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yro.slashdot.org - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: New York City councilman Rafael Espinal released a «Right to Disconnect» bill on Thursday, advocating for the rights of employees to stop answering work - related emails and other digital messages, like texts, after official work hours.
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Other elected officials who attended were United States Senator Charles Schumer, NYS Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, New York City Councilman James Vacca, NYS Democratic State Committeeman Joe McManus and Bill Weitz and Democratic District Leaders Marco Sierra, Andrea Siegel and John Collazzi.
At the press conference at the Bronx Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park, Congressman Crowley was joined in support by New York City Councilman Mark Gjonaj, New York State Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, New York State Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, and veterans» right advocates.
Pictured (left to right): New York City Councilman Mark Gjonaj, Air Force Veteran and NYC Veterans Alliance Supporter Manuel Rodriguez, Chairman Crowley, NYC Veterans Alliance Founding Director Kristen Rouse, New York State Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, and New York State Assemblyman Michael Benedetto.
New York City Councilman Dan Halloran and with four other political figures also were charged in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called «an unappetizing smorgasbord of graft and greed involving six officials who together built a corridor of corruption stretching from Queens and the Bronx to Rockland County and all the way up to Albany itself.»
Pictured (left to right): New York City Councilman Mark Gjonaj, -LSB-...]
New York City Councilman Joe Borelli of Staten Island, a rare elected Trump supporter, said the president would return as a «triumphant hero... just like Teddy Roosevelt» but was uncertain if he would see him.
ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A New York City councilman and other protesters chanting «Tax the rich» disrupted a speech by Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sunday night.
Smith, from Queens, and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran, were arrested by the F.B.I. this morning.
And so, in a weekend of secret shuttle diplomacy, Mr. de Blasio, then a junior New York City councilman, did just that.
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the New York FBI alleged that Smith attempted to secure a spot on the Republican ballot in the 2013 New York City mayoral election through bribery of New York City Councilman Dan Halloran and two other Republican officials who were also arrested.
Filming his run for mayor didn't work out so well for Anthony Weiner, but New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich is hoping for better luck.
This one will likely include only Hawkins, Libertarian Warren Redlich and Freedom Party candidate Charles Barron, a New York City councilman.
NEW YORK (WABC)-- Authorities say New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were arrested Tuesday morning as part of an ongoing corruption case.
: New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were released on $ 250,000 personal recognizance bond on Tuesday after appearing on charges they schemed to fix the city's 2013 mayoral election through fraud and bribery, according to prosecutors.
That view was reinforced by two developments last week: Cuomo's aides proposed a new energy plan for the state's future that, unlike previous plans, made no mention of fracking in the Southern Tier, and Cuomo himself named former New York City Councilman James Gennaro, a fierce fracking opponent, as a deputy commissioner at Martens» environmental agency.
Former state Assemblyman Robert Straniere (R), a somewhat controversial figure even within his own party, is stepping into the void but New York City Councilman Mike McMahon (D) is the favorite.
New York State Assembly Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried, New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm and State Sen. Diane Savino were on hand to urge their colleagues to pass a medical marijuana statute.
If Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul loses to New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for the office of New York lieutenant governor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be forced to run with an adversary in November.
De Blasio is up against Quinn, along with former city Comptroller Bill Thompson, current Comptroller John Liu, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, former New York City Councilman Sal Albanese, Brooklyn Church Pastor Erick Salgado, William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice director Randy Credico, and MBA Ceceilia Berkowitz.
Hochul — who vows to run for re-election and faces a challenge from the left from New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams — refused to comment.
New York's 13th district (R): New York City Councilman Mike McMahon looks certain to roll in next month's Democratic primary even as Republicans still seem divided about their candidate — former Assemblyman Robert Straniere.
New York City Councilman Charles Barron compared Paterson's imbroglio to the scandals that plagued former President Clinton.
«We should fund these offices,» said Barron, a former New York City councilman who was succeeded by his wife, Inez, when term limits forced him from office last year.
That party's leaders also earlier this month backed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams in his bid against Hochul.
Another wrinkle is that Mr. Cuomo's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, is facing a challenge from Jumaane Williams, a black New York City councilman from Central Brooklyn.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Already hit with criminal charges alleging that he took bribes in a federal corruption case, New York City Councilman Daniel Halloran (R - 19th) is now facing an investigation by his own colleagues.
The sources said the calls followed Saturday's vote by the Working Families Party state committee to endorse Cynthia Nixon against Cuomo for governor and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams over Hochul for lieutenant governor.
New York, NY — State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres (D - Bronx) today released a joint report, «Worst Landlord in NYC?»
New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams argued this week that elected officials should be allowed to serve three four - year terms not only because they need the time to do the best job but also because it will help cushion their golden years.
The party has endorsed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams instead.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams in a joint radio interview on Thursday did not rule out running as a ticket against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary next year.
At 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of National Action Network; Kirsten John Foy, Northeast Regional Director of NAN; New York City Councilman Matheiu Eugene, and advocates attend the announcement of a drive to gather supplies for the victims of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti and sending of a delegation to travel to Haiti to help in recovery, Haitian Consulate, 815 2nd Ave., Manhattan.
At 8 a.m., Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, New York City Councilman Barry Grodenchik and other local officials participate in a community outreach effort in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 188th Street and Eastbound Horace Harding Expressway, Queens.
New York City Councilman Joe Borelli, a Republican, also praised Molinaro's time in office as the Dutchess county executive, crediting him with revitalizing the city of Poughkeepsie.
New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams this week filed paperwork to form a new campaign committee as he publicly considers running for governor in 2018.
4:00 PM — Rep. Eliot Engel, state Sen. Jamaal Bailey and New York City Councilman Andy King host a «Valentine's Day Senior Dance,» Dreiser Loop Community Center Auditorium, 177 Dreiser Loop, Bronx.
Grimm and the former New York City councilman faced off in combative debates, and Grimm's indictment was a running theme.
-- Former New York City Councilman Dan Garodnick will run the Riverside Park Conservancy, suggesting he is no longer pursuing the attorney general position.
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.
New York City Councilman Antonio Olivieri, who died of cancer in 1980 at age 39, had lobbied for state medical marijuana use for therapeutic research.
He's backing New York City Councilman Erik Dilan against Rep. Nydia Velázquez, who has long been someone he would rather not see in Congress.
The WFP also endorsed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor.
'' [S] ome of Governor Cuomo's budget policies are neither balanced nor well conceived,» write the signers, led by Robert Jackson, a New York City Councilman, and Catherine Fahey, a local Albany official.
It pits state Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, who has the backing from just about every important figure in the Empire State's Democratic establishment, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, against New York City Councilman Charles Barron, whose views veer quite far from the establishment line.
New York City Councilman Rafael Salamanca won a February special election to fill the seat vacated by Maria del Carmen Arroyo with just over half the vote.
On Saturday, New York City Councilman Robert Jackson led more than 200 people organized by the Alliance for Quality Education in a march from the caucus events to the Executive Mansion.
NEW YORK (AP)-- New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a New York City councilman and four other politicians are facing charges in a public corruption probe.
One, New York City Councilman Charles Barron, ran against Cuomo on a platform that Cuomo was ignoring the needs of racial minorities.
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.