Republican Carmella Mantello is newly - elected elected
leader of the City Council: «It's up to the mayor - elect and the council - elect to work together to fix this situation.
David Blunkett, who became
leader of the city council in 1980, had been the youngest councillor in the country 10 years earlier when he and Michie were first elected.
Aides to Mayor Bill de Blasio were in touch with
leaders of the City Council as they decided which members would be awarded coveted committee assignments, a councilman acknowledged on Wednesday.
He won't be on the defensive justifying every decision made as
the leader of the City Council, as Speaker Christine Quinn will be.
Not exact matches
The
leader of Manchester
City Council, Sir Richard Leese, added: «We are excited that Manchester has the opportunity to be at the forefront
of trialling this cutting - edge, app - based cycle hire scheme in the UK.
* + - As part
of the Digital Currency
Council's Continuing Education partnership with Inside Bitcoins, the DCC's Director
of Curriculum Dan McArdle, had the opportunity to interview the thought
leaders that will be speaking at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in New York
City on April 27 - 29, 2015.
Bowles also cofounded the Mayor's Star
Council with Mayor Mike Rawlings
of Dallas to find a culturally diverse and civically minded group
of emerging
leaders who want to embrace and engage the
City of Dallas as opposed to inheriting the city in 20 ye
City of Dallas as opposed to inheriting the
city in 20 ye
city in 20 years.
Dr Billings, who was deputy
leader of Sheffield
City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances
of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.
Councillor Stephen Brady,
Leader of Hull
City Council, said: «This is an incredibly important day, not just for Neal Barnes and his team, but for the city of H
City Council, said: «This is an incredibly important day, not just for Neal Barnes and his team, but for the
city of H
city of Hull.
Bobbins was dean
of the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine in New York
City and a
leader of the Federal
Council of Churches.
On Monday the union's general secretary Robert Reid told a group
of Hamilton
leaders, including representatives from the Waikato Regional
Council, Hamilton
City Council and National and Labour MPs, that another bid had gone to the company.
At a recent Library Board meeting that drew
City Council members, homeowners groups and other city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facil
City Council members, homeowners groups and other
city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facil
city leaders, library and park officials agreed to form a committee to explore using land south
of 95th Street, near Neuqua Valley High School, for the proposed facility.
The
City Council's unanimous endorsement came three weeks after city leaders had rejected a proposal by the Park District to construct a 20,000 - square - foot skate park on the northeast corner of the city's Garden Pl
City Council's unanimous endorsement came three weeks after
city leaders had rejected a proposal by the Park District to construct a 20,000 - square - foot skate park on the northeast corner of the city's Garden Pl
city leaders had rejected a proposal by the Park District to construct a 20,000 - square - foot skate park on the northeast corner
of the
city's Garden Pl
city's Garden Plots.
Look away from the bubble and see municipal politicians such as Sir Richard Leese, Labour
leader of Manchester
City Council, doing their best to use the heavily circumscribed powers
of local government to gain real results for their populations.
The
leader of Liverpool
City Council has said the multi-million pound regeneration plan for Liverpool's run down areas isfailing and has left communities like a «war zone».
Local authorities could be on the brink
of a revolution freeing them from subservience to Whitehall, the
leader of Manchester
city council has claimed.
Some in the
Council even see the suggestion
of more hearings as an attempt by state
leaders to «embarrass» the Democratically elected members
of the New York
City Council.
It was the first official breakfast
of the 2018 Somos Annual Spring Conference in Albany on Sat., Mar. 10th and Crespo addressed union
leaders and members who had gathered for the traditional New York
City Labor
Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) morning repast.
For Immediate Release: For more information contact: Dom Leon - Davis
[email protected] 718-222-3796 x232 WFP
Leaders Endorse Brian Kavanagh in Bid for State Senate NEW YORK, NY — The New York
City Advisory
Council of the Working Families Party voted to endorse Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh in his bid for State Senate to replace Daniel Squadron who retired August 11th.
A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole
city regions, in contrast to existing
city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local
council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf
of, their local authority.
This week, New York
City Housing Authority tenants who are
leaders of Metro Industrial Areas Foundation and New York
City council members will launch an inspection tour
of NYCHA properties citywide to highlight dangerous conditions in their homes and apartment buildings.
As the
city prepares to dish out tens of millions of dollars to political candidates this year, the City Council's Republican minority leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer givea
city prepares to dish out tens
of millions
of dollars to political candidates this year, the
City Council's Republican minority leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer givea
City Council's Republican minority
leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer giveaway.
68 AD, Part A Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, who is also a District
Leader was opposed for that position by one
of his
City Council opponents Edward Gibbs but Rodriguez has declined the nomination.
The mayor extended invitations to Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; John C. Liu, the comptroller; Christine C. Quinn, the speaker
of the
City Council; James Oddo, the minority
leader of the
Council; Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn borough president; and Rubén Díaz Jr., the Bronx borough president.
Three people have stepped forward to run for the remaining months
of Arce's term, which ends in January:
City Council Majority
Leader Julio Concepcion; Jessica Inacio, Concepcion's former aide; and Bryan Nelson, a Hartford police detective.
