Sentences with phrase «general welfare committee»

After nearly a week of below - freezing overnight temperatures, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Annabel Palma, who chairs the general welfare committee, called for the city's Department of Homeless Services to enact immediate changes to emergency housing that would ensure families have a warm place to sleep on cold nights.

The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

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At a City Council hearing held by the general welfare and veterans committees, de Blasio administration representatives said they would meet a previous promise to find housing for all military veterans without.

The committee meets to consider and debate new and innovative measures intended to enhance and improve the general safety and welfare of the citizens of Erie County.

The Executive Committee shall have responsibility for all general business affecting the welfare of the Pacific Division that is not otherwise delegated by the Bylaws, including the organization of any meetings of the Division held in conjunction with its affiliated societies.