Sentences with phrase «by city council president»

Everett dismissed the complaint as an another attack by City Council President Rodney Wiltshire's campaign to derail his mayoral run after failing to do so in court.

Not exact matches

The New York City Council and a local tenants rights group announced on Monday that they would launch a joint investigation into the real estate company formerly headed by Jared Kushner, a top aide to President Donald Trump, over alleged falsification of building permits.

«Canada's international airports play a pivotal role in supporting our economy by facilitating the movement of people, goods, services and ideas,» said Adam Legge, President and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Canadian Global Cities Council.

«Pending the outcome of the head tax vote by City Council, Amazon has paused all construction planning on our Block 18 project in downtown Seattle and is evaluating options to sub-lease all space in our recently leased Rainier Square building,» said Amazon vice president Drew Herdener.

Lord Sebastian Coe, president of the IAAF, described the event as «one of the most successful of all time» and continued by saying: «I'd like to thank the organising committee, Birmingham City Council, the athletes and the fans — who fought through pretty extraordinary weather conditions to be here.»

The council, chaired by new FIFA president Gianni Infantino, meets next Monday in Mexico City, four days before the congress has its annual business meeting.

A day after a debate hosted by the Times Union, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan challenged a figure on minorities in the city workforce cited by mayoral rival Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin.

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

Despite losing the Democratic Mayoral Primary to Rochester City Council President Lovely Warren, Richards was endorsed by the Working Families Party and the Independence Party, and was considering staying in the race.

Perhaps sensing growing Dominican clout, Espaillat is now backed by a number of elected officials, some of whom backed Rangel the last time: the City Council speaker, who represents East Harlem and was born in Puerto Rico, and the Bronx Borough president.

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Nathan Duke in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, Congress, District 19, District 20, District 22, District 24

The head of the New York City Council on Thursday outlined a legislative plan to resist President Donald Trump by blocking his immigration agents locally and rallying sympathetic municipalities to oppose him nationally.

Posted by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, Borough President, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 14, District 22, U.S. House, U.S. Senate on March 31, 2011 No Comments

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

Posted by Ivan Pereira in Borough President, City Council, City Offices, District 27 on December 22, 2011 No Comments

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz (along with some City Council members) wrote to the MTA last week calling on the agency to make three stations that will be most impacted by the L train shutdown ADA accessible.

«So, remember if you want real reform in Albany, support Mark Levine, Democrat for state Senate on September 14 Also, Mark Levine is endorsed by former Borough President Ruth Messinger, former City Council Member Ronnie Eldridge and City Council Member Robert Jackson.

Among others, Simon is backed by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Assemblyperson Joan L. Millman, Congresswomen Nydia Velázquez and Yvette Clarke, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, New York State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery, a number of assembly members and City Council members, organizations and clubs.

Posted by Ivan Pereira in Borough President, City Comptroller, City Council, District 27, District 28, District 31, Mayor, Public Advocate on September 4, 2009 No Comments

(Brooklyn, NY)-- Today, a group of elected officials including Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Treyger joined City commissioners and community and business leaders to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to accelerate and streamline necessary construction on the BQE by authorizing «design - build» contracting.

For Capital and Expense Budgets, the process begins with consultations at the district level and moves on to consultations at the borough level; public hearings scheduled by the board, the borough president and the city council before the budget is adopted.

De Blasio on Monday signed a City Council bill creating a second commission with members to be appointed by the mayor, Council speaker, public advocate, comptroller and the five borough presidents.

Espaillat has been endorsed by City Council Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will reportedly endorse him soon too.

In a show of unity, the trio was flanked by a swarm of elected officials who had endorsed both candidates, including State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, State Senators Bill Perkins and Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymembers Marcos Crespo, Mark Gjonaj and Luis Sepulveda, and Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilmembers Ydanis Rodríguez, Inez Dickins, Mark Levine, and Andrew Cohen, and Public Advocate Letitia James.

