Sentences with phrase «board voted»

On Sept. 11 the town board voted unanimously to amend their zoning law to ban fracking and other related activities.
The Wage Board voted Friday in favor of raising the so - called tipped wage from $ 5 to $ 7.50 an hour at year's end.
«With that in mind, our Executive Board voted earlier this afternoon to suspend the five week strike.»
The board voted unanimously to approve the change, which will help some parents in making their camp arrangements this summer.
At the same meeting in which Aquila announced her exit, the board voted to reverse long - standing policy and in future consider credible complaints about campaign spending misdeeds even if those tips are anonymous — an issue of much discussion at last month's Moreland hearing.
All members of the Buffalo School Board voted to adopt the resolution with the exception of Paladino, Larry Quinn, and Patricia Pierce.
The four - member site selection board voted unanimously Tuesday night to open a new bidding process for a fourth casino license, but only in the Southern Tier.
In addition to voting against the neighborhood rezoning, the board voted no to the city's two proposed zoning text amendments — Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability.
In other action, the board voted to review a plan to relocate its offices to 95 Perry St. on Buffalo's Inner Harbor.
Council Reduces Proposed Increase from 9.2 % to 6.2 % BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR The Orangetown Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to override the state - imposed limitation of a 2 percent increase in local real property taxes next year.
After providing McKenna and this reporter with copies of the relevant section of the state's Open Meetings Law, the board voted unanimously to adjourn to the private setting and then did so.
The board voted 7 - 2 for Brown at its June 13 meeting.
The Town Board voted, 4 - 1, to hire the Hancock Estabrook law firm to «commence litigation» against the Zoning Board.
Even Berky recognized Short's remarkable restraint under duress in a written apology three days after the town board voted unanimously to release the tape.
The Greenport Village Board voted unanimously Thursday night to increase the mayor's annual salary from $ 18,000 to $ 30,000.
CHESTERTOWN The Chester Town Board voted unanimously to spend $ 47,700 for a three - year contract with Bioconservation, Inc., for treating for black fly larvae in local waterways.
BY ROBERT KNIGHT CITY EDITOR ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES In a surprise move at an otherwise routine annual reorganization meeting the Orangetown Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to switch the nights of its meetings to Thursdays for the remainder of 2012.
In July, New York's wage board voted to approve an increase in the minimum wage for the state's fast food workers.
Gural, the chairman of Newmark Knight Frank and the prospective operator of a casino in New Jersey's Meadowlands, said he was «pleased» that the state's Gaming Facility Location Board voted Wednesday to allow him to apply for a full casino license.
The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday to raise the legal age for purchasing smoking products to 21 from 18, making it the second town in Nassau County to do so.
HORICON The Horicon Town Board voted 3 - 2 on Oct. 19 to reject a resolution offered by Councilman Robert Olson to enter into a contract for the treatment of black flies in 2017.
The Buffalo School Board voted Wednesday evening to hire a lawyer for board president Barbara Seals Nevergold as school board member Carl Paladino seeks to have her removed from the board.
The Hempstead Town Board voted unanimously Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to raise the legal age for purchasing smoking products to 21 from 18, making it the second town in Nassau County to do so.
A split Hempstead Town Board voted to table a hearing on restrictions to mass mailings ahead of elections during a chaotic meeting last night.
The Hempstead school board voted to seek the state comptroller's help in how to pay down a multimillion - dollar budget deficit, about $ 2 million of which officials said is tied to increased enrollment in local charter schools.
New York City's Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to recommend an unusually low range of possible rent increases for the coming year, even raising the possibility of a rent freeze for one - year leases.
After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.
The Public Authorities Control Board voted unanimously to authorize sending $ 78 million to the Rochester photonics institute, freeing up the money for equipment and licensing agreements.
CHESTERTOWN After considering several proposals that would break the tax cap the Chester Town Board voted to adopt a 2108 municipal budget that will remain under the cap.
The Syracuse City School Board voted 4 - 3 in favor of extending Superintendent Sharon Contreras» contract for one year.
«The Executive Board voted against supporting a particular candidate,» Root wrote in a message to union members,
The Chester Town Board voted 4 - 0 on Wednesday night to join the litigation, maintaining the annexation would impact the entire county.
«The Executive Board voted against supporting a particular candidate,» Root wrote in a message to union members, Syracuse.com reported.
Before the board voted, its members questioned Nixon in front of about 150 members in the organization's Downtown Brooklyn headquarters Tuesday night.
According to the Greensboro News & Record, the Guilford County School Board voted unanimously to hire Contreras.
The housing authority board voted 7 - 0 Thursday to terminate Terry's $ 12,000 - a-year salary.
The board voted in favor of $ 316,000 in sales and mortgage recording tax breaks for Sinatra's planned $ 7.57 million conversion of the former Phoenix Brewery building, at 835 - 847 Washington St. on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, into 30 one - and two - bedroom luxury apartments and 3,000 square feet of commercial space.
The Town Board voted unanimously to authorize sending copies of the resolution to DEC commissioner Basil Seggos, NYTA acting executive director Bill Finch and governor Andrew Cuomo.
In October, the board voted against the proposal because it foresaw difficulties reinforcing the structure of the building.
According to the town's supervisor's report, the town board voted to approve the measure earlier in the month.
The board voted to ask the town to include in next year's budget one additional full - time police officer for each of the four elementary schools.
The Schroon Town Board voted 4 - 1 on Monday, May 1 to obtain counsel before moving forward on the proposed Stewart's Shops expansion project.
Following a public hearing, the town board voted 5 - 0 to pass a resolution allowing the town to override the state mandated tax levy limit.
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The Rosendale Town Board voted last week to send a letter to the two designated co-lead agencies on the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) of the Pilgrim Pipeline project, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the New York Thruway Authority (NYTA), urging them to guarantee ample opportunities for «meaningful public and municipal participation» during the scoping phase of the review process.
The Saugerties Town Board voted 4 - 1 to take half off litigious senior housing developer Steve Aaron's tax payments, but Supervisor
The board voted, 6 - 2, in favor of giving Paladino 24 hours to resign before appealing to state education commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
The board voted against any increase on one - year increases, and voted for a 2 percent increase on two - year leases.
In 2009, the borough president and community board voted to approve plans for a $ 1 billion NYPD cadet training facility, which will sit on 35 acres of land and house 2,000 parking spaces when complete.
In 2013, the 150 - member board voted unanimously to endorse de Blasio's candidacy, in the hopes of pushing other labor groups into backing de Blasio.
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