Sentences with phrase «districts by borough»

Below is a list of the 32 uncontested state legislative districts by borough.

Not exact matches

BK Reader article on BP Adams promoting borough - wide participatory budgeting by allocating a total of $ 1 million for projects in 10 City Council districts across Brooklyn.

Rent Forms can also be obtained by calling, writing or visiting one of the DHCR borough or district offices.

The heads of the borough's two major parties are expected to name their nominees to replace former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner by later this week at the earliest after Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a Sept. 13 special election to fill the vacant 9th Congressional District seat in Forest Hills.

For Capital and Expense Budgets, the process begins with consultations at the district level and moves on to consultations at the borough level; public hearings scheduled by the board, the borough president and the city council before the budget is adopted.

The mayor has also argued that surcharges will unfairly burden low - income and outer borough residents — a concern shared by many elected officials who represent those districts.

The seat in District 20 was vacated by Eric Adams after his election as Brooklyn borough president.

While the chairman couldn't help but note during his speech that the Brooklyn portion of the district went for GOP Rep. Bob Turner (interpreted by some as a barb aimed at the borough's Democratic boss, Assemblyman Vito Lopez), Crowley insisted the race is «over,» adding: «We'll move forward... quite frankly, at this point, it's not that big of a deal anymore.»

The tax was imposed on all employers — including school districts — and was incredibly unpopular in the suburban counties outside the five boroughs — so much so that it sparked a lawsuit filed by Nassau County and subsequently joined by several others.

Because county, metropolitan and borough councillors have no staff or office in their districts or wards (despite in some cases being paid more than MPs) by and large our constituents come to the MP first, not properly understanding that things like planning, lighting, schools» admissions or policing are not strictly our responsibility - and frankly nor do they care.

Environment — Neighborhoods in the district have some of the highest asthma rates in the borough, according to a study by the SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

Former state senator and city councilman Israel Ruiz just stopped by our office, press release in hand, to announce that he may be running for City Council in the 14th District or possibly even borough president.

In the case of a Civil Court vacancy, the District Leaders, elected by Democratic voters in the Primary, vote to endorse one candidate who will gain support throughout entire the borough.

East Sussex includes five districts: Eastbourne borough, Hastings borough, Lewes district, Rother district and Wealden district, and the results are grouped by those districts.

The district is majority - Latino and slightly more than a quarter African American, with many African Americans having left the area for the outer boroughs in past decades, driven at first by crime and then by gentrification as Harlem has become increasingly expensive.

Pirozzolo, who lives on Staten Island and was president of the borough's community education council (largely parent advisory groups organized through a process run by the city Department of Education), said parents should be able to choose between district and charter schools, and that both have faults.

The sign attempts to rename part of the borough as the Piano District, encapsulating many of the fears borough residents have about being pushed out of their neighborhoods by gentrification and rising rents.

I worked closely with him for years, I know what a great prosecutor he was in the legendary [Manhattan] District Attorney [Robert] Morgenthau's office, and I know his love for the law, and he would be, by far he would be a great asset to the borough and its crime fighting initiatives,» City Councilman Vincent Ignizio told the Observer today.

Each CEC has 12 members, including nine parents selected by the district's PA / PTAs, two members appointed by the borough president, and one student member selected by the district's community superintendent.

To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.

In an interview with TimesLedger Newspapers, the borough activist said he hoped to address quality - of - life issues in northeast Queens by taking a look at zoning laws and considering designating historic districts.

Two of them, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, whose district includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and the Bronx borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., spoke on Wednesday at a charter school rally in Prospect Park promoted by one of the mayor's foremost detractors, Eva S. Moskowitz, the founder of the Success Academy charter school network.

And sources in the senate tell the Voice that the bill has been quietly opposed by district attorneys in the five boroughs as well, though apparently not publicly.

The strategies some parents have employed to be included on a CEC are to submit an application for an appointed position by the borough presidents and / or encourage parents with children in both district and charter schools to apply for the CEC.

Prior to the 2002 legislation that placed Michael Bloomberg in near complete control of the city schools, New York City schools were run by the central Board of Education whose members were appointed by the mayor and by the five borough presidents and by elected school boards in each of the city's 32 community districts — which had much greater power before a 1996 law demoted their role.

The borough was named after a prominent Scottish lawyer who practiced in Philadelphia and served as a district court judge appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

The increase in support may reflect the public outreach efforts of advocates and agency officials to list the specific transit improvements that would be funded by congestion pricing (in addition to Tri-State and RPA's borough and regional fact sheets, the Campaign for New York's Future now has fact sheets for individual City Council and State Legislative districts).

The borough was named after a prominent Scottish lawyer who practiced in Philadelphia and served as a district court judge appointed by Thomas Jefferson in 1801.