Sentences with phrase «when city and state officials»

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He stresses these statistics to state officials when trying to convince them to make Texas more inclusive, and he argues that diversity in cities is good in the same way that diversity in a portfolio is good.

Ron Jenkins, a lawyer for Gateway, said his client notified federal regulators and state and city officials about the ammonia leak when it occurred.

Due to the fact that the press does not have much love for elected officials, the media has helped to create an aura about these two prosecutors, making Rudy Giuliani the Mayor of the City of New York, and making Preet Bharara arrogant enough to confront the President of the United States of America in what appears to be an act of insubordination, when he said that he would not return his boss» phone call.

Cuomo's team has plenty to work with, given that Teachout listed Vermont as her address in official paperwork as recently as 2013, avoided paying state and city sales taxes on a car she bought in New York, listed Vermont as her home on tax forms when she joined the faculty of Fordham University Law School in 2009, and reported to tax authorities that she lived in New York for zero months in 2009.

The Red Hook Winery was raided last week, when state and city officials found it was producing and distributing illegal moonshine and grappa.

By last month, when investigators subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo's office, the federal inquiry appeared to be focusing on the links between state officials and the sprawling investment New York has made, not only in Buffalo, but also in Syracuse and other struggling upstate cities.

When town officials saw that a state budget proposal would give their counterparts in cities, villages and counties more money for roads, they felt like road kill.

ALBANY — There were smiles, albeit through gritted teeth, when state and city officials announced an agreement to fund roughly $ 11 billion in capital needs for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

City, state and industry officials, who spent much of the past year arguing over how and when to rebuild the site, stood side by side Tuesday and praised a recent agreement between the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties that will allow work at the site to move forward.

State legislators and city officials, who have praised the governor's leadership on Close to Home, say the loss of the revenue is compounded by the fact that the program is expected to triple in size over the next few years when the city implements the Raise the Age initiative.

When Mr. Dinkins called on him to head the commission, Mr. Mollen had months before stepped down as deputy mayor for public safety, after a long public career in which he had been a top city housing official in the 1960s and a high - ranking state judge in the 1970s and»80s.

The WFP played a key role in helping the Democrats take the state Senate majority in 2008 and reached its apex in 2009 when it helped elect a handful of so - called «progressive» City Council members and its first citywide official, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — When other elected officials around the city were giving their state of the district speeches back in the summer, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez decided to postpone his — citing a flurry of staff changes, zoning battles over the controversial Sherman Plaza project and plans to increase bike lanes in the acity were giving their state of the district speeches back in the summer, City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez decided to postpone his — citing a flurry of staff changes, zoning battles over the controversial Sherman Plaza project and plans to increase bike lanes in the aCity Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez decided to postpone his — citing a flurry of staff changes, zoning battles over the controversial Sherman Plaza project and plans to increase bike lanes in the area.

«Every single resident of this city deserves a state of the art community library,» Van Bramer said Monday, when he and Queens Library officials unveiled a small model of the future library, an elaborately designed building from well - known architect Steven Holl.

Rutherford said the report, which will cost WLDC $ 40,000, is the kind of investment New York officials want to see when cities apply for any kind of state grants and competitions.

Beyond its breakneck speed and miles logged, Citizen U.S.A. couldn't be more easy or straightforward: From tiny ceremonies in county courthouses to massive arena - sized gatherings in big cities, Pelosi presents a surprising collage of that essential moment when people who've immigrated to the United States become official Americans.

The story goes back to January 2011 when a consultant for Greenwich billionaire Steve Mandel approached state officials on Mandel's behalf to inform them that the hedge - fund manager and his wife were interested in promoting «education reform» in the City of Bridgeport.

When the Baltimore school board revealed this month that it had secretly hired a new CEO, city and state officials were incensed that the panel had circumvented a process that would have given them and the public a say.

When local officials in Chicago tried to close three failing charters, the state charter authorizer, which was envisioned and funded by the Walton Family Foundation, stepped in and stopped the city from closing the schools.

Consider Sacramento, where, in 2007, the city council adapted the official Front Yard Ordinance to specifically state that vegetable gardens were allowed so residents wouldn't be harassed (this after one homeowner was cited for having a garden, and then, when she didn't remove it, RoundUp was sprayed all over her garden, destroying it.)

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