Sentences with phrase «city councilmember»

On Tues., July 24th, New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez, together with Council Speaker Christine Quinn...

Rosita Romero, Dominican Women's Development Center's (DWDC's) Executive Director, Karina Aybar - Jacobs, Program Director for the Nuevo Amanecer Program against Domestic Violence, and members of the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, were joined by New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat and New York City Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez, among others.

A high profile member of Community Board 3 has gone to work for City Councilmember Margaret Chin.

New York City Councilmember Mark Levine and New York State Assemblymember Keith Wright were among hundreds who...

Praising the 191,000 - square - foot site's amenities, former City Councilmember Robert Jackson said, «This is the type of affordable housing mindset we need all around the city.»

In 2016, Corey Johnson, an out gay city councilmember who then chaired the Health Committee and is now Council speaker, put a $ 100,000 appropriation into the health department budget to pay for the safe consumption space feasibility study, at a time when overdose deaths in the city had reached 1,300 a year, more than the combined total from vehicle accidents, homicides, and suicides.

Clothing, toiletries, and school supplies can be dropped off at the offices of City Councilmember Mark Levine at 500 West 141st Street, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer at 431 West 125th Street, Community Board 9 at 16 - 18 Old Broadway and 3333 Broadway.

He was father of Alan, former city councilmember for the First District, which covers Lower Manhattan, part of the Village and the Lower East Side and Soho, Noho and Little Italy; and husband of Sophie, a former school board leader and community board member.

The former State Assemblymember and former City Councilmember said that while the seat was steeped in history, it was imperative to look forward.

«New York City will use every resource at its disposal to protect our immigrant communities,» said City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca, Chair of the Council's Committee on Immigration.

Out gay City Councilmember Ritchie Torres of the Bronx and his Brooklyn colleague Robert Cornegy will introduce one in the Council and out gay Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte of Brooklyn will file bills in Albany.

The spike in NYCHA's unfunded capital improvements shortfall also coïncided when New York City Councilmember Ritchie Torres (D - Fordham) served as chair of the Municipal legislature's public housing committee.

The training sessions are sponsored and organized by the nonprofit organization Participatory Budgeting Project with funding provided by City Councilmembers Brad Lander and Carlos Menchaca.

New York Communities for Change Coordinator Myriam Hernandez (left) spoke at Saturday's rally as City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon looked on.

The all - male candidate slate for Speaker had included City Councilmembers Jumaane Williams; Donovan Richards; Robert Cornegy; Ritchie Torres; Ydanis Rodríguez; Mark Levine; Jimmy Van Bramer; and Johnson.

The mayor also leads New York City Councilmember Eric Ulrich, 65 % to 18 %, among the citywide electorate.

A joint statement issued late Tuesday by a group of New York elected officials — including City Councilmembers Brad Lander, whose district includes Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Park Slope, and Stephen Levin, whose district includes Downtown Brooklyn — was equally critical.

Several faces missing from the crowd were remembered: Edie Windsor, longtime St. Pat's supporter and LGBTQ rights icon; Mary Audrey Gallagher, PFLAG supporter and mother of City Councilmember Daniel Dromm; Gilbert Baker, creator of the Rainbow Flag (who led the parade last year); and human rights activist General James P. Cullen.

At the time of this post, 5 candidates have declared (or all but declared) including City Councilmembers Peter Vallone (expected to formally announce this Tuesday) and Leroy Comrie, State Senators Tony Avella and Jose Peralta, and Lobbyist Melinda Katz.

As City Councilmember Ben Kallos recounted, «I had to choose between friends and food.»

Also, we're expecting a statement from City Councilmember Margaret Chin later today.

A letter obtained from DC City Councilmember Charles Allen's office reveals that DCPS has «rescinded» the «Notice of Non-Award» previously communicated to a bidder called Genuine Foods.

The landlord of City Councilmember Corey Johnson received an illegal tax break on a Chelsea apartment he owned while the politician was living there...

Elected officials, ranging from New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria), New York State Assemblymember Catherine Nolan (D - Long Island City), and New York City Councilmember James Van Bramer (D - Sunnywide), attended a rally in Long Island City on Saturday, March 3, to call for responsibile real estate development.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER The State Senate campaign of Bronx City Councilmember Fernando Cabrera, well - known for his longstanding anti-LGBT views, is drawing fire from the incumbent he is challenging in next week's primary for «flagrant campaign finance violations» in using funds raised for the general election campaign in his primary campaign.

[From The Queens Gazette] A federal court judge has refused to delay the June 2 corruption trial of embattled state Sen. Malcom Smith, former City Councilmember Dan Halloran and Queens GOP Vice Chairman Vince Tabone.

Speaking of the process, the Director of Policy and Legislation for city councilmember Paul Koretz, Jeff Ebenstein, told local radio station KABC, «It's not going to happen over night but we increased funding to spay and neuter, that was a big part of it.

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.

«Too many of our young people never have a second chance at a life,» said City Councilmember Vanessa Gibson.

Progressive opposition to Diaz was splintered, with Elvin García, who served as de Blasio's Bronx borough director as well as his LGBTQ liaison, winning support from the Stonewall Democrats, while Amanda Farias, who has worked for Queens City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, snagged endorsements not only from the Jim Owles Club, but also from Planned Parenthood, Vote Pro Choice, the 504 Democrats, which advocates on disabilities issues, and Black Lives Matter New York.

City Councilmember Ben Kallos explained that many young people do not realize that they can register to vote as early as age 17, as long as they are 18 by election day.

We need a billion dollars,» said City Councilmember Rafael Salamanca from the Bronx.

The new regulations have been five years in the making and are a special focus of City Councilmember Gale Brewer.

«An attack on the transgender community is an attack on every single one of us,» said Jimmy Van Bramer, the out gay local city councilmember who serves as majority leader.

For a good example, check out the «virtual sit - in» begun by the District's own Save Our Safety Net campaign last week, targeting DC city councilmember and mayoral candidate Vincent Gray's Facebook pages.

As the application deadline approaches to join the city's community boards, he joined City Councilmember Margaret Chin and community activists to urge downtown residents to consider serving on CB1, 2 or 3.

During my term as a Rochester city councilmember, I gained an understanding of the complexities of city government including its capabilities and limitations.

Daniel Squadron and City Councilmembers Stephen Levin and Brad Lander, and a long list of unions.

Holden is challenging incumbent City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, who he blames for launching personal attacks during the campaign.

-- Hanford City Councilmember Justin Mendes

In partnership with Queens Jewish Community Council, Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, Forest Hills Jewish Center and City Councilmember Karen Koslowitz

NYC Votes, the engagement campaign wing of the city's Campaign Finance Board, spearheaded the registration drive in partnership with City Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, the Department of Education (DOE), the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), The Black Institute, and Dominicanos USA.

During a 2004 interview with Gotham Gazette, former attorney general and current City Councilmember Oliver Koppell asked, «How can the lawyer for state officials investigate wrongdoing by those officials?»

Her allegations of intimidation now have the attention of City Councilmember -LSB-...]

NEW YORK — NYCHA tenants who are leaders of Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and New York City Councilmembers launched an inspection tour of NYCHA properties citywide to highlight dangerous conditions in homes and apartment buildings inside public housing.