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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.

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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.

«I believe that the city condones behavior that's on these listservs by utilizing our staff in posting on this,» Desley Brooks said during a meeting of a council committee earlier this month, in which she suggested the city send Nextdoor a letter asking the company instate a stricter process for users to report crimes and suspicious activity.

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

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 commitcity in the U.S. to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections under a bill before a City Council commitCity Council committee.

But the House of Commons» Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee chair Neil Parish said: «Councils in the dozens of other English cities currently exceeding EU pollution limits must also be given the option of using such powers if their communities support action.»

The New York City Council Health Committee voted unanimously to ban the use of exotic animals in entertainment, approving a bill that is expected to come to a full council vote nexCouncil Health Committee voted unanimously to ban the use of exotic animals in entertainment, approving a bill that is expected to come to a full council vote nexcouncil vote next week.

A New York City Council staffer accused Bronx Councilman Andy King of making unwelcome advances on her, including a request that she wear a «beautiful gown» to a fundraising event, an ethics committee revealed as they continue to investigate the complaint filed in December.

The Smith Commission has set out a raft of new powers for the Scottish Parliament, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has signed a new devolution agreement with Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the Deputy Prime Minister has signed an agreement with Sheffield City Council, and the Cabinet Committee on Devolved Powers has reported on options for change in Westminster.

At 9:30 a.m., criminal justice reform advocates and public defenders for #FairFares announce a series of speak - outs across NYC in support of Fair Fares, ahead of the final NYC Council Transportation Committee budget hearing, outside City Hall R subway stop, Manhattan.

At this meeting, Executive Director of the Kings County Democratic Party Jeff Feldman committed to providing details and answering questions on the review of the reforms by the party's newly created Rules Committee following a panel discussion on Women in Public Service including Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Prior to serving in the City Council, Brad directed the Pratt Center for Community Development and the Fifth Avenue Committee.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

He chairs the City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation, where is pushing for greater equity for parks in New York's low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

City Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest) came up empty - handed when the Council speaker was doling out committee chairmanships last week, but the Queens Democratic Party loyalist did get a seat on all three public safety committees, a vantage point he said puts him in a unique position to ensure the city's safCity Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest) came up empty - handed when the Council speaker was doling out committee chairmanships last week, but the Queens Democratic Party loyalist did get a seat on all three public safety committees, a vantage point he said puts him in a unique position to ensure the city's safcity's safety.

Avella, first elected to the State Senate in 2010 after eight years in the City Council, is a member of the Senate's Transportation Committee.

As Chair of the Council's Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, Reynoso will push for major safety improvements on the part of private carters, as well as changes to the city's snow - removal protocol to ensure that crosswalks and bus stops are cleared in a more timely manner.

The head of the City Council's Transportation Committee demanded Thursday that Mayor de Blasio start installing traffic safety bollards in front of schools, public plazas and bustling corridors.

Today, Reinvent Albany, submitted joint testimony with fellow NYC Transparency Working Group member organizations NYPIRG, Citizens Union and Common Cause / NY to the NYC City Council Technology Committee oversight hearing on open data: In addition, TWG members BetaNYC and Jessie Braden of Pratt's SAVI provided testimony.

NY1's The Call show is following news today that ahead of the state Democratic Party convention in Saratoga Springs, Governor Cuomo nominates Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown as the new chairman of the state Democratic Committee and former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as vice-chair.

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

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.

It's been a great couple of months for prominent NYC civic technologist Ben Kallos; In November, Kallos was elected to represent Manhattan's Upper East Side in the city council, and today he was appointed chair of the Council's Government Operations committeIn November, Kallos was elected to represent Manhattan's Upper East Side in the city council, and today he was appointed chair of the Council's Government Operations committein the city council, and today he was appointed chair of the Council's Government Operations comcouncil, and today he was appointed chair of the Council's Government Operations comCouncil's Government Operations committee.

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.

City Council Member Ben Kallos, who chairs the committee on governmental operations, said in a phone interview that «All of these [reforms] should've happened before Election Day and if there's an Albany special session it should be part of that agenda.

«I applaud the administration for creating more green spaces in our city,» said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council Transportation Committee.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

The crime is currently a Class B misdemeanor in the state, which means that suspects rarely — if ever — spend time in jail, said City Councilman Peter Vallone, chair of the council's Public Safety committee.

Weprin campaigned on his experience both in his two terms on the City Council, where he served as chairman of the Finance Committee, and his short tenure as an assemblyman since he was elected to that office in a special election in February.

Among the beneficiaries may be Brooklyn Councilman David Greenfield, who is said to be in line to be the next chairman of the City Council's powerful Land Use committee, according to multiple sources close to the negotiations for Council speaker.

