Sentences with phrase «rosie mendez»

Led by the bill's sponsor, Councilmember Rosie Mendez, and Health Committee Chair Corey Johnson, both of whom are longtime friends to animals, the Council overwhelmingly voted (43 - 6) to pass 1233 - A to ban wild and exotic animal performances in the city.

«We have a an exemption in the law the [DOE] thinks they can drive a Mack Truck through,» said State Sen. Daniel Squadron, who was also joined by local Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez and Councilman Robert Jackson, chairman of the Education Committee.

One Council member - elect who benefited was Carlina Rivera, who's poised to succeed Rosie Mendez in District 2.

Menchaca and Johnson will join Ritchie Torres, newly elected from the Bronx, and incumbents Rosie Mendez of Manhattan and Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens in the largest caucus of openly lesbian and gay members in the Council's history.

Councilmembers Daniel Dromm, Rosie Mendez, Jimmy Van Bramer, and Corey Johnson at a September 5 press conference denouncing their colleague Fernando Cabrera.

Lower East Side Councilmember Rosie Mendez said she was «offended» by Cabrera's comments and had «a very lively conversation» with him, telling him she planned to publicly denounce him for his remarks.

Rosie Mendez, a lesbian representing the Lower East Side, told Capital New York those positions were a deal - breaker for her, and some who attended Williams» presentation to the Progressive Caucus this past weekend said he struggled to explain his thinking on either question, at points becoming emotional.

Despite being a member of the council's progressive caucus, outgoing council member Rosie Mendez (D - Manhattan) said she's withholding her endorsement because city bungling allowed the sale of the Rivington House nursing home in 2016.

City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez gathered $ 500,000 for the project, and Borough President Scott Stringer contributed about $ 142,000, officials said.

Velázquez had the support of the term - limited out gay incumbent from the district, Jimmy Vacca, as well as his gay Bronx colleague, Councilmember Ritchie Torres, and out lesbian Manhattan Councilmember Rosie Mendez.

Jack Waters, a multimedia artist who co-founded the nonprofit arts organization Allied Productions Inc. and formerly worked as co-director of the poineering Lower East Side art space ABC No Rio, was selected by Councilwoman Rosie Mendez to serve through 2013.

In 2010, the Queens Pride House met with LGBT caucus members Rosie Mendez (D - Manhattan), Danny Dromm, Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and Erik Bottcher, Speaker Christine Quinn's (D - Manhattan) liaison.

«If NYCHA can recapture over $ 100 million annually — double the amount projected to be generated by the infill under the most optimistic of scenarios — this money can be reinvested in frontline repairs and critical upgrade,» City Council members Margaret Chin, Rosie Mendez and Melissa Mark - Viverito wrote in a joint statement at the hearing, as reported by DNAinfo.

Manhattan Borough President: Gale Brewer City Council District 3: Corey Johnson City Council District 2: Rosie Mendez City Council District 1: Margaret Chin

Freshmen Menchaca, Torres, and Johnson will join incumbents Rosie Mendez, representing the Lower East Side since 2006, and Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer, who have represented adjacent districts from Sunnyside to Jackson Heights and Astoria in Queens since 2010.

The Greenwich Village and SoHo representatives — Corey Johnson, Rosie Mendez, and Margaret Chin — all voted yes to the pay increase.

Carlina Rivera, who served as term - limited Manhattan Councilwoman Rosie Mendez's legislative director, is replacing Mendez.

Schneiderman has been locking down considerable support among the LGBT community, receiving endorsements from NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the Stonewall Democrats, GLID, the Lamda Independent Democrats, Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell and NYC Councilwoman Rosie Mendez.

Council member Rosie Mendez (left), speaks as Li (second from left), CB3 member Jamie Rogers, District Manager Susan Stetzer and CB3 member Carlina Rivera listen.

Notably, all five are women of color: Rosie Mendez, Melissa Mark - Viverito, Annabel Palma, and Darlene Mealy are all term - limited and Julissa Ferreras - Copeland has decided not to seek reelection.

Councilmembers Jumaane Williams and Rosie Mendez on stage together at City Councilwoman Margaret Chin's inauguration.

Councilwoman Rosie Mendez Endorses Elvin Garcia for City Council Garcia Campaign Picks Up Major Elected Support in CD18 in the Bronx New York City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez today announced her enthusiastic endorsement of Elvin Garcia for the City Council open -LSB-...]

