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May 2 (Reuters)- Amazon.com Inc said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle and might sub-lease rather than occupy another future tower downtown, pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

May 2 - Amazon.com Inc said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle and might sub-lease rather than occupy another future tower downtown, pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

«Pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown...

«I can confirm that pending the outcome of the head - tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown Seattle and is evaluating options to sublease all space in our recently leased Rainier Square building,» Amazon VP Drew Herdener told the Seattle Times.

Amazon has suspended part of its expansion plans in Seattle, pending the outcome of a City Council vote on a new tax on large employers that would fund programs aimed at providing affordable housing and helping the homeless.

Amazon.com said it has halted planning for a new office building in Seattle pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.

In May, Seattle's City Council plans to vote on a tax — dubbed the «Amazon Tax» by locals — on the city's largest employers.

Several major evangelical figures, including Jerry Falwell Jr., and Franklin Graham, both of whom serve on Donald Trump's unofficial evangelical advisory council, have spoken in support of Moore, and, according to the latest Fox News poll, 65 percent of white evangelicals in Alabama still plan to vote for him.

Spokesperson Drew Herdener said Amazon has halted all construction planning «pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council.»

A spokesperson said Amazon may also cancel plans to move into another tower being built in downtown Seattle until the city's council votes on plans to introduce a tax on large employers.

«Pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown Seattle and is evaluating options to sub-lease all space in our recently leased Rainier Square building,» said Amazon vice president Drew Herdener.

Flynn: In December 2016, during the transition, Flynn spoke to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about sanctions that President Barack Obama had just placed on Russia, and about a planned United Nations Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements.

Late Wednesday morning, Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokesman, said that «pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning» on a large building in downtown Seattle that was scheduled to begin construction later this year.

The council's planning committee voted unanimously in favour of proposals to increase the Selhurst Park capacity to 34,000 from 26,000, and for the development of a five - story structure to replace the present main stand.

Councilman Alan Bolds opposed the plan because he wanted the city to delay the vote until the council votes on amending its comprehensive plan regarding that area.

Last September, the City Council voted to allocate $ 8 million to build the complex, with plans to open it in 2002.

The letter came the same day as the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council unanimously voted to back the replacement project after county executives Rob Astorino of Westchester and Rockland's Scott Vanderhoef decided to back the plan after reservations over not having enough information.

This week the City Council voted to embrace Mayor de Blasio's plan which is not the more generous bill the unions had favored.

The City Council unanimously voted Friday to ban sales of guns and ammunition at the Saratoga Springs City Center, though a show scheduled to take place in May will go on as planned.

United for Affordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

Mayor Erin Stewart's plan to refinance more than $ 100 million in city debt hit a wall of silent opposition Wednesday night when the council's Democratic majority boycotted a vote that she had called «very, very important.»

The bill in the City Council, which could come up for a vote as early as Thursday, would only allow Uber and similar cab - apps like Lyft to bring 201 new cars onto the road in the next year — a steep drop - off from Uber's planned addition of 10,000 new vehicles.

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

As NY1's Michael Scotto reports, it's likely the plans will be overhauled before the City Council votes on them.

During a visit to a senior center in Park Slope on Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the Council would vote on the two plans some time this month.

A scheduled City Council vote on the controversial Sherman Plaza rezoning plan in Inwood has been...

«To create an overall plan that you're going to be able to get consensus on is not impossible, but it's a real slog and what I think is happening now with the Council is we are taking the temperature of members on the most important changes that need to happen to get broad support when this comes up for a vote.»

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.

But community boards across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan have voted to reject much or all of the plan — as have the borough boards consisting of the community board chairs, local Council members and the borough presidents.

Next comes the full Council vote, which is slated for Oct. 30 and will be the final word on whether the plan can move forward.

Among the Council members who endorsed the plan was Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the neighborhood, although she had remained quiet on the issue until the subcommittee vote.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the district and whose vote is crucial for the plan, has remained mum on her position regarding the proposal, as previously reported.

It will be reviewed by Community Board 2, which is expected to sign off on the plan, in October and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer before the City Council votes on it.

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.

X-Files star Gillian Anderson and pop singer Pink have finally announced a collaboration — convincing the Council to vote in support of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to corral the city's horse carriages inside Central Park, in a campaign set to launch tomorrow.

Molinaro's recommendations can be adopted either by the City Planning Commission when they consider the ULURP application in the coming weeks, or by the City Council, when they have the final say on the ULURP at a vote expected to happen in November.

Sources close to Assemblyman Frank Seddio says he maintains he has sufficient votes to take the position, although he would have to abandon his planned NYC Council run (to replace term - limited Councilman Lew Fidler) to do so.

Since his election to the Common Council in 2013, Will has cast a number of votes related to the Pike Plan.

In that case, the plan could go to a public vote without being formally approved by the Syracuse city council or mayor.

Developer Related Companies had been tapped for the plan, but the council voted down the proposal 45 - 1.

Shortly before de Blasio did so, Cuomo denounced the mayor's plan, and also called Council speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to talk about it as the Council was poised to vote on the relevant legislation.

The Common Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on the amendment Tuesday, but there are no plans to vote on anything else related to the estimated $ 93 million project.

Almost immediately after the Senate vote, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said she would amend the language in the new law so that it will take effect in February instead of October, as originally planned.

«This plan is not even close to ready for the Council to vote on it,» Mr. Greenfield said in a statement.

Voters in Utica supported the common council's plan to pave every road in the city in a referendum on Election Day with 60 percent of the vote.

The Utica Common Council is moving forward with a plan to re-pave every road in the city after they voted last week to override the mayor's veto.

But Markowitz wants a system in which borough presidents can be overridden only by a «super majority» vote of the City Planning Commission and City Council.