The new legislation has been passed by the city committee, but will still need to be approved by the full common council in August.

City Councilmember Ritchie Torres, Chair of the Council's Committee on Public Housing, announced that the Committee would require Olatoye to appear before an oversight hearing in early December.

At an oversight hearing of the City Council's governmental operations committee in February 2014, new DOI Commissioner Mark Peters testified that his office found issues of gross nepotism, pressure on staff to engage in political activities, deficient voter rolls, poorly trained poll workers, and inadequate, inefficient, and outdated procedures.

«The moratorium will allow time for such analysis to be commenced, analysis that we are confident will affirm absolutely our contention that hydraulic fracturing should never be done within New York City's upstate unfiltered water supply watershed,» City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Environmental Committee Chair James Gennaro said in a joint statement.

In the city, meanwhile, the bosses who made Corey Johnson the new City Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their suppcity, meanwhile, the bosses who made Corey Johnson the new City Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their suppCity Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their support.

Members of the City Council's Finance Committee pressed the de Blasio Administration for more transparency in the proposed $ 77.7 billion budget today, kicking off the first of many hearings on the preliminary budget.

«There are still too many situations reported by students, parents and advocates in which students are harassed or threatened in school, often by the people who are supposed to protect them,» said Upper Manhattan City Councilman Robert Jackson, who heads the Council's Education Committee and sponsored the bill.

The deal received a mostly positive response from Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine, who said in a statement, «I am thrilled that the City Council has restored funding for gardeners and maintenance workers — saving 150 vitally needed jobs, and protecting a critical resource for parks in low - and moderate - income neighborhoods.

Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, chairwoman of the City Council's Public Safety Committee; Assemblyman Victor Pichardo; State Senator Gustavo Rivera; Donna Lieberman of the New York Civil Liberties Union; also spoke in support of the assemblyman.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the Transportation Committee, sent a letter to Trump on Monday asking him to take his transition business out of New York City to ease traffic congestion in Midtown Manhattan.The Council also launched a petition calling on the Trump administration repay the NYPD for safeguarding his family and his buildings.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has been an outspoken critic of the the 328 - bed facility for the homeless and substance abuse patients, said in a letter to constituents that she and other City Council members were presenting a resolution to the City Council's Committee on General Welfare at a public hearing at 10:30 a.m Wednesday.

The Niagara Falls City Council will meet to discuss amendments to Mayor Paul A. Dyster's proposed 2015 budget at 4 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers in City Hall, 745 Main St.. The City Council will hold a Committee of the Whole meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, followed by a regular meeting at 6 in Council Chambers.

Katz's testimony was delivered in the Council Chambers at City Hall during a joint meeting of the Council's Committee on Finance, its Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations and its Subcommittee on Libraries.

SUNY responded to the resolution, citing a $ 4 million monthly loss in operating LICH as their reason for closing the hospital, but added that losing the hospital and medical school «would be tragic,» SUNY said in a letter to the City Council health committee, dated April 23.

In her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee -LSB-...]

Corey Johnson of Chelsea, who was the chair of the City Council's Health Committee in 2015 and is now the City Council speaker, took a lead role in getting the city health department and the AIDS activists to come to an agreement on how to replace the lost serviCity Council's Health Committee in 2015 and is now the City Council speaker, took a lead role in getting the city health department and the AIDS activists to come to an agreement on how to replace the lost serviCity Council speaker, took a lead role in getting the city health department and the AIDS activists to come to an agreement on how to replace the lost servicity health department and the AIDS activists to come to an agreement on how to replace the lost services.

Kingston's Common Council Laws and Rules Committee meets next on Wednesday, May 16th at 6:30 pm in Conference Room # 1 (top floor) at Kingston City Hall located at 420 Broadway in Kingston.

In her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee (2002 - 09) cited several concerns with the proposals, namely the impermanence of senior affordable housing, the effect of eliminating parking for residents in a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitmentIn her recommendations, the former Chair of the New York City Council Land Use Committee (2002 - 09) cited several concerns with the proposals, namely the impermanence of senior affordable housing, the effect of eliminating parking for residents in a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitmentin a transit desert like Queens, the scores of extensive contextual rezonings previously issued throughout the five boroughs, and the insufficiencies in skilled labor commitmentin skilled labor commitments.

Ms. Cumbo told Shola Olatoye, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority, at a hearing of the council's public housing committee that residents in her district are perplexed that so many non-English speaking immigrants are moving into certain developments.

In addition to Hogan and Simpson, the committee appointed by Miner included city council President Van Robinson; William Fisher, deputy Onondaga County executive; and Darlene Kerr, former president of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.