Sentences with phrase «under the mayor of»

Alexander, the former shadow health secretary who quit Corbyn's frontbench during the string of resignations over his leadership in 2016, has resigned her seat to take up a role as deputy mayor for transport under the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall.

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Last week, President Donald Trump came under fire after his responses to a plea for help from the mayor of San Juan were perceived by many as being racist and issuing blame on the hurricane victims.

He's also served as the NYC commissioner of finance, and was the NYC deputy mayor for operations under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, as well as budget director.

As he points out, when a review of the city finances under Mayor David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the city is indeed open for business.»

Mr. Navalny, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Moscow in 2013, has been under house arrest since February.

Indianapolis - based Lilly is now laying off 485 people, mostly in its faltering Alzheimer's unit, the company told its city's mayor and the Indiana State Department of Workforce Development in a letter sent under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN).

Massa, a former minister under Kirchner, promised central bank independence; Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, promised a return to investment grade; and Scioli, a Kirchner ally and occasional critic, agreed with the other two on ending agricultural export restrictions.

I am the first in line to step up to the plate to help someone in need (a friend told me about a homeless man living under bridge in a small town of 1500... everyone knew he was there; police, mayor and other community members, though NO one did a thing, I personaly went bought a sleeping bag and 100.00 worth of food, storage bags and toiletries and whatever I thought he may need and this is the first time brought up.)

Under the mayor's plan, slated to start September 3, the city will keep a record of the number of bottles that hospitals stock and use.

Turning to the tiniest kids in «kids and food,» the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a new initiative under which participating city hospitals will restrict access to infant formula in an effort to encourage breast feeding by new moms.

Turning to the tiniest kids in «kids and food,» the office of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced a new initiative under which participating city hospitals will restrict access to infant formula in an effort to encourage breast... [Continue reading]

Under provisions of an ordinance passed in 2002, aldermen and the mayor were guaranteed annual salary increases for the following four years.

Cuomo also hired two former Bloombeg administration staffers: Kevin Kelly, who had served as deputy commissioner of NYC Business under the former mayor, will be COO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal; and Jamal Othman, who was chief of staff in the New York City Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs will now be deputy director of the state Division of Veterans» Affairs.

The mayor sought an expansion of affordable housing under an abatement renewal and did not include a prevailing wage component, but for service workers.

Plans to create dozens of new directly elected mayors were also confirmed this afternoon, but came under criticism from Labour for being imposed on cities without their consent.

Allies of the mayor are under investigation in part for channeling millions of dollars in campaign donations to county committees, which allowed them to seemingly avoid contribution limits when those dollars wound up in the coffers of individual candidates.

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.»

New York City's finances look to be on solid ground, with a strong economy, a balanced budget and out - year gaps that are manageable under current conditions, according to state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's assessment of the mayor's proposed spending plan, though there are risks in the years ahead.

Lhota, a former deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani and most recently head of the M.T.A., brings a track record of having worked in New -LSB-...]

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

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.

Under the plan negotiated between the mayor and the Real Estate Board of New York, or REBNY, buildings with profitable luxury units would have a smaller share of affordable housing.

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

Harry Nespoli, chairman of the city's labor coalition, suggested letting New York apply some of the $ 400 million of unused cash from the union health - insurance fund to pay for teachers who would be fired under the mayor's $ 65.7 billion spending plan.

These new metro mayors are being introduced in England as part of the Government's devolution agenda, which allows for combined authorities to take on more functions, over and above those they were allowed to take on under previous legislation.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration has since fallen under intense scrutiny from city watchdogs — most recently, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman served subpoenas to parties involved in the flip, including the Allure Group and lobbyist James Capalino, who has previously raised money for both the mayor and prior owners of Rivington House.

After 12 years under Mayor Bloomberg — the last four of those only thanks to a controversial, legislative extension of term limits — the city is set to elect a new mayor.

At the same time, Cuomo distanced himself from the mayor's push to expand affordable housing opportunities under the 421a tax abatement extension, frequently citing the AFL - CIO's concerns about the lack of a prevailing wage provision for the construction sector.

