Sentences with phrase «dozens of city council»

«Working together, as I've said again and again was going to happen, we've produced an on - time, balanced budget for our city that does not raise taxes on New Yorkers and that preserves the essential services that we all rely on,» the mayor said at a press conference at City Hall, flanked by dozens of City Council members.

One recipient of PBA campaign money, CM Gibson joined about a half a dozen of her City Council colleagues in ripping police unions in 2014 for appealing a federal judge's ruling that the controversial stop - and - frisk program was unconstitutional.

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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.

Redeveloping the beach is one of dozens of big - ticket capital improvements that the City Council will consider during budget hearings set for next month.

But the House of Commons» Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee chair Neil Parish said: «Councils in the dozens of other English cities currently exceeding EU pollution limits must also be given the option of using such powers if their communities support action.»

At noon, NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Council members, tenants, and dozens of other stakeholders gather in support of legislation reauthorizing critical rent laws, and call on Albany to close landlord loopholes and to enact laws immediately strengthening existing tenants protections, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The newly elected NYC Council speaker, Corey Johnson, accused New York City police officers and federal law enforcement agents of acting violently during the protest at which the two council members and more than a dozen other demonstrators were arCouncil speaker, Corey Johnson, accused New York City police officers and federal law enforcement agents of acting violently during the protest at which the two council members and more than a dozen other demonstrators were arcouncil members and more than a dozen other demonstrators were arrested.

The real estate company of Trump's son - in - law faces a NYC Council probe for filing bogus paperwork declaring it had zero rent - regulated tenants in dozens of buildings across the city — when in reality it had hundreds.

He's worked with dozens of Democratic elected officials and campaigns including for Rep. Alan Grayson (D - FL), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - NY), Congressman Charlie Rangel (D - NY), New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislativeCouncil Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative racity council and state legislativecouncil and state legislative races.

They were joined by more than a dozen Democratic City Council members on the steps of City Hall in railing against the mayor's support for what amounts to a promotion of Cassano, 28, the son of former Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano.

Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

A group of about two dozen advocates — among them former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, City Councilmember Diana Ayala and Community Board 11 Chair Diane Collier, who all campaigned vigorously for years for the removal of the statue — gathered on Tuesday morning to watch its removal.

She already has support from three influential labor unions — the Communications Workers of America, the New York State Nurses Association and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union — whose local leaders joined her on stage, along with about half a dozen City Council members.

Jen has worked to make utility costs more affordable, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

ALBANY, NY (08/09/2011)(readMedia)-- Vincent Alvarez, President of the New York City Central Labor Council, issued the following statement, following today's walk out of dozens of workers at the Central Park Boathouse Restaurant:

Jen has worked to bring down utility costs, helped local governments save energy and taxpayer dollars, and organized dozens of town and city councils across the political spectrum to stop new crude oil pipelines from endangering our communities.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito declared today that an initiative launched last year to guarantee legal representation to all of the undocumented immigrant children inundating the city has been a success — and has already obtained asylum for more than a dozen youth lacking proper paperwork.

A non-binding resolution issued by the council comes after they learned only about three dozen of the city's roughly 450 police officers actually live in the city.

Syracuse Republicans are just a few dozen votes shy of winning back a city office as a race for Common Council will come down to absentee ballots, but the rest of city hall remained solidly Democratic after Tuesday's election.

The city's Legislation Committee unanimously endorsed the resolution Nov. 17 to the cheers of dozens of nurses, and the Council is expected to adopt it Tuesday.

Unwilling to allow Ravi to be taken away, City Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumaane Williams, and dozens of others used civil disobedience to block the departure of the vehicle.

Members of dozens of city and state unions joined the rally Monday, including hardhats from the Building and Trades Council, teachers from the United Federation of Teachers, transit workers from Transport Workers Local 100 and many more, along with several community groups.

Bizarrely, nearly a dozen public forums and debates since Election Day have featured all or most of the eight City Council speaker wannabes.

Council members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan) and Antonio Reynoso (D - Brooklyn) held a rally with about 30 school children and dozens of environmentalists outside City Hall to announce a voting majority.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.

Criticism of Quinn over the sick leave issue sparked spirited applause at the March 20 LGBT forum, but the tableau presented at City Hall on March 29 ---- with the speaker surrounded by more than a dozen Council members, major labor leaders, and fired up members of both 32BJ and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization ---- provided a striking contrast with the week before.

Mount Vernon — The Council Chambers in Mount Vernon City Hall were filled to capacity, with dozens outside the two doors trying to look in from the corridor, for the Swearing In Ceremony of Judge Nichelle Johnson Muhammad, who was appointed by Mayor Richard W. Thomas to Mount Vernon City Court, Tuesday afternoon.

With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquartcity Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquartCity Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.

When Rocky Marcoux goes on Tuesday for a second time before a Milwaukee Common Council committee scheduled to reconsider his reappointment as commissioner of the Department of City Development, he will be able to draw on more than a dozen letters of support.

Backed by dozens of boisterous supporters at the United Palace Cathedral, Rodriguez had a joint rally with City Council candidate Mark Levine.

NEW YORK, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Council Members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan), Eric Ulrich (R - Queens) and Jumaane D. Williams (D - Brooklyn) came together on the steps of City Hall Wednesday with partners from Community Voices Heard, the Participatory Budgeting Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project and dozens of local organizations to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held last week.

Maloney joined dozens of community leaders, labor unions and political action committees in endorsing Costa's City Council campaign for a 22nd District seat, which represents Astoria along with parts of Long Island City, Woodside, East Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights.

Another bill, introduced by Council Member Mark Levine, would require the dozens of city agencies to produce a yearly report of sexual harassment incidents.

«The Council's budget recommendations are the culmination of dozens of comprehensive budget hearings and reflect the needs of all New Yorkers while also planning for our City's future,» said City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, in a Monday statement accompanying the Council's budget response, which will form the agenda over the next three months as it negotiates a final budget with the mayor's office by the June 30 deadline.

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.»

EAST WILLIAMSBURG — Neighbors of about a dozen waste transfer sites in East Williamsburg and Greenpoint, are calling on the City Council to revive a bill introduced last year that would limit how much trash any one community could take on.

On the heels of the approval of health care reform in Washington, dozens of members of the City Council are introducing a bill today that would require paid sick leave at thousands of city businesses, supporters sCity Council are introducing a bill today that would require paid sick leave at thousands of city businesses, supporters scity businesses, supporters said.

There were also several members of the New York State Legislature and a dozen members of the City Council.

Today none of the dozen City Council candidates in the two districts closest to the project site support it, according to opposition group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

On Wednesday, the New York City Council decided that New York will join the dozens of cities across the United States and Canada that reject the for - profit suffering of vulnerable wild animals for human entertainment.

Co-sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council and the National League of Cities and ably facilitated by Michael Lesnick of the Meridian Institute, the two - day meeting was organized to bring a couple dozen mayors and other city leaders together with experts on resilience to work on teasing out strategies and solutions for making our cities more resiCities and ably facilitated by Michael Lesnick of the Meridian Institute, the two - day meeting was organized to bring a couple dozen mayors and other city leaders together with experts on resilience to work on teasing out strategies and solutions for making our cities more resicities more resilient.

But despite only about a dozen people using the program in a town of 30,000, Zug City Council was upbeat, explaining that the experience was «worthwhile» and that the program might even be expanded.