Sentences with phrase «after council votes»

Toronto councillor threatens to take city to court after council votes in favour of docking his pay, The Globe and Mail

Espada actually struck an optimistic tone after the Council voted the project down: «Today's City Council vote on the Armory should clearly send forth the message that the Bronx is pro-business,» Espada said in a statement on Dec. 14, the day of the Armory vote.

There are four candidates seeking to unseat Councilman Alan Gerson, who was only able to run for a third term after the Council voted to extend term limits this year.

Several sources said the councilman had thought about running for the borough president seat back in 2009 but changed his mind after the Council voted to extend term limits for all city elected offices.

The announcement was made as de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito concluded the traditional handshake on next year's $ 78.5 million budget, which takes effect July 1 after a Council vote.

But he decided to seek a third term rather challenge Borough President Helen Marshall after the Council voted to extend term limits.

Not exact matches

The September 3 nuclear test prompted a new round of sanctions on North Korea after the Security Council voted unanimously on a resolution condemning the test.

After finishing the review, and assuming everything is in order, Austin's city council will have 10 days to either adopt the language in the petition or put it up for vote on a May 7 ballot.

So after the pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco) voted down Beijing's proposal to replace the former British colony's undemocratic electoral system with another equally undemocratic version, the only thing we should expect is that this is not the end of the story.

The council vote was taken around midnight after three hours of public comment and debate.

With the assistance of foresighted men like Msgr. Oesterreicher, and the unofficial but crucial input from Jewish historians and theologians, the declaration — after numerous drafts, several years of intense debate, and even a last second bid by reactionaries to thwart it — was voted on and finally passed at the Council, by an overwhelming margin.

The article comes just weeks after the U.N. Security Council voted to enforce tougher sanctions on the country after it teased its potential nuclear and military capabilities earlier this year.

It's a compilation of dozens of books written by men in the first century, voted into canon by a council of bishops from a selection of - hundreds - of such books after being «sanitized» of anything that didn't jibe with church dogma.

Campaigners said they were hopeful this was «just the beginning» after a London council voted to introduce the first ban on protesters demonstrating outside an abortion clinic.

Short of voting for a Palestinian state, the Security Council» absent an American veto» also might revise its Resolution 242, adopted after the 1967 War.

The World Rugby Council today awarded Rugby World Cup 2023 to France after two rounds of voting during its interim meeting in London.

WOODSTOCK — Less than 15 minutes after voting to hold an April referendum on a $ 3.9 million bond issue for recreation, the Woodstock city council debated a proposal to reorganize the parks and recreation department as an independent park district.

The district's Garden Plots were eliminated as an option after the City Council voted not to allow a skate park there.

After getting the results, the City Council will vote on the Citizens proposal.

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.

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.

While discussing his «no» vote on Intro 182, Councilmember Jumaane Williams, a vocal critic of the compromises made to the bill, continued speaking after his two minutes of allotted talk time had expired, as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James urged him to stop.

The group, NYCLASS, «feels very good» about the chances of a new measure being unveiled as early as January, as pressure has been mounting for a compromise after Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito failed to corral enough votes for an outright ban or other reforms.

The City Council voted on Tuesday to confirm Cappelli to the Civil Service Commission after Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped him for the paid position.

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

After Sandy Hook, there was a lot of talk about this and our local schools» Community Education Council actually voted in favor of it,» Borelli said.

The two chief sponsors of the Right to Know Act are renewing a call to hold a vote on the set of bills tabled by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito last month after she reached an agreement with outgoing police commissioner Bill Bratton to adopt the rules administratively at the department.

The federal government sued the city of Ferguson one day after the city council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb.

Labour have been accused of «purging» critical voices from the party after a Labour - supporting blogger was banned from voting in the leadership race, after criticising his local council.

Authorities have more power to crack down on shops selling synthetic marijuana after the City Council voted unanimously to pass three bills aimed at halting the spread of the drug.

Bournemouth council apologized after 100 people were unable to cast their vote in the local elections because an administrative blunder had led to the wrong ballot papers being issued.

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.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito appears to have the votes she needs to become the next speaker of the City Council, after Brooklyn Democratic chair Frank Seddio broke ranks with his fellow county leaders at the urging of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, sources said.

It comes after the UN Security Council, including Russia and China, voted for further sanctions against Pyongyang.

But with races in three of the city's nine wards well within the margin of being flipped after absentee ballots are opened, the actual makeup of next year's council will remain in doubt until next week when the final votes are counted.

Conservative groups including the Family Research Council and National Organization for Marriage fired off a letter last week to Boehner, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.) and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP lawmakers want Trump to stop bashing Congress Parkland father calls out Trump, McConnell, Ryan after Santa Fe shooting Overnight Finance: House rejects farm bill in conservative revolt NAFTA deal remains elusive as talks drag on Dodd - Frank rollback set for House vote MORE (Ky.) chiding them for backing DeMaio and Tisei, as well as Senate hopeful Monica Wehby (Ore.), who supports gay marriage.

Mr. Ulrich once suggested he could not vote for Ms. Mark - Viverito after it was revealed she did not recite the Pledge of Allegiance before council meetings.

After initially balking, members of the Council's Manhattan delegation voted to approve Praschak last week.

-- After a City Council rezoning vote, the developer of a Sutton Place condo tower temporarily halts construction.

A City Council hopeful who came within a couple hundred votes of scoring an upset against Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin is gunning for a rematch after unexpectedly winning the Independence Party line.

The Syracuse city council has approved a 20 - year contract for garbage disposal, just two days after it voted the deal down.

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.

He survived a no confidence vote in February 2014 after the Wales Audit Office ruled the council's chief executive Mark James had received «unlawful» pension payments.

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.

A week after Hunter resigned, the Common Council voted on her replacement, which caused controversy with some councilors who said there was not enough time spent vetting the candidates.

Most recently — after five years of wrangling that spanned two administrations at both REBNY and City Hall — the City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 9 to rezone a 78 - block swath of Midtown East.

Some Syracuse Common Councilors are upset that the council voted to appoint former Councilor Joe Nicoletti to fill the position vacated by Pam Hunter after she was elected to the Assembly.

Masterpole came up short of the party's endorsement in May, and announced his plans to stay in the race after Nicoletti and the council voted to cut $ 1.5 million from the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.

After the vote, enraged African American ministers stormed the hallway outside the council chambers and vowed that they will work to oust the members who supported the bill, which was sponsored by Phil Mendelson (D - At Large).

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.