She also went to
a local City Council member, Rafael L. Espinal Jr., who recognized that her plight captured the collective anger of many shelter residents.
He also pointed to new city laws, sponsored by
local City Council member Margaret Chin, meant to prevent future Rivington House - like fiascos.
«We're fighting in order to renew and strengthen rent - stabilization laws,» said
local City Council member Robert Jackson.
Local City Council member Carlina Rivera...
Board Members are appointed by their respective Borough President, half of them at the recommendation of
their local City Council Member.
«Many years ago, we had the manufacturers — the GMs, the Fords, the Bethlehem Steels --[providing] good - paying jobs,» says Rasheed Wyatt,
a local city council member.
Cop haters will soon be able to make complaints against the NYPD from the comfort of
their local City Council members» district offices.
Community board members are selected by the borough president, and half of them are nominated by
local City Council members.
Local city Council members help select half of the community board's members.
UFT members began working closely with
their local City Council members as the arena for the budget battle shifted to the negotiations between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council on a final budget, which is due by June 30.
The Borough President, currently Gale Brewer, appoints members of the community boards in consultation with
local City Council members.
The final deal reached between the de Blasio administration and
local City Council Members Vanessa Gibson and Fernando Cabrera is projected to bring 4,600 new homes to the 95 - block rezoned area, according to the mayor's office, and includes two new schools, about $ 56 million in parks investments, and other community benefits.
Not exact matches
Within days, a dozen
city council members sent a similar letter, while the county board of supervisors unanimously passed a resolution calling for
local ownership.
The debate got louder Thursday when
members of Iron Workers
Local 86 showed up at a rally in front of Amazon headquarters called by a socialist
city council member.
Big Foam,
local environmentalists and NYC
Council members are battling over whether the
city should recycle styrofoam products or ban them entirely.
Local elected officials - Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo — Chris Collins, Erie County Executive — Patrick Curley, NY State Power Authority — Mayor Paul Dyster, Niagara Falls — David Franczyk, Buffalo Common
Council Member — Jean Kessner, Syracuse
City Council Member - Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes — State Senator William Stachowski — State Senator Antoine Thompson
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City Council Member, conservative, Dan halloran, Democrats, Dr. Alveda King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Elio Forcina, Expectant Mother Care, Fernando Cabrera, Joe Crowley, John Liu, Kellie Conlin,
local law 17, mayor, Naral, Pendulum Network, Pew, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy centers, Primary, pro-choice, pro-life, Republican, Scott Stringer, Speaker Quinn, Steven Stites, Tony Avella, William Ferarro
Later today, a group of
City Council members intend to introduce two separate bills that would create a residential parking program, giving preference to
local residents over outside commuters.
Endorsements for the vigil included:
City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, seven
local members of Congress, and 17
members of the
City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.
The idea of community was a theme that ran strong through all of the speakers, which included several Rochester
City Council members,
local activists and Mayor Lovely Warren.
«I believe that
City Council candidates need to be vocal and be
local,» he said at the candidate forum, adding that an effective
City Council member is active and «walks the walk every single day.»
At
City Hall, in Lower Manhattan, stunned
members of the New York
City Council walked into the press room to watch the news unfold on
local television.
The slush fund scandal indicates to Mr. Lander that «we don't have a vital
local democracy,» and sees the scandal as a function of a system whereby the
City Council focuses a great deal of energy and attention to the 1 % of the
City budget that is allocated to
Member items.
Cuomo was joined by
local elected officials, including Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Charles B. Rangel and his successor State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assembly Keith Wright,
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and
Council Member Dan Garodnick.
About 40
members of AFSCME
Local 1961 heard from challengers Frank Commisso Jr., the 15th Ward Common
Council member, and Carolyn McLaughlin, council president, on issues including the union's frustration over a lack of a new contract with the city for nearly four
Council member, and Carolyn McLaughlin,
council president, on issues including the union's frustration over a lack of a new contract with the city for nearly four
council president, on issues including the union's frustration over a lack of a new contract with the
city for nearly four years.
He noted the opposition of the E.P.A.,
local elected leaders, environmental groups and
members of the New York
City Council as a reason to consider the proposal more fully.
Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several
City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other
local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.
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.
She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose
local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen
City Council members.
