Sentences with phrase «of community boards last»

Forest Hills resident Karen Koslowitz made the move from her former position as deputy borough president to director of community boards last month to prepare for her bid for her former City Council seat.

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In terms of in - store innovations, the company made a big splash last year by launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.

The former global operations CIO at Barclays landed on our 40 Under 40 list last year for his impressive background, quick achievements as CIO of Nike, and his advocacy and influence in the gay community (Watson is out, and was the first non-U.S. citizen to score a seat on the board of GLAAD).

One day last February, a small group of real estate agents and reporters boarded a helicopter in Vancouver and flew south to the burgeoning community of White Rock.

Last month, to a chorus of community objections and second - guesses, the Naperville Park District Board of Commissioners voted 3 - 2 to give the city's $ 6 million public golf course now under construction the tinny appellation...

Martin Scott, of the Community Development Department, told the zoning board last week that the proposed ordinance, similar to one in force in Orland Park, would require pools be drained into the street to avoid flooding neighbors» yards.

«The staff and board members of the Hoffman Estates Park District have made an extraordinary effort in the last several years to improve the Park District's areas, facilities, programs and services to meet the growing needs of residents of the community,» read a statement from Ted Flickinger, executive director of the Springfield - based Illinois Association of Park Districts.

The East Hampton Town Board approved a management and stewardship plan for properties acquired with the community preservation fund at its meeting last Thursday, a plan that includes an estimated $ 850,000 for the restoration of studios on Neck Path...

Community Board 1 Chair Julie Menin officially announced her formation of a General 2013 Committee at last month's C.B. 1 full board meeBoard 1 Chair Julie Menin officially announced her formation of a General 2013 Committee at last month's C.B. 1 full board meeboard meeting.

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza stepped into a thicket last week when he re-tweeted a video of Upper West Side parents speaking out against the local school board's plan to integrate the community's middle schools.

We are disappointed with the decision not to vote in favor of our application to rezone Sherman Plaza but want to thank Community Board 12, Borough President Brewer, the City Planning Commission and the Mayor for working with us over the last two years in support of the project.

The man who wants to open a new spa in the College Point Corporate Park got the backing of state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) last week, and the lawmaker questioned why the proposal was ever denied by both Community Board 7 and the borough president in the first place.

«It's the last bastion of affordability,» said Tyler, who co-chairs the housing committee of Community Board 9.

A recent meeting planned for Community Board 12 — where questions were expected to be submitted ahead of time — was canceled at the last minute.

The last segment of the event will feature a discussion panel featuring John Banks, President, The Real Estate Board of New York, Rafael E. Cestero, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Community Preservation Corporation, Ron Moelis, CEO and Chairman of L+M Development Partners Inc., Richard Roberts, Managing Director of Acquisitions of Red Stone Equity Partners LLC, Ismene Speliotis, Executive Director of Mutual Housing Association of New York (MHANY) and Saky Yakas, Partner at SLCE Architects.

«Pride Agenda Board leaders last week had constructive conversations with some former Executive Directors and others about the work that lies ahead for our community,» Norman C. Simon, chair of the Pride Agenda and co-chair of its affiliated educational Foundation, wrote in a December 23 email to Gay City News.

Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.

Okay, so based on that last remark, it's a little bit about Baez, who was beat up continually for her lack of presence at not only City Council meetings, but also local community board meetings.

PLATTSBURGH The Clinton County Board of Legislators last week approved a $ 175,000 increase in funding for Clinton Community College (CCC).

Credits Leadership Council for Milestones of Jamaica NOW Action Plan Reached Since its Launch One Year Ago Allocates $ 7 mm in Capital Toward Planned Renovations and Expansion of Baisley Park Community Library QUEENS, NY — During remarks at last night's meeting of Community Board 12, Borough President Melinda Katz provided updates on recent investments into the -LSB-...]

City Council contender Bob Friedrich defended a letter he sent last month as president of the Glen Oaks Village Co-op's board to the housing community's tenants after his opponent, state Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D - Little Neck), accused him of using the co-op's official letterhead to promote his candidacy.

«My service over last the four years on the town board and nine years on the school board has proven my dedication to this community and understanding of this community,» she said at the debate.

Both cast their ballots for Brad Hoylman, the former chairman of Manhattan's Community Board 2, whom Duane has endorsed — but said that, even though they'd received personal calls from Duane and lots of mailers, they hadn't realized until the last minute that Thursday was primary day.

We've already reported some of the news from last night's Community Board 3 meeting (see below).

The state Education Department last year appointed a team of monitors that has been working with the district, the school board, and its new superintendent to put the district back on track and restore community trust.

In an e-mail read at a town board meeting last month, UCSPCA Executive Director Adam Saunders suggested asking residents in the affected areas how they felt the TNR program had worked, adding that his own informal survey in the community had deemed the effort a success, save for a heavy concentration of feral cats at a Warren Street residence.

