After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City
Council came to a compromise.
After months of squabbling over how to pay for immigration - related legal services for undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes and facing deportation, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office and the City
Council came to a compromise on Monday.
Not exact matches
The move
comes after Mark - Viverito reached a
compromise with the NYPD
to incorporate some of the proposals into their patrol guide instead of passing the «Right
to Know Act,» which is widely supported by the City
Council.
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.
Quinn's engagement in the negotiations that led
to the
compromise came as a dozen or so
Council members had pledged
to support a motion
to discharge on Brewer's legislation, a parliamentary move aimed at sidestepping Quinn's opposition
to allowing a vote.
Ms. Quinn long kept the original version of paid sick legislation from
coming to the floor for a vote, and eventually voted in favor of a
compromise bill the current City
Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio promptly expanded on taking office.