At Bernard Madoff's June sentencing, Weinstein was among investors to urge a long prison sentence for the financier, who admitted ripping off thousands of investors for billions of dollars for at least two decades.
The infrastructure of New York that was once an "engineering marvel" is now a "liability", he said, urging a long-term rethink.
He also renewed his warning that short-term cuts in government spending could retard growth, while at the same time urging a long-term deficit reduction plan, which he said could spur short-term growth.
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In part, it is why the mayor, unlike any predecessor that political experts can remember, has practically urged a fare increase, long viewed as a form of political suicide.
Affordable-housing advocates have long urged a tougher approach.
Many groups have long urged a more integrated approach to regulating federal waters.
Here at The Economist, we have long urged a more pragmatic approach, based on the insurance model.
Instead of ordering across-the-board reductions, though, lawmakers heeded economists who had long urged a focus on companies that could reduce emissions most cheaply.
Mr Kouchner long urged a warming of French ties with Rwanda, but it was Claude Guéant, Mr Sarkozy's chief of staff, who went to Kigali last year to make a fresh start.