«You're talking about electing a Dominican and maybe kicking out the most powerful African American politician in America in the last 40 years,» said Larry English, 56, the former chair of Community Board 9 and long - time resident of West Harlem who is black and supports Espaillat.

The board charged with awarding potentially lucrative casino licenses to casino developers last month awarded three permits to projects based in the Sullivan County, Schenectady and in the Finger Lakes community of Tyre, in Seneca County.

With just days left before the Buffalo School Board makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciBoard makes a final call on plans for four low - performing schools, hundreds of community members turned out last night to have their voices heard one last time before the board makes its deciboard makes its decision.

He said, «The present administration of Governor Simon Lalong has worked round the clock since it came on board to bring lasting peace to parts of troubled communities on the Plateau in the last two years and must be supported by all concerned to bring about peaceful co-existence among all ethnic groups.

At last month's Community Board 5 meeting, 28 members voted in favor of the plan, which calls for a rezoning of Woodward and Onderdonk avenues and Troutman and Starr streets.

The May 11 meeting, part of the Inwood NYC Neighborhood Study that launched last year, is meant to bring together «community board members, heads of local nonprofit organizations, social service providers and small business owners and people who have invested and put their effort in the community,» said Russell Murphy, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's interim chief of staff.

Last night, during its final meeting before the summer hiatus, Community Board 7 held a closed - door executive session and voted overwhelmingly to direct District Manager Fernando Tirado to take a leave of absence while he runs for senate in the 33rd District.

The issue was on the agenda at last week's Community Board 3 transportation sub-committee meeting, but no parents showed up to speak on behalf of the proposal.

That turns a trip to the doctor, which should require only a few hours» travel, into a days - long ordeal, said Candace Whitman, a local pastor and member of the Island Community Board, during the town's annual Fishers Island meeting last Wednesday afternoon.

In the wake of 12 - year - old Dashane Santana's death last month, the Department of Transportation plans to widen sidewalks into landscaped plazas and change traffic patterns and signal timing along the most dangerous stretches of Delancey Street, officials told Community Board 3.

Recchia was the target of Jon Stewart's biting wit on «The Daily Show With Jon Stewart» last month after the challenger was caught on camera apparently having trouble answering questions from NY1 political reporter Courtney Gross about a U.S. trade agreement and then bragging that his role in setting up an international student exchange program during his days as a member of a local community school board gave him credentials to understand international issues in Congress.

The Department of Transportation announced the approval last Thursday of the bus stop next to the city's oldest playground, Seward Park, a little more than a week after Community Board 3 recommended denying the proposal.

Occupy Return We thought a few attendees were ready to shout «may day» at last week's Community Board 1 meeting when two members of Occupy Wall Street said they would be back in Zuccotti Park May 1.

Braunstein, 29, a former aide to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and member of Community Board 11, squared off against Tabone, 44, who has worked for the city and state governments and is president of the North East Queens Community Action Network, at the Mitchell - Linden Civic Association last Thursday.

Last month, Richardson was accused of blaming Jews for gentrification during a community board hearing.

«It's a volunteer position,» said Jerry Iannece, chairman of Community Board 11, who attended all of his board's regular meetings last Board 11, who attended all of his board's regular meetings last board's regular meetings last year.

Ceasar Zuniga, a member of the local community board, is set to challenge Assemblyman Félix Ortiz, hoping to seize upon the anti-incumbent fervor that elected Councilman Carlos Menchaca last year in an overlapping district.

«To me, 50 % is not acceptable,» said Eugene Kelty, chairman of Community Board 7, which had five members who missed more than half of the board's 13 meetings last Board 7, which had five members who missed more than half of the board's 13 meetings last board's 13 meetings last year.

Senator Latimer pointed out that shortly after his last election in 2014, Astorino attacked funding for Westchester's Community Health Centers, proposing to reduce their budgets by $ 7.9 million over his first three years.As a result, Astorino vetoed a restoration of the cuts by the Board of Legislators during the budget cycle.

Even so, dozens of board members in Queens failed to show up for more than half of the regular community board meetings last year.

In an early sign that Sinai's plan may not encounter the kind of resistance that plagued St. Vincent's, fewer than two dozen people showed up last Thursday to an informational meeting hosted by Community Boards 3 and 6.

Community board members and supporters protest Mayor Bloomberg's proposed cuts in power of boards outside Borough Hall last Tuesday.

Last month, members of the Bayside Hills community boarded a bus to attend a city Board of Standards and Appeals hearing on a controversial plan to place a second home on the lot at the corner of 51st Avenue and 216th Street.

Dominic Pisciotta, chair of Community Board 3, and his partner, Andy Berg, will be the last couple married at the clerk's office today.