Sentences with phrase «city council members vote»

The draft lines will be enacted unless a majority of City Council members vote to send the Commission back to the drawing board.

ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay Watch, the conservation group based in Tierra Verde, will operate an outpost at the new Pier.In a unanimous vote, City Council members voted Thursday to give the nonprofit organization a five - year lease to offer marine edu...

Rochester City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to maintain sanctuary status, which has been in place since 1986.

Last week, while Pennsylvania lawmakers were taking measures to protect pets from harsh winter weather, Las Vegas city council members voted to repeal a ban on retail pet store puppy sales, 99 % of which come from puppy mills.

But, less than two months before the ban took effect, city council members voted again, this time to repeal the ban and continue to allow stores within the city to procure and sell animals from large - scale commercial breeders, better known as puppy and kitten mills.

After more than two hours of public comment — largely in favor of keeping the ban in place — city council members voted 4 to 3 in favor of repealing the ban.

Mayor Bill Bunten and eight city council members voted 9 - 0, with Councilman John Alcala being absent because of back problems, to pass a 39 - page ordinance amending rules regarding animal control and animal cruelty to enhance public safety, protect animals and save taxpayer dollars.

Not exact matches

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

Also at 12:30 p.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito holds a press conference prior to the Council's pre-stated meeting where members are expected to vote on a private school security bill, Red Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

The New York City Council voted to give its members hefty pay raises in February 2016 and simultaneously imposed a ban on certain forms of outside income, effectively making the job of City Council member a full - time position.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

Ognibene also criticized Crowley over the Council's approval of a new high school for Maspeth without concessions for neighborhood children and a curb cut for buses, suggesting she could have won the concessions from the city School Construction Authority if she had consulted more Council members behind the scenes before the vote.

It doesn't seem to have come up on the record in the heated race between incumbent Queens Republican Frank Padavan, who voted against the MTA rescue, and former City Council member Tony Avella.

In a release, the Medina campaign reached back to 1994, when Dilan as a member of the City Council voted for vacancy deregulation.

«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.

Council members said their vote protects the city's future as state aid projections grow increasingly uncertain.

Members of Community Board 1 voted to endorse the bill to limit tour buses when it was first introduced in 2015, and former board staffer Noah Pfefferblit testified at a City Council hearing in 2016, where he described the sightseeing buses as «significant contributors» to congestion on Lower Manhattan's already clogged streets.

At the same time, the $ 79,500 yearly salary impels many lawmakers to pursue some form of supplemental income; the New York City Council, for example, voted in February to raise its members» pay to $ 148,500.

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 ThursCity 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 Thurscity residents, Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the committee, told Gotham Gazette on Thursday.

The New York City Council may not get an actual vote on the controversial Trans - Pacific Partnership — but today members and other activists rallied for the passage of a resolution urging Congress to shoot down what they deemed a job - killing deal that would wreck the environment.

Members of Unite Here Local 11 in the Los Angeles City Council chambers on Tuesday before the Council voted to increase the city's minimum wage from City Council chambers on Tuesday before the Council voted to increase the city's minimum wage from city's minimum wage from $ 9.

But the 51 members of the City Council won't vote until the start of the legislative session in January — leaving enough time for movement to theoretically unfold and impact the race.

The New York City Central Labor Council will be mobilizing our strong base of union members to out get - out - the - vote every day through Election Day in the Fifteenth Congressional District to send our friend Charlie Rangel back to Washington.

As mayor - elect de Blasio jumped into the race for city council speaker, lobbying council members and pushing his preferred choice of Melissa Mark - Viverito to an anticipated victory well before the scheduled city council vote.

Two members of the Yonkers City Council, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a counciCouncil, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a councilcouncil vote.

If the bill is passed, Chin would have a lot of leverage to shape the projects, since — when it comes to rezonings — the City Council historically votes according to the wishes of the local council Council historically votes according to the wishes of the local council council member.

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.

Chief among them is the fact that while any zoning application ultimately needs the approval of the City Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council council member.

Cabrera, a member of the New York City Council, ran against Sen. Gustavo Rivera in 2014 and received 41 percent of the vote.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

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.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the ycity's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the yCity Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

At 10 a.m., NYC Council members Carlos Menchaca and Helen Rosenthal, advocates for worker cooperatives and workers express support for a City Council bill scheduled for a Thursday vote that would require reporting of city contracts and small business assistance awarded to worker cooperatives; steps, City Hall, ManhatCity Council bill scheduled for a Thursday vote that would require reporting of city contracts and small business assistance awarded to worker cooperatives; steps, City Hall, Manhatcity contracts and small business assistance awarded to worker cooperatives; steps, City Hall, ManhatCity Hall, Manhattan.

The Long Beach City Council passed a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags at stores in the city, with members voted 5 - 0 to impose the fee, which will take effect on April 22 — Earth Day — next yCity Council passed a 5 - cent fee on plastic bags at stores in the city, with members voted 5 - 0 to impose the fee, which will take effect on April 22 — Earth Day — next ycity, with members voted 5 - 0 to impose the fee, which will take effect on April 22 — Earth Day — next year.

At 10 a.m., NYC City Councilman I. Daneek Miller joins Council members, RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, UFCW Local 1500 and others to rally in anticipation of a vote on the Grocery Worker Retention Act, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

As the city's 51 other Council members one - by - one cast their vote for Mark - Viverito, those from Queens who had not originally pledged their support congratulated the new speaker.

For City Council Member Carlos Menchaca and his staff, the Participatory Budgeting Vote Week that just ended was the culmination of a year - long effort to encourage project proposals and votes from communities that are traditionally excluded from politics.

«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.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito will not allow a set of police reform bills to come to the Council floor for a vote, despite overwhelming support from her members, after the speaker and the NYPD reached an administrative compromise on the proposals.

On Wednesday, City Council Member Mark Treyger will introduce a bill to ensure that the Board of Elections, which administers voting in the city, joins these agencies in formulating its own disaster - preparedness procedures for conducting the poCity Council Member Mark Treyger will introduce a bill to ensure that the Board of Elections, which administers voting in the city, joins these agencies in formulating its own disaster - preparedness procedures for conducting the pocity, joins these agencies in formulating its own disaster - preparedness procedures for conducting the polls.

In early February, at about the same time the Council was voting through raises for all city elected officials, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito provided Council members with about $ 29,500 each in additional funding for their offices.

The Council's three Republican members voted against the bills, noting that the city has historically struggled with collecting civil fines.

Both the Bronx and Queens Borough Boards - made up of community board leaders, City Council members, and the borough president - have voted against them.

In the past, City Council member Margaret Chin has been important in Velazquez's get - out - the - vote efforts in Chinatown.

Unsatisfied with proposed 23 percent pay hike, City Council members are planning to overrule a mayor - appointed panel and vote themselves a whopping 32 percent raise next week, officials said late...

With only two weeks left for the City Council to vote on the proposed rezoning of East New York, all eyes are on City Council Member Rafael Espinal, who is leading negotiations with the de Blasio administration and whose approval of a revised plan will determine its fate.

The D.O.E.'s Panel for Educational Policy, a 13 - member body appointed by the mayor and the city's borough presidents, will vote on the plan at a March 18 meeting before it is submitted to the mayor and City Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budcity's borough presidents, will vote on the plan at a March 18 meeting before it is submitted to the mayor and City Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budCity Council for a vote in June as part of the overall budget.

At a community meeting last month in East New York, Assembly Member Charles Barron and City Council Member Inez Barron urged residents to vote against a proposal to rezone the neighborhood, according to DNAinfo.

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