Republicans in the Senate have been previously at odds with de Blasio, but the dispute has taken on a more pronounced posture in recent weeks as the mayor's fundraising activities on behalf of Senate Democrats in 2014 have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

The mayor called for tougher penalties under the city's right of way law after a Staten Island woman was fined just $ 250 for running down a pedestrian in a crosswalk, killing her.

«I think we have to figure out some of the motivations behind it, because if we specifically followed every step along the way — legal guidance — and did what other mayors and other leaders have done for years and years under the laws of this state, following the letter and spirit of the law,» de Blasio said.

Candidates in the race for Rochester mayor are painting a picture of what city schools might look like under their administration.

Contrary to expectations, it falls under the jurisdiction of the state, not the city, a situation that has allowed the mayor and the governor — in this case Bill de Blasio and Andrew Cuomo, Democrats who don't particularly get along — to blame each other when something goes wrong.

Meanwhile, Espaillat has the backing of two influential former Bronx borough presidents: Fernando Ferrer, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in 2005, and Adolfo Carrión, who served as a director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs under President Barack Obama.

The proposed bill, agreed to by the mayor and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Vivertio but not yet introduced or passed in the council, will expand the size of businesses required to provide paid sick leave from 15 or more employees to 5 or more employees, accelerate it's applicability so that all covered businesses must comply by April 1, 2014 (businesses with 15 - 20 employees have until April 1, 2015 under the existing law), remove exemptions for manufacturing businesses and remove economic measurements that could have caused a delayed implementation and expand the range of family members that employees can care for during such paid sick leave.

ALBANY, N.Y. — In a rare moment of agreement, Albany's three Democrat candidates for mayor each signaled a willingness to defy President Donald Trump and refuse to round up the children of undocumented immigrants, currently protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

Other proposals by the Albanese campaign include new Mitchell Lama development in place of the mayor's proposal to build 90 new homeless shelters, a tax on real estate purchased by foreign individuals and corporations as investments rather than residences, and consolidating «programs like Head Start and pre-K under a single city agency.»

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who declined to participate will be under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.

The focus of the review is what would happen once the mayor is away for nine days — the trigger under the city Charter that bestows certain executive authority to the public advocate.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

He drew one of Lhota's most heated reactions when comparing the ad to what he called the divisive tactics of Republican Mayor Rudy Giuliani, under whom Lhota served as deputy mayor.

Sen. Diane Savino, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference from Staten Island, echoed that concern, saying that under previous mayors there had been wasteful and no - bid contracts.

There has been a push to pass a Council bill that would create a new Department of Veterans Affairs, moving the work outside of the mayor's office (though still under the mayor's control) and allowing for increased funding and Council oversight.

Last week, in her first television interview since she jumped into the mayoral race, Malliotakis falsly claimed that rape in the city had risen 33 percent under Mayor Bill de Blasio, when in fact the increase was only about 4 percent between 2013, the last year of Mayor Bloomberg's final term, and 2016, de Blasio's third year as mayor.

Frank Commisso, Jr., an Albany common councilman who is running for mayor this year, has pledged to spearhead his own «audit of the tax - exempt status of SUNY Poly,» adding in a blog post that «the many private and profitable companies being sheltered under the tax - exempt status of SUNY Poly [must] finally pay their fair share toward the cost of city services.»

Senate Republicans are scrapping to keep control of their slim majority in the face of investigations and illness and they have expressed a great hesitance to renew mayoral control under Bill de Blasio, New York's progressive mayor who worked to push the chamber into Democratic control in the recent election cycle.

The entire budget, which has been shrinking in recent years, will be cut under the mayor's current proposed budget, which is expected to be balanced and passed by the end of the month, a spokesperson for the group said.

Now those donations, solicited in part by the mayor's campaign apparatus, are under scrutiny as part of a multipronged criminal investigation being conducted by federal and state authorities, several people briefed on the matter have said.

When the mayor came into office none of the city's unions were under contract, now that figure is more than 90 percent.