We are protesting because the local government is not doing enough to manage the private company that is operating the contract".
However, the drawbacks of regulations have limited the public hospitals to operate the outsourcing contracts.
Democratic officials in Montana, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin, among other states, said they intended to operate the program under contract with the federal government.
Robert Ryan, president of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, decided to seek public comment on the idea after companies bidding to operate the tram because the contract was up for renewal suggested halting service between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
Bids for the contract to operate the program, to be structured as a public-private partnership, were submitted this month.
Norwood Ravenswood has been announced as "preferred bidder" for the contract to operate the register, which is seen as key to improving the adoption system.
"We recently won the contract to operate the catering franchise at City Hall, Belfast's second most visited venue, but we've also just bought a burned-out pub in west Belfast which has been derelict for years.
City officials had expected FirstFlight, which won the contract to operate the heliport over several other bidders, to take over without disruption, said David Lombino, a spokesman for the New York City Economic Development Corporation, which oversaw the bidding.
"Are we going to have to have 24-hour guards and foot patrols on this block?" The issue also arose in 1997, when the contract to operate the center last came up for renewal.
The contract to operate the system was made with Ansaldo STS, who has subcontracted it to Metro Service, a joint venture between them and Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (ATM), the public transport company of the city of Milan, Italy.
