Sentences with phrase «local council member»

So we talk about all those kinds of things and if we notice anything particularly concerning then we'll be contacting local council members.
The project will have to go through the land - use review process and will hinge on the support of local Council Member Laurie Cumbo, who said she remains undecided.
The New York City Council yesterday approved a bill sponsored by local Council member Margaret Chin to require the city to notify communities when urban renewal areas are set to expire.
They were joined by local Council Member Vanessa Gibson.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and local Council member Rosie Mendez are teaming up this afternoon for an event called «Follow Me Friday» on 2nd Avenue.
The following month, Phipps Houses, one of the city's premiere affordable housing developers, withdrew its rezoning application to build a 209 - unit apartment building in Sunnyside, Queens, retreating after it became clear that local Council member Jimmy Van Bramer could not be convinced to support the project.
The co-chairs of the caucus are local Council members Carlina Rivera and Margaret Chin.
But the city took the opposite position, arguing that MIH applies only when new residential density is created rather than merely moved — an interpretation that local Council member Corey Johnson accepted in late September, clearing the path for the project to move forward.
However, Tocci withdrew the application after local council member Steve Levin made it clear he would not back the project.
The land use committee of the City Council this morning unanimously approved local Council member Margaret Chin's legislation aimed at fast tracking certain applications before the City Planning Commission.
It's no secret that local Council members typically have veto power over what developments go up in their districts.
But local Council member Ydanis Rodriguez opposed the rezoning, and on Tuesday City Council followed suit, voting down the proposal 45 - 0.
However, in a separate report, the Daily News said the Kingsbridge National Ice Center team, backed by Rangers legend Mark Messier and Olympic skater Sarah Hughes and funded by Deustche Bank investors, that wants to remake the armory into an ice sports center has earned the ears and praises of local council members, the community board, and Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..
Whether you are a high school coach, Bank of America, the Obama administration or a local council member, an overwhelming flood of signatures, emails and phone calls can be quite persuasive.
They asked me to come in and work with the local community board in Fort Greene, and the local Council Member, to make sure there was an affordable housing component to that building.
«We have to have an action or demonstration in every district with the local Council member,» Mulgrew told the delegates.
But community boards across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan have voted to reject much or all of the plan — as have the borough boards consisting of the community board chairs, local Council members and the borough presidents.
Local Council members, including Oliver Koppell and Maria Baez, have indicated that they do not support the inclusion of a big - box supermarket at the armory but they are holding their cards close to their vests on how the other labor issues like the living wage will factor into their vote.
If the bill is passed, Chin would have a lot of leverage to shape the projects, since — when it comes to rezonings — the City Council historically votes according to the wishes of the local council member.
For example, the City Council broke from its tradition of deferring to the local council member on land use matters in 2009, when it approved a rezoning for Two Trees Management in Dumbo against the wishes of David Yassky, the Council member at the time.
Chief among them is the fact that while any zoning application ultimately needs the approval of the City Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council member.
I leave those deliberations up to the local council member
In the Certificate ceremony special guest was Daniel Dromm, the local council member.
But in voting a project through ULURP, it's a local council member's vote that matters most.
If the Governor gives the go - ahead, the proposal must have approval from the state Department of Health, local council members and district attorneys.
Here's how it's all shaking out for our local Council members.
The administration has insisted that the mandatory inclusionary zoning would grant considerable flexibility, allowing the local council member to decide whether to reserve either 25 percent of a given project's housing for residents making an average of $ 36,000 - $ 46,000 annually or 30 percent to those making an average of $ 48,000 - $ 62,000.
Opponents argued that it would block views of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge and urged politicians to defer to the local council member, David Yassky, who opposed the building.
Tolls for the three bridges from Brooklyn and New Jersey weigh heavily on the borough, as does street repaving; local Council members have complained that the city's new ferry service, set to begin this summer, does not include a stop on the island.
I encourage New Yorkers to visit HPD's team in your local council member's office when we are in your neighborhood, and always feel free to report any conditions directly to 311.»
Shortly after the speech concluded, City Hall's Press Office blasted out emailed statements of support for the mayor's new plans to address homelessness from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the Partnership for New York City's Kathy Wylde, and a host of local council members and politicians.
In Queens, members engaged in a dialog with their local Council members at town hall meetings held in neighborhood schools.
In the Bronx and Staten Island, groups of members visited their local Council members at their district offices.
In some ways, the local council member serves as a check on the power of citywide entities like the mayor's office and the City Planning Commission, which consider land use proposals as they move through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure before reaching the Council stage.
Councilman David Greenfield, chairman of the Committee on Land Use, expressed frustration over media coverage of the proposal, which he says portrays the process as lying exclusively in the local Council member's hands.
The City Council would vote on the projects at the end of the ULURP process, and the government body usually defers to the local council member (in this case Chin) on such matters.
The boards represent the earliest part of the city's lengthy Uniform Land Use Review Procedure for rezoning, with the next step being a vote of the borough board, composed of the borough president, local council members and the chairs of the community boards.
ULURP concludes with a Council vote — though the Council normally defers to the wishes of the local council member.
A community board's vote is merely a recommendation, though it may reflect the beliefs of the local council members and borough president, since they jointly pick who sits on the panel in each area.
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