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.
Not exact matches
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.
The
City Council's governmental operations committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thurs
City Council's governmental operations
committee will vote on Tuesday, November 14 to approve a bill allowing online voter registration for
city residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thurs
city residents,
Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the
committee, told Gotham Gazette on
Thursday.
Thursday At the
City Council on
Thursday, the following
committees will hold preliminary budget hearings: — Transportation at 9:30 a.m., regarding the MTA — Fire and Emergency Management at noon, regarding Fire / Emergency Medical Service and the Office of Emergency Management — For - Hire Vehicles at 1:30 p.m., regarding the Taxi and Limousine Commission — Transportation and the Capital Budget at 3 p.m., regarding the DOT expense and capital budgets
He said he viewed his new role, which is expected to be formally announced
Thursday along with other
Council committee assignments for the next four years, as focused on prodding a «complacent bureaucracy» to better provide
city services and dig «deep into the operational failures of
city government.»
Thursday's
City Council schedule will include a meeting of the
Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the
Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the
Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York
City.»
Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito was whacked by the
city's Campaign Finance Board
Thursday after her 2013 campaign
committee failed to show $ 3,000 in consulting payments were connected to her re-election...
Bronx Democratic County
Committee Announces Support for Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj for New York
City Council On
Thursday, the Bronx County Democratic
Committee gathered at their Eastchester Road headquarters to announce their support for Assembly Member Mark Gjonaj in his campaign -LSB-...]
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City Council committee on Thursday paved the way a proposal to limit new self - storage development in large swaths of the city's industrial neighborhood
City Council committee on
Thursday paved the way a proposal to limit new self - storage development in large swaths of the
city's industrial neighborhood
city's industrial neighborhoods...
The Plattsburgh Common
Council's Finance and Budget
Committee provided an overview of the
city's finances and an update on its five - year budget plan during its monthly meeting
Thursday night.
The
City Council's Committee on Economic Development and the Committee on Contracts held a joint hearing on Thursday to discuss proposed legislation that would create a bill of rights for subcontractors working with the c
City Council's
Committee on Economic Development and the
Committee on Contracts held a joint hearing on
Thursday to discuss proposed legislation that would create a bill of rights for subcontractors working with the
citycity.
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...
The Observer has learned that Ydanis Rodriguez, the chair of New York
City Council Transportation
Committee, will join a meeting scheduled for
Thursday, April 23rd in a Midtown location at which he will propose a bailout to rescue medallion owners, who have witnessed the value of their investment plummet as Uber and other ride apps disrupt the traditional taxi business.
A police oversight bill sponsored by
City Council Member Jumaane Williams unanimously sailed through the
Council's
Committee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday, and is all but certain to be voted through the full
City Council on
Thursday.
At the
City Council on
Thursday, 10 a.m. the executive budget hearing for the
Committees on Technology and Land Use.
The head of the
City Council's investigations
committee insisted
Thursday that he'd boot NYCHA chair Shola Olatoye if he were mayor, and vowed to intensely scrutinize the embattled agency.
At a hearing of the
City Council Standards and Ethics Committee held at City Hall Thursday, representatives of the city's Conflicts of Interest Board reiterated a long - standing request for an independent bud
City Council Standards and Ethics
Committee held at
City Hall Thursday, representatives of the city's Conflicts of Interest Board reiterated a long - standing request for an independent bud
City Hall
Thursday, representatives of the
city's Conflicts of Interest Board reiterated a long - standing request for an independent bud
city's Conflicts of Interest Board reiterated a long - standing request for an independent budget.
Thursday At the
City Council on
Thursday: The
Committee on Finance will meet at 9:30 a.m. for a preliminary budget hearing.
A Syracuse Common
Council committee on
Thursday will begin to consider a resolution that would declare the
city a «drone - free zone,» preventing the use of remotely - operated aerial surveillance drones.
As preliminary budget hearings at the
City Council approach the end of their third week, the Committee on Governmental Operations will meet Thursday to evaluate the expense plan for a host of city agenc
City Council approach the end of their third week, the
Committee on Governmental Operations will meet
Thursday to evaluate the expense plan for a host of
city agenc
city agencies.