Sentences with phrase «town hall meeting about»

The typical image of a town hall meeting about a new power station is a contentious, angry affair, with residents fighting to defend their quality of life.

Brevard County residents split at a town hall meeting about whether to arm school employees.

Politics kills safety forum: A Palm Beach County town hall meeting about school safety is canceled after the school district gets complaints that it appeared to be related to gun - control events organized by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students and to the Democratic party.

Those thoughts kept going through my head during our recent town hall meeting about climate change, which took place at Yale University this past January (see page 38).

The action plan that the task force has put together calls for identifying and boycotting local businesses that sell synthetic marijuana, organizing a town hall meeting about the drug, and reaching out to and providing services for Bronxites in The Hub who are using drugs.

Also at 6:30 p.m., NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and Assembly members Robert Carroll and Jo Anne Simon co-host a town hall meeting about concerns over President Donald Trump's budget proposals, John Jay High School, 237 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn.

Not exact matches

(Lazaridis has talked about the book frequently at RIM town hall meetings.)

Sometimes that happened formally through town hall meetings, and in other instances, it occurred informally with impromptu conversations as he went about his work.

At two town hall meetings on April 9, members of the school community voiced differing opinions about how the portion of funds allocated to victims of trauma should be divided.

Our most - read article about the ACA came from a North Carolina newspaper's account of a congressman's town hall meeting discussing the health care law's future.

Mr Clarke has been holding a series of «town hall» - style meetings in Melbourne with Treasury staff over the past 48 hours along with phone briefings for the major Treasury overseas offices following the announcement by the board that it had ended talks with private equity suitors about a proposed buyout after months of due diligence.

At a «town hall» meeting last weekend, Marley Creek homeowners came out in force to express doubts about the development that may go in just north of their subdivision if Orland Park approves the plan and annexes the 68 acres necessary to begin the project.

During a town hall meeting last night, Hayworth was again asked about the joint committee and whether she has any concerns about being linked to Grimm at a time when his personal fundraising is under fire.

Congressional town hall meetings under siege about healthcare?

De Blasio, meanwhile, stormed out of a town hall meeting in Lower Manhattan last night, just as the state legislature was about to adjourn for the summer without renewing mayoral control.

Ben Chodor of online videoconferencing firm Stream 57 was also in the «room» (we did the whole thing over the phone, since Karen's on the West Coast), talking about his company's experience working with candidates to do virtual town hall meetings.

The complaint was filed by a reporter of Progress New York after the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio (D - New York City) indicated that it would take one year for the City to process a FOIL Request seeking records about the Brooklyn - Queens Connector, or BQX, and about two of his Town Hall meetings.

As federal elected officials face noisy constituents at town hall meetings nationwide, New York's senior U.S. Senator and that body's minority leader took questions Wednesday about his own ability to be reached.

Last week, the mayor held a town hall meeting to hear from students about gun violence in schools.

Pictured, Venditto supporters — most of whom are construction union members — held signs, applauded and shouted insults at public speakers who questioned Venditto about the town's concessions deals with Singh at a town board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town Htown's concessions deals with Singh at a town board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town Htown board meeting on Sept. 29, 2015 at Oyster Bay Town HTown Hall.

We spoke with each of them tonight about that endorsement, Malliotakis as she arrived in Throggs Neck for a meeting of the Bronx Republican Party and Massey as he departed a town hall with the Queens Public Transit Committee in South Ozone Park.

He began with a statement about his first town hall meeting, scheduled for Wednesday evening and intended to focus on tenant rent protections and the recent rent freeze.

Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.

«People are clearly concerned by the rise in the number of slashings and stabbings, so we are organizing this town hall meeting on public safety in an effort to inform the public about how to best protect themselves,» Peralta said.

James added that she was disappointed in the MTA's refusal to attend Monday's hearing, as well as a Jan. 30 Town Hall meeting uptown about the specific issues about 168th Street.

Mayor Bill de Blasio Thursday night fielded several questions about the need for more schools and smaller class sizes in Queens, acknowledging in the second town hall meeting of his tenure that he was in «one of the epicenters of overcrowding in the city.»

The former Manhattan borough president is also planning town hall - style meetings in hard - hit areas to speak to homeowners directly about the trouble.

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) hosted a town hall meeting with representatives of the MTA last week about extensive renovation to the No. 7 line that will mean some Long Island City stops will be out of order for 11 straight weekends.

