Sentences with phrase «echoed by council member»

Williams pushed for increased funding towards the Summer Youth Employment Program, in effect doubling what the city has promised so far, a concern echoed by Council Member Laurie Cumbo and Ferreras - Copeland.

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer asked for more funding for cultural institutions, echoed by Council Member Cumbo, who pointed out that arts funding has been flat for a decade and the discounted memberships under the IDNYC program posed significant costs for cultural institutions.

Not exact matches

«It is completely different this week,» said one high - ranking City Council member, echoing powerbrokers across the city who sounded blindsided by the change.

Many council members feel Black is more unqualified than her predecessor, Joel Klein, a former United States Assistant Attorney General who stepped down as chancellor to take a job at NewsCorp Tuesday, Barron added, a sentiment echoed by State Sen. Tony Avella.

Gates's call for increased spending on energy R&D echoed recommendations he made late last year as a member of a blue - ribbon panel of U.S. business leaders convened by the Washington - based American Energy Innovation Council.

Enlow says that is too little information to draw helpful conclusions, a point echoed by Kevin Chavous, a board member at the American Federation for Children and a former D.C. city council member.