Word: mayoral
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...city threatened to host a competing event. For many here, the prospect of hosting the Olympics is a point of significant pride, evidence that America's third-largest city has shed its image as a blue-collar also-ran to the more urbane coastal centers. And the city's mayor, Richard M. Daley, clearly views winning the Games as a capstone of his nearly two-decade rule. "The Olympics is the No. 1 showcase on the world circuit of mega events," says John R. Gold, professor of social sciences and law at Britain's Oxford Brookes University, and co-author...
...with the neighborhood and the city.” He said he hopes the Fund will “seed some very good ideas” while strengthening existing community projects. According to Michael F. Glavin, the BRA’s deputy director for institutional development, Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino appointed a seven-member advisory committee to review and recommend proposals for BRA approval. The committee, which includes three members of the Harvard Allston Task Force, will be accepting grant proposals for the upcoming year through April 30. “The mayor wanted to have other faces, other...
...panel's predictions will fuel the work of New York's Climate Change Adaptation Task Force - a group of city, state and federal agencies that control vulnerable infrastructure. Though the adaptation plans are in their early stages, the mayor's office is already beginning to prepare the most vulnerable neighborhoods. That puts New York well ahead of any other major metropolis - and certainly the Federal Government - in taking a dead reckoning of the risks of global warming. "They've been quite brave in putting this out there," says Marcia Bystryn, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters. "This...
Bloomberg, the green billionaire, won't be mayor forever. (Presumably.) That means PlaNYC, which runs to 2030, will have to remain relevant long after its political patron is gone. But PlaNYC is built to last, even during a recession, because it encompasses far more than just feel-good greenery. Agarwalla, who has studied why Philadelphia declined compared with New York in the 20th century, believes sustainability will be the key to urban success in the 21st century. "We didn't develop this plan out of a desire to be green," he says. "This is crucial for its economic and environmental...
...Worked alongside Putin in the St. Petersburg mayor's office in the early '90s. A former adviser to Medvedev noted that Putin often "regarded Medvedev's recommendations with respect." This seems to foreshadow his later position as Deputy Prime Minister during Putin's presidency. (Read "Signs of Tension Between Putin and Medvedev...