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On Wednesday morning, one day after City Councilman Dan Halloran was arrested in Queens, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called for a permanent end to the member items doled out by the City Council.

HARLEM — The city says it plans to replace toxic PCB light fixtures in schools earlier than expected after City Councilman Robert Jackson called on the state Education Department to investigate.

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But after the Naperville City Council last week expressed concerns about the massive library plan that councilmen had signed on to earlier this month, funding may be even more scarce than previously believed.

The WFP was also active in several races outside the five boroughs, including the Albany mayor's race, where City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is poised to become the city's first female leader after defeating her primary opponent, former Councilman Corey Ellis; and Nassau County, where Tom Suozzi is one step closer to his effort to take back his old county executive post from Republican Ed Mangano after beating Adam Haber on TuesCity Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is poised to become the city's first female leader after defeating her primary opponent, former Councilman Corey Ellis; and Nassau County, where Tom Suozzi is one step closer to his effort to take back his old county executive post from Republican Ed Mangano after beating Adam Haber on Tuescity's first female leader after defeating her primary opponent, former Councilman Corey Ellis; and Nassau County, where Tom Suozzi is one step closer to his effort to take back his old county executive post from Republican Ed Mangano after beating Adam Haber on Tuesday.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

Ten years after NYC Councilman James E. Davis was gunned down inside City Hall, his 30 - year - old son has finally proved Davis was his biological dad after a years - long court fight.

After the Judge ruled Phil Ragusa as the Chairman plenipotentiary of the Queens GOP, City Councilman Ulrich, who received political help from the GOP during his campaign, gives an old fashion public backstabbing to Robert Hornak and Vince Tabone.

He moved to the city in 2008, after landing a constituent - services job in the Queens office of former City Councilman Eric Gioia, a Democrat who has been critical of the city in 2008, after landing a constituent - services job in the Queens office of former City Councilman Eric Gioia, a Democrat who has been critical of the City Councilman Eric Gioia, a Democrat who has been critical of the WFP.

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) went on the defensive this week after he moved to correct several misdemeanor charges outside the borough that he had been avoiding for more than a decade.

Dan Halloran said he is vowing to get more money for his district after having been elected Nov. 3 to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) as the representative for northeast Queens.

At a City Council hearing on criminal discovery practices in February chaired by Queens councilman Rory Lancman, Sergio de la Pava, a supervising attorney for New York County Defender Services who has been representing indigent defendants in Manhattan for over 20 years, described a typical experience in the borough's courtrooms: After waiting six months or a year for trial, he said, «The DA comes in with a cart and drops about six inches of material on your desk.

After watching and reading accounts of protests and town hall meetings against new homeless shelters in East Elmhurst and Elmhurst, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) kept quiet because the controversy lay outside his district.

Disgraced former Queens Councilman Ruben Wills cried as he was sentenced to two to six years in prison and ordered to pay almost $ 33,000 in restitution after a jury found him guilty of pocketing some $ 30,000 in city funds.

A basketball court at a Brooklyn playground will be named after late rapper Notorious B.I.G., according to a NYC city councilman who has tried to honor the hip hop star for years.

Sal Albanese spent 16 years as a city councilman and originally sponsored the campaign - finance law he was accused of violating in 2013, when he bowed out of the mayoral race after a lackluster campaign.

The call from Sen. Adriano Espaillat and city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa come after Gov. Chris Christie apologized in a lengthy news conference for his government and political aides shutting the bridge down in order to exact political retribution on the mayor of Fort Lee.

And after a hearing on the issue Thursday, City Councilman James Oddo, along with Speaker Christine Quinn and other members of the Council are calling on Albany to change the state law to distinguish between Sandy repairs and putting an addition on a home.

A rift has emerged between City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) and Community Board 7 after years of working side - by - side with little squabbling.

His long list of politicians convicted also includes former state Sen. Carl Kruger, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson and City Councilman Larry Seabrook — and he's currently going after his biggest fish yet, deposed Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who lost his title but still retains his seat.

-LSB-...] Koch Bridge rename no hit with ValloneQueens CampaignerPhoto by Christina Santucci City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is... -LSB-...]

INWOOD — A City Council committee in charge of rezoning unanimously voted against the Sherman Plaza project Tuesday morning, a day after Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez announced he could not support the project due to community opposition.

After refusing to follow orders from Assemblyman Vito Lopez, the Brooklyn Democratic Party leader, she has her first strong challenger: City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan.

After three weeks of fighting for his chance to make it to City Hall, Lynn Nunes ended his challenge Tuesday against incumbent Councilman Thomas White (D - South Ozone Park) for his slim Democratic Primary victory.

-- Scuttles scuba dreams — Halloran given 10 years: Prosecutors in the Southern District won a lengthy 10 - year sentence for Dan Halloran on Wednesday, after the former Republican city councilman was convicted last year in a scheme to place former Democratic state senator Malcolm Smith on the G.O.P.'s ballot line in the 2013 mayoral race.

