Sentences with phrase «city council members»

Put yourself in the shoes of a typical city council member who is more worried about educating children and bringing jobs into the city than raising live releases at the animal shelter.

She says that as a result of this, young agents are now engaging with city council members and county commissioners about housing - related topics.

With the mayor, the school board president, and a key city council member on the team, voucher supporters had cracked the solid wall of local opposition that had stalled past campaigns.

Several city council members spoke in support of the law and noted that the time for the change was way past due.

Only 14 of the 51 current city council members are women.

Other city council members would not comment on the specifics of the case but said sexual harassment is something that the council has to take seriously.

Within days, a dozen city council members sent a similar letter, while the county board of supervisors unanimously passed a resolution calling for local ownership.

I hope the mayor and city council members sleep well at night now knowing that loving family pets who never hurt anyone will now die thanks to their decision.

Several city council members have proposed implementing a residential parking permit system designed to reserve spaces for local residents.

«I, along with my colleagues, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Senator Daniel Squadron, and New York City Council Member Margaret Chin, will continue to monitor these developments.»

*** by New York City Council Member Margaret Chin and National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Executive Director Miriam Yeung.

Perkins, a former City Council member from Harlem, stood at the Schomburg Plaza on Fifth Avenue surrounded by about fifty supporters, nearly all of whom he appeared to know personally.

At a Tuesday night town hall hosted by City Council Members Dan Garodnick and Rosie Mendez at Gramercy's Church of the Epiphany, stakeholders voiced concerns about problems related to homelessness, an increasingly controversial issue facing the East Side of Manhattan.

A number of top - tier Democrats have opted not to challenge de Blasio in the September primary, so far leaving him to face State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who handedly lost the Democratic mayoral primary in 2009 to then - comptroller Bill Thompson and Sal Albanese, a former City Council member from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2013.

The resurfacing of the controversial performers comes as City Council members including Dan Garodnick, Corey Johnson and Ydanis Rodriguez introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow the city's Department of Transportation to set rules regulating activity in pedestrian plazas throughout the city.

«This is like holding a hearing in the trains,» said City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez.»

Mark is a New York City Council Member representing the 7th District in Northern Manhattan.

The measure is being pushed by City Council members Brad Lander, who represents Brooklyn's Park Slope, and Margaret Chin, whose district covers Chinatown and the Lower East Side.

Amidst the media's recent focus on independent redistricting, New York City Council member Dan Garodnick encourages New Yorkers not to lose sight of the importance of campaign finance reform, highlighting the many benefits that the New York City public matching funds system has created for small donors, candidates for public office, and the voting public.

«We're fighting in order to renew and strengthen rent - stabilization laws,» said local City Council member Robert Jackson.

On Tuesday City Council members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa and state Sen. Adriano Espaillat sent a joint letter to the Parks and Transportation Departments asking them to find a way to add water service without jeopardizing the park.

A representative for City Council Member Daniel Dromm, who chairs the Committee on Education, did not respond to multiple requests for comment about the status of the Kallos legislation, along with inquiries pertaining to DOE transparency and contracting practices.

A police oversight bill sponsored by City Council Member Jumaane Williams unanimously sailed through the Council's Committee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday, and is all but certain to be voted through the full City Council on Thursday.

But her challengers might include the congressman's son State Sen. José M. Serrano, early favorite Bronx City Council Member Ritchie Torres, Bronx State Assemblyman Michael Blake and the head of Black Lives Matter New York, Hawk Newsome.

Brad Lander, Brooklyn city council member in the 39th district, expressed that «local honey is a key to growing local food,» and said he «is glad to see that Brooklyn restaurants are supplying it to their customers.»

Brooklyn City Council member Letitia James, who represents the neighborhood of Fort Greene that borders the Navy Yard, said a new developer would be named.

A former intern for City Council member Rosie Mendez, Eliot is also co-president of the school yearbook at Manhattan's Bard College HS, writes for the school paper and is teaching herself violin.

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

In District 38, incumbent Democratic City Council Member Carlos Menchaca is facing a slew of challengers, including sitting Assemblymember Felix Ortiz.

At 1 p.m., the Rockefeller University holds a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of repairs it is making to the East River's seawall with Rockefeller University President Marc Tessier - Lavigne, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, New York City Council Member Ben Kallos and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Mitch Silver, between 64th and 68th Streets, Manhattan.

Also at 9:30 a.m., the Right to Counsel New York City Coalition and AARP will host a celebration of the passage of the Right to Counsel bill, featuring New York City Council members Mark Levine and Vanessa Gibson, New York County Lawyers» Association, 14 Vesey St., Manhattan.

Other Democratic names mentioned to be in the running include former City Council members Eric Gioia and Melinda Katz, City Councilmen Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria), Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck), former Borough President Claire Shulman and former Congresswoman and city Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn.

The draft lines will be enacted unless a majority of City Council members vote to send the Commission back to the drawing board.

The committee passed over former City Council member Corey Ellis, who ran against Mayor Jennings four years ago fir the Democratic nomination.

One was Sen. Gustavo Rivera, who again fended off a challenge from City Council Member Fernando Cabrera, who also ran in 2014.

The following City Council results came in on Election Day — it is worth noting that Council District 30, in Queens, appears headed to a recount after, in a bit of a surprise, incumbent Democrat City Council Member Elizabeth Crowley appers on the verge of losing to Robert Holden, who had lost the Democratic primary to Crowley but ran in the general on several ballot lines, including Republican.

Today, Democratic council candidate Diana Ayala received endorsements from Bronx City Council Members Rafael Salamanca, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres.

Park City Council Member Andy Beerman has details from last night's City Council meeting.

Episode 13 - 95 with City Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland [You can download What's The [Data] Point?

Former Borough President Guy Molinari said Kelly has agreed to join him and various elected officials, including City Council members James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio, for a luncheon that will be both social and political.

Queens City Council members Daniel Dromm (l.) and Jimmy Van Bramer (r.), both members of the Council's Progressive Caucus, speak with Melissa Mark - Viverito at a Council Parks Committee hearing.

Bronx City Council Member Ritchie Torres is very excited about the new class of the City Council and his role in it — he's been named by new Speaker Corey Johnson to chair the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, with a promise to beef the committee's staff so that it can be a powerful force in holding city government accountable.

Peter - Carroll currently works as a staffer for City Council Member Stephen Levin.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña told City Council members at a recent budget hearing that when addressing peer pressure issues surrounding free lunch for middle schoolers, the Department of Education also wanted to target the cafeteria environment — and it was easier to start with renovating the standalone middle schools.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, along with City Council members Carlos Menchaca and Daniel Dromm, announced the proposed legislation on Tuesday.

Meanwhile Chancellor Carmen Farina told City Council members on Wednesday that city schools have made progress on de Blasio's watch, but that there is also more to be done.

Rochester City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to maintain sanctuary status, which has been in place since 1986.