Sentences with phrase «under this mayor»

He declined, however, to say whether he would be willing to stay on as police commissioner under a mayor who appointed an inspector general.

The project was the first individual project to apply under the mayor's affordable housing plan.

In a statement, the speaker said she was also disappointed that the budgets for city libraries and cultural institutions would not be increased under the mayor's plan.

Any such post would have to fall under mayor control, she said.

The byelection was called after the resignation of Heidi Alexander, the former shadow health secretary, who quit to take up a role as deputy mayor for transport under the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall.

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.

TIMES SQUARE — Times Square street vendors who complain they are getting crushed under the mayor's campaign against topless panhandlers saw the number of tickets handed out by the NYPD quadruple at the end of the summer, according to city data.

which she alleges «have made little progress under this mayor's leadership» and continue to operate without appropriate standards and accountability.

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.

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.

Projects under the mayor's housing policy have proved contentious in several neighborhoods across the city.

They argued it would strain the area's infrastructure and that the set aside for affordable housing under the mayor's plan was not large enough or cheap enough for the historically working - class neighborhood.

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.

Charters are also now officially permitted to provide pre-kindergarten instruction under the mayor's pre-K expansion.

MANHATTAN — The city's fire and police forces would shrink to their lowest levels in more than a decade under the mayor's preliminary budget plan, according to a new report.

«The Senate didn't favor extending mayoral control and had many reservations about how it was working under the mayor.

Five days before she is set to debate Mayor Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the GOP mayoral candidate, asserted that quality of life is declining under the mayor, speaking of worsening homelessness and mental illness crises.

The de Blasio administration struck its clearest blow yet against the city's charter schools last week when schools chancellor Carmen Fariña announced that a $ 210 million pot in the Department of Education's capital budget would be diverted away from charter school construction, likely towards the construction of pre-K seats under the mayor's plan.

If the state were to go under the mayor would be in trouble,» said Sherrill.

«Everything in New York is deteriorating under this mayor,» she said.

Much like the Bloomberg administration courted tech companies, under mayor Bill de Blasio the city's Economic Development Corp. put a request for proposals offering $ 100 million in city land and other benefits for developers to build a life - sciences hub.

MANHATTAN — Residents are taking to Twitter and Facebook to save the «Ghostbusters» fire house, the home of one of three Manhattan fire companies slated for closure under the mayor's latest budget plan.

DOWNTOWN — Three Manhattan fire companies are slated to close under the mayor's latest budget proposal, including a pair of companies located near Ground Zero and one famously featured in the film «Ghostbusters.»

Sources familiar with negotiations say the City Council made progress in asking the de Blasio administration to insure that 30 percent of all units under the mayor's zoning proposals to help create or preserve 200,000 units of housing by 2024 be affordable to people making 30 percent of the area median income or AMI.

Chandler said he will focus on addressing the city's homelessness problem and getting pre-K sites up to code under the mayor's expanded pre-K plan.

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.

Analysis submitted by the IBO predicts that in 2017, city - funded spending to shelter homeless families and adults will cost $ 101 million more than currently budgeted under the mayor's plan.

Albanese, who served in city government under mayors Ed Koch, David Dinkins and and Rudy Giuliani, said those three all set the tone for their staffers by arriving at City Hall as early as 7:30 or 8 a.m.

At the urging of Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr., a District of Columbia city council member introduced legislation last week to abolish the school board and put the schools under the mayor and council's control.

Ron Huberman, who was appointed Chicago Schools CEO by Mayor Richard Daley after Arne Duncan became Secretary of Education, has told Mayor Daley that he will leave his position before the mayor leaves office in May rather than serve under another mayor, according to the Chicago Sun - Times.

In segregated Chicago, we are fighting for our right to live here; where under mayors Daley and Rahm Emanuel, over 200,000 Black people have been forced out of this city over the last decade.

In New York City, the funding is used almost entirely for housing projects, and under a mayor who has promised to vastly expand the city's affordable housing stock by creating and preserving 200,000 units over a decade, that pattern was not going to change.

Times Square street vendors who complain they are getting crushed under the mayor's campaign against topless panhandlers saw the number of tickets handed out by the NYPD quadruple at the end of the summer.

This past May, Jenny Sedlis of StudentsFirstNY wrote an editorial about Bill de Blasio's plans for the city's «failure factories,» which she alleges «have made little progress under this mayor's leadership» and continue to operate without appropriate standards and accountability.

Under the mayor's plan, an individual making about $ 1 million would pay about $ 2,700 more in annual taxes, or about $ 7 a day, said de Blasio, calling the tax a «modest increase.»

Under the mayor's «five borough» system, the cost of a ride would be in line with the current value of a MetroCard swipe.

Under the mayor's plan, which matches a similar increase for state employees enacted by Cuomo last year, about 50,000 city workers — including crossing guards, prekindergarten teachers, custodial workers and others — would see their pay reach the $ 15 - an - hour level by the end of 2018, making them some of the country's highest paid municipal employees.

«Under the mayor's plan, no worker gets left behind.

Under the mayor's plan, the city would increase its use of community - based juvenile programs, which provide counseling and other social services closer to home.

Under the mayor's plans developers, for instance, can set aside 30 percent of its units to middle - income families, which means those earning roughly $ 110,000 a year, or paying about $ 2,700 a month in rent for a 2 - bedroom apartment.

Under the mayor's plan, condominiums would no longer qualify for the 421 - a tax abatement.

«I've wanted to have a move to put it under the mayor's control,» said Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president who has fumed over the subway chaos.

Under the mayor's proposal, there were three options developers could choose from, including making 25 percent of the units affordable for those making 60 percent of area median income, or AMI.

Under the mayor's plan, which matches a similar increase for state employees enacted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last year, about 50,000 city workers — including crossing guards, prekindergarten teachers, custodial workers and others — would see their pay reach the $ 15 - an - hour level by the end of 2018.

Under the mayor's proposal, the program would extend 35 years instead of the current 25.

Under the mayor's proposed «turnaround» plan, the 33 schools were to close and reopen this summer, retaining their students but replacing up to half of the current staff.

«Under the mayor's efforts, we've changed that.»