Sentences with phrase «majority council vote»

The legal analysis in Yonkers is that there are two ways to overturn term limits — one by a referendum, and one by a simple majority council vote.

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In addition, the great majority of conservative bishops at the council voted in favor of the final draft, which clearly suggests that they did not think subsistit in was a watering down of the Church's self - understanding.

Presbyterian general assemblies are not universal councils of the church, and setting agendas and shaping deliberations in concert with other churches and their councils would help to avoid the conceit that authority in the church belongs to a voting majority of seven hundred commissioners.

The Conservatives won overall control of more than 30 councils — mostly, it should be noted, councils without a single party majority before the vote.

The draft lines will be enacted unless a majority of City Council members vote to send the Commission back to the drawing board.

In terms of the electoral law — well, it's FPTP, so you're going to have a lot of councils where the winning party won an overwhelming majority of seats on less than 50 percent of the vote.

the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may decide to suspend certain of the rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to the Member State in question, including the voting rights of the representative of the government of that Member State in the Council.

Many states in the USA and Germany and other countries have a power of recall leading to a new election, either through a petition from the people or a council vote of no - confidence with a special majority.

Mayor Erin Stewart's plan to refinance more than $ 100 million in city debt hit a wall of silent opposition Wednesday night when the council's Democratic majority boycotted a vote that she had called «very, very important.»

As from 1 November 2014 and subject to the provisions laid down in the Protocol on transitional provisions, in cases where, under the Treaties, not all the members of the Council participate in voting, a qualified majority shall be defined as follows:

Although 3 of the 7 Ukip council seats in a havering were took from former Labour councillors, and 5 of those seats would be described as working class areas, the other two were above middle class areas where the average price of a house is 650,000 ′, If anything in havering Ukips vote destroyed he 4,000 majorities of some Tory councillors resulting in them winning with 350 votes

Two members of the Yonkers City Council, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a counciCouncil, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a councilcouncil vote.

«A majority of the City Council voted to adopt it,» said Councilman Brad Lander, who has been fighting hard for the bill.

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«The majority of the community decided to vote against our Council person,» he said.

Add that outrageous betrayal of trust to her 2009 self - appointed pay raise (and the entire city council) that defied a majority opposition to any pay raise voiced at a public hearing, followed by disobeying public referendum laws that recognized term limits that she abrogated (in favor of arranging an unlawful third term for Michael Bloomberg to serve, that automatically guaranteed her own job security), plus a final and detrimental insult to the working poor that blocked our rightful vote on sick pay coverage, and collectively, it would make total sense to impeach and prosecute such unethical, improper and unfair conduct — that is unbecoming to anyone purporting to serve their constituency.

But Markowitz wants a system in which borough presidents can be overridden only by a «super majority» vote of the City Planning Commission and City Council.

But a majority of the council voted to accept the company recommended by a six - person selection committee, B&N Delivery, of Syracuse.

In the end, Meng won an absolute majority of the vote against Lancman and Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, and a week after the November election the outgoing Assemblyman announced his intention to run for the 24th Council District, held for three terms by the term limited James Gennaro.

At the end of that process there is a vote on the deal, by qualified majority, in the European Council and the European Parliament.

This will have to be adopted with a qualified majority vote in the European Council.

At noon, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, Captain Mark Kelly, NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray, NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh and others call on New Yorkers to vote to stop gun violence as Giffords» «Vocal Majority» bus tour stops in NYC, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«I really can't explain why a vote that has the majority of the members of the City Council can't make it to the floor,» Ms. James told the Observer, also noting that Mr. de Blasio's father was a veteran of World War II.

But council Majority Leader Tom Hoffay said that he was confident of the six votes necessary to override a veto.

Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets will be distributed to local community members through the host organizations: SEIU Florida State Council, Dream Defenders Action Fund, Florida Immigration Coalition Votes, New Florida Majority, Organize Florida, and Florida Planned Parenthood PAC.

Labour holds 27 out of 27 council seats in Creasy's constituency, while Creasy herself has a majority of 23,195 votes.

Last week Tower Hamlets Labour group, myopic in their perpetual factionalism, joined forces with local Tories to vote down the annual budget proposed by the former Labour council leader and now independent mayor Lutfur Rahman, who of course was removed as Labour candidate by the National Executive Committee in the run up to the 2010 mayoral election, despite having been selected by a majority of local party members.

Ms Ward has a 1,151 majority over the Liberal Democrats (who run the council with an elected mayor), but the Conservatives are in a very strong third place - less than 1,000 votes behind the Lib Dems with 29.6 % of the vote.

If Miner vetoes, it will go back to the Council, which could override her veto with a two - third majority — six votes.

The initial proposal had come close to the 26 - vote majority needed to pass the council but never won the support of Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito or Mayor de Blasio.

The postal ballot was triggered when the executive council came to a vote with a majority decision not to endorse his candidacy.

All 15 members of the council showed up Thursday night for a special meeting that she called, but the Democratic majority promptly voted to adjourn.

At 2 p.m., in response to de Blasio's «quest to tear down statues like Christopher Columbus,» Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich will announce legislation that would require a majority vote of the Council before removing statues on city property, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The Labour Party retained its control of the council with an increased majority after increasing its vote share by 21.7 % and gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats and five from various independents.

She has used her position's influence to prevent legislation he opposes — including controversial police reform bills — from receiving a vote, even though they enjoy the backing of the majority of Council members.

It's difficult to believe that Council Speaker Christine Quinn would call for a vote if she didn't have the magic 26 - vote majority in hand.

Reform Party leader Curtis Sliwa has proposed filling the job via a citywide public vote, but that makes little sense: A speaker without support from a majority of the members can't run the council.

Following election night 2013, Walter Wettje (R) held a 36 vote lead over incumbent Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart (D), leading to hopes that the GOP had swept the town council election and earned a 5 - 0 board majority.

The nearly 3,800 votes she received — roughly 700 more than Madden — will make her the next president of a City Council with a Republican majority.

«The City of Kingston was quite explicit that the Thruway Authority should not be involved as lead agency for the environmental review of Pilgrim's proposed pipelines, and we voted unanimously to demand the DEC instead,» said Ward 1 Alderman and outgoing Common Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn in a statement posted on the KingstonCitizens.org website.

The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto - proof majority in the New York City Council — enough to overcome opposition by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Council members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan) and Antonio Reynoso (D - Brooklyn) held a rally with about 30 school children and dozens of environmentalists outside City Hall to announce a voting majority.

Harrington said he believes the Crown Point Town Council, which can fill the vacancy by majority vote to serve until Jan. 1, 2017, when the person elected takes office, will fill it after the election.

In 2010 the Lib Dems won an overall majority on the borough council and this was one of the few places in the country where the orange vote held up strong at the 2012 local elections when the national party's dalliance with power was alienating supporters almost everywhere else.

Our corrupt mayor Noam Bramson along with the four elected democrat council members now hold a super majority voting power, which means the mayor will pretty much bankroll anything he wants with no interferences from anyone.

A prominent LGBT political club is demanding City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Democratic Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer step down from their leadership posts for refusing to bring a set of proposed police restrictions to a vote.

The election saw the Scottish Labour Party gain 5 seats to regain an overall majority on the Council that they had lost at the time of the 2007 Local Elections, while also significantly increasing their vote.

She refused to allow a vote on a bill that would have required businesses to give employees paid sick leave, even though a majority of the Council wanted it passed.

Ms. Quinn has a long history of preventing legislation she opposes from coming to vote, even it has the support of a majority of council members.