Sentences with phrase «key city council»

In fact, key city council members and attorneys contacted by The Verge had no idea that the city had any sort of relationship with Palantir, nor were they aware that Palantir used its program in New Orleans to market its services to another law enforcement agency for a multimillion - dollar contract.

With the mayor, the school board president, and a key city council member on the team, voucher supporters had cracked the solid wall of local opposition that had stalled past campaigns.

A slew of elected officials, including Public Advocate Letitia James and several key City Council committee chairs, including Daniel Dromm and Laurie Cumbo, also issued statements.

«We can now move ahead with creating a borough - based jail system that's smaller, safer and fairer,» de Blasio crowed, announcing that he has secured the support of key City Council members for the scheme.

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City Council is often the key to unlocking law enforcement to do further investigations.

(How Christianity is to relate, as a minority faith, to pluralistic environments is one of the key topics to be taken up at this month's celebration of the 50th anniversary of Tambaram — the meeting in that city near Madras of the International Missionary Council which included the Third World in a way that anticipated the current influence of the «newer churches» in the World Council of Churches.)

He said copies of the proposed agreement have been sent to the mayor and his key department heads as well as the chairmen of relevant Chicago City Council committees.

As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»

Assemblyman Francisco Moya on Monday was endorsed in his bid for New York City Council by 1199SEIU, a politically key labor union.

Ponte also told the NYC Council he didn't know city rules banned him from using his government car for jaunts out of state, wasn't alarmed about an underling potentially eavesdropping on investigators — and admitted he hasn't even read a key report on closing Rikers Island, the troubled jail complex he oversees.

As a key deadline nears, an organization against Las Vegas - style gambling in Saratoga Springs is urging the City Council to assert its authority to pursue more involvement in a planned expansion at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway.

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

Below, you'll find all of the 2017 election coverage from Gotham Gazette, along with key additions from coverage by City Limits and WNYC radio, including some crossoever and collaboration among the three outlets, and also videos of debates for Manhattan City Council districts and the Democratic mayoral primary aired by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Continuing our review of key races, City Council Watch spoke with Jimmy van Bramer, who is running for the hotly contested 26th Council seat in Queens.

Key details of the city budget that is agreed upon later this year by Mayor de Blasio and the Council will depend on the next state budget, which is due by the April 1 start of the state fiscal year.

In the city, meanwhile, the bosses who made Corey Johnson the new City Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their suppcity, meanwhile, the bosses who made Corey Johnson the new City Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their suppCity Council speaker are choosing the key committee chairs, quickly extracting the spoils of their support.

The governor met with key stakeholders in Albany Wednesday, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Just a weeks after some of his top staffers faced ridicule from the City Council over their apparent cluelessness about key details about his plan to regulate the horse - carriage industry, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believed the body would surely pass the proposal.

Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.

«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.

The City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Chelsea Market expansion today, but City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, whose vote is key...

«While Fernando Cabrera's a hardworking elected official who has fought in the City Council for his constituents, he falls short on key litmus test issues supported by all the members of the I.D.C. and important to a coalition that accomplishes these goals.

Although the failure to reach a living wage agreement with the developer had been a key issue in the weeks of debate leading up to the City Council vote, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn cited traffic issues as integral to the decision to vote against the project.

Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city can close the notorious Rikers Island complex in less than 10 years, if Albany passes key criminal justice reforms, as he announced an agreement with the City Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail syscity can close the notorious Rikers Island complex in less than 10 years, if Albany passes key criminal justice reforms, as he announced an agreement with the City Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail sysCity Council to close Rikers and roll out a smaller borough - based jail system.

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council's Committee on Transportation, says residents are a key resource for planning transportation projects and must be treated as such.

The story of becoming sober more than eight years ago is one Mr. Johnson tells with candor, a key element in the biography of a 35 - year - old who gained national attention for coming out as gay to his Massachusetts high school football team, and who achieved the legislative pinnacle of New York City government on Wednesday, becoming the speaker of the New York City Council.

