Sentences with phrase «city council members james»

City Council members James Gennaro (D - Fresh Meadows), Karen Koslowitz (D - Forest Hills) and Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) also threw their support behind Rice.

Former Borough President Guy Molinari said Kelly has agreed to join him and various elected officials, including City Council members James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio, for a luncheon that will be both social and political.

Coordinating that effort are Noel Hidalgo and Chris Whong, executive director and co-captain, respectively, of New York City's Code for America brigade BetaNYC, which has pushed for the legislation along with sponsor City Council member Ben Kallos, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, City Council member James Vacca and City Council member Brad Lander.

City Council Member James Sanders reportedly had a hard time hailing a yellow cab in Manhattan despite repeated calls to the TLC.

«Today is a great day for the Bronx,» said New York City Council Member James Vacca.

Not exact matches

Endorsements for the vigil included: City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, seven local members of Congress, and 17 members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Also in attendance were Queens Borough President Helen Marshall; Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer; City Council members Quinn, Vallone, Tony Avella (D - Bayside), John Liu (D - Flushing) and James Gennaro (D - Fresh Meadows); as well as Democrat Kevin Kim and Republican Dan Halloran, who are candidates for Council District 19, which includes College Point.

Still too close to call, Letitia James, a City Council member from Brooklyn, will face Brooklyn Senator Daniel L. Squadron in a runoff.

Borough President James Oddo, along with City Council members and the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, announced a six - part plan to clean up Staten Island and get litter off the streets including bolstering the litter response team and having residents Tweet and Facebook about problem areas.

«You have been supportive of historic candidacies and create a space and a platform for those leaders of color, those leaders who are women... Tish James is one of those, who for 17 years has been lockstep with this party,» former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said to party members before the vote.

Potential candidates for public advocate are state Sen. Daniel Squadron, City Council member Letitia James and Reshma Saujani, currently a deputy in the Public Advocate's Office — none of whom has Weiner's citywide name recognition or his deep campaign coffers.

And after a hearing on the issue Thursday, City Councilman James Oddo, along with Speaker Christine Quinn and other members of the Council are calling on Albany to change the state law to distinguish between Sandy repairs and putting an addition on a home.

City Council Members Ritchie Torres and James Vacca will welcome the youth to the day's activities.

«HMI is thrilled to co-present this 2nd Bronx LGBTQ Youth Summit in partnership with Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Council Member Ritchie Torres, Council Member James Vacca, Initiative Champion Council Member Carlos Menchaca, and the LGBTQ Caucus of the City Council.

The project has received support from a diverse base of private and public partners including the Junior League of Buffalo / Buffalo News, Rich Family Foundation, Wegmans, Patrick P. Lee Foundation, James H. Cummings Foundation, Assembly Member Sean Ryan, NYS Empire State Development, NYS Homes and Community Renewal, the City of Buffalo, M&T Bank, Peter C. Cornell Trust, City Council Member David Rivera, Simple Gifts Fund, Children's Foundation of Erie County, and individual donors.

One of the few elected officials who recognized the Atlantic Yards Project for the boondoggle it is was then - City Council Member Letitia James.

The Leadership Council as follows: Adrienne Adams (Queens Community Board 12); Rhonda Binda (Jamaica Center BID); Brian Browne (St. John's University); Ricardi Calixte (Queens Economic Development Corporation); Tonya Cantlo - Cockfield (Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning); Clive Dawkins (Property Owner); Kevin J. Forrestal (Queens Community Board 8); Deepmalya Gosh (The Child Center of New York); Glenn Greenidge (Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District); Michael Griffith (New York City Department of Transportation) Tyrel Hankerson (Resident); Ian Harris (Community Board 12); Howard Hecht (Community Member); Cathy Hung (Jamaica Center for Arts ad Learning / Jamaica Performing Arts Center); Derek Irby (165th Street Mall Improvement Association); Bilal Karriem (Queens Community Board 12); Malikka Karteron (Resident); Philippa Karteron (Resident); Michele Keller (Queens Community Board 12); Tameka Pierre - Louis (Civic Leader); Justin Rogers (Greater Jamaica Development Corporation); Pierina Ana Sanchez (Regional Plan Association); Aaron Schwartz (Commercial Property Owner); Earl Simons (York College); Nakita Vanstory (LaGuardia Community College - Justice Community Program); Bernard Warren (Jamaica YMCA); Richard Werber (King Manor Museum); Jonathan White (Community Member); Montgomery Wilkinson (Resident); Nadezhda Williams (Community Based Organization) and Tajuana Hamm (Designee for NYS Senator James Sanders, Jr.).

