Sentences with phrase «authority board members»

He has been a housing authority board member since 1996 and, according to a release, will resign that position as well.

Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state dollars made possible through -LSB-...]

This leaves former Port Authority board member Bruce Blakeman, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, and economist David Malpass vying for the GOP and Conservative Party lines to challenge Gillibrand.

Already in the race: Former Port Authority board member Bruce Blakeman, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, and economist David Malpass.

Elected officials joined in Manhattan Sunday with advocacy group Riders Alliance and Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Allen Cappelli over the weekend with their eyes on the new state dollars made possible through the 2013 - 14 budget passed last month, which included an increase of more than $ 358 million for transit.

Even with embattled Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority Board member Joe Mascia trying to secure the Democratic line, barely more than a thousand votes were cast.

Blakeman, a former Nassau County legislator and ex-Port Authority Board member, was the first Republican to throw his hat into the ring against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, announcing his campaign back in January.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member Mitchell Pally, who represents Suffolk County, is pushing the agency to abandon its current schedule of fare increases every other year — which would include a 4 percent raise to be voted on about a year from now.

He resigned in 2008 amid an inspector general's probe into whether he pressured a State Liquor Authority board member to change his vote on a high - profile matter.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members listen as Councilman G. Oliver Koppell, testifies in March 2010.

Authority board member Martha Gallo recused herself from the vote because she parks her boat at North Cove.

Rozic's bill imposes a mandate on officials who appoint authority board members to select somebody who belongs to whichever gender is in the minority on the board.

This is because Cuomo donor / Battery Park Authority board members have kicked out the sailing school @ Battery Park for their own yachts.

Assemblyman Sam Hoyt wants the Legislature to pass a bill eliminating bonuses for public authorities board members and employees.

According to information from the New York State Authorities Budget Office, only about a dozen authority board members would be covered by the order under the Cuomo administration's new interpretation — and at least one of them is among those who have donated to the governor.

Veronica Vanterpool, a transportation authority board member picked by the mayor, said Mr. Cuomo spent time on superficial things, like adding lights on bridges, instead of critical but less sexy fixes like upgrading antiquated signals that are to blame for many delays.

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member nominated by Mayor Bill de Blasio attacked the administration's policy of zealously pursuing fare evaders — and endorsed a piece of legislation that would force the police department to regularly reveal how many people it cuffs and fines for the low - level crime.

«That's a good deal for everybody all around,» Thruway Authority Board member Richard Simberg said Monday as the board approved a plan to turn 133 of the deck panels over to the state Department of Transportation for $ 1.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members warned of the danger posed by the agency's rising debt Wednesday, even as they approved a $ 2.9 billion capital spending increase funded with $ 1.6 billion of new bonds.

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member recommended by Mayor Bill de Blasio raised questions Wednesday about the costs of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plans to overhaul Pennsylvania Station.

Former Solicitors Regulation Authority board member and Judicial Appointments Commission member Sara Nathan OBE, who helped found the charity, said: «I don't know how Refugees At Home could ever have got started and flourished so quickly without the superb, pro bono help from the team at Travers Smith.»

Port Authority Board members also advanced several major projects — including renovations at two area airports — as the agency's mounting tensions burst into the public spotlight at raucous meetings.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo's mayor said Thursday that Joe Mascia's racial comments, recorded surreptitiously by a friend of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority board member and Common Council candidate, were «unacceptable» and «disturbing» — «particularly disturbing for an elected representative, someone who represents a diverse body of people to express those racist views.»

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the new Penn Station, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member is raising concerns about the project's timeline and its funding.

Authority board members will have a chance to restore the peace when they meet again at the end of June.

Veronica Vanterpool, an authority board member who also leads the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group, praised the proposed team as experienced and prepared to address the system's challenges.

The substance of the bill includes a legal duty for Port Authority Board members to stop the horse trading, self - dealing, political interference and corruption that has done so much to undermine the authority's effectiveness.

A day after Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled plans for the new Penn Station, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority board member — Veronica Vanterpool, chairwoman of the Tristate Transportation Campaign — is raising concerns about the project's timeline and its funding.

Intended as low - income housing, the five - story tenement has become a destination for well - to - do lesbians, including Margarita Lopez, the $ 187,000 - per - year Housing Authority board member and one - time city councilwoman, and Rosie Mendez, a current councilwoman.

According to Mike Lupica, these tolls, set at $ 2 and collected by EZ - Pass technology so as not to slow traffic, were supported by nearly every major leader in the city: «politicians, labor leaders, community activists, even patrician Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members.»

He says the authority board members and staff need to be «better stewards».