Sentences with phrase «council voted against it»

[11] In 2014, the council voted against an 895 - acre project that would have extended development on agricultural lands east towards the Conejo Grade.

The Syracuse Common Council voted against requiring interior inspections of rental properties, either by consent or warrant, every two years.

The New York City Council voted against the proposed Kingsbridge Armory development today, a $ 310 million project that would have refurbished the unoccupied building...

Only six members of the council voted against the measure, including Democrats Dan Garodnick, David Greenfield, Paul Vallone, and the Republican members Vincent Ignizio, Steven Matteo, Eric Ulrich.

The New York City Council voted against the proposed Kingsbridge Armory development today, a $ 310 million project that would have refurbished the unoccupied building for use as a retail hub in the Bronx.

Miner awarded an airport taxi contract to Suburban Transportation, of DeWitt, ignoring an 8 - 1 council vote against it.

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The rest of the 15 - nation council, including Russia, voted unanimously against Israel.

The Irwindale City Council voted Wednesday night to drop a public nuisance declaration and lawsuit against Huy Fong Foods, makers of Sriracha hot sauce.

The minutes of the meeting say a «fulsome discussion ensued,» with three council members voting for the postponement and 14 voting against.

«That this House expresses profound concern that, despite voting 279 in favour and none against the motion calling on the Government to refer genocidal atrocities of Daesh to the United Nations Security Council on 14 April 2016, still, no such referral has been made; recalls the words of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in an article in the Telegraph on 27 March 2016, Daesh are engaged in what can only be called genocide of the poor Yazidis, though for some baffling reason the Foreign Office still hesitates to use the term genocide; and calls on the Government to ensure that the unanimous will of Parliament is implemented with urgency.»

When it was final decided to include Mary in Lumen Gentium it was the closest vote of the entire Council (1,114 in favour, 1074 against).

The Sun Herald reported on December 20 that the Australian Beverages Council had threatened to run attack advertising against the Baird Government during the March election if cabinet voted in favour of a container deposit policy.

The developer withdrew the Northwest Crossing project this week when it appeared the City Council was going to vote against the project.

Three council members voted against the contract.

Council member Marilyn Schnell voted against the permit, citing traffic safety concerns for surrounding neighbors.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

[19] In April 2007, Lewisham Council voted 28 — 24 against a motion calling for consultation over the issue.

The vote came at the end of a special meeting in the Common Council chambers that attracted hundreds of parents, community leaders and activists, all urging the board to take action against Paladino for the remarks that gained international attention.

Only yesterday, the Christian Council of Ghana capped months of protestations against the practice of homosexuality with a strongly worded message against the practice and courting Ghanaians not to vote for any politician who believes in the rights of homosexuals.

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.

China and Russia were joined by Cuba in voting against a strong resolution criticising Syria at the UN's human rights council in Geneva - but as their votes did not have a veto power the resolution was passed.

But dozens of Council members voted against it at the borough level, and even those who declined to participate will be under pressure from activists to vote against it — or will look to leverage their support for concessions from the mayor on the plan or on issues specific to their districts.

Gioia was the only Council member to vote against the budget, calling the discretionary funding system «broken.»

The bill's fate will rest in large measure with the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, who voted against the Armory project last year but whose office declined to comment on the wage bill.

However, the approval of the subcommittee is considered to be a last step for the project, as the full Council almost never votes against its subcommittees, Crain's reported.

But there are three candidates for the common council who have also pledged to vote against anything that would support the proposed Mohawk Valley Health System hospital in that location, such as bonding for the facility's parking garage that Utica and Oneida County are planning to finance.

We also are stepping up with respect to how we are using codes court and bringing in a paralegal which was supported by the council, however I believe Councilman Commisso voted against the budget, but a position that was supported in the codes department so that we have stronger codes cases and get the property owners into court and accountable.»

INWOOD — A City Council committee in charge of rezoning unanimously voted against the Sherman Plaza project Tuesday morning, a day after Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez announced he could not support the project due to community opposition.

It comes after the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, voted for further sanctions against Pyongyang.

Although the failure to reach a living wage agreement with the developer had been a key issue in the weeks of debate leading up to the City Council vote, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn cited traffic issues as integral to the decision to vote against the project.

A City Council hopeful who came within a couple hundred votes of scoring an upset against Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin is gunning for a rematch after unexpectedly winning the Independence Party line.

The Milwaukee Common Council's Judiciary and Legislative Committee voted unanimously Monday to settle a lawsuit against three engineering and design firms that worked on the City Hall facade.

In March, Will voted against allocating $ 42,000 for the C.T. Male study when the issue came before the council's Finance Committee.

«The majority of the community decided to vote against our Council person,» he said.

Sections 69 and 110 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) empowers INEC to conduct Recall proceedings against a member of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly, or the Area Council of the FCT, upon the receipt of a valid petition alleging a loss of confidence in the member, by more than 50 % of voters registered to vote in that member's constituency.

Last month Will voted against allocating $ 42,000 for the C.T. Male study when the issue came before the council's Finance Committee.

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

In the end, Meng won an absolute majority of the vote against Lancman and Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, and a week after the November election the outgoing Assemblyman announced his intention to run for the 24th Council District, held for three terms by the term limited James Gennaro.

«All of these nations that take our money and then they vote against us at the Security Council or they vote against us, potentially, at the Assembly, they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us.»

He said members of the National Council meeting that voted to suspend him, were his avowed opponents who worked against his candidature ahead of the party's congress to elect national officers.

In a letter sent to the NYC Council yesterday, Bloomberg attorney Michael Best implored council members to vote against a bill that would expand the definition of «biased - based profiling.Council yesterday, Bloomberg attorney Michael Best implored council members to vote against a bill that would expand the definition of «biased - based profiling.council members to vote against a bill that would expand the definition of «biased - based profiling.»

Staten Island's two Republican Council members, Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (Mid - Island / Brooklyn), were among those voting against the legislation in the Council — where many members expressed concerns about how the bill might affect small businesses but voted for it anyway.

As a further disincentive against proposing large rises, councils themselves will have to foot the bill for running a referendum, though the vote could be held in tandem with other local elections.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has reportedly backed out of a fund - raiser for Congressman Michael McMahon after he voted against the health care reform bill last week.

Community Education Council 9 voted against the proposal to shutter J.H.S. 145, representatives said, and elected officials such as Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. wrote a letter urging the DOE to keep the school open.

Austin Shafran, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has conceded his City Council race against Paul Vallone, after falling behind by more than 190 votes.

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.

Speaking at separate events over a two - day span, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito acknowledged significant community pushback against the mayor's rezoning proposals and said that those plans will be tweaked before the Council votes on them.

The overwhelmingly Democratic Council voted in favor of each bill in the act by an overwhelming margin, with the measure on public urination scraping closest: 39 in favor, 10 against.