Council members Ben Kallos and James Vacca, on behalf of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, introduced an OpenFOIL bill, Intro 328-2014, at today's City Council Meeting.

By James Briggs A Milwaukee alderman on Monday called for a referendum to let voters advise Common Council members on whether the city should build a $ 64.6 million streetcar line.

The 29 members of the New York Electoral College unanimously voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

At 7 p.m., Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., opera singer Marie - Claire, NYC Public Advocate Tish James, US Sen. Chuck Schumer, Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer and members of The Bronx Opera Company and City Council attend City Councilman Andy King's «State of the 12th District» address; Beulah Church of God, 986 E. Gun Hill Rd., the Bronx.

At 10 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James joins Council members and the Share Better Coalition at a press conference to protest Airbnb ahead of a Council hearing aimed at combatting the growth of illegal hotels and penalties for Airbnb, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«I really can't explain why a vote that has the majority of the members of the City Council can't make it to the floor,» Ms. James told the Observer, also noting that Mr. de Blasio's father was a veteran of World War II.

Ms. James, whose voice booms like a preacher's at press conferences, has emerged as one of the loudest members of the City Council when it comes to issues she's focused on, including not only CityTime but cuts to social services, the police department's stop - and - frisk policy and the controversial Atlantic Yards development project, located in her Fort Greene - based district.

District 13 Council Member James Vacca is term - limited, leaving the seat for District 13, which covers Morris Park, Throggs Neck, and City Island Communities in the Bronx, open to several candidates.

Ms. James, unlike Mr. de Blasio in his public advocate days, now presides over City Council meetings as a non-voting member.

And at a press conference, gay City Council members who serve alongside Mr. Cabrera urged Ms. James to reconsider her endorsement and slammed the councilman for his views and his remarks about Uganda, which Councilman James Van Bramer said sent the message to gay teens «that we don't give a shit if you live or die.»

Springfield City Council President James Ferrera, who named the members of the Special Committee on School Safety on Monday, said he expects the panel will delve deeply into the subject and issue periodic reports and recommendations.

As a Council Member, Letitia James sponsored the City's Open Data Law's introduction.

Several members of the City Council stood in support of Rodriguez, including Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Jumaane Williams, Letitia James, Inez Dickens, Melissa Mark - Viverito, Robert Jackson, along with State Sens. Adriano Espaillat and Gustavo Rivera, and Comptroller John Liu.

About 30 protestors from the neighborhood, along with City Council Member Letitia James, State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery and pop singer Crystal Waters, who sang her hit «Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless),» protested last week in front of the shelter and down the street from it at Freddy's Bar (which is also facing condemnation for the project).

Speakers included Senator Chuck Schumer, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, former council speaker Chris Quinn, Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Council Members Corey Johnson, Jimmy Van Bramer and Rosie Mendez, Cynthia Nixon and Omar SharCouncil Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, former council speaker Chris Quinn, Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Council Members Corey Johnson, Jimmy Van Bramer and Rosie Mendez, Cynthia Nixon and Omar Sharcouncil speaker Chris Quinn, Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brad Hoylman, Council Members Corey Johnson, Jimmy Van Bramer and Rosie Mendez, Cynthia Nixon and Omar SharCouncil Members Corey Johnson, Jimmy Van Bramer and Rosie Mendez, Cynthia Nixon and Omar Sharif Jr..

Joined by Public Advocate Tish James, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, NY State Senators Adriano Espaillat and Liz Krueger and many members of the City Council, Mark - Viverito strongly condemned Trump.

Cuomo's allies were eyeing City Council Member Ritchie Torres of the Bronx and Public Advocate Tish James, who has since said she's not interested.

