The city charter narrowly defines the duties of the public advocate, limiting the office to gathering information, hearing complaints and writing reports
about city agencies.
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It doesn't hurt that the NYPD has very high staffing ratios — New York has
about twice as many police per thousand residents as a typical large American
city — that give the
agency more flexibility in its operations.
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City striker Stevan Jovetic, speaking to the Turkish Anadolu News
Agency, dismissed rumours
about his departure from his current club...
The
agency was awaiting a response from the
city to six letters received during the comment period
about the Gateway project.
If there was any lingering doubt that de Blasio's mostly harmonious relationship with the NYC Council was
about to change, Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, who has been chosen by new Speaker Corey Johnson to be in charge of a new investigations unit that will look into the operation of
city agencies, may put that question to rest.
ALBANY, N.Y. >> Gov. Andrew Cuomo pitched a new big - projects
agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York
City, but critics worry
about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
The
city's transportation commissioner, Polly Trottenberg (who is also an MTA board member) asked that the
agency think more creatively
about how to procure the funds, and potentially change the
agency's priorities to make the subway repairs of the utmost importance.
At 11 a.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein, Sen. Diane Savino, Assemblyman Francisco Moya, NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and community, immigrant rights and labor advocates discuss the release of a report
about an undercover investigation of local employment
agencies; steps,
City Hall, Manhattan.
New York
City Housing Authority chairwoman Shola Olatoye, left, testified for five hours Tuesday at a New York
City Council hearing Tuesday
about her
agency's many scandals, including lack of heat at many if its buildings.
The Public Advocate also serves as an ombudsman for
city government, providing oversight for
city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints
about city services and making proposals to address the shortcomings and failures of those services.
The new commissioner of the
city's child welfare
agency expressed «significant concerns»
about a NYC Council legislation package aimed at tightening scrutiny over his embattled department — saying it could «inhibit our efforts toward reform.»
There, at a Planned Parenthood rally, he railed against President Donald Trump and «extreme conservative zealots,» then met with
City Council leaders about how he should intercede at the Housing Authority, a city age
City Council leaders
about how he should intercede at the Housing Authority, a
city age
city agency.
A now - former deputy commissioner at the
agency, Ricardo Morales, says he was fired because he complained
about City Hall's involvement in the case.
«Partnering on informational events like this one in Flushing Queens gives OATH the opportunity to provide residents and small businesses with important information
about the hearing process and the many options that are available to them should they or their business receive summonses from the
City's various enforcement
agencies.»
LOWER MANHATTAN — A
city agency approved
about $ 84 million in subsidies Tuesday to help Fresh Direct build a new headquarters in the South Bronx, silencing objections with promises of hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenue.
The public will learn
about pension funds, auditing
city agencies and approving
city contracts.
In addition, the order asked the health department to provide «all documents reflecting complaints of unsafe, unsanitary, or unhealthy conditions in NYCHA Public Housing or DHS Homeless Shelters,» including any complaints
about leaks, water damage, lead paint, rodents or insects, as well as any documents showing whether or not any
city or state
agency responded to, investigated, or evaluated the complaints.
The Public Advocate serves as an ombudsman for
city government, providing oversight for
city agencies, investigating citizens» complaints
about city services and making proposals to address perceived shortcomings or failures of those services.
And the U.S. Attorney's office also is seeking all communications between the health department, NYCHA, the Department of Homeless Services and any
city, state or federal governmental
agency about conditions in public housing or homeless shelters.
Ben Walsh, executive director of the
city's industrial development
agency and deputy commissioner of the
city's Office of Neighborhood & Business Development, said he spoke once with a different representative of the project
about potential assistance from the
agency.
Syracuse Common Councilors have discussed
about Federal Emergency Management
Agency flood zone tax exemptions for
city housing in a press conference on Monday.
New York
City is a sanctuary city, meaning that the NYPD and other public agencies do not inquire about a person's legal status during normal interactions, and do not honor federal requests that it detain nonviolent offend
City is a sanctuary
city, meaning that the NYPD and other public agencies do not inquire about a person's legal status during normal interactions, and do not honor federal requests that it detain nonviolent offend
city, meaning that the NYPD and other public
agencies do not inquire
about a person's legal status during normal interactions, and do not honor federal requests that it detain nonviolent offenders.
In that speech, she touted her accomplishments, including a ban on employers asking job applicants
about their salary history, going to court to protect special needs children being forced to sit on dangerously hot buses without air conditioning and creating the first
city agency focused on veterans.
Last November, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order banning
city agencies from inquiring
about job applicants» salary history.
A dry run by a collections
agency hired by the
city earlier this year that sought about $ 430,000 from deadbeat court defendants yielded only $ 59 in fine payments, according to City Comptroller Mark Schroe
city earlier this year that sought
about $ 430,000 from deadbeat court defendants yielded only $ 59 in fine payments, according to
City Comptroller Mark Schroe
City Comptroller Mark Schroeder.