«I think I speak for all New Yorkers when I give the world's biggest eye roll after hearing this news,» said City Councilman Joe Borelli, a Staten Island Republican.

DNAInfo.com reports that: City Councilman Ruben Wills was taken into police custody Wednesday morning after $ 32,000 went missing from a charity he's connected to, sources said.

Local news outlets report that a former New York City Council staffer plans to file a lawsuit against Bronx Councilman Andy King alleging that he fired her after she turned down his sexual advances.

«After years of planning and a $ 3 million investment by the city, today we come together to see a space our community has valued for decades transformed into a 14,000 - square - foot town square,» City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said Fricity, today we come together to see a space our community has valued for decades transformed into a 14,000 - square - foot town square,» City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said FriCity Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said Friday.

City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) said that after reports of «computer glitches» at the PS 209 polling site in Whitestone, he called on the BOE to fix problems with the machines.

After what he deemed a «disastrous» hearing on the subject, City Councilman David Greenfield for the City Council to delay its vote on Mayor Bill de Blasio's horse carriage ban, scheduled for Friday.

The witness also paid a $ 7,500 bribe to City Councilman Dan Halloran after Halloran promised to hire an employee chosen by the witness, prosecutors said.

Also at noon, NYC Councilman Carlos Menchaca, advocates and New Yorkers who would qualify for immigration relief call on the Supreme Court to remove a legal barrier to President Obama's administrative relief programs after a year of legal delays, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

His announcement came just hours after former City Councilman Robert Jackson (D - Harlem) launched his own campaign for Espaillat's seat.

After Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez — whose district is where the development would have been built — announced on Tuesday night that he could no longer support the proposal, the City Council followed suit, unanimously rejecting the plan.

Grey had been weighing a run for the South Shore seat as well, and on Thursday, Chief Deputy County Clerk Mario DiRe swore her in to the board after City Council Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island) and Councilmen Joe Borelli (South Shore) and Eric Ulrich (Queens) unanimously appointed her Thursday.

The residents of 510 W. 218th St. were allowed to return home on Christmas Eve after the their landlord Hakim Azizi made repairs to eight of 13 apartments that needed new windows, doors and locks, according to Martin Collins, community liaison for City Councilman Robert Jackson.

Lisa Grey was sworn into office on Thursday after being appointed by the City Council Republican Caucus, lead by Minority Leader Councilman Steven Matteo.

Hakim Azizi, the landlord for 510 W. 218th Street, was issued several violations by the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) on Friday for failing to contract someone for repair work after the fire, including replacing windows and doors, according to Martin Collins, community liaison for City Councilman Robert Jackson.

The congresswoman was joined by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) and representatives from the transportation and contractor fields when she visited the yards to explain the benefits of the grant, which New York received after Florida rejected $ 2 million in federal funds for high - speed rail.

New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm sponsored a recently passed bill requiring corrections officials to report detailed data about who is held in solitary, why and for how long, after officials refused to provide him with data he requested.

Airbnb is extending an olive branch to Councilman Jumaane Williams after a contentious City Council hearing last week during which the lawmaker accused the home - sharing service of being unwilling to comply with the law.

City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is too significant to be changed.

The arrests came one day after those of Public Advocate Bill De Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin, cuffed while protesting outside the SUNY State College of Optometry for protesting the anticipated closure of the beleaguered Cobble Hill hospital on Wednesday.

City Councilman Ruben Wills was taken into police custody Wednesday morning after $ 32,000 went missing from a charity he's connected to, sources said.

From Queens Chronicle: Donovan Richards, chief of staff to City Councilman James Sanders Jr. (D - Laurelton), always wanted to help others, even at an early age, but his dedication to civic duty came full circle after a tragic event.

Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's City Council race last year.

The Albany district attorney is looking into City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) after the GOP congressional hopeful failed to fully reimburse the state and file campaign finance reports during a 2009 run, according to a report in the New York Post.

The City Council members who have gone public with complaints that they were penalized for criticizing Quinn's decisions include Queens Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., who said he saw funding for his district dry up after he spoke out against Quinn's proposal to rename the Queensboro Bridge after former mayor Ed Koch.

The head of the failed city - run Build It Back program should fire or resign, after the controversial rebuilding debacle proved to be a «boondoggle» of bureaucratic red tape and poor construction work, according to Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich, who is mulling a run for NYC mayor next year.

«It's so important for New Yorkers struggling to get around our city that this make it into the Mayor's executive budget,» City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the Council's transit committee, said in a statement after the budget proposal was released Tuesday nicity that this make it into the Mayor's executive budget,» City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the Council's transit committee, said in a statement after the budget proposal was released Tuesday niCity Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the Council's transit committee, said in a statement after the budget proposal was released Tuesday night.