Sentences with phrase «council votes necessary»

NYCLASS is plotting an extensive lobbying effort, sources say, to eventually cull together the City Council votes necessary to outlaw the carriages.

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In March, the U.N. Security Council voted to permit «all means necessary» to establish a no - fly zone and impose a cease - fire.

The developer then appealed the decision to the Common Council, but the council failed by two votes to get the 14 necessary to overturn the commission's deCouncil, but the council failed by two votes to get the 14 necessary to overturn the commission's decouncil failed by two votes to get the 14 necessary to overturn the commission's decision.

Labor union leaders on Tuesday said they felt confident an appeal would garner the necessary votes, given that the Common Council voted to keep tax incremental financing for the project in the city's 2010 budget.

But council Majority Leader Tom Hoffay said that he was confident of the six votes necessary to override a veto.

This morning [Monday], the nine - member New York Metropolitan Transportation Council called a «special» meeting at its Manhattan headquarters to vote on the Cuomo administration's plan to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge - a necessary step for the project to replace the aging span to move forward.

Also, will the WEA get the 50,000 votes necessary to become an official party for the next four years — potentially providing its chief champion, former NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, with a comeback vehicle after losing the NYC mayor's race to Bill de Blasio?

Quinn said she believed the council had the votes to pass the plan and override a mayoral veto, if necessary.

A sharply divided Kingston Common Council voted five to four in favor of the Alms House project on Flatbush Avenue, but a supermajority of seven votes was necessary to change the zoning from single - family to multiple - residency housing.

Other Hispanic leaders such as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez are encouraging their community to vote on the WFP line — part of an apparent effort to ensure the party receives the 50,000 votes necessary to retain a place on the ballot.

According to the office of the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, the legislation had the votes necessary to pass.

Even if the amendments gain city approval, Brink said the Edgewater and every other development project will still have to work through city committees and the Common Council and get all the necessary votes.

But a second attempt to vote on Praschak's nomination also failed when most Democratic Council Members from other boroughs did not show up, meaning the conference could not get a necessary quorum.

Croatia will get 7 votes according to the Nice system in the Council and now 260 votes in favour necessary for a decision to be adopted under QMV (used to be 255).

The UN Security Council acting pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter may by majority vote — so long as none of the permanent members exercise a veto — authorise the use of measures falling short of the use of force (Art 41), and if the Security Council considers Art 41 measures are, or would be inadequate, it may authorise «measures» (which include the use of force) «as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security» (Art 42).

- The general court shall have the power to act in relation to cities and towns, but only by general laws which apply alike to all cities or to all towns, or to all cities and towns, or to a class of not fewer than two, and by special laws enacted (1) on petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council, or other legislative body, of a city, or the town meeting of a town, with respect to a law relating to that city or town; (2) by a two - thirds vote of each branch of the general court following a recommendation by the governor; (3) to erect and constitute metropolitan or regional entities, embracing any two or more cities or towns or cities and towns, or established with other than existing city or town boundaries, for any general or special public purpose or purposes, and to grant to these entities such powers, privileges and immunities as the general court shall deem necessary or expedient for the regulation and government thereof; or (4) solely for the incorporation or dissolution of cities or towns as corporate entities, alteration of city or town boundaries, and merger or consolidation of cities and towns, or any of these matters.