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On Tuesday City Council members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa and state Sen. Adriano Espaillat sent a joint letter to the Parks and Transportation Departments asking them to find a way to add water service without jeopardizing the park.

As Gotham Gazette has reported, several of the speaker candidates have donated heavily from their campaign accounts to those of other City Council members and candidates, in apparent effort to win favor ahead of the speaker vote, which will occur in January.

Two City Council members who have been integrally involved in the city's rollout of Vision Zero, Jimmy Van Bramer and Ydanis Rodriguez, will introduce legislation to mandate DOT's Vision Zero View portal,

Cuomo denies he'd punish nonprofits for opposing him, though his aides did call City Council members and ask them not to attend a rally Thursday in support of the groups.

The eight City Council members, all Democrats, who are competing to lead the 51 - member legislative body as speaker for the next four years must convince numerous constituencies of their viability, including some combination of county party leaders, labor unions, the mayor, and other influential politicos.

City Council members criticized the New York Police Department for neglecting victims of sexual assault after a watchdog - agency found the department's Special Victims Division lacked resources and sufficient training.

Passage of the proposed ban is far from certain as the Daily News reports that while 13 City Council members support the ban, 11 oppose it, 25 are undecided and 2 did not disclose any position.

The ad campaign has already received a rebuke from the de Blasio administration and several City Council members

And City Council members are pushing legislation to criminalize chokeholds and to require that cops obtain consent for warrantless searches — proposals that could further complicate the mayor's efforts to reform the NYPD.

The NYPD denied collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at a rally for an immigrant activist detained by ICE last month, even as New York City Council members insisted the police department was working with federal immigration authorities that day.

City Council members Steven Matteo, Debi Rose and Joe Borelli wrote a letter to de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito asking them to increase the funding for the office in this year's budget.

Though the bill must ultimately be accepted at the state level, a group of city council members, including Manhattan representatives Melissa Mark - Viverito, Robert Jackson and Ydanis Rodriguez, is voicing its support for the legislation via a resolution that was proposed to the council on Wednesday, saying the current law unfairly affects people in their communities.

A variety of activist groups and City Council members gathered outside City Hall on Wednesday morning to call for attention to their respective causes.

CITY HALL — A group of angry city council members, parents and members of the Freedom Party gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday afternoon to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's appointment of businesswoman Cathie Black as the new schools chancellor.

Other city council members would not comment on the specifics of the case but said sexual harassment is something that the council has to take seriously.

But the new bill already has 19 City Council members signed on as co-sponsors.

A state judge blocked five City Council members from filing a supporting brief challenging New York's property tax system.

Speakers to include City Council Members Jumaane Williams and Mark Treyger; David Gmach, Con Edison's Director of NYC Public Affairs; among others.

Today, Democratic council candidate Diana Ayala received endorsements from Bronx City Council Members Rafael Salamanca, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio and Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito make their first lobbying trip to Albany on Monday, they'll be joined by more than a dozen City Council members, including some who previously opposed the new speaker, according to a list obtained from a Council source.

Council member Brad Lander of Brooklyn explains, «City council members get discretionary member item capital to allocate to projects in our district — school auditoriums, playground upgrades, lights at the subway.»

City Council members proposed a package of 10 bills on Mother's Day that would provide resources for moms and dads ranging from breastfeeding rooms to discounted child care.

She also made news by documenting city council members» fear of Speaker Christine Quinn's wrath back in February and for fun stories like the «abysmal» evaluation of the mayoral candidates» logo designs.

The Queens Borough Board is chaired by the Queens Borough President, and is comprised of the Queens City Council Members and Chairs of the Community Boards.

Airbnb paid the lobbying firm $ 150K in 2015 to lobby the Brooklyn borough president and City Council members, and the company also made a $ 32,000 contribution to Adams» nonprofit, the One Brooklyn Fund.

The list includes City Council members, state senators, Assembly members and a comptroller.

INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.

The Board is comprised Borough President Katz, the City Council members representing Queens and -LSB-...]

He knows the difference it makes to unite action at the local, state and federal levels, and why it is important to build strength among City Council members and other local elected officials.»

The mayoral hopeful and other City Council members announced legislation that would cut fines issued to restaurant owners under the Health Department's restaurant grading system by about 15 percent, reducing the revenue the city receives in the name of protecting small businesses.

Officials have taken steps to reform the process around deed modifications, including running new proposals by the borough presidents, City Council members and community boards of the affected buildings.

City Council members are pushing for a law to regulate crisis pregnancy centers in light of critical report.

In what could set off a major City Hall battle, two City Council members from the Bronx plan to propose a bill on Tuesday that would guarantee wages of at least $ 10 an hour, nearly $ 3 above the minimum wage, to all workers at development projects receiving public subsidies.

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.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

«We fought plastic bags, and for now, plastic bags won,» City Council members Brad Lander and Margaret Chin said in a joint statement, adding that plastic bags are slow to biodegrade and are stubborn pollutants.

Surrounded by a phalanx of supportive fellow City Council members and activists from the Real Affordability for All coalition outside City Hall today, Council Member Costa Constantinides called for more affordable units in the proposed 8.7 - acre, 1,723 - unit Astoria Cove rezoning that reached the Council last week following its approval by the City Planning Commission.

Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.

Mulgrew laid out a strategy to ramp up the union's activism to engage City Council members in every borough and district, because, he said, the Council has the responsibility of approving or rejecting the mayor's budget.

Mr. de Blasio, appearing with Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and a wide range of City Council members, enthusiastically endorsed Ms. Hochul, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's candidate for lieutenant governor, straining to show voters and the press that Ms. Hochul belongs to the same brand of progressivism that is now ascendant in the city.

Also in attendance Tuesday were Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and City Council Members Brad Lander, Antonio Reynoso, and Ben Kallos, all Democrats.

In the meantime, NYCLASS is aggressively lobbying city council members; they recently deployed hip hop mogul Russell Simmons to pressure the mayor.

City Council members introduced such a bill today at a press conference that featured some of them blasting what they deemed a «back - room deal» between City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and the NYPD over the Right to Know Act, with one advocate even asking for her to step down.

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CITY HALL - City Council members praised some aspects of Mayor Bill de Blasio's budget, but they're still looking for more - including funding for 1,000 new cops.

The commissioner of New York City's Correction Department, Joseph Ponte, center, leaving City Hall after testifying before City Council members on Monday.

THE BRONX — A decision by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to allow the NYPD to implement changes to how police interact with the public — instead of passing legislation to mandate it — is wrong and will be challenged, City Council members and police reform advocates say.

City Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty addresses City Council members at a contentious hearing Monday afternoon in Manhattan on the city's mishandling of the response to last month's blizzard.

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

Riders Alliance spokesman Danny Pearlstein said the plan is «enormously popular» and has broad support from City Council members and other elected officials.