Sentences with phrase «other council members who»

The bill they're referring to was introduced to the council in October of 2014 by Stephen Levin and a handful of other council members who represent trash - burdened districts in South Bronx and Southeast Queens.

Not exact matches

Other members of the delegation, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Larry Kudlow, who heads the National Economic Council, appear more inclined to strike deals that would accomplish the president's goal of reducing the gap between what America imports from China and what it sells to the country, and thus head off the risk of an escalating trade war.

Saudi Aramco and its controlling government have paved the way for the KSA's economic success in the next ten years, but other OPEC members — particularly those who are not also members of the Gulf Cooperation Council — do not have the financial connections to navigate rock - bottom oil prices without risking political stability.

James drew my attention to an email he sent to several members of the faith council, the Trump campaign liaison, and also to others who oppose Trump's candidacy.

I would not hesitate to go to a wedding, funeral, graduation, retirement party, baby shower, ballgame, courtroom, birthday party, family reunion, public hearing, town parade, school play, or other social function due to the presence or lack of a 1 - 2 minute prayer from a pastor, priest, rabbi, imam, valedictorian, mayor, police chief, council member, or 3rd grader who will play the Tree in the school spring play, nor would I feel it appropriate or necessary to make a social scene just so everyone could hear my opinion on the matter.

As with other beverages produced by members of the Australian Beverages Council, lower calorie versions of sports drinks are available for consumers who want nutrients and electrolytes with fewer kilojoules.

We thank the North American Registry of Midwives Board for helping facilitate the study; Tim Putt for help with layout of the data forms; Jennesse Oakhurst, Shannon Salisbury, and a team of five others for data entry; Adam Slade for computer programming support; Amelia Johnson, Phaedra Muirhead, Shannon Salisbury, Tanya Stotsky, Carrie Whelan, and Kim Yates for office support; Kelly Klick and Sheena Jardin for the satisfaction survey; members of our advisory council (Eugene Declerq (Boston University School of Public Health), Susan Hodges (Citizens for Midwifery and consumer panel of the Cochrane Collaboration's Pregnancy and Childbirth Group), Jonathan Kotch (University of North Carolina Department of Maternal and Child Health), Patricia Aikins Murphy (University of Utah College of Nursing), and Lawrence Oppenheimer (University of Ottawa Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine); and the midwives and mothers who agreed to participate in the study.

At a meeting before members of the Corridor Planning Council for Central Lake County in Lake Zurich, Long Grove officials introduced several consultants who agree with them that the state should consider other alternative sites for Illinois 53.

The five - member Committee comprises a Justice of the Supreme Court who is the Chairperson with two Justices of the Court of Appeal appointed by the Judicial Council and two other persons appointed on the advice of the Council of State, who are neither members of the Council of State, nor members of Parliament, nor lawyers.

The WFP sent out a press release yesterday touting its successes in the NYC races other than the mayoral contest, which included 12 NYC Council candidates, including Carlos Menchaca, who defeated incumbent Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and is poised to become the Council's first Mexican - American member, and Antonio Reynoso, who defeated former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the remnants of his Brooklyn political machine.

Duffy said he'll know more about who the other members of the Leadership Council are during the group's first meeting in Albany next Tuesday.

Other commission members were Scott P. Campbell, executive director of the Elton John AIDS Foundation; Rose Harvey, commissioner of the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Thomas Krever, CEO of the Hetrick - Martin Institute; Kelsey Louie, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis; Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who is now CEO of Women in Need; Melissa Sklarz, development director at the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; and Glennda Testone, executive director of the LGBT Community Center.

Despite the stunning recording and the heated exchanges over stop - and - frisk, the most fireworks occurred between council members themselves, who sparred with each other throughout the hearing.

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, led ministers and other members of the Federal Executive Council to honour the State House Correspondent of Channels Television, Mr. Chukwuma Onuekwusi, who died on Tuesday.

Other Manhattan Council members participating in service events Thursday were Melissa Mark - Viverito, who attended an anti-violence youth event in East Harlem, and Ydanis Rodriguez, who served lunch to seniors in Washington Heights.

