Sentences with phrase «blocked city law»

Last month, the governor and state lawmakers blocked a city law that would have created a five - cent fee on the bags.

Felder and dozens of other legislators are pushing bills in the senate and assembly that would effectively block the city law.

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If Cuomo signs the state legislation, it will block the City's law for one year, although a newly elected City Council would actually have to pass it again in 2018 before the merry - go - round starts anew.

Kaminsky's campaign criticized a video on the website of McGrath's law firm, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo of Garden City, in which a partner says the firm can get «substantive» verdicts for plaintiffs in police brutality and excessive force cases.

Under the proposal outlined in the 30 - day amendments, New York City would install and operate cameras below 60th Street in Manhattan in order to better enforce «block the box» traffic laws.

But the State Legislature this week voted to block the city's duly enacted law, doing the bidding of the plastic - bag industry, and hiding behind the argument that the fee is a tax on the poor.

Dashing Rudy's dreams of dominion (2001): When «America's mayor» proposed an unsanctioned third term so he could keep calming the city into 2002 — and block a Democrat from his office — Silver refuses to schedule a vote on amending term - limit laws until after the Democrats had agreed on a nominee.

«Only to be disappointed, but not surprised, when Governor Cuomo and the State Legislature cynically blocked New York City's ability to enact the BYOBag law just days before it went into effect.»

Add that outrageous betrayal of trust to her 2009 self - appointed pay raise (and the entire city council) that defied a majority opposition to any pay raise voiced at a public hearing, followed by disobeying public referendum laws that recognized term limits that she abrogated (in favor of arranging an unlawful third term for Michael Bloomberg to serve, that automatically guaranteed her own job security), plus a final and detrimental insult to the working poor that blocked our rightful vote on sick pay coverage, and collectively, it would make total sense to impeach and prosecute such unethical, improper and unfair conduct — that is unbecoming to anyone purporting to serve their constituency.

On Monday, the state Senate voted to block the five - cent fee approved by the City Council and signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio last year.

Her march on Albany last winter, after the mayor briefly blocked three of her schools from city space, helped set the new law into motion, and she vowed last week to ensure that «the law is followed.»

In her final State of the City speech, Mark - Viverito unveiled a slew of proposals, including blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from most spaces on city property, free birth control for all women, a significant expansion of the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibiting local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government in crackdowns on foreign nationCity speech, Mark - Viverito unveiled a slew of proposals, including blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from most spaces on city property, free birth control for all women, a significant expansion of the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibiting local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government in crackdowns on foreign nationcity property, free birth control for all women, a significant expansion of the mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs and prohibiting local law enforcement from coordinating with the federal government in crackdowns on foreign nationals.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, called the city's bag ban «deeply flawed» when he signed legislation to block the local law from taking effect.

McGrath, who launched his campaign Wednesday, said if elected, he would continue working as a personal injury attorney and partner with the law firm of Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo in Garden City.

But what may be the most startling finding is that the city's Law Department hindered the investigation and blocked access to City Hall computcity's Law Department hindered the investigation and blocked access to City Hall computCity Hall computers.

De Blasio defended the decision and said he was obligated to block that release of information, because the judge, in essense, was ordering a city agency to violate state law.

Born and raised in Inwood, McGrath is a personal injury attorney and partner with the law firm of Sullivan, Papain, Block, McGrath & Cannavo based in Garden City and a former president of the Nassau County Bar Association.

Upping the immigration deportation ante, a San Francisco federal judge found «irreparable harm» and ordered a national preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's threat of cutting off law enforcement funds to «sanctuary cities» that defiantly refused to comply with his deportation policy.

Property on Church Street in Lower Manhattan is being refurbished for a new trooper barracks just blocks from One Police Plaza, meaning troopers are expected to become a more permanent force in the city, and that has rubbed some other law enforcement agencies the wrong way.

In an extraordinary interview, Mr. de Blasio, appearing to unburden himself of months» worth of frustrations, said that Mr. Cuomo — who, like the mayor, is a Democrat — «did not act in the interests» of New Yorkers by blocking measures like reforming rent laws and the mayor's long - term ability to control the city's public schools.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner declared Syracuse a sanctuary city earlier this month and she's not backing away from that after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that would block federal grants from cities that don't cooperate with anti-immigration laws.

That review also noted an unprecedented lack of cooperation by the city's Law Department — which reports to the mayor — including redacting relevant documents and blocking full access to City Hall computcity's Law Department — which reports to the mayor — including redacting relevant documents and blocking full access to City Hall computCity Hall computers.

«For the regular New Yorker, or tourist, or visitor, it's more, «O.K., I went up and down the block, and I didn't see the address, so let me go back down again,»» said Gale A. Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, who has pushed for such a law since she was a member of the City Council many years ago.

Last year, after Mr. de Blasio briefly blocked three Success schools from public space and threatened to charge the network rent, Mr. Cuomo pushed through a law guaranteeing all new or expanding charter schools in the city free space or money to find their own.

It's New York City, by the law of averages, there has to be another film shoot a few blocks away.

The city's Law Department issued the extraordinary defense in court papers responding to a lawsuit filed by Public Advocate Letitia James and other plaintiffs to block 36 co-locations initially approved by Bloomberg and later seconded by de Blasio.

Last year, after Mr. de Blasio briefly blocked three Success schools from public space and threatened to charge the network rent, Mr. Cuomo pushed through a law guaranteeing all new or expanding charter schools in the city free space or money to find their own.

Dr. Robert Vargas discussed how redistricting laws, bureaucracies, and public policies shape the conditions of cities, with a particular focus on the relationship between ward boundary redistricting and block - level violence in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago.

The new law blocks local county and city governments from banning or restricting someone's right to owner certain breeds or mixed breeds.

In response, pet store lobbyists are pressuring state legislatures to pass preemption laws blocking cities» and counties» right to adopt retail pet sale bans.

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