Star Hotel.

My 86 year old great uncle who has been with the same man happily for 40 years, a good deal of the time as mayor of a decent sized city (no, not in the backwater US) has had one of the greatest, happiest lives I know.

Just as the new mayor of Turin launches a drive to make the city meat free, so a new Communist - led coalition government in the Indian state of Kerala is attempting to make its dietary mark — this time by introducing a fat tax.

Just yesterday, Abedin — vice chairwoman of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign — announced that she is separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in 2011 and lost a bid to be mayor of New York City in 2013, both times because of sexting scandals.

(Reuters)- New York's mayor and city council came to a handshake agreement late Thursday night for an on - time and balanced budget, of $ 75 billion, for the next fiscal year.

New York City's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva MoskowCity's Department of Education said that it would not find space for five new middle schools proposed by the Success Academy charter school network in time for the locations to be approved by a city panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowcity panel in November, setting up another clash between the mayor and Success Academy founder Eva Moskowitz.

London mayor Boris Johnson said he wanted «the whole thing to be fully investigated», before launching into an attack on the City of London he has defended so many times.

For what it's worth, Spitzer and Bloomberg are again disagreeing — this time over the mayor's warning that NYC could very well go the way of Detroit if his successor fails to control the city's rapidly rising health care and pension costs.

Lhota, who served as a deputy mayor under Giuliani at City Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&raCity Hall, chastised David from the podium, saying it was inappropriate for him to «disparage the 107th mayor of the city of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.&racity of New York with the words that you used when you look at what he did during those eight years in office where you saw, you actually saw the economy expanding, jobs expanding, I imagine even... the number of Crain's subscriptions actually increased very nicely in that period of time.»

Cuauhtemoc Blanco, «one of the greatest Mexican soccer players of all time,» has been the mayor of Cuernavaca, a colonial city of 350 000 inhabitants in the state of Morelos, since 2015.

At the time, Baruch's Doug Muzzio posed this question: should members of the City Council serve longer than the mayor?

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

For some time, Cuomo has appeared to have a feud with the Democratic mayor of New York City, but in recent weeks, the governor has directed scathing comments toward state Assembly Democrats.

Under the bill, the inspector would have access to school documents and information systems, and the mayor and city Department of Education would have to comply with requests for data, The New York Times reported.

He also said security concerns were likely moot given the passage of time, and noted a 1988 case that said former New York City mayor Ed Koch's «private» schedules were subject to public scrutiny if public interests outweighed the argument for privacy.

For the second time, Plattsburgh common councilors have tabled a proposal offered by the mayor that would establish a Code of Conduct for city leaders, department heads and employees.

He said the mayor is prepared at any time to sit down and hash out plans, but for now, the current pipeline of affordable housing projects grandfathered into 421a should leave the city in good shape.

Buffalo's normally taciturn mayor is wasting no time in whipping his fellow denizen of City Hall with some of the bluntest attacks of his three terms in office.

Ed Mullins, the head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, criticized the mayor for the timing of his overseas trip as the city mourned Officer Familia.

But it's not entirely clear if taking complete control of the SCSD is worth the mayor's time, especially when the city faces so many other issues.

Halloran said five city workers, including two Department of Transportation and three Sanitation Department employees assigned to Queens, told him the day before that they were asked by supervisors «to take their time» plowing roads because the «mayor's office doesn't care about them.»

More than half of city voters say the mayor has lost focus after taking office for the third time in 2010, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.

Now it's our turn to support a progressive African American, i.e. current comptroller William Thompson — a friend and admirer of Adolfo — in his bid for Gracie Mansion... But the message the reader takes away from the Times» City Room post is that the Bronx BP is focused like a laser beam on being mayor.

Before her time in the Council, Gonzalez — who collected a salary of $ 141,713, according to city data — worked as El Diario's executive editor and as director of communications for the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs during the Bloomberg administration.

