Sentences with phrase «by several council members»

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It was attended by many prominent community figures, including Mayor Susan Haynie and the Boca Raton council members, Mary Csar of the Boca Raton Historical Society, and several board members from the Junior League of Boca Raton, who also received one of the special Addison Boca Raton awards that evening!

The initiative will fund early learning and vocabulary programs — including the Thirty Million Words Initiative started by Too Small to Fail advisory council member Dr. Dana Suskind — and will track the progress of the participating families for several years.

Several members of the group spoke at a public hearing presided over by the Common Council on the mayor's 2017 - 2018 budget proposal.

Several members of the City Council's progressive caucus — including Ben Kallos of Manhattan, Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, and Antonio Reynoso and Carlos Menchaca, both of Brooklyn — went to the rally to support the groups but neither mentioned the governor by name nor joined the anti-Cuomo cheers.

The press conference, organized by the Empire State Pride Agenda, and featuring several out gay members of the City Council as well -LSB-...]

They were joined by several others, including Kirsten John Foy, Gillman Rose, Margalit Ewart and Council Member Williams» mother.

Speaking Saturday during a visit to a reelection fundraiser held by Council Member Eric Ulrich, Malliotakis included several criticisms of Mayor Bill de Blasio in her comments on Cuomo and the MTA.

Olatoye, seated near the de Blasio administration's top lawyer, Zachary Carter, did not apologize, and council member after council member assailed her over several matters, including testimony in December before lawmakers in which she wrongly testified that more than 4,000 lead - paint abatements had been completed by workers with the proper certifications.

City Council candidate Daniel Dromm was joined by state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) and several members of the Queens Latino community for a campaign rally outside the Jackson Heights post office Saturday.

After lobbying by Greenfield and several other Council members, the program is to be continued until the end of the calendar year, both news sources reported.

Elumelu's engagements in the U.S. comes after the recent visit by a delegation of members of Obama's Presidential Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC - DBIA), along with representatives of several U.S. government trade and investment - focused agencies.

At 10:30 a.m., NYC Council Member Mark Levine will be joined by several members from the Bus Turnaround Coalition in Upper Manhattan to speak about New York City's other transit crisis — the bus system — in addition to calling for significantly faster implementation of Transit Signal Priority, NW Corner of 145th and Broadway, New York City.

Not present were Staten Island's other two Council members, Steve Matteo and Vincent Ignizio, and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo did not attend a rally held by Al Sharpton this weekend that drew several citywide lawmakers.

On Monday, these Council Members were joined by Mark Weprin (D - Queens), Stephen Levin (D - Brooklyn), and David Greenfield (D - Brooklyn) to announce the results of the second cycle of PB in New York City (PBNYC), now an annual process in several council disCouncil Members were joined by Mark Weprin (D - Queens), Stephen Levin (D - Brooklyn), and David Greenfield (D - Brooklyn) to announce the results of the second cycle of PB in New York City (PBNYC), now an annual process in several council discouncil districts.

Under the proposals approved by the City Council, the council member whose district a development is in chooses from several options, mandating different percentages of permanent affordable housing for people making anywhere from 40 percent of area median income, or AMI, to 115 pCouncil, the council member whose district a development is in chooses from several options, mandating different percentages of permanent affordable housing for people making anywhere from 40 percent of area median income, or AMI, to 115 pcouncil member whose district a development is in chooses from several options, mandating different percentages of permanent affordable housing for people making anywhere from 40 percent of area median income, or AMI, to 115 percent.

Council Member Brad Lander said, «I am amazed by the turnout and cross-community collaboration we saw over the last several months.

The press conference, organized by the Empire State Pride Agenda, and featuring several out gay members of the City Council as well as City Comptroller Scott Stringer, highlighted what have become familiar benchmarks in the long - stalled effort to win statewide civil rights protections for transgender and other gender - nonconforming New Yorkers.

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.

Newly - elected New York City Council member Ben Kallos» constituent event Thursday afternoon was unusual in several respects: there were some connectivity problems, and the issues discussed ranged from a proposed municipal ID system and the Comcast / Time Warner merger to proprietary software used by the City Council and data analytics.

de Blasio spoke at a Bronx press conference, accompanied by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and several Bronx elected officials including Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Congressman Jose E. Serrano, State Senator Jose M. Serrano and Assembly Members Luis Sepulveda, Michael Blake and Latoya Joyner.