Marching with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito are grand marshals of the parade ---- the six - member lesbian and gay caucus in the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer and Coucilmembers Rosie Mendez, Daniel Dromm, Carlos Menchaca, Corey Johnson, and Ritchie Torres.

Assembly members Brian Kavanagh and Joan Millman; Council members Margaret Chin, Brad Lander, Stephen Levin and Rosie Mendez; and Assembly candidate Jo Anne Simon also signed the letter.

The hallmark of political leadership is how one deals with a crisis, and Council Member Rosie Mendez has risen to this challenge.

While Rogers is an appointee of Borough President Gale Brewer, not of District 2's Council member (currently Rosie Mendez), he told us today he wants to avoid any appearance of conflict.

State Senator Daniel Squadron and City Councilmember Rosie Mendez were also in attendance.

Local Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, one of the most instrumental backers of the project, noted that the new headquarters will serve as the first dedicated home for female youth in Lower East Side history.

Carlina Rivera, who is running to replace Council Member Rosie Mendez in Manhattan's District 2, said she was «honored» to receive MRA's endorsement.

For this piece she interviewed Councilmembers Corey Johnson, Margaret Chin and Rosie Mendez on the issue.

Last week, there was a flurry of press statements from Stringer and Kavanagh, as well as Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senator Daniel Squadron and Councilmembers Margaret Chin and Rosie Mendez related to the never - ending Girls Prep controversy.

Speaker Mark - Viverito will be joined by your Council Member Rosie Mendez who is a supporter and sponsor of the SBJSA so be sure to let her know how much you appreciate her standing up for your rights.

A long list of impressive speakers includes Maya Wiley, counsel to Mayor de Blasio; Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Rachel Haot, Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Secretary for Technology of New York State; City Council Member Rosie Mendez; Rep. Yvette Clarke; and Dr. Christina Greer, political science professor at Fordham University.

City Council member Rosie Mendez had been considering a run for Kavanagh's seat, but told us this afternoon she's decided against it.

Ling - Cohan with a key supporter, City Councilmember Rosie Mendez, who demonstrated to Democratic officials that rules clearly allowed the judge to be nominated from the floor at the county convention.

Councilmember Rosie Mendez, an out lesbian, said the attacks have reached «epidemic proportions» and called on the community to take action when witnessing such a crime.

Carlina Rivera won the District 2 race handily, with about 61 % of the vote in a crowded primary to replace Rosie Mendez.

Ms. Cancel, who works in the office of the city comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, has picked up endorsements from two local Democratic city councilwomen, Margaret Chin and Rosie Mendez, who have praised her deep roots in the district and her work on tenants» rights issues in public housing.

A few awkward moments at Margaret Chin's inauguration on Sunday; Council member Brad Lander, Melissa Mark - Viverito, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Margaret Chin, Rosie Mendez.

A former intern for City Council member Rosie Mendez, Eliot is also co-president of the school yearbook at Manhattan's Bard College HS, writes for the school paper and is teaching herself violin.

At a Tuesday night town hall hosted by City Council Members Dan Garodnick and Rosie Mendez at Gramercy's Church of the Epiphany, stakeholders voiced concerns about problems related to homelessness, an increasingly controversial issue facing the East Side of Manhattan.

One of the 10 «open» City Council seat races is taking place on the East Side of Manhattan, in District 2, currently represented by Rosie Mendez, who is term - limited out of office.

District 2 City Council member Rosie Mendez plans on making an endorsement in the First District City Council race soon.

Rosie Mendez is serving her third and final term as Council member in an area covering a sliver of the neighborhood below East Houston Street, the East Village and Murray Hill.

NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblyman Dan Quart, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, Councilwoman Inez Dickens, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Councilman Corey Johnson and more to be in attendance.

This year the Committee is proud to announce this year's honorees: New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Executive Director Jennifer Jones Austin, Honorable James McManus and more.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito Council Member Margaret Chin (D — Lower Manhattan) Council Member Rosie Mendez (D — East Village) Council Member Helen Rosenthal (D — Upper West Side) Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D — Maspeth) Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland (D — Corona) Council Member Karen Koslowitz (D — Forest Hills) Council Member Laurie Cumbo (D — Crown Heights) Council Member Deborah Rose (D — Staten Island)

At City Hall yesterday, City Council member Rosie Mendez, along with fellow lawmakers and public housing residents, blasted the New York Daily News for a series of articles critical of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

The letter was also signed by Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Councilmembers Rosie Mendez, Daniel Garodnick, and Corey Johnson.

Rosie Mendez got nothing?!