Sentences with phrase «a city council committee»

Ritchie Torres, who chairs a city council committee on public housing, said at the press conference that there was a direct link between the falsification of permits and the decline in affordable housing in New York.

Last week, a City Council committee unanimously approved a bill that would renew 12 Keystone Opportunity Zone designations in University City.

He said copies of the proposed agreement have been sent to the mayor and his key department heads as well as the chairmen of relevant Chicago City Council committees.

New York would be the first major city in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a bill before a City Council committee.

StreetsPAC Executive Director Eric McClure delivered the following testimony at today's City Council Committee on Transportation oversight hearing on Vision Zero progress and needs:

A prominent Bronx politician lobbied to run a new City Council committee that oversees taxis and car services after collecting thousands in campaign funds from the industry.

The New York City Council Committee on Public Housing holds an oversight hearing examining elevator safety in NYCHA housing following the death of Olegario Pabon at Boston Road Plaza, Council Chambers, City Hall, Manhattan.

The NYC Board of Elections is pushing a $ 6.8 million plan to turn old voter machines into voter information kiosks, but the chair of the City Council committee overseeing the agency dismissed the scheme as too costly.

Hudson Square moved a step closer today to getting more new housing when two City Council committees approved a controversial proposal by the property arm of Trinity Church to rezone the Lower Manhattan neighborhood, the New York Observer reported.

Hudson Square moved a step closer today to getting more new housing when two City Council committees approved a controversial proposal by the property...

INWOOD — A City Council committee in charge of rezoning unanimously voted against the Sherman Plaza project Tuesday morning, a day after Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez announced he could not support the project due to community opposition.

Today, we're devoting the roundup to the living wage legislation, which was debated in a City Council Committee hearing yesterday.

UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell testified before the City Council Committee on Education regarding efforts to help struggling schools.

«I'm here to say: yes, we are safer now than we were before Sandy,» Daniel Zarrilli, director of recovery and resiliency for Mayor Bill de Blasio, told a city council committee today.

NEW YORK CITY — Mayor Bill de Blasio's rezoning proposals were easily passed by two City Council committees Thursday — but not before some lawmakers expressed concerns that one of the plans will keep New York City one of the most segregated cities in the nation.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton on Monday took aim at a slew of laws a City Council committee is considering, calling them unnecessary and saying they would handcuff cops trying to...

A slew of elected officials, including Public Advocate Letitia James and several key City Council committee chairs, including Daniel Dromm and Laurie Cumbo, also issued statements.

«Public assistance is not that much money to take care of the family,» said Lee, a member of the advocacy group VOCAL - NY, prior to a City Council committee hearing on the issue Monday.

A City Council committee on Thursday paved the way a proposal to limit new self - storage development in large swaths of the city's industrial neighborhoods...

NYCHA General Manager Vito Mustaciuolo appears before the New York City Council Committee on Finance, Public Housing and Subcommittee on Capital Budget on Wednesday.

Last week, one day after a City Council committee unanimously approved the bill, two construction workers fell to their deaths at separate sites in Manhattan within hours of each other.

«The city council committee meetings have finished.

The City Council Committee on Veterans held a preliminary budget hearing Monday, hearing testimony from the Department of Veterans Services and advocates for military veterans in New York City.

With a projected $ 3.8 billion budget gap in FY 2019 and signs of a potential economic slowdown, Comptroller Stringer emphasized the importance of building up the City's budget reserves and finding savings in his testimony before the City Council Committee on Finance's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Budget.

A City Council committee passed a resolution Monday asking for a review of illnesses covered for 9/11 first responders, in an effort to add cancer to the list.

In this effort to increase funding, the biggest ally of seniors and senior advocates was Council Member Margaret Chin, chair of the City Council Committee on Aging.

Cops had to clear about two dozen unruly agitators from a City Council committee hearing on police issues Thursday morning after they repeatedly heckled NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and chanted...

Vice President for Non-Department of Education Members Anne Goldman testified before the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare and Committee on Women's Issues regarding the Administration for Children's Services fiscal year 2014 - 15 budget.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Finance regarding the FY 2017 city executive budget.

UFT Vice President for Special Education Carmen Alvarez testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the FY2018 education expense plan.

The City Council Committee on Public Safety held an oversight hearing on Wednesday to examine the NYPD's tactics and procedures regarding protests and crowd control.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York City Council Committees on Finance and Education regarding the FY 2017 city education expense budget.

The New York City Council Committee on Transportation held a hearing Monday to discuss sources of, and solutions to, traffic congestion in the city.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education.

UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education regarding the FY 2016 preliminary budget, mayor's FY ’15 preliminary management report and agency oversight hearings.

The UFT submitted testimony to the New York City Council Committees on Education and Finance regarding the 2014 - 15 education expense budget.

Richard Farkas, vice president for junior high and intermediate schools, testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education.

UFT Vice President for Middle Schools Richard Mantell testified before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Finance regarding the 2014 - 15 education capital budget.

De Blasio appointed his panel's first members a day before a scheduled City Council committee hearing on legislation that would create a separate charter revision commission.

A City Council committee headed by Brewer called Board of Elections Executive Director George Gonzalez to testify about the glitches.

10:30 AM — Dream Act Press Conference calling for passage of the Dream Act of 2017, followed by City Council committee vote on Resolution 1484 - A.

Helen Rosenthal, chair of the City Council Committee on Women, said the information provided in the data dump on Friday was woefully insufficient.

Tomorrow morning, a City Council committee will weigh whether to approve the land use application, including neighborhood zoning changes, that would clear the way for the project to begin.

DOWNTOWN — A City Council committee called on the state Wednesday to pass proposed legislation to regulate inter-city buses following a pair of deadly crashes involving coaches traveling in and out of Chinatown.

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — The City came one step closer to getting its very own mayor of the nighttime when a City Council committee approved the Night Mayor bill on Friday.

Read testimonies we submitted to the New York City Council Committee on Education in support of Gender Sexuality Alliances (GSAs)[PDF] and with recommendations for addressing bullying [PDF] in New York City schools.

AFC Testifies on School Safety and Efforts to Improve School Climate, November 21, 2017 AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Public Safety regarding the NYPD's role in school discipline and matters of mental health.

AFC Testifies on School Planning and Siting for New Capacity, February 28, 2017 AFC testified before the New York City Council Committees on Education and Finance in support of proposed legislation that would require the Department of Education to report information on school applications, offers of admission, enrollment, and school seats available.

AFC Testifies on Diversity in New York City Schools, December 7, 2017 AFC testified before the New York City Council Committee on Education on diversity and inclusion in City schools.

AFC Testifies on Community and Renewal Schools, February 27, 2018 AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education at a hearing on community schools, renewal schools, and a special education reporting bill.