About three dozen people from across the North Country met in Plattsburgh Friday afternoon to demonstrate their displeasure over Congresswoman Elise Stefanik's refusal to hold a town hall meeting with constituents.

A town - hall style meeting was held Monday night about the future of Rikers Island after some high - profile calls to shut down the city jail complex.

If you would like to learn more about these issues, you can inquire at the town hall on any weekday or attend the public comment period provided at the beginning of all town board meetings, which take place on the first and third Thursday of every month.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio last night night fielded several questions about the need for more schools and smaller class sizes in Queens, acknowledging in the second town hall meeting of his tenure that he was in «one of the epicenters of overcrowding in the city.»

Before the vote Thursday afternoon, the National Association of Manufacturers hosted a telephone town hall meeting with Katko where he talked about the tax changes that will offer businesses an incentive to expand in the United States.

About 100 people whooped, whistled, and gave Tom Steyer a standing ovation when he walked into an Arlington, Va., hotel meeting room Tuesday evening as he continued the launch of an anticipated 30 «town hall» events scheduled across the nation to meet citizens who are eager to see more momentum on Capitol Hill for the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Liu, who this week launched a series of «town hall meetings» about stop - and - frisk policies, will officially announce his candidacy for mayor on Sunday.

Watching a historic church or meeting hall be torn down to make space for a «McMansion» is something Leslie Weisman, chair of the Southold Town Board of Zoning Appeals, doesn't want to think about.

The demonstrators want to have a town hall meeting to voice concerns about a Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act and other issues.

The day of Maloney's town hall call, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said he met with the secretary of defense about accelerating PFOS cleanup at Stewart Air National Guard Base.

U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson describes about pending federal legislation during a public «town hall» meeting held in Glens Falls several years ago.

Last fall, during a private meeting at Town Hall between Lewza and Barbara Kerr, a member of the Town Board, Lewza acknowledged to Kerr that he hired Walsh, a private attorney who is chairman of the Republican Committee in the town of Ballston, to investigate people he suspected of leaking information about Wilson's complaint, according to a person briefed on the meetTown Hall between Lewza and Barbara Kerr, a member of the Town Board, Lewza acknowledged to Kerr that he hired Walsh, a private attorney who is chairman of the Republican Committee in the town of Ballston, to investigate people he suspected of leaking information about Wilson's complaint, according to a person briefed on the meetTown Board, Lewza acknowledged to Kerr that he hired Walsh, a private attorney who is chairman of the Republican Committee in the town of Ballston, to investigate people he suspected of leaking information about Wilson's complaint, according to a person briefed on the meettown of Ballston, to investigate people he suspected of leaking information about Wilson's complaint, according to a person briefed on the meeting.

Alcantara did not appear to have attended Espaillat's Saturday Town Hall, but during an earlier Town Hall Meeting Friday night that she organized about immigration, she said, when it comes to the IDC, she's not into the politics of «this person is in this party of that person.»

About sixty people came to Onondaga Community College Monday night for Rep. Dan Maffei's town hall meeting.

ON SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2015 from 1PM — 3PM Join your neighbors in a community TOWN HALL MEETING Senior Center, Shannen Park 1918 Route 284, Slate Hill, NY to discuss the CPV POWER PLANT (COMPETITIVE POWER VENTURES) a 650 MW gas plant about to be built in WAWAYANDA between Routes 17M, 6 and 84

The mayor has faced some criticism about his town hall meetings.

Mayor de Blasio has been holding town hall meetings this year (a re-election year) in just about every New York City neighborhood.

Asked about a town hall - style meeting about health care that U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - Cold Spring, was holding in Kingston Monday evening, Faso called it an act of partisan politics.

Nigerians on Tuesday tackled members of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet about poverty and rot in the country at a dramatic town hall meeting in Abuja.

The question about the progress with GenOn came during a town board meeting at the Haverstraw Town Hall on Monday evening from concerned resident, Mel Ptown board meeting at the Haverstraw Town Hall on Monday evening from concerned resident, Mel PTown Hall on Monday evening from concerned resident, Mel Post.

It should be noted that Mayor de Blasio heard a direct appeal from community members about the mega-towers during a June 21 town hall meeting on the Lower East Side.

When are all the angry old white ppl in town hall meetings complaining to their congress reps about the republican plans to reduce medicare benefits?