Sentences with phrase «members of the community boards»

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He is a Board Member of Community Board 7, St. Andrew Avellino's Finance Committee, St. John's Preparatory School, Board Member & Treasurer of the Astoria Civic Association, and Past President of the Astoria / LIC Kiwanis Organization.

When I arrived at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center on DeKalb Avenue in Norwood, I saw Hasan Ali, a former member of Community Board 7, who was the coordinator of this polling site.

A high profile member of Community Board 3 has gone to work for City Councilmember Margaret Chin.

Members of Community Board 1 have been invited, as have operators of tour bus companies and owners of local businesses.

She was a member of Community Board 3, Democratic District Leader of the 74th Assembly District, and a member of the Tenants Association in her building.

He has also served as the president of the Flushing Chinese Business Association as well as an active member of Community Board 7 and the Flushing Business Improvement District.

Members of Community Board 1 voted to endorse the bill to limit tour buses when it was first introduced in 2015, and former board staffer Noah Pfefferblit testified at a City Council hearing in 2016, where he described the sightseeing buses as «significant contributors» to congestion on Lower Manhattan's already clogged streets.

On Wednesday afternoon, BRC executive director Muzzy Rosenblatt walked stakeholders including members of Community Board 4, representatives of elected officials and staff from the Fashion Institute of Technology through the 12 - story building.

As a community organizer and board member of Community Board 3, advocating for disability rights has always been a priority.

DiPietro, who has her own law practice, is a member of Community Board 5 and the Community Service Society and has served on judicial screening panels.

Members of Community Board 8 had cheered at a meeting earlier this month when they heard that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's preliminary budget had delayed funding for the facility.

KARA, alongw with Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and members of Community Board 7, is trying to negotiate an unprecedented (in NYC anyway) labor and benefits agreement with the Related Companies, which is planning to turn the Armory into a shopping mall.

I currently serve as a District Leader for the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club, Member of Community Board Six, Steering Committee Member of the League of Conservation Voters, and as a Board Member of the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association.

A member of Community Board 12, Hildalgo has a background in business and has worked in the Administrative and Budgeting Committee at the United Nations.

The deadline for applying to be a new or returning member of a community board is now Friday, February 7.

He is a current member of The Bedford Mosholu Community Association, Friends of Mosholu Parkland, Friends of Williamsbridge Oval, a former member of Community Board 7 and founder of Northwest Bronx Democrats

Members of Community Board 4, which has pushed for a new 110th Precinct station house for decades, said the renovations are necessary for public safety and the safety of the officers at the 110th Precinct.

Here are the nine new members of Community Board 3, which covers the Lower East Side, East Village and Chinatown:

A high profile member of Community Board 3 has taken a job with District 1 City Councilmember Margaret Chin.

Also at 10 a.m., Assemblymember Francisco Moya will stand with Rep. Joseph Crowley, Sen. Jose Peralta and members of Community Board 4 to call on the de Blasio administration to downzone the South Corona neighborhood, 42nd Avenue and 104th Street, outside of P.S. 16, Corona, Queens.

«We're just becoming a village now,» said Marilyn Brown, 38, of New Brighton and member of Community Board 1.

Silver has a background in public service, as an elected member and officer of the Community Education Council for School District 2 for six years, and she currently serves as a member of Community Board 6.

Dan Quart is a member of Community Board 8, an attorney, formerly with Legal Aid Society, and then in private practice — who is receptive to 504 Democratic Club's agenda, but may need some more experience before finding elective office.

Chirico is an attorney and member of Community Board 11.

Also mounting good campaigns are talented candidates with good ideas like Brian Kavanagh, former chief - of - staff for Council Member Gale Brewer, and aide to former Mayors Ed Koch & David Dinkins; Chris Papajohn who served on the American Civil Liberties Union's committee on disability law when they discovered that U.S. Post Offices are often not accessible to people with disabilities; Gur Tsabar, an aide to Speaker Gifford Miller, is articulate and well - informed on many issues, and authored an editorial in the April 14 Town & Village newspaper about unjust redlining of disabled New Yorkers due to budget concerns; Darren Bloch, a former Con Ed spokesperson who is a member of Community Board 6, is well - versed on housing and homelessness issues.