The chair of the New York City Housing Authority was grilled for several hours on Tuesday by members of the New York City Council over the poor conditions in residential facilities.

Moments after the National Electoral Council's televised announcement, state television carried images of Mr. Maduro, holding his wife's hand and flanked by several of the more powerful members of his government, walking down a narrow lane outside the presidential palace, smiling and waving.

Dromm will be joined by several members of the City Council, including its speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat who also boycotted the last two years.

In due course, Hochul was endorsed by the state's new progressive poster boy, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio; his wife, Chirlane McCray; several Council members, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito; and the members of New York's congressional delegation.

At the hearing, several lawmakers questioned why Zemsky and others in the Cuomo administration resist additional oversight by the state comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, to approve some of the projects, and whether the Development Council board members should be subject to greater ethical disclosure rules.

This fall, in races around the city, several qualified female candidates ran in hotly - contested Democratic primaries for open seats being left by term - limited City Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelection.

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.

Speaking to a rally of several hundred union members in front of the hotel's Lodge Street entrance, Sheehan recalled supporting a city tax break package for the hotel, worth more than $ 1 million a year, and said hotel owners United Capital Corp. had «broken their promises» by failing to reach a contract with the Hotel Trades Council, which represents about 140 workers at the hotel.

In this story, we're looking at several accusations levied against Council member Chin by her political rivals, and claims made by Chin and Brewer about the developers.

«The Federal Government was represented by a delegation, led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, and several members of the Federal Executive Council.»

New York City Councilwoman Helen Foster, nominated by Cuomo to head the state's Human Rights Commission, had the worst attendance record of any council member and flunked the bar exam several times, the Post's Fred Dicker reports: http://bit.ly/19b7g2L Continue reading →

Like several other state legislators, Rodriguez is making a run this year for City Council, attempting to leave behind the many commutes to Albany and to boost his base salary by nearly 100 %, from the $ 79,500 of a state legislator to the $ 148,000 of a City Council member.

At the hearing, several lawmakers questioned why Zemsky and others in the Cuomo administration resist additional oversight by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to approve some of the projects, and whether the Development Council board members should be subject to greater ethical disclosure rules.

The parcel is separated from the city by the Thruway, and several council members said the site is ideal because it doesn't abut residential neighborhoods, nor would a casino there define the city as a downtown casino might.

A week before the November election, several dozen members and candidates just days away from winning their seats gathered at City Hall to embrace a package of procedural reforms, chief among them one that would «take the politics out of member items» by allocating discretionary funding for Council districts on a «fair and objective basis.»

Johnson was sworn in by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York, with several prominent Democratic elected officials and party leaders in attendance including members of Congress, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., and dozens of Council members.

Tim Hunt, a member of ERC's scientific council and a 2001 Nobel laureate, helped organize an October letter signed by several dozen Nobel laureates supporting full funding of Horizon 2020.

In preparation for this conference an online discussion was held on 31 March, moderated by several members of the GOA - ON Executive Council.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

Newark, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and several council members, including mayoral candidate Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, attended the ribbon cutting Wednesday at the TRYP by Wyndham Hotel on East Park Place.

Members of the grassroots Voter's Legislative Transparency Project (VLTP) have been working for several years now to bring you information regarding the interference in our government by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The City of Cape May, N.J. has been pressured by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to abolish its successful 12 - year - old Trap - Neuter - Return program for outdoor cats, despite resistance from the city's mayor, several city council members and many residents.Â

This makes Arno a valuable, yet dangerous, new member to the Brotherhood, as several on the council fear that Arno's personal involvement with the murder will get in his way of abiding by the Creed.

It also provides an overview of the global observing systems co-sponsored by several United Nations organizations and the International Council for Science that coordinate Earth observations on behalf of United Nations Member States.

Williams comments on this New Jersey case involving a lawsuit by a former town council member against NJ.com, who posted several anonymous and derogatory remarks about a firefighter involved in litigation against the town.