Sentences with phrase «island city councilmen»

Staten Island City Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo took a trip to New Orleans in late January to try to learn from the city's recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina, and said they were shocked to learn about some of the problems homeowners faced as they tried to raise their homes on pillars to prevent damage from future floods.

-- Staten Island City Councilman Joe Borelli is being seriously considered as GOP gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro's running mate

«As Coney Island City Councilman, he voted with his liberal buddy Bill de Blasio over 90 percent of the time, and raised your property taxes 18.5 percent — the highest in New York City's history.»

As Coney Island City Councilman, he voted with his liberal buddy Bill de Blasio over 90 % of the time, and raised your property taxes 18.5 % — the highest in New York City's history.

«I think there's a unique sincerity when I stand up before all of you and tip my hat to the administration,» Staten Island City Councilman James Oddo, the minority leader, told reporters at a press conference Monday.

Not exact matches

At noon, NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and other elected officials and advocates announce the reintroduction of two bills related to Hart Island, City Hall Park, Manhattan.

At 10 a.m., NYC Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mitchell Silver, Assemblyman Ron Castorina Jr. and New York City Councilman Joseph Borelli break ground on the reconstruction of the historic pavilion at Conference House Park, Hylan Boulevard and Satterlee Street, Staten Island.

At 7 p.m., de Blasio will appear on a special edition of NY1's «Inside City Hall» — a town hall on Trump's impact on New York, featuring CUNY students, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and Staten Island Councilman Joseph Borelli.

Councilman Joseph Borelli of Staten Island, a Trump surrogate in New York City, separately told POLITICO New York that Trump «would be well served by Ray Kelly, as would he by some of the other names mentioned.»

Also at 1 p.m., NYC Councilmen Mark Treyger and Alan Maisel, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, state Sens. Diane J. Savino and Roxanne Persaud, Assemblywoman Pamela Harris and others hold a press conference to call on New York City to include Brooklyn neighborhoods Coney Island and Canarsie in the new ferry system, City Hall, Manhattan.

De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

The Staten Island district attorney defeated his Democratic opponent, New York City Councilman Vincent Gentile, 58 percent to 41 percent, with 72 percent of precincts reporting, according to The Associated Press.

«I'm floored,» said Vincent M. Ignizio, a Republican city councilman and former state assemblyman from Staten Island.

The citywide task force — to be chaired by city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset, Borough President James Oddo, along with Councilmen Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island), Joseph Borelli (R - South Shore), Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore), Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island), Senator Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island) and Congressman Daniel Donovan (R - Brooklyn / Staten Island)-- will develop a community and public engagement campaign to increase utilization of new life - saving resources and to recruit health and medical professionals to distribute the new prescription drug resources.

-LSB-...] Koch Bridge rename no hit with ValloneQueens CampaignerPhoto by Christina Santucci City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is... -LSB-...]

SOUTH BEACH — The Staten Island Democratic Party picked Brooklyn City Councilman Vincent Gentile to run for the congressional seat left vacant by former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm.

«There are still a few fun things a family can do for free in New York City — and the Staten Island summer concert series is one of them,» City Councilman Vincent Ignizio said in a statement.

W.F.P. WOES CONTINUE — Rachel Goodman, City Councilman Brad Lander's chief of staff, has been indicted by a Staten Island grand jury as part of an ongoing investigation by special prosecutor Roger Adler into the 2009 campaign of Councilwoman Deborah Rose of Staten Island.

Faith in New York will host the event in District 13, the seat currently held by term - limited Bronx Councilman James Vacca that includes the neighborhoods of City Island, Throggs Neck, Morris Park, Pelham Bay and Ferry Point.

The City Council is expected to approve the demolition of «Five Pointz,» a street - art mecca in Long Island City, and Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer conceded «there was not a way to save the building.»

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D - Manhattan) reintroduced two bills Wednesday that would transfer control of the island to the Parks Department and establish more frequent city ferry service there.

«I think I speak for all New Yorkers when I give the world's biggest eye roll after hearing this news,» said City Councilman Joe Borelli, a Staten Island Republican.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Simmering Republican Party tensions over the Mid-Island City Council primary and last year's South Shore Assembly race have burst into the open, with City Councilman James Oddo saying he and borough GOP chair Robert Scamardella haven't spoken since August.

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) hosted a town hall meeting with representatives of the MTA last week about extensive renovation to the No. 7 line that will mean some Long Island City stops will be out of order for 11 straight weekends.