Cuomo pitched a new big - projects
agency as a way to help smooth the way for massive state construction like the planned $ 29 billion mass transit overhaul in New York
City, but critics worry
about a power grab by the famously hands - on leader.
New memos debunk the de Blasio's administration's claim that its top officials knew nothing
about deed restrictions lifted by a
city agency on a nursing home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, learning of it only in late February, after the building was sold to luxury condominium developers for $ 116 million.
The chairman of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, Richard Emery, says there is nothing improper
about his civil rights law firm representing a Queens man suing the
city and eight cops over an incident in which the
agency validated the client's allegation of excessive police force.
Investigators sought to question an official at the New York
City Department of Parks & Recreation and requested
agency documents
about a contract that was awarded to a local company after the firm's owner donated $ 100,000 to a nonprofit affiliated with de Blasio.
Embattled New York
City Housing Authority head Shola Olatoye will be grilled tomorrow by NYC Council members
about her
agency's failure to do lead testing and her lies
about it.
Questioned
about its role lobbying the Office of the Mayor while representing de Blasio in the federal probe, the Kramer Levin spokeswoman noted that Berke — a criminal defense attorney — has never lobbied the mayor or any
city agency.
While she said she agreed
city agencies and New York Police Department officers should not ask New Yorkers
about their documentation status, she questioned the
city's law forbidding NYPD officers from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers» detainer requests for undocumented residents unless they are arrested for one of 170 enumerated offenses.
Mr. de Blasio highlighted the continued growth of the
city's economy but raised concerns
about a decline in tax revenues, saying his administration had focused on finding savings at
city agencies.
The presentation was an opportunity for Mr. de Blasio, dogged in recent weeks by questions
about investigations into his campaign fund - raising activities and administration, to stress his command of the intricacies of the
city's
agencies and his stewardship of its financial future.
For months, the de Blasio administration has insisted that its top officials knew nothing
about deed restrictions that were lifted by a
city agency on a nursing home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan — learning of it only in late February, after the building was sold to luxury condominium developers for $ 116 million.
about New Rochelle IDA Executive Director Schulman Removed in Wake of Daming Comptroller Audit of
City Agency
About the New York
City Housing Development Corporation (HDC): HDC is the nation's largest municipal Housing Finance
Agency and is charged with helping to finance the creation or preservation of affordable housing under Mayor Bill de Blasio's Housing New York plan.
Johnson pointed out that it was the
City Council's research that discovered that
about 323,000 NYCHA residents had spent time without heat or hot water during the winter, noting that the
agency failed to disclose it.
The mayor also appointed him to his Workforce Development Board, which consists of leaders from the private sector, public
agencies and unions who advise the
city on its policies
about job seekers, employers and adult learners.
Those include a lead paint scandal at the New York
City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the city's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal tr
City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the
city's involvement in a discussion about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other agency brass using city vehicles for personal tr
city's involvement in a discussion
about whether to lift a deed restriction on a nonprofit AIDS hospice, the Administration for Children's Services» (ACS) mishandling child neglect cases, and former Department of Correction (DOC) Commissioner Joseph Ponte and other
agency brass using
city vehicles for personal tr
city vehicles for personal trips.
«The failure for
City Hall to communicate definitively
about what they wanted their
agency to do,» Stringer replied.
City officials said Liu's current campaign isn't liable for his previous debts, but the
agency is in talks with Liu's lawyers
about paying up.
STATEN ISLAND — One
city agency under constant criticism from the Staten Island borough president for its late and expensive work got the OK to build a new office closer to its critic — at a cost of
about half a million taxpayer dollars a year.
He is considered an able hand by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his inner circle, sources said, and he has helmed the
agency through a controversy
about highway signage, the replacement of the Kosciuszko Bridge in New York
City, development of a five - year capital plan and a decision
about tearing down I - 81 in Syracuse.
With an eye on Albany, it was time Thursday morning for New York
City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the c
City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the
City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the c
City Council
about her
agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the
citycity.
Embattled New York
City Housing Authority head Shola Olatoye will get a grilling Tuesday from the
City Council
about her
agency's failure to do lead testing and her lies
about it.
In his first interview
about his
agency's controversial purchase of Mint X rat - repellent trash bags, Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver told The Post he had no idea when giving a $ 15,000 contract to JAD Corp. of America in spring 2015 that the
city Housing Authority had canned the liners in January 2012 after its workers complained their pungent smell was making them nauseous.
A study to examine the economic viability of a living wage requirement was approved by the
city's Industrial Development
Agency board today, but
city officials, including Comptroller John Liu, are already raising questions
about whether it will be truly independent.