Other members of the Advisory Council include; Dr Kwadjo Andah, a retired civil engineer and hydrologist with vast knowledge in the water sector, Mr. Emmanuel Gaze who happens to be the immediate past director of Technical Services, Community Water and Sanitation Agency, Togbe Hodzi Dunyo vi, chief of Ave — Atave in the Volta region, His Royal Majesty Dr. Ihenetu Eze, the Igbo king in Ghana and Dr. Donald Agumenu, a leadership consultant and philanthropist.

De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.

Toss in the former key Gov. Cuomo associates who face criminal trials this year, plus the several City Council members sent to the hoosegow as well as other local officals across the state, and the only thing that stands out about Harris is that she ran for office after starting her alleged crime spree.

The Paramount Chief of the Western Nzema Traditional Area, Awulae Annor Adjaye III, has said he was not part of other members of the Nzemamanle Council, who opposed the appointment of Dr. Ben Asante, as the CEO of Ghana National Gas Company Limited.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has been an outspoken critic of the the 328 - bed facility for the homeless and substance abuse patients, said in a letter to constituents that she and other City Council members were presenting a resolution to the City Council's Committee on General Welfare at a public hearing at 10:30 a.m Wednesday.

The city's failure to declare a snow emergency and delay opening the city's command center angered many Council members who believe those decisions were the root cause of many other problems.

The other two Democrats who wanted to run on the party line were David Stott, a former Onondaga County legislator from Salina, and Jean Kessner, a member of the Syracuse Common Council.

Other speakers included Michel Faulkner, a former mayoral candidate now running for comptroller, Harry Wilson, a past New York State comptroller candidate who is gearing up to run for governor, and Council Member Eric Ulrich.

Council members and other sources who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution said Johnson has a «really quick fuse» who keeps track of grievances.

The eight City Council members, all Democrats, who are competing to lead the 51 - member legislative body as speaker for the next four years must convince numerous constituencies of their viability, including some combination of county party leaders, labor unions, the mayor, and other influential politicos.

He has also been the most prolific donor to other members who ran for reelection and fresh faces that will be joining the Council come January.

I also salute the likes of, Uncle Ato Awhoi, Obed Asamoah, Victor Gbeho, Alhaji Issifu Ali, Mrs. Anna Ennin, Right Honourable Edward Doe Adjaho, Dr. Christine Amoako - Nuamah, Mrs. Margret Clark Kwesie, Honourable Alban Bagbin, and all the other members of the Council who have taken the bull by the horn, and ensuring that the NDC quickly moves into the constituencies to deepen the healing and reconciliation processes that have already begun.

The current speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is to deliver her State of the City address on Thursday, can not run for re-election because of the term limits law; several other prominent Council members are also serving their last term.

Kellner, who was there to give his assessment of the recent municipal elections and other matters, briefed the committee members on steps the Council could take to improve election management.

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.

We reached out to the remaining members of The Mount Vernon City Council, Council President Roberta Apuzzo (D), Acting President Pro Tem, Marcus A. Griffith (D), and Deborah Reynolds (D) as well as The Commissioner of the Westchester Board of Election and Westchester Democratic Chairman, Reggie Lafayette (who I believe is also Mt. Vernon Democratic Chairman as well - sound like a conflict of interest to me, but I digress) and other local elected officials who have yet to respond to our request for a comment.

However, Council Member Ritchie Torres, who chairs the Council's public housing committee, and others believe the city should be investing more.

Other dignitaries present during the visit include the Governing Council members Chief Derin Adebiyi, Dr. Mulikat Salau, and Comrade Tunde Oladunjoye, who is also the Chairman of the Media Sub-Committee for the 10th Anniversary; Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu; the Bursar, Mr. Ifeoluwa Odusanya, and Director of Protocol, Chief Gbenga Omilola, among others.

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.

Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Democrat from Buffalo who chairs his chamber's economic development committee, supported the funding for Western New York but has been pushing other reforms, including a measure that would require members of the regional councils to formally file financial disclosure forms currently required of lawmakers and other officials.

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.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders» members are banks, building societies and other lenders who together undertake around 95 % of all residential mortgage lending in the UK.

Other speakers included Gayle McLaughlin of the Richmond Progