Sentences with phrase «by local city council»

Community board members are selected by the borough president, and half of them are nominated by local City Council members.

He also pointed to new city laws, sponsored by local City Council member Margaret Chin, meant to prevent future Rivington House - like fiascos.

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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.

In May, Seattle's City Council plans to vote on a tax — dubbed the «Amazon Tax» by locals — on the city's largest employCity Council plans to vote on a tax — dubbed the «Amazon Tax» by locals — on the city's largest employcity's largest employers.

The debate got louder Thursday when members of Iron Workers Local 86 showed up at a rally in front of Amazon headquarters called by a socialist city council member.

Introduce your gutter cleaning services company by sending introductory letters alongside your brochure to households, residential estates, industrial estates, local government councils, corporate organizations, small scale businesses, medium scale businesses and other key stakeholders throughout the city where your gutter cleaning services company is located

The Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities were developed in 2017 by Robin Chase, Zipcar co-Founder, and a consortium of leading city and transport organizations including: the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), Transportation for America (T4America), Rocky Mountain Institute, Shared - Use Mobility Center, and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

But now in this year came the news of his violent death in Brussels, having been arrested for heresy by agents of the local Council in the Imperial city.

The 25th Annual International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York, sponsored by the New York State Restaurant Association, will offer over 550 leading vendors throughout an expansive exhibition floor; 40 + educational sessions; the 29th Annual U.S. Pastry Competition themed «The Great Race»; the Rapid Fire Challenge: Meatball Madness Edition; the Hip Sip: Battle of the Modern Bartender competition; the Beacon Award and Torch Award presentations; the Foodservice Council for Women panel; Farm to City Expo: Local Seafood Wave of the Future; live culinary demonstrations on Center Stage; hundreds of new products; and much more.

This was to be administered by a «two - tier» local government system, comprising the Greater London Council, and the 32 borough councils and the City, which had previously remained separate.

A group of homeless people in Bristol could be effectively kicked out of the city today if a court grants an injunction applied for by the local council.

Ms Flint continued: «Their plans would deny cities a referendum until a year after mayors have already been imposed by a Whitehall diktat, leading to additional costs and red tape at a time when local councils are dealing with spending cuts.

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.

Traditionally, the City Council generally acquiesces to the position taken by the local representative, Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez.

The party fielded a candidate in the 3 March 2011 local by - election for the Walkden North ward of Salford City Council.

Elections for municipal or other local offices (city councils, governing boards of schools, hospitals, etc) are nonpartisan by law, with the exception that home - rule cities may legislate partisan elections for themselves.

The New Year's Eve event will be hosted by the Association for a Better New York, Blasters, Drillrunners and Miners Local 29, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, Central Park Conservancy, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York Historical Society, the New York Mets, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Transit Museum, Partnership for New York City, Real Estate Board of New York, Regional Plan Association, NYC Sandhogs Local 147, Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Cuomo was joined by local elected officials, including Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Charles B. Rangel and his successor State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assembly Keith Wright, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Council Member Dan Garodnick.

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

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.

City Council member Diana Reyna, joined by a local community group, claimed in a press conference at City Hall today that two new residential...

According to the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC), an organization consisting of local affiliates of 15 national and international unions representing 100,000 members in New York City, project labor agreements (PLAs) with these terms for four projects valued at $ 345 million are in the process of being executed by unions in the industry.

These are just two examples of easily avoidable types of problems that District Leader Frank Gulluscio, who won the Democratic primary last month for the City Council seat currently held by Eric A. Ulrich, state Senator Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach), and local community activist Betty Braton say could be avoided in the future if two bills currently before the New York City Council are passed.

Early Endorsements include: Burt Cohen, former New Hampshire Senate majority leader (reported by Seven Days on May 26, 2015) Emily Hague, at - large Keene City Council member (announced June 6, 2015) Dudley Dudley, longtime Democratic activist; Executive Councilor in the 1970s (reported July 3, 2015) New Hampshire Postal Workers Union (announced Sept. 19, 2015) IBEW Local 490 in Concord SEIU Local 560 in Hanover (both announced Oct. 31, 2015)

Murphy spoke at a community walk in the park Monday morning hosted by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, which drew more than two - dozen local women.

As hosted in part by the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), Metropolitan Hospital, the city's Department of Aging, Union Settlement, American Diabetes Association, SMART University, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the festival on June 16th was organized to provide details on local resources — including the opportunity to make a special splcity's Department of Aging, Union Settlement, American Diabetes Association, SMART University, and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the festival on June 16th was organized to provide details on local resources — including the opportunity to make a special splCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the festival on June 16th was organized to provide details on local resources — including the opportunity to make a special splash.

Members of New Yorkers for Beverage Choices were joined by city council members and representatives from a local soft drink and beer workers» union to speak out against the proposal to restrict the size of sweetened drinks sold at certain stores to 16 ounces.

On Tues., July 24th, New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, was joined by city agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildiCity Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat, was joined by city agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildicity agencies New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildiCity Department of Housing, Preservation and Development (HPD), the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB), and local non-profit the Community League of the Heights (CLOTH) at a town hall meeting to address concerns of tenants in foreclosed Vantage Property buildings.

Earlier this week, the New York City Police Department launched the crime map mandated by Local Law 39 of 2013, which City Council passed in April.

On Monday, 42 local Democratic officials, including several New York City Council members, sent a letter questioning Cuomo's credentials as a progressive; hours later they were blasted as a bunch of nobodies by the governor's handpicked leader of the state Democratic Party.

PLATTSBURGH Local lawyer Patrick McFarlin will fill the city council seat left vacant by former councilor Becky Kasper.

Billed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a move toward environmental justice, the East 91st Street project has long gotten flak from locals — who claim it will bring pollution, noise, rats, and wreak havoc on the overall quality - of - life.

Surrounded by local families, community leaders and Little Leaguers, State Senate Coalition Co-Leader Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) and Council Member Andrew Cohen (D - Bronx) announced $ 3 million in capital grants securedin this year's state and city budgets for a comprehensive renovation of the baseball fields in the Woodlawn area of the Bronx.

On Wednesday, members of the city council's Progressive Caucus, including Councilman Daniel Dromm, chair of the Education Committee, came to Albany asking state legislators to adopt a budget that provides funding mandated by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity court decision, excludes additional resources for charter schools, leaves the charter school cap at current levels and provides more local control over the city's schools.

This week we're joined by Albany Common Council President Corey Ellis to talk about his local legislative priorities, his return to Albany city government, neighborhood reinvestment, and criminal justice reform.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising effoCity Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising effocity campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto - proof majority in the New York City Council — enough to overcome opposition by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Constantinides has previously been endorsed by Congressman Joe Crowley (D - Jackson Heights), several members of the City Council, New York's Working Families Party, 1199SEIU, Brooklyn - Queens NOW PAC, Hotel Trades Council, Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union, Amalgamated Transit Union, City Council's Progressive Caucus Alliance, and Democracy for NYC.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced last week that they'd reached a deal to speed up the closure of Rikers Island by creating or expanding jail facilities in every borough except Staten Island, it seemed to be a clear sign of a productive partnership between the administration and local elected officials.

The New York City Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expCity Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expcity to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expire.

The local election results are a consequence of the Government's disregard for the mounting pressure faced by councils «and the pain it is causing their residents», according to Steve Houghton, a Labour councillor and chair of SIGOMA, the collective voice of urban areas representing many of the large towns and cities in the Northern, Midland and South Coast regions of England.

UFT members began working closely with their local City Council members as the arena for the budget battle shifted to the negotiations between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council on a final budget, which is due by June 30.

In Lincolnshire, for example, while Labour held onto Lincoln City council, the independent Lincolnshire PCC was defeated by a Conservative while in Norfolk the Conservatives replaced another independent PCC but failed to take seats in the two local elections in the area, in Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

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Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Congressman Charles Rangel «s job in Washington, confirmed over the weekend that he is interested in returning to Albany — by running for the position of Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the City Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens left her local post to assume Wright's old role in the State Legislature.

By winning local council seats, party activists established a power base in cities like Liverpool, and success in local government revitalised their national ambitions.

This seat also contains Hartcliffe WWC post war council estate in the south west of the seat which has a similar level of local notoriety as Knowle West (indeed the suburbs with the worst reputations in the city are Knowle West, Hartcliffe, Easton and St Pauls though the latter has started to be gentrified by the hipsters).

In yet another reminder of the mayor's lesser reputation in the eyes of the Senate — where Long Island and upstate Republicans hold sway, and have been offended by efforts to oust them — New York City was forced to delay enacting a five - cent fee on plastic bags, a setback for the mayor and the City Council on a seemingly local concern but one with national political appeal.

Wednesday afternoon the City Council approved the Dock Street apartment building in Dumbo by a vote of 40 to 9, in a rare move that overruled the local councilman, Mr. Yassky, on a land - use project.

Members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, joined by parents and members of the city's Community Education Councils, on Feb. 28 announced their support for proposed legislation that would give the local councils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their diCouncils, on Feb. 28 announced their support for proposed legislation that would give the local councils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their dicouncils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their districts.