A document prepared by the city's Department of Investigation says the agency found the mayor's personal email address appeared more than the addresses of any of his aides in the conduct of city business — a total of 1,850 times.

He has since gone on to garner the support of several elected officials, including his former boss, Attorney General Erich Schneiderman, Congressman Jerry Nadler, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilman Mark Levine and, most recently, former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, who previously supported Ferrer's one - time bid for mayor.

By the time Lady Gaga helped Manhattan Borough President Scott Stinger gain 250 new followers with a single tweet, a fun sub-contest of the New York City mayor's race was well underway, in which the prospective candidates collect celebrity (and semi-celebrity) supporters (and semi-supporters).

The City Charter authorizes the mayor to appoint an interim commissioner for that length of time.

A veteran of city government who has sought the mayor's office four times before, Nicoletti has been expected to announce his candidacy for months.

Senator Liz Krueger questioned why, after two votes in previous years to grant the mayor of New York City control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de BlaCity control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blacity schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blasio.

The Cuomo delegation's transportation costs were covered by supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, a former Republican candidate for New York City mayor and talk radio host who has had Cuomo as a guest a number of times.

«They include efforts by city officials to aid the owner of a restaurant in Queens, a soundstage company in Brooklyn and a Brooklyn real estate developer — all donors to the mayor,» the Times reported, noting the restaurant owner is cooperating with authorities.

Six percent, at that time, reported Bloomberg would be thought of as one of the city's worst mayors.

While prosecutors did not end up charging the mayor or his top aides, a report in The New York Times shows the mayor and his top aides took an extraordinary degree of interest and became directly involved in the city's handling of a dispute involving a political donor, Harendra Singh.

A state judge blocked the city from requiring taxi owners to purchase a Nissan NV200 — the Taxi of Tomorrow — and City Hall aides there may not be enough time left in the mayor's tenure to successfully appcity from requiring taxi owners to purchase a Nissan NV200 — the Taxi of Tomorrow — and City Hall aides there may not be enough time left in the mayor's tenure to successfully appCity Hall aides there may not be enough time left in the mayor's tenure to successfully appeal.

«This governor and the mayor of New York City have taken political jabs at each other and at the same time, even on an issue like this, neither has shown the willingness to put muscle behind the positions they have taken,» Martin said.

Perez - Williams questioned whether the city auditor's office was a waste of time and money, and pledged that as mayor, she would reconsider the need for an auditor.

Henry - Wilkinson hopes to help accomplish that by changing Watertown's form of government to a strong mayor system replacing the city manager by making the mayor a full - time position.

Calling her «my closest confidante» and «No. 1 adviser,» the mayor gave McCray, who is legally barred from drawing a salary, a full - time staff of five to work out of both Gracie Mansion and City Hall.

It comes in the case against state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Queens), who stands accused of scheming with officials in New York City and Rockland County to raise funds for his one - time attempt to switch parties and run for mayor as a Republican.

The mayor raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by a 2007 settlement that promised additional education funds to the city — saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

The numbers will no doubt come as a relief to City Hall and could, at least for the time being, quiet talk of a potential Democratic primary challenge or third - party challenge to the mayor when he runs for re-election next year.

«The mayor is expected to spend $ 80 million of his own money in the race, more than 10 times what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote in The Times ptimes what candidates who have not opted out of the city's public campaign finance program, as Mr. Bloomberg has, can spend in a primary,» Weiner wrote in The Times pTimes piece.

The mayor also proposed an annual allotment of $ 18 million to add ambulance shifts and hire dozens of new dispatchers to improve response times for the city's ambulances, which lagged last year, especially on Staten Island and in Queens and the Bronx.

To get a sense of how important this thing is for the mayor, consider how he describes his overall initiative: «The largest affordable housing program that any city, any state has attempted in a ten - year time span in the history of the republic.»

Mayor Koch's personal secretary and his first deputy mayor will spend most of their time at Gracie Mansion this week as the seat of city government shifts several miles uptown during Mr. Koch's recuperation from a minor stroke.