Sentences with phrase «discretionary items before»

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Two months before they take office — and a week before they are even officially elected — gay Democratic nominees like Corey Johnson of Chelsea, Brooklyn's Carlos Menchaca, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx joined their future colleagues, led by Brooklyn Councilman Brad Lander, to present a proposal that would «take the politics out of member Items» by allocating discretionary funding for Council districts on a «fair and objective basis.»

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.»