Originally a small union
of drugstore pharmacists, 1199 operated in the shadows
of more vociferous labor
leaders a half - century ago, playing second fiddle to men like Albert Shanker, the revolutionary head
of the UFT, and Harry Van Arsdale Jr., the first president
of the New York
City Central Labor
Council.
Antonio Reynoso,
Council District 34, Brooklyn / Queens (Incumbent)-- Reynoso, who's established himself as a
leader in the
City Council on matters
of pedestrian and cyclist safety, is running for a second term.
Behar, a progressive reformer who ran unsuccessfully for
City Council and State Assembly, has been quietly building a coalition
of community and civic
leaders, which are already expressing encouragement.
Paula Keaveney is a member
of the Social Liberal Forum
Council and a former
Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Liverpool
City Council.
The 2017 New York
City elections are for the three citywide posts
of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51
City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district
leader positions.
Mr. Halloran is one
of the most colorful characters on the
City Council, and his bio includes the fact that he is the
leader of a local Pagan group, had a videotaped confrontation with a ticket agent, and sparked a Department
of Investigations inquiry after he claimed that he personally knew
of sanitation workers who deliberately sloughed off snow removal during a blizzard to protest Bloomberg administration policies (the investigation found no truth to the claims).
Leaders in the
City Council's so - called progressive caucus, councilmembers Ydanis Rodriguez and Ritchie Torres, enthusiastically supported Alcantara, putting their own political interests over the future
of long - lasting progressive change in the state.
Senate Democratic
Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said she expects the seat
of former Sen. Bill Perkins, a Harlem Democrat who won a
City Council post, to be filled by another mainstream Democrat when a special election is held on May 23.
Following his failed
City Council Speaker bid and his subsequent announcement that he will be running for Queens Borough President, the politician seeks to reestablish himself as a
leader of the «#resistance» and cement support from neighborhood groups going forward.
Joining Cuomo on the tour were Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.;
City Councilmember Ritchie Torres; Danny Barber,
leader of the Citywide
Council of Presidents (CCOP) and head
of the Jackson Houses tenant association; and Dr. Howard Zucker, Commissioner
of the New York State Department
of Health (DOH).
More than half
of adults in the Sheffield
City Region (56 per cent) agree that the new metro mayor should have greater powers than local
council leaders, while a quarter (24 per cent) disagree.
But Joseph Chamberlain in the 1870s Birmingham
City Council and Herbert Morrison in the 1930s London County
Council were not directly - elected, nor in the 1980s were Shirley Porter
leader of the
City of Westminster and Ken Livingstone
leader of the Greater London
Council, and yet they were highly visible
leaders in their localities.
Other deprived
cities have
council leaders who make «jaws
of death» presentations about rising demand for service areas vs limited revenues that produce problems with the funding
of statutory services.
Jon Collins,
Leader of Nottingham
City Council, told the BBC: «This isn't about power for power's sake.
Over 50 religious
leaders, have already come out in support
of Comrie and he recently picked up the endorsement
of District
Council 37 (DC37), New York
City's Largest Public Employee Union and the Organization
of Staff Analysts (OSA) Union.
Attendees included a host
of community
leaders including
City Council Members Ruben Wills, Leroy Comrie, and State Assembly Member Rory Lancman.
The embattled chairwoman
of the New York
City Housing Authority — buffeted by scandals over untested lead paint, false testimony and thousands
of residents without heat in the winter cold — testified for nearly five hours before the
City Council on Tuesday and did not heed calls by the chamber's
leader to apologize.
El - Yateem, a married father
of four who had been a prominent Arab - American community
leader in Bay Ridge for many years, jumped into the political arena last year when he ran for an open
City Council seat.
«You have been supportive
of historic candidacies and create a space and a platform for those
leaders of color, those
leaders who are women... Tish James is one
of those, who for 17 years has been lockstep with this party,» former
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said to party members before the vote.
(Brooklyn, NY)-- Today, a group
of elected officials including Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon,
City Comptroller Scott Stringer,
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and
Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Treyger joined
City commissioners and community and business
leaders to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to accelerate and streamline necessary construction on the BQE by authorizing «design - build» contracting.
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE As Christine Quinn's 14 years in the
City Council come to a close, some community groups are expressing concern that they are losing a sympathetic leader who steered millions of city dollars into their coff
City Council come to a close, some community groups are expressing concern that they are losing a sympathetic
leader who steered millions
of city dollars into their coff
city dollars into their coffers.
New York
City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority
Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package
of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the
city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender
of their doctor, Requiring the
city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for
city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs
of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ
Glen Oaks Village President Bob Friedrich said his experience as a civic
leader will translate well to the
City Council, which he says needs to be infused with civic - minded people like himself instead
of career politicians.
Fight against local authority cuts to youth services and press
council leaders across the
city to invest in youth centres and out
of school support for young people
Sen. John DeFrancisco, whose campaign urged Cuomo to «man up» was criticized by former New York
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, now a state Democratic Committee
leader and an ally
of the governor.