Sentence examples for authorized city from inspiring English sources

The transit authority was created in 1971 after 1970 legislation authorized city and county governments to operate mass-transit systems using local funding.

They approved long-awaited legislation that authorized city transportation officials to bring as many as 20 pay toilets to city streets, and passed other laws, including those that created a business improvement district in downtown Flushing, Queens, allowed city parks to be officially adopted by private sponsors, and helped protect some elderly people from rent increases.

He said he had hired lawyers with his own money; Mr. Pfeiffer said he had refused to authorize city funds.

Known as Proposition Q, the proposal would authorize city officials to forcibly remove the tents and other structures from sidewalks after giving its residents 24-hour written notice.

Three House Democrats, however, tell HuffPost that they'll be supporting the measure, which would authorize cities and counties to tax and regulate the sale of marijuana for adults 21 and over.

"We have hit the wall; we are insolvent," Mayor Ann Johnston said in a statement issued in early June, after city officials authorized the city manager to file for bankruptcy if mediation efforts failed, as they now have.

As the victims sought shelter that night and the next morning, Rapid City's Mayor Don Barnett quickly authorized Rapid City motels to open up their rooms to accommodate the survivors with assurances that the City would take up most of the financial slack.

Under the law, the city is supposed to balance its budget within each fiscal year, though given the emergency, the state gave the city a little flexibility: immediately after the attack, the state authorized the city to sell up to $2.5 billion in short-term bonds, to help it recover from the disaster as it awaited federal help.

An appropriation was approved by the city council, authorizing the city to spend $34 million from the general fund.

On July 21 , 1853 the New York Legislature authorized the city to buy largely barren swampland for a "central park".

The law had authorized the city to issue up to 18,000 "hail licenses" for northern Manhattan and the other boroughs.