Sentences with phrase «by city council»

Critics maintained the ban, approved by the city council in April, was actually aimed at homeless people and their dogs and encourage them to — if they wanted to keep their dogs — relocate elsewhere.

An investigation spearheaded by City Manager, Jack Lam, led to a unanimous vote by the City Council to run its own shelter and animal control services.

The ordinance was passed by the city council.

In the following month, an ordinance that will put limits on payday loans is set to be proposed by the City Council, headed by Councilman Diego Bernal.

In September 2005, this decision was unanimously approved by the City Council of Boulogne - Billancourt.

According to the transition plan, Philadelphia's Mayor will appoint members of the school board, with those appointments being approved by the City Council.

By this summer, a new nine - member school board, appointed by Kenney and approved by the city council, should assume control.

School leaders in Washington, D.C., are protesting a proposal by the city council that would limit school administrators» authority to suspend and expel students.

Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney wants to replace the commission with a local school board that would be appointed by him and approved by the City Council.

It met fierce opposition from the beverage industry but ultimately was passed by the City Council.

Funds for the salary were approved by the City Council and come from a dedicated line in the budget, said Adam Wood, Finch's chief of staff.»

This plan builds off of the nearly $ 1 billion investment included in CPS» FY17 capital plan, which was funded primarily by the Capital Improvement Tax — a property tax levy passed by the City Council in 2016 that provides funding specifically for school construction, equipment and maintenance.

'' This action by the City Council is of central importance to all those who care about public education.

That description is a far cry, though, from the label assigned late last year by the city council.

The mayor appears unfazed, although his broader education reform initiatives have been rejected by the city council.

The 102 - to - 50 vote was not final, however, and an amendment offered by opponents of the bill appeared to radically alter the intent of the home - rule petition, which is being sought by the the city council and Mayor Raymond L. Flynn.

In June 2006 the board of education approved the program, and it was granted approval by the city council.

It is expected to be approved by the City Council next month.

The city's Youth Commission — a group of high school students appointed by the city council — has the power to affect city policy in matters related to them.

A Park Ridge's man's series of ethics complaints against three city employees and one elected official will not be pursued by the City Council.

For example, a person may decide that location - tracking data about parks they visit can be used by the city council but not by firms.

While writing his dissertation, which examined the potential benefits of using small - scale renewable energy systems in sheltered housing for elderly people provided by the city council in North Tyneside, he decided to continue with a Ph.D..

The city recently released the massive list of discretionary funds allocated by the City Council to individual members and one southeast Queens councilman brought home far more cash for his district than his colleagues.

The rezoning of a five - block Area Surrounding Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Central Station was approved by the City Council last month to allow for One Vanderbilt, SL Green Realty's proposed new skyscraper.

The amount is covered by the 24 million dollars allocated by the City Council, and I thank the City Council.»

Those thresholds were changed late last year through legislation passed by the City Council — sponsored by Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the governmental operations committee — and signed by de Blasio that increased the debate standards to the current 2.5 percent of the expenditure limit, as well as disqualifying loans or outstanding liabilities as counting towards that expenditure.

At a contentious hours - long hearing held on Tuesday by the the City Council's Committee on Transportation, Council members grilled representatives of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on the problems facing the city's transit infrastructure and the challenges of finding both short - and long - term funding streams to adequately maintain and upgrade the city's subway system.

The measures grow out of the FoodWorks New York initiative set out by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn earlier this year and which is, she said, offered the «first comprehensive ground to garbage can look at the city's food system.»

The plan will next be reviewed by City Council, which has 60 days to hold public hearings and vote.

«We recommend that these bills remain consistent with recent approaches taken by the City Council and this administration, which has been to work with federal immigration authorities in limited circumstances where there are risks to public safety, while otherwise prioritizing remaining an accessible city,» she said.

The bill was approved by the City Council at the Stated Meeting on June 11.

At a recent Community Education Council meeting, Jamie Smarr, executive director of the DOE's Educational Construction Fund, reassured parents that the sale of the schools would be subject to public review under the Uniform Land Use Review Process (ULURP), which requires a vote by the City Council.

It's unclear whether the mayor will sign the bill into law, although he has yet to veto a single bill passed by the City Council.

The mayor's budget proposal must be approved by the City Council, and some Council members have been vocal in opposing the teacher layoffs.

A bill passed by City Council yesterday aims to encourage more rooftop greenhouses throughout the city

Ramos was also recently endorsed by City Council members Jimmy Van Bramer and Costa Constantinides, both of Queens.

After Mr. de Blasio insisted he would not wait for the state, while Mr. Cuomo insisted any regulations should be statewide, the two eventually agreed to work together on crafting legislation that will be passed by the City Council today and will eventually be made statewide policy by Mr. Cuomo.

The board has come under fire for approving a $ 392,000 salary for Galante, who has been the subject of scrutiny by the City Council and the FBI concerning his outside income and questionable operation of the taxpayer - funded nonprofit.

That police consolidation study is still being finalized and there's no guarantee it would be accepted by the city council or the county legislature.

MANHATTAN — A bill proposing compulsory paid sick days for workers may be shot down by City Council, the New York Post reported Thursday.

The budget must still be approved by the City Council.

But, it is apparent that the mayor is making many fundraising calls and attending a variety of fundraising events already — he appeared at a small - dollar young professionals fundraiser for his campaign in Harlem Wednesday night; on November 15, he'll appear at a fundraiser in Southeast Queens hosted by City Council Member Donovan Richards.

The Board's vote finalized the plan, which was approved by the City Council in December after Councilman Stephen Levin threw his support behind it.

The project will now go before the City Planning Commission for review, followed by a City Council decision.

Unless the LGBT caucus sees the Queens Pride House expanding its organization, they will continue to go unfunded by the City Council.

Justice Arthur F. Engoron, of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, issued a temporary restraining order on the plan, which the State Legislature approved last year after the Bloomberg administration had been stymied by the City Council.

Now broken windows is in the middle of a heated reevaluation stoked by City Council speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Undocumented immigrants charged with violent crimes would not be automatically handed over to immigration officials, under a bill proposed Thursday by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and quickly endorsed by Mayor de Blasio.

De Blasio's version, aggressively lobbied for by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, is simply the latest example of a rebranding campaign for a police department that has overplayed its hand in communities of color for years.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday vetoed two bills aimed at impacting the NYPD that were recently passed by the City Council.