Sentences with phrase «council vote on legislation»

She raised the ire last month of anti-police brutality activists by nixing a council vote on legislation requiring police to identify themselves via business cards in stops and notify those they search on their right to refuse.

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This would importantly include stripping Poland of its voting rights at the European Council, and thus disable Warsaw to decide on EU legislation until the new rules are abandoned.

Earlier this week, I went to a small town about 40 minutes east of where I live to speak on behalf of the immigrant community in the hopes that the city council wouldn't vote to oppose SB 54 (California's major piece of legislation that creates real limits on state and municipal law enforcement from being used for immigration enforcement).

Using other online tools such as email and Facebook and even offline tools like phone calls and text messages, they urged supporters to ask Susan to use her relationship with NYC Council Speaker (and expected candidate for NYC Mayor in 2013) Christine Quinn to allow the council to vote on paid sick days legisCouncil Speaker (and expected candidate for NYC Mayor in 2013) Christine Quinn to allow the council to vote on paid sick days legiscouncil to vote on paid sick days legislation.

Shortly before de Blasio did so, Cuomo denounced the mayor's plan, and also called Council speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to talk about it as the Council was poised to vote on the relevant legislation.

While Quinn's «fingerprints» are on several bills, the power to coax another colleague to introduce her legislation mitigates any backlash from core voting blocs and curries favor with fellow Council members, according to Quinn's spox.

«The Governor even had the Chutzpah to suggest the City Council's vote for the BYOBag law was some sort of fluke and shouldn't count,» Kellner wrote, referencing a comment Cuomo made that the council vote on the bag fee bill was a close one while the legislation imposing the moratorium overwhelmingly passed the state LegisCouncil's vote for the BYOBag law was some sort of fluke and shouldn't count,» Kellner wrote, referencing a comment Cuomo made that the council vote on the bag fee bill was a close one while the legislation imposing the moratorium overwhelmingly passed the state Legiscouncil vote on the bag fee bill was a close one while the legislation imposing the moratorium overwhelmingly passed the state Legislature.

These concerns include a «one - town, one - vote» on the council, the fact that the legislation doesn't address ferries, the overall authority the council would have, and worries it would have a South Fork focus.

The City Council today released a final version of a contentious package of legislation that reduce several quality - of - life infractions from crimes to mere fee - carrying violations — and which it will vote on Wednesday.

The paid sick day bill drumbeat rolled on today, with yet another press conference on the steps of City Hall calling for Council Speaker Christine Quinn to allow a vote on the legislation she has long bottled up.

At 2 p.m., in response to de Blasio's «quest to tear down statues like Christopher Columbus,» Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich will announce legislation that would require a majority vote of the Council before removing statues on city property, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The full Council must then vote on whether to bring the legislation to the floor.

Quinn's engagement in the negotiations that led to the compromise came as a dozen or so Council members had pledged to support a motion to discharge on Brewer's legislation, a parliamentary move aimed at sidestepping Quinn's opposition to allowing a vote.

«Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA,» Chin said at the time, «this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

She has even researched and drafted legislation for a Parental Responsibility Ordinance for our city that Common Council will be voting on soon, all while being an everyday citizen like the rest of us.

Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA, this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

Espinal's opposition is significant because he chairs the Council's consumer affairs committee, which has heard and voted on other legislation to regulate the industry, including a bill to require down time, annual physicals and strict work hours for the horses.

The legislation, modeled on similar laws in California and Washington, D.C., encountered an unusual amount of resistance and resulted in what council members said was one of the closest votes in years, on par with the extension of term limits passed during the tenure of Mr. de Blasio's predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg.

«The Council will not vote on any horse carriage related legislation on Friday since the Teamsters no longer support the deal.»

The Council's Committee on State and Federal Legislation, which held the hearing, voted unanimously to support a resolution urging passage of the bill by the state Legislature.

Ms. Quinn long kept the original version of paid sick legislation from coming to the floor for a vote, and eventually voted in favor of a compromise bill the current City Council and Mayor Bill de Blasio promptly expanded on taking office.

On spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted againsOn spending legislation, the Council accorded a percentage score based on how much spending the legislator voted againson how much spending the legislator voted against.

The Council was set to vote on legislation tomorrow to ban the horses from city streets but not end the industry entirely — instead reducing the number of horses at work and relocating their stables and their operations to Central Park.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Boonville Mayor Julie Thacher's vote broke the tie (four to four) to ultimately approve the new dangerous dog ordinance, which releases a ban on pit bulls in Boonville.Several individuals who were in favor of the removal of breed specific legislation told the council reasons for this favor at the council meeting Monday evening.

Not everyone on city council could get behind the legislation at Tuesday's vote.