Sentences with phrase «city charter revision»

Menin was the only candidate to advocate «absolutely» for a City Charter revision to give both the borough president and community boards greater binding authority.

Williams, who is in his third and final term, said he has been drafting legislation for several years since testifying before the City Charter Revision Commission in 2010 and is planning to introduce the bill «very shortly» with the hopes of it passing in the next session.

Reinvent Albany delivered testimony to the mayor - convened New York City Charter Revision Commission this evening, calling for more transparency and limits on contributions to city - affiliated nonprofits by donors doing business with the city.

NEW YORK, NY — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday named the first two members of a city charter revision commission tasked with improving city elections, part of his new plan to bolster civic engagement.

Comments on the New York City Charter Revision Commission's preliminary recommendations on «public reporting and data access»

Testimony presented by FPI's Deputy Director and Chief Economist James Parrott to the New York City Charter Revision Commission.

Voters will get a third chance to make their feelings known on term limits after the City Charter Revision Commission voted this month to put the contentious issue back on the ballot in November.

Include Independents To The Editor: As the coordinator of the Queens Independence Club, I testified on Wednesday night at a public hearing of the Mayor's appointed New York City Charter Revision Commission encouraging the Commission to put an a More...

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Not exact matches

It may not have reached the ear - biting level, but a wrestling match between NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council over the City Charter is heating up, with both sides moving to create their own revision commissions.

Charter Revision Commission Urged to Consider Tighter Donation Rules for City - Affiliated Nonprofits

De Blasio's Charter Revision Commission — which includes several donors to his campaigns, according to the New York Post — can propose changes to the city's governing document later this year on which New Yorkers would then vote.

Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday that he selected members of a Charter Revision Commission examining city campaign finance laws based on merit — not whether they donated money to his...

But with charter revision in the works this could up the turn out in the city and that could help «Copy Cat» Cuomo and the others but it all depends on where their is an increase in turn out.

She later also suggested that if the mayor's commission failed to take up the proposal, a separate Charter Revision Commission being created by the City Council, through a bill co-sponsored by James, could step in.

Though prior instant runoff proposals originating in the City Council have failed, the group of electeds and advocates sought to seize on an opportunity presented by the mayor's creation of the Charter Revision Commission.

Critiquing the state's arcane election laws, Stringer said instant runoffs are a «progressive leap» that would allow elections to be decided quickly and efficiently, and he said the mayor's Charter Revision Commission affords the city a prime opportunity to pursue the policy.

She called for a revision to the City Charter and criticized Mayor de Blasio for avoiding any action on property tax revision during his first term.

Voters in the city of Albany defeated proposed charter revisions, but the question of spending $ 200 million on a new high school will likely come down to absentee ballots.

Charter revision ballot proposals, if any, will be filed with the city clerk at the September meeting.

Murphy referenced the fact that Killian gave $ 70,000 to Republican candidates — most of it in the two years prior to her 2012 City Council appointment and 2011 Westchester County Charter Revision Commission appointment — sparking allegations of pay - to - play.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

The Charter Revision Commission, the panel appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to consider changes to the city constitution, plans to take a serious look at a proposal that would eliminate the need for voters to make a second trip to the polls for runoff elections.

MIDDLETOWN — A proposal by the charter revision commission to eliminate the elected city treasurer post has initiated a debate over the merits of the position.

Specifically, they said that Mayor Bill de Blasio's Charter Revision Commission, which just began a series of public hearings across the city, should include it among the proposals it puts before voters on the ballot this November.

Mauro has long been one of Albany's best known experts on budget and public policy issues from his work at FPI and earlier as Secretary of the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee, director of Assembly Speaker Stanley Fink's Program Development Group, director of research for the last major revision of the New York City Charter, and Deputy... (read more)

Members said they hoped to also receive input from the City Council — even though the Council has formed its own Charter Revision Commission to address a wider swath of issues.

There will soon be two charter revision commissions preparing to recommend changes to the charter for approval or disapproval by voters: one is sponsored by the mayor, with recommendations due this fall, and the other by the City Council in partnership with Public Advocate James and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, with proposals due in 2019.

Sorry: That's a decision for the public to make, just as with any other revision to the City Charter.

Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, also sees that the mayor's charter revision commission presents an opportunity for the city to combine two elections into one election.

The City Council is forming its own Charter Revision Commission with any possible changes going on the ballot in 2019.

«I call on the charter revision members to support this initiative and then bring it to the voters this November, so we are ready in 2021 to have a fair, open and inclusive democratic primary as our entire city government will change,» Stringer continued.

Seven of the 15 people Hizzoner handpicked for his Charter Revision Commission have given him a total of $ 10,250 since his 2001 run for City Council, filings show.

«The issue is, a charter revision commission should be independent, it should be a wide base of appointments from different entities of city government,» Ms. Brewer said.

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.

De Blasio announced plans to empanel a charter revision commission in his State of the City address last month.

«With Cesar at its head, the Charter Revision Commission will help New York City lead the nation in improving our democracy.»

Twenty years ago, Cahill was a first - term assemblyman, running with an albatross named Mario around his neck, his base in Kingston divided and distracted by Mayor T.R. Gallo's drive to overturn charter revision in the city (city manager).

After Connecticut's Supreme Court invalidated the scheme, Mayor Finch again attempted to strip voters of their right to an elected school board with a revision to the city charter calling for an appointed board of education.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong says the legislature will meet July 25 to consider revisions to the Vancouver Charter that would allow the city to create and collect the tax.