mayor
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“I’m the mayor of New York City and this is what I signed up for,” he said Thursday when asked about the Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
West Midlands mayor Richard Parker, who backed Longbow with £3m from a government fund, said the project will be followed by the firm's Roadster model, creating more than 200 skilled jobs.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
In an interview, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, president of the New York Board of Rabbis, criticized the mayor for his efforts to appease both sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The city was developing alternative pontoon crossings to help ease the gridlock, the mayor added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The mayor nodded at him, tight-lipped, but the chief of police stood still and silent, staring out at the crowd.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
“For mayors, it’s always been more about contending with, rather than controlling the NYPD,” said Bagga.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Powers to implement the scheme will rest with mayors because "they know which firms are hiring, which colleges are delivering, which estates have been left behind," Healey said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
All the recent L.A. mayors I’ve known had their faults and failures, whether the task was filling potholes, building out transit or addressing the high cost of housing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
He aims to achieve this by allowing mayors more power over budgets, in a 10-year plan to transform the economy.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“But holding onto the cities was never sustainable. There are too many factors we cannot account for, and soon even the Survivalist leaders—the mayors, the congressmen—realized that it wasn’t a long-term plan.”
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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