Sentences with phrase «drafting city legislation»

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Outsports.com writer Cyd Ziegler suggested that the National Football League could threaten to move the annual NFL Draft Combine from Indianapolis or not award future Super Bowls to the city over the legislation.

Seattle's City Council on Friday released new draft legislation that would tax large employers in order to raise $ 75 million next year to counter the effects of rising rents and house prices.

32BJ's involvement in drafting the legislation was so close that union officials jointly edited a Microsoft Word document with the proposed bill language with officials from the city's Department of Consumer Affairs.

The draft legislation that is being proposed now has been lightly tweaked, but is «effectively the same thing,» says Dean Fuleihan, New York City's first deputy mayor.

Around 200,000 Romanians have taken to the streets in cities across Romania and the world to protest against the government's recent approval of draft legislation for an open - pit cyanide - based mining project at Rosia Montana.

Two state senators and two assemblymembers, including Republican Jim Tedisco, say they are drafting legislation after two New York City police officers were gunned down in their car over the weekend.

A tax cap for New York City has never been a feature of major tax cap proposals — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's draft legislation in 2011 — or mentioned as a budget possibility until the Cuomo administration proposed shifting Medicaid costs back to New York City earlier this month.

Prosecutors also showed jurors a document illustrating how an earlier draft of the legislation would have harmed Glenwood by letting tax abatements expire and allowing the city to adopt stronger rent regulations.

He said he used a model resolution and added language specific to the city of Kingston to draft the legislation adopted by the Common Council, adding that while the resolution does not «have teeth» with which to be enforced, the legislation adds Kingston to the list of other municipalities opposed to the pipeline.

There are a few drafts of legislation limiting the use of drones by law enforcement in Syracuse floating around city hall, one of which was drafted largely by the Syracuse Peace Council.

Richard St. Paul, Louis Trangucci and Albert Tarantino, the three Republican members of the New Rochelle City Council have made a home rule request of New Rochelle's four Albany lawmakers — State Senators Jeff Klein and Suzi Openheimer and State Assembly Representatives Amy Paulin and George Latimer — requesting their assistance in «the drafting and filing of State legislation under Home Rule provisions to allow the City of New Rochelle to have full power to approve the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) decisions as it relates to granting benefits to IDA applicants.»

AIR STRIKE — Airbnb, hotel union preparing to do battle over pending City Council legislation, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: «Airbnb and the hotel industry that opposes it are gearing up for a legislative showdown as the City Council drafts a bill that would take aim at the $ 30 billion online home - sharing company.

Gallo, who helped draft nuisance abatement legislation in his role as city assistant corporation counsel, hammered on themes like building code enforcement and holding social service agencies responsible for their clients» behavior in a bid to appeal to working - class residents of Midtown, where quality - of - life crime and neighborhood eyesores are irksome and perennial issues.

Jurors were also shown an early draft of the legislation that would have let a tax abatements expire, thereby allowing the city to adopt stronger rent regulations.

Nearly one year after taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio is preparing to abolish horse - drawn carriages by producing a City Council bill that is expected to be introduced in December, according to two sources who have seen a copy of the draft legislation.

A powerful group of state lawmakers is drafting new legislation to help black and Hispanic students gain entry to the city's top public schools, the Daily News has learned.

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.

But City Council health committee chair Corey Johnson said he was shocked to find out pet - sitting was illegal, and plans to draft legislation to allow it.

The legislation championed by Avella, currently in draft form, would empower the city Department of Housing Preservation and Development to fine owners who keep buildings empty and would create a fund to «provide capital for the rehabilitation of distressed vacant units.»

Williams, who is in his third and final term, said he has been drafting legislation for several years since testifying before the City Charter Revision Commission in 2010 and is planning to introduce the bill «very shortly» with the hopes of it passing in the next session.

The City Council is in the preliminary stages of drafting legislation to create the program, in negotiations with Mayor Bill de Blasio, which the city is hoping will help resolve a long - standing dispute over who drives the school buses, which was at the root of the 2013 strCity Council is in the preliminary stages of drafting legislation to create the program, in negotiations with Mayor Bill de Blasio, which the city is hoping will help resolve a long - standing dispute over who drives the school buses, which was at the root of the 2013 strcity is hoping will help resolve a long - standing dispute over who drives the school buses, which was at the root of the 2013 strike.

NEW PHILADELPHIA Council's Zoning and Annexation Committee voted Monday to have Law Director Marvin Fete draft legislation to regulation wind turbines in the city.

By the time this column is posted, UNCITRAL's Working Group III, the group charged with the drafting of procedural rules for business - to - consumer online dispute resolution (ODR) services, will be meeting in New - York city for its 27th session, the 6th session dealing with the drafting of said rules (previous sessions dealt with transport and shipping legislation).