He knows the difference it makes to unite action at the
local, state and federal levels, and why it is important to build strength among
City Council members and other
local elected officials.»
«As a New York
City Council Member, Domenic Recchia had distinguished himself as a vocal and aggressive advocate for working families,» said UFCW
Local 1500 President Bruce W. Both.
City Council member Diana Reyna, joined by a
local community group, claimed in a press conference at
City Hall today that two new residential...
INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of
local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with
City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable hous
City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone
city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable hous
city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.
According to the Building and Construction Trades
Council of Greater New York (BCTC), an organization consisting of
local affiliates of 15 national and international unions representing 100,000
members in New York
City, project labor agreements (PLAs) with these terms for four projects valued at $ 345 million are in the process of being executed by unions in the industry.
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 following month, Phipps Houses, one of the
city's premiere affordable housing developers, withdrew its rezoning application to build a 209 - unit apartment building in Sunnyside, Queens, retreating after it became clear that
local Council member Jimmy Van Bramer could not be convinced to support the project.
For example, the
City Council broke from its tradition of deferring to the local council member on land use matters in 2009, when it approved a rezoning for Two Trees Management in Dumbo against the wishes of David Yassky, the Council member at th
Council broke from its tradition of deferring to the
local council member on land use matters in 2009, when it approved a rezoning for Two Trees Management in Dumbo against the wishes of David Yassky, the Council member at th
council member on land use matters in 2009, when it approved a rezoning for Two Trees Management in Dumbo against the wishes of David Yassky, the
Council member at th
Council member at the time.
The Transport Workers Union
Local 100, announced their endorsement of Assembly
Member Robert J. Rodriguez in his campaign for
City Council in District 8.
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.
But the
city took the opposite position, arguing that MIH applies only when new residential density is created rather than merely moved — an interpretation that
local Council member Corey Johnson accepted in late September, clearing the path for the project to move forward.
The race pit Democrat Mayer, a state Assembly
member, against Republican Julie Killian, a
member of a
local city council who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2016 against the Democratic incumbent.
Early Endorsements include: Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire Senate majority leader (reported by Seven Days on May 26, 2015) Emily Hague, at - large Keene
City Council member (announced June 6, 2015) Dudley Dudley, longtime Democratic activist; Executive Councilor in the 1970s (reported July 3, 2015) New Hampshire Postal Workers Union (announced Sept. 19, 2015) IBEW
Local 490 in Concord SEIU
Local 560 in Hanover (both announced Oct. 31, 2015)
«I as a
City Council member got arrested to try to stop the [former Mayor Michael] Bloomberg administration from closing one of our
local firehouses,» he said.
«When we learned about struggling upstate power generators at a time when downstate was starving for electricity, we were astonished to find that NY was considering a 350 mile extension cord from Quebec to NY
City that denies any NYS power generator an opportunity to compete,» said Ted Skerpon, President of IBEW
Local 97 and Chair of the 15,000
member NYS IBEW Utility Labor
Council.
«
Council Member Ben Kallos is my partner in
local government who I can count on when we need to cut through bureaucracy and politics to do the right thing for New York
City,» Cuomo said.
4.10 pm Communities and
Local Government Subject: Private rented sector Witness (es): Cllr Simon Blackburn, Leader, Blackpool Borough
Council, Tom Gilchrist, Service Manager, Private Housing Sector, Bristol
City Council and Cllr Jonathan Glanz, Cabinet
Member for Housing and Property, Westminster
City Council Location: The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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.
We reached out to the remaining
members of The Mount Vernon
City Council,
Council President Roberta Apuzzo (D), Acting President Pro Tem, Marcus A. Griffith (D), and Deborah Reynolds (D) as well as The Commissioner of the Westchester Board of Election and Westchester Democratic Chairman, Reggie Lafayette (who I believe is also Mt. Vernon Democratic Chairman as well - sound like a conflict of interest to me, but I digress) and other
local elected officials who have yet to respond to our request for a comment.
«Nearly every day I've been hearing
local residents who just aren't sure how the Muni - Meters work,» said
City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district covers Inwood and Washington Heights.
Members of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices were joined by city council members and representatives from a local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16
Members of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices were joined by
city council members and representatives from a local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16
members and representatives from a
local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16 ounces.