Congressional hopeful state Sen. Adriano Espaillat picked up a key endorsement from City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito at a rally Sunday calling for aid to Puerto Rico.

The candidates made their cases for their leadership prowess, and discussed extending term limits for Council members, greater transparency around lobbying, key questions about campaign finance reform in the city, and

In a significant political blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Council decided to abandon its scheduled vote on a bill to restrict the horse - drawn carriage industry to Central Park after a key supporter of the deal — the Teamsters — rescinded its backing.

City Council member Helen Rosenthal (D - Manhattan) said heading down into the subways was key to fixing its problems.

Furthermore, the City Council is way too broad in their proposed protection — without addressing income - based, merit based appropriate protection and the issue of lucrative subleasing and collection of key money by tenants (I have the pdfs of the ads).

After months of public discussion and weeks of private negotiation, the City Council is on the verge of passing, with tweaks, two sweeping changes to the city's land use rules that are key to Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing pCity Council is on the verge of passing, with tweaks, two sweeping changes to the city's land use rules that are key to Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing pcity's land use rules that are key to Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing plan.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's affordable housing proposal — a key component of her mayoral pitch — is being supported by a nonprofit housing advocate group that Quinn granted funds to for three consecutive years, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won a second term in a landslide on Tuesday, bringing four more years of Democratic rule to New York City as Council members hope for more action on key issues such as police reform, affordable housing and education.

Legislation to update the state's human trafficking policy, which would include increased protections for underage victims, received the backing of key members of the City Council today.

The key players are Scott Cantone, who was Mayor Rudy Giuliani's director of legislative affairs; Stuckey, who ran the city's Public Development Corporation in the eighties; and Bruce Bender, a longtime aide to former City Council speaker Peter Vallcity's Public Development Corporation in the eighties; and Bruce Bender, a longtime aide to former City Council speaker Peter VallCity Council speaker Peter Vallone.

They gave themselves a fat 32 percent raise and now rake in $ 148,500 a year — but six City Council members didn't show up for work Friday, forcing the cancellation of a key committee meeting.

Community Voices Heard is excited to have played a key role in getting PB off the ground in NYC and then helping to institutionalize it within the City Council.

These key performance indicators help the City Council and the public keep city agencies and offices accountaCity Council and the public keep city agencies and offices accountacity agencies and offices accountable.

«This is a historic chance for residents across New York City to have a key role in deciding how their tax dollars are reinvested in their community,» said Council Member Mark Treyger.

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After serving on the City Council, Diaz was elected to the State Senate in 2002, voting against every major LGBTQ rights initiative right up to opposing GENDA, the transgender rights bill, this year in a key committee vote.

With an eye on Albany, it was time Thursday morning for New York City schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the cCity schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to again testify in front of the City Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the cCity Council about her agency's proposed fiscal year 2016 budget and key education issues facing the citycity.

The WFP played a key role in helping the Democrats take the state Senate majority in 2008 and reached its apex in 2009 when it helped elect a handful of so - called «progressive» City Council members and its first citywide official, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Multiple Council members also addressed what they see as underinvestment in city youth, particularly the Summer Youth Employment Program and afterschool programs under School's Out New York City (SONYC), key issues the Council had highlighted in its preliminary budget respocity youth, particularly the Summer Youth Employment Program and afterschool programs under School's Out New York City (SONYC), key issues the Council had highlighted in its preliminary budget respoCity (SONYC), key issues the Council had highlighted in its preliminary budget response.

«I intend to live in Gracie Mansion not because it's an upgrade from my current apartment (unlike this Mayor's), but because it will maximize my efficiency to hold late night and early morning meetings with staff, business leaders, community leaders, Council members and other key stakeholders in our city's future,» he said in a statement.

City Council member Margaret Chin and 35 Market Street A building superintendent changed residents» keys and locked them out of their Chinatown building last...

Lame duck Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is trying to appoint a pal to a key patronage post at the city Board of Election in a «November surprise» before she leaves...