While concerns about MIH can be easily translated in these meetings, the Council's issues with Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) are far more varied and reflect the opinions raised by community boards and borough presidents last year, when these plans were largely rejected in non-binding votes throughout the city.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn comes in second with 17 percent, followed by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz (14 percent) and City Comptroller John Liu (10 percent).

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Howard Koplowitz in Assembly, Borough President, City Council, City Offices, Congress, District 14, District 22, U.S. House, U.S. Senate

It was also signed by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and City Council members Mark Levine (D - Hamilton Heights), Carlina Rivera (D - East Village) and Diana Ayala (D - East Harlem).

Board Members are appointed by their respective Borough President, half of them at the recommendation of their local City Council Member.

Documents obtained by the Observer indicate that the VAN «turf packets» that ABQ canvassers used to guide when going door - to - door last August all had the names of three Advance Group clients: Laurie Cumbo and Robert Waterman, each running for City Council, and then - Councilman Robert Jackson, running for Manhattan borough president,

Vance, flanked by Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, said knife possession needs to be taken more seriously by lawmakers.

In January, Borough President Diaz visited Israel with a delegation of Latino leaders, sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York City.

ALBANY — A day after a debate hosted by the Times Union, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan challenged a figure on minorities in the city workforce cited by mayoral rival Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin.

Everett's petitions were challenged unsuccessfully at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections by a voter who supported City Council President Rodney Wiltshire in the primary.

The group, headed by Council Speaker Christine Quinn, also announced the passing of a City Council resolution which calls for Congress and the president to supersede the Arizona law with a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

It will be reviewed by Community Board 2, which is expected to sign off on the plan, in October and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer before the City Council votes on it.

Thanks to the mayor, members of the City Council and borough presidents, free reusable bags have been sent out by the thousands across the cCity Council and borough presidents, free reusable bags have been sent out by the thousands across the citycity.

Officials have taken steps to reform the process around deed modifications, including running new proposals by the borough presidents, City Council members and community boards of the affected buildings.

The reunification proposal was put out Monday by Brown, state Democratic Party Vice Chairwoman and former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Rep. Joseph Crowley, of Queens, who chairs the House Democratic Caucus, and Hector Figueroa, president of the influential Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

BY BILL PARRY AND NAEISHA ROSE Despite an anonymous death threat against out gay City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer, the Sunnyside, Queens, Democrat, the Council's majority leader, went ahead with a November 18 march across the Queensboro Bridge to Trump Tower to rally against the president - elect.

A group of Bronx housing advocates led by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. rallied against the New...

In addition to Hogan and Simpson, the committee appointed by Miner included city council President Van Robinson; William Fisher, deputy Onondaga County executive; and Darlene Kerr, former president of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of President Van Robinson; William Fisher, deputy Onondaga County executive; and Darlene Kerr, former president of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of president of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce.

The Queens Borough Board is chaired by the Queens Borough President, and is comprised of the Queens City Council Members and Chairs of the Community Boards.

Madden only narrowly defeated the outgoing City Council president in the Democratic primary in September — the two were separated by a mere 45 votes.

Per the governor's executive order, the outside party must be chosen in 60 days by a unanimous vote of de Blasio, the City Council speaker and the head of a citywide coalition of tenant presidents, who happen to be suing the mayor's administration over conditions at the housing authority.

Pictured left to right from the winning team, which argued in favor of eliminating cash bail, were City Council member Daniel Dromm (District 25) and Fortune debater Felix Guzman, joined by Khalil Cumberbatch, Associate Vice President of Policy, David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy at The Fortune Society.

The event is sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

But Markowitz wants a system in which borough presidents can be overridden only by a «super majority» vote of the City Planning Commission and City Council.

The 29 members of the New York Electoral College unanimously voted to consign their compensation to the New York Immigration Coalition in a motion put forward by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and seconded by New York State AFL - CIO President Mario Cilento.Those electors included former President Bill Clinton, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Letitia James and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

As outlined in the cultural plan law, the agency will work with a specially formed «citizens» advisory committee» - made up of 12 members appointed by the mayor, city council speaker, DCLA commissioner, and borough presidents - to gather information and make recommendations.