Some of his colleagues — including City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), in whose district the event took place — didn't even attend the announcement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday backed the re-election of New York City Councilman Ben Kallos, who represents the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island.

At 7:30 p.m., New York City Councilmen Steven Matteo and Joe Borelli and Staten Island Republicans meet to nominate Ron Castorina for Assembly District 62, The Grand Plaza, 23 Nelson Ave., Staten Island.

Brooklyn Councilman Mark Treyger is pressing the city to landmark Coney Island's iconic boardwalk in an effort to stop parts of it from being converted into concrete and fake wood.

Also at 1 p.m., Rep. Dan Donovan, state Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and New York City Councilman Joseph Borelli host a press conference to push for federal resources to combat the opioid abuse epidemic in Staten Island and South Brooklyn, Camelot of Staten Island, 460 Brielle Ave., Building H, Staten Island.

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The mayor and Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepúlveda have called Schulkin's claims baseless and demanded he resign, while Staten Island Councilman Joseph Borelli — co-chairman of Trump's New York campaign — called on the City Council's Government Operations Committee to investigate the allegations in its upcoming hearing on Wednesday morning.

«I'm pleased to see that the MTA is moving forward with painting and repairing 7 train line infrastructure,» said New York City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City, Astoria, Dutch Kills).

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

A formal announcement is being made by EDC president Kyle Kimball and City Councilman James Oddo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn) Friday morning on the grounds along Brielle Avenue.

Appearing at the Eltingville station of the Staten Island Railway, City Councilmen James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio, along with Mid-Island Council candidate Steven Matteo, on Thursday announced a three - prong strategy to beautify communities across the borough.

City Councilman James Oddo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island), who organized the meeting, are credited with keeping things calm.

City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is too significant to be changed.

When New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm first visited Rikers Island three years ago, he entered a cell to get a sense of what it was like to be detained there.

The petition currently has just over 50 signatures, but the goal is to gather 5,000 and then to send them to local elected officials including Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.

According to the Staten Island Advance, Giuliani this month endorsed Republican Joan Illuzzi, a career prosecutor, while calling her Democratic opponent, former congressman and New York City councilman Michael McMahon — who has some criminal defense experience — unqualified.

Protest rallies by supporters of Long Island College Hospital have been continuing on an almost daily basis, and at one of them, Assemblywoman Joan Millman folowed Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin's earlier lead when she was arrested for civil disobedience.

A Brooklyn City Councilman, Mark Treyger, is looking to make it illegal for police officers to have sex with people in their custody in the wake of an investigation into two Coney Island detectives accused of raping a teenager.

After City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called for an overhaul of the city's criminal justice system in her state of the city speech Feb. 11 and announced the formation of the Lippman commission, Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island's South Shore, wrote a letter to the speaker telling her that he doesn't want a jail in his distrCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito called for an overhaul of the city's criminal justice system in her state of the city speech Feb. 11 and announced the formation of the Lippman commission, Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island's South Shore, wrote a letter to the speaker telling her that he doesn't want a jail in his distrcity's criminal justice system in her state of the city speech Feb. 11 and announced the formation of the Lippman commission, Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island's South Shore, wrote a letter to the speaker telling her that he doesn't want a jail in his distrcity speech Feb. 11 and announced the formation of the Lippman commission, Councilman Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island's South Shore, wrote a letter to the speaker telling her that he doesn't want a jail in his district.

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The City Council's four Republicans — Staten Island Councilmen James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio and Queens Councilmen Dan Halloran and Eric Ulrich — were gathered to formally endorse Mr. Lhota, a former deputy mayor in the Giuliani Administration, for mayor.

Several elected officials — among them City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (R - Mid - Island / Brooklyn), who asked Bratton about the police headcount on Staten Island at a recent Council hearing — have said they'd like to see more officers on the streets.

Former City Councilman Charles Barron, who used to represent the neighborhood, faulted the rookie officer for the shooting and said it echoed fatal police shootings on Staten Island and in Ferguson, Mo..

City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) presented proclamations to four dedicated residents of Long Island City and Astoria last week in recognition of Asian - American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

The election for the 11th Congressional District seat isn't for another 12 months, but the campaign between Rep. Michael Grimm (R - Staten Island / Brooklyn) and Democrat Domenic M. Recchia Jr., a Brooklyn city councilman, is already in full, sometimes heated swing.

The councilman announced his plans to increase traffic safety, remove trash, lessen pollution and fight against plans to close traditional high schools like Long Island City HS.