Sentences with phrase «of city councils»

Amazon has suspended part of its expansion plans in Seattle, pending the outcome of a City Council vote on a new tax on large employers that would fund programs aimed at providing affordable housing and helping the homeless.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

Uber hosted a «jobs event» for prospective and current drivers to showcase how many New York residents» jobs would be cut if the vehicle cut were to take effect, and also ran TV ads, bought banner ads on websites, sent out direct mailers to constituents of City Council members who are proponents of the proposed legislation, and even reportedly tried to persuade the Rev. Al Sharpton to oppose the for - hire - vehicle cap.

Duggan, at the same news conference, took issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible conflict of interest for the mayor and a member of the city council to have a seat on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.

The poll also showed 58 % percent approved or strongly approved of Edmonton City Council and, in Calgary, 60 % approved or strongly approved of their City Council.

The second wounded officer and the Home Depot loss prevention officer remain in critical condition, the mayor said during a meeting of the City Council.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

Phase one consisted of organizing the cooperation of the City Council and social welfare agencies, and of publicizing a casework - oriented program.

In Zürich, the early practice of calling and ordaining a minister, according to an Order for Preachers written by Leo Jud and Henry Bullinger, was as follows: A commission of examiners consisting of two ministers, two members of the City Council, and two laymen experienced in the reading of the Bible, examined the candidates who either had been proposed or had applied to be called to a vacant ministerial office.

It met in the presence of several members of the City Council.

In a roundabout way, you actually proved my original point: all politicians (I would qualify that as «national» politicians — I actually know a couple of city council people that are as honest as the day is long) are the same.

What would you have done if you were a member of this City Council?

Highland Park — At an unusual joint meeting this week of the City Council and Park District Board, park commissioners called on the city to give up running the city - owned Highland Park Country Club.

The mayor is in favor of lake water and some members of the City Council are against the idea.

The announcement was made at a meeting of the City Council's special aquatics committee.

The budget laid out by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and members of the City Council designates funds for crime prevention in public housing developments, enhanced services for inmates, free school lunch for middle schoolers, child care for low - income families, and...

A $ 91,000 ecological study proposed for Crystal Lake has received the unanimous approval of the City Council.

City Manager John Mezera announced the sites on Wednesday at the meeting of the City Council's special aquatics committee.

This happened when Monserrate was a member of the city council.

The film enters difficult territory when we realise our two white protagonists are trying to throw out the only black member of the city council.

The Working Families Party voted to endorse a slew of City Council candidates, with a few candidates getting the nod over the objections of one of the party's local chapters.

At the time, Baruch's Doug Muzzio posed this question: should members of the City Council serve longer than the mayor?

Ydanis Rodriguez, Council District 10, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Rodriguez, who has distinguished himself as the outspoken chair of the City Council's Committee on Transportation, is running for his third term.

The LGBT Memorial Commission, which included Christine Quinn, an out lesbian and former speaker of the City Council, and Eunic Ortiz, then the president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, an LGBTQ political club, had to include «individuals with a range of perspectives, interests, and specific knowledge concerning the LGBT community.»

Fort Greene Focus article on BP Adams allocating $ 1 million to encourage participatory budgeting by Brooklyn members of the City Council.

A task force of 14 members — seven appointed by the mayor and seven appointed by the Speaker of the City Council — created the curriculum for citywide safety training.

Later today, a group of City Council members intend to introduce two separate bills that would create a residential parking program, giving preference to local residents over outside commuters.

Endorsements for the vigil included: City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, seven local members of Congress, and 17 members of the City Council, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

[182][183] On the first day of City Council hearings on Daley's 2009 budget proposal, several aldermen questioned the administration's public relations spending.

Several members of the City Council's progressive caucus — including Ben Kallos of Manhattan, Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, and Antonio Reynoso and Carlos Menchaca, both of Brooklyn — went to the rally to support the groups but neither mentioned the governor by name nor joined the anti-Cuomo cheers.

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.

Ben Kallos, Council District 5, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Kallos, who first won his East Side seat in 2013, is a Vice-Chair of the City Council's Progressive Caucus.

As a former teacher and Chair of the City Council's Education Committee, I've never seen this before.

The head of the City Council's Transportation Committee demanded Thursday that Mayor de Blasio start installing traffic safety bollards in front of schools, public plazas and bustling corridors.

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

The New York City Council voted to give its members hefty pay raises in February 2016 and simultaneously imposed a ban on certain forms of outside income, effectively making the job of City Council member a full - time position.

The Times keeps calling Corey Johnson, the new Speaker of the City Council, the second-most powerful man in City government.

Garodnick is a former securities lawyer who ran for speaker of the City Council against Melissa Mark - Viverito five years ago and at one point considered running for city comptroller in 2013.

The press conference, organized by the Empire State Pride Agenda, and featuring several out gay members of the City Council as well -LSB-...]

I therefore announce that as of June 20, 2013, the last day of thesession, I resign my position.I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of mycommunity and hope to continue to serve them as a member of the City Council.

In a release, the Medina campaign reached back to 1994, when Dilan as a member of the City Council voted for vacancy deregulation.

«Domenic Recchia was a strong voice for New Yorkers while a member of the City Council, and I believe he will represent New York well as a member of Congress.

On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same - sex marriage in New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D. Levi, the head of the state's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group.

The mayor offered a near - endorsement of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's expected mayoral campaign.

The Public Advocate is a non-voting member of the City Council with the right to introduce and co-sponsor legislation.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today he would finally bow to the urgings of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and countless left - wing activists and formulate a plan to shutter the Rikers Island detention complex over the next 10 years — although the crucial work of creating a new, diffuse jail system will fall upon his successor, regardless of whether the liberal Democrat wins re-election this fall.

The city council speaker is not elected by voters, but is selected by the 51 members of the city council without any direct role for the public.

The recent installations come on the heels of a City Council hearing led by Council Member Margaret Chin focused on the need for additional sanitation services to accommodate the growing influx of tourists in the area.