Sentence examples for commit the city from inspiring English sources
The mayor will commit the city to expand recycling to include all rigid plastics, like yogurt cups and medicine bottles, by the summer of 2013, when a new recycling plant under construction in Brooklyn is expected to come online.
The mayor will commit the city to expand recycling to include all rigid plastics, like yogurt cups and medicine bottles, by summer 2013, when a new recycling plant under construction in Brooklyn is expected to come online.
In another action today, the Council voted 5 to 4 to commit the city to mediation to try to resolve a federal lawsuit that accuses the police of racial profiling.
But locked in a bitter dispute with Governor Cuomo over funding for the city's beleaguered subways, Mr. de Blasio maintained that he could not commit the city to more transit spending, especially given the record of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs New York City Transit.
City officials emphasized that Friday's action did not commit the city to any of the projects, which would still have to go through the regular approval process.
In recent weeks, as cost estimates for the games have trickled out, critics have begun to question the secrecy that has surrounded L.A.'s Olympic bid, as well as Garcetti's willingness to commit the city to cover cost overruns.
The Giuliani proposal, which is nonbinding, committed the city to giving the teams all parking revenues at the stadiums.
In Newark, the Municipal Council has adopted a nonbinding resolution that commits the city to being a "sanctuary" for immigrants.
Since 2004, when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg committed the city to an aggressive schedule to reduce the number of homeless people, the city has had mixed results.
By committing the city to a minimum level of spending on public schools, he said, "you lose all ability to hold them accountable".
