Sentences with phrase «many other council members»

«Bonnie's insights on governance and business, based on her extensive experience on large - company boards, will complement the skills and experience of the other Council members.»

At 1 p.m., Brooklyn Councilman and LG candidate Jumaane Williams and other council members honor the president of African American Women in Cinema, Terra Renee, and other members of the organization, City Hall, Council Chambers, Manhattan.

Two other Council members, both of them gay, Daniel Dromm of Jackson Heights and Corey Johnson from Greenwich Village, also addressed the gathering, as did Park Slope State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon.

What other council member could hope to have David Duke release a video endorsement of his or her congressional campaign, on the basis of shared antipathy to Zionism and belief in black self - determination?

Despite a sprinkle of opposition, Intro 656, was supported by a majority of Council Members including Daniel Dromm (D - Jackson Heights), Karen Koslowitz (D - Forest Hills), Ruben Wills (D - Richmond Hills), Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Chelsea), and 36 other Council Members.

# 627 proposed by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 30 other Council members as well as the Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.

Crowley, other Council members, advocates and service providers rallied at City Hall last week.

Other council members pointed to studies showing plastic bag use is on the rise in cities that have instituted similar punitive fees, like San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Other council members appealed to Mr. Fuleihan for improvements to existing city agencies, notably jobs programs to employ city youth over the summer months.

But let's get back to the letter released Sunday, in which Commisso Jr. and three other council members blistered the mayor's proposed budget.

This year, Torres, Cohen, and Mark - Viverito join eighteen other Council Members that are part of Participatory Budgeting in other boroughs.

On Tuesday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and other council members joined officials from the Bloomberg administration to announce a new round of measures aimed at easing some of the biggest burdens facing small businesses.

A number of other Council members making the trip tomorrow are former members Assembly: Inez Barron, Vanessa Gibson, Rafael Espinal and Mark Weprin.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced Monday morning she and other Council members will introduce legislation next month to raise the minimum legal age for purchasing all tobacco products from 18 to 21.

Other Council Members in attendance will include Rafael Espinal Jr., Rory Lancman, Daniel Dromm, I. Daneek Miller, Annabel Palma, Mark Weprin, Jimmy Van Bramer, among others.

Chin said she asked other council members to join her call for leniency.

Other council members have quietly complained about calls from outside their districts clogging phone lines.

As a legislative leader, the speaker's position entails balancing grand plans with the local needs of 50 other Council members, for whom the parochial concerns of their residents on matters such as tree planting and garbage pickup can take precedence over sweeping changes to the fabric of government.

After lobbying by Greenfield and several other Council members, the program is to be continued until the end of the calendar year, both news sources reported.

But other Council members have balked.

As the city's 51 other Council members one - by - one cast their vote for Mark - Viverito, those from Queens who had not originally pledged their support congratulated the new speaker.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley of Queens joked, knowing full well why they and a bevy of other Council members had come to Antun's, in Queens Village, for a Queens County Democratic fund - raiser.

De Blasio's choice to sign an executive order rather than push an amendment through City Council piqued Staten Island's two other Council members.

The investigation — which has involved other groups and the offices of other Council members — has been ongoing for two years and has already pulled in indictments of two former aides to Councilman Kendall Stewart for embezzlement.

While there was hesitation from some, other Council members were fully enthusiastic about the legislation.

Rosenthal and other Council members expressed concern about the salaries of their aides to Mark - Viverito, and say that the speaker has responded to those concerns.

In a statement Thursday, Santino said King Sweeney and other council members shouldn't be afraid to disclose the source of their income.

She said she, the developer and other council members want to see the project happen, but its fate is sealed if Hammes doesn't work with city planners.

She did not say if she would be joined in the lawsuit by any other council members.

Other council members and their aides said Mark - Viverito's comments could signify the start of a rift between her and the mayor — who helped the speaker win her position.

Other council members are not as sure the 17 budget votes will translate into votes to keep the project alive.

Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez snagged a $ 30,000 settlement Thursday in a lawsuit he and three other council members brought against the city in 2012 over the NYPD's handling of Occupy Wall Street protests.

Attendees included Mayor de Blasio, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Democratic Leader Marcus Crespo, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, all the council speaker candidates, and several other council members.

Quinn will be joined by a dozen other Council members as they take their fight to the state capital.

The two other Council members — Ydanis Rodriguez in Washington Heights and Rafael Salamanca in the Bronx — are still reviewing the proposal.

The only other Council members from Queens who posted an attendance record below 80 percent was Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park), who missed roughly 21 percent of his meetings in 2011, according to Council records.

Last October, de Blasio, his wife and other council members announced a virtually identical plan to grant accusers time off for court dates, counseling, school registration and other matters.

Dan Garodnick, the other Council member on the task force, said, «New York City taxpayers deserve to know if we are getting any bang for our buck with economic development tax expenditures.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Council member Annabel Palma, the head of the Bronx Council delegation, joined up with other Council members and environmental justice advocates at City Hall today to rail against Mayor Bloomberg's plan to shelve the building of four new waste transfer stations — three Manhattan and one Brooklyn.

Former Supervisor Satish Mohan was elected as a Republican and later became a Democrat, he noted, while numerous other Council members switched over the years.

Williams and 9 other council members refused to vote Wednesday for a symbolic resolution condemning the Palestinian - backed Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, an effort to delegitimize Israel over its treatment of Palestinian people.

(New York, NY) On March 11, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito (center) and other council member presented a proclamation to several District Council 37 leaders in appreciation of their members» heroic efforts during the recent Ebola health crisis.

«The decisions were ultimately made by the speaker in consultation with other council members and her staff,» he added.

Mark - Viverito and many other council members wore the shirts at a Council meeting last month, shortly after about 20 members staged a «die - in» outside City Hall to protest the decision.

With the city Education Department announcing layoffs of some 800 support staff, including school aides, parent coordinators, lunchroom workers, bus coordinators and others, UFT Secretary Michael Mendel joined City Councilman Charles Barron, Assemblywoman Inez Barron and nearly a dozen other Council members in decrying the budget - cutting move at a press conference on August 30 outside DOE headquarters.

However, Mark - Viverito and other Council members already have all the privacy they want in the «members» lounge,» which has been off limits to the press and public for years.

It contains a 32 percent boost in discretionary funds, from $ 5.2 million to $ 6.9 million, to be distributed by Mark - Viverito — either solo or through other council members.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito joined three other Council Members (Lander, Ulrich, and Williams) to set aside a minimum of $ 1 million in discretionary capital funding in each of those districts to allow community members to come together to directly decide how to invest those funds.

«The rising cost of housing means that older tenants can not afford to escape rising housing costs, yet can not secure affordable housing elsewhere,» James wrote in the letter, which got supporting signatures from Councilman Mark Levine and Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, as well as 19 other council members from around the city.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and other Council members at an interfaith rally.