At 12:15 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James, NYC Council members Rafael Espinal, Stephen Levin, Corey Johnson, Donovan Richards, Helen Rosenthal and Jumaane Williams, and legal and housing advocates hold a rally in support of a package of bills that aim to end illegal actions used by three - quarter operators and provide protections residents, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

His fellow southeast Queens members on the Council, Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) and James Sanders (D - Laurelton), have also parceled out large donations to community groups with a combined total of more than a million dollars, according to the city's list of discretionary funding.

Council Member James F. Gennaro visits the Queens Civic Congress at the Union Plaza Care Center in Flushing last week to discuss the continued threat hydrofracking poses to the drinking water of New York City and the rest of the state.

The Committee on Economic Development and Labor includes: · Haejin Baek, President, Barclays Structured Finance · Ruben Diaz, Jr., Bronx Borough President · Jamie Dinan, C.E.O. York Capital · Garry Douglas, Plattsburgh Chamber of Commerce · Hazel Dukes, President, NAACP New York · Rob Dyson, Chairman and C.E.O., The Dyson - Kissner - Moran Corp.; President, Dyson Foundation · James Francis, Founder and C.E.O., Paradigm Asset Management; Member, NYC Partnership · Barbarlee Diamonstein - Spielvogel · Jim Gerace, President, New York Region, Verizon · Barry Gosin, C.E.O., Newmark Knight Franks; Partnership for NYC Board · Hakeem Jeffries, New York State Assembly · John Johnson, President, Watertown Daily Times · Brian Kolb, Minority Leader, New York State Assembly \ · Kevin Law, Long Island Association · John Liu, New York City Comptroller · Edward Mangano, Nassau County Executive · Howard Milstein, C.E.O., N.Y. Private Bank & Trust and Emigrant Bank · Dean Norton, President, Farm Bureau · Peter Rivera, New York State Assembly · Van B. Robinson, President, Syracuse Common Council · Lisa Rosenblum Senior Vice President, Cablevision.

Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Member Daniel Dromm, who heads the Council's education committee (that Moskowitz once ran), have joined one of the newer complaints.

The legislation has eight co-sponsors, including city Public Advocate Letitia James and Council members Costa Constantinides (D - Astoria) and Karen Koslowitz (D - Forest Hills).

A number of elected officials have supported the cause, including multiple City Council members and Public Advocate Letitia James.

During the hearing, the mayor himself reminded State Senator James Sanders of Queens that they were both members of the same City Council class, and de Blasio and Cuomo trip over themselves to emphasize that they are personal friends.

It envisions a commission whose members would be appointed by a range of elected officials, including the mayor; Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker; Ms. James; Scott M. Stringer, the comptroller; Ms. Brewer and the four other borough presidents.

(Full disclosure: I've worked for City & State editor, Morgan Pehme, on a political campaigh; he's a great guy, but myself and my Council Member James Vacca are both pertpertubed about this editorial he wrote yesterday suggests Brooklyn is basically a more awesome borough than the Bronx and thus deserves it's own Deputy Mayor.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — flanked by Council members Jumaane Williams, Brad Lander, Margaret Chin and Carlos Menchaca — as well as Public Advocate Letitia James and Comptroller Stringer all made similar remarks in support of immigrants and laborers.

The letters were made public along with glowing press releases that also tout the support of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council members, including Peter Vallone, James Vacca, Michael C. Nelson, Domenic M. Recchia, James Gennaro, and Joel Rivera.

By James Briggs A Madison attorney and former Common Council member is blasting the city as «backwards» because of its aversion to high - rise buildings and criticism of a Catholic center's construction proposal.

«The rising cost of housing means that older tenants can not afford to escape rising housing costs, yet can not secure affordable housing elsewhere,» James wrote in the letter, which got supporting signatures from Councilman Mark Levine and Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, as well as 19 other council members from around the city.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Six Syracuse Common Council members criticized the city's Planning Commission Thursday for blocking a developer's plan to build a Kinney Drug Store on the southwest corner of James Street and North Midler Avenue in the city's Eastwood section.

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