Lynn Schulman, a member of Community Board 6 and community activist, came in second with 1,593 votes, or 22.49 percent of the vote.

This Thurs., May 31st, local community groups and organizations, including Alianza Dominicana, Inwood Community Services, Asociacion Comunal de Dominicanos Progresistas (ACDP), Fresh Youth Initiatives (FYI), and members of Community Board 12 will gather for a rally to protest the budget cuts to child care services proposed in the Executive Budget.

While his advocacy for good government is well known throughout national politics, Steve is a local voice with strong community roots in Bayside where he is also a member of Community Board 11, the place he calls home.

«Considering the fact that the population down here is exploding, it makes obvious sense that there needs to be some organized political effort,» said Patrick Kennell, who is also a member of Community Board 1.

At the ceremony, Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver was joined by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Congressman Charles Rangel and members of Community Board 11 to mark completion of the project, which had been eagerly awaited by community members.

But members of Community Board 1's Youth and Education Committee have expressed skepticism that using teacher's cars as barricades is wise, and the group's vice chairman said any deterrent that includes a tank full of gasoline should be considered less than ideal.

Patrick Kennell, a member of Community Board 1 and cofounder of the Financial District Neighborhood Association, is now cofounding a new political club to organize Downtown Democrats.

He's a member of Community Board 8 and was once a member of Community Board 7.

Larry English, a member of Community Board 9 and its former chair, said he found the recent bill that Quinn sponsored with Dickens to increase business opportunities with the city for minority and women entrepreneurs, a move directly aimed at the city's minority neighborhoods.

Braunstein, 29, a former aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and member of Community Board 11, squared off against Tabone, 44, who has worked for the city and state governments and is president of the North East Queens Community Action Network, at the Mitchell - Linden Civic Association last Thursday.

Will they have people there will they come from Texas and New Jersey,» said Councilman Robert Jackson, who expressed concerns along with members of Community Board 9.

She previously worked for Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), the housing advocacy organization, and was a member of Community Board 3.

Congressman Charles Rangel, Assemblyman Denny Farrell Jr., Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Councilman Robert Jackson, members of Community Board 12, the Parks Department and the 34th Precinct Community Council are also expected to attend.

Gregory Mays, a member of Community Board 12, who founded the nonprofit A Better Jamaica, took 11.3 percent and Sondra Peeden, who is currently an aide to City Councilman Ruben Wills, received 4 percent of the vote.

Braunstein, a lifelong Bayside resident and member of Community Board 11, said his experience with Silver's office would not influence his decisions if he is elected and that he has made cleaning up Albany a central part of his platform.

In the next several months, members of Community Board 3 will be seeking assurances from the Lowline team and from the city that the underground space will, in fact, operate for the benefit of the local community.

This week's meeting was the first full board session for six new members of Community Board 3.

Tomorrow evening, the 50 members of Community Board 3 will be choosing a new chairperson and other executive officers.

Half of the members of community boards are up for renewal every year.

This evening, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave a big boost to the plan, endorsing CB3's guidelines: «I want to commend the leadership and members of the Community Board 3 Land Use, Zoning, Public and Private Housing Committee for their effort to achieve, at long last, a true consensus about the future of Seward Park.

The Borough President, currently Gale Brewer, appoints members of the community boards in consultation with local City Council members.

On Friday, several local leaders appeared alongside Silver, including David Garza, executive director of Henry Street Settlement; Michael Zisser, CEO of University Settlement; Don West, president of the 7th Precinct Community Council; and Karen Blatt, district leader and member of Community Board 3.

«I want to commend the leadership and members of the Community Board 3 Land Use, Zoning, Public and Private Housing Committee for their effort to achieve, at long last, a true consensus about the future of Seward Park.

She is also President of the Police Service Area 8 (NYCHA Developments) Community Council and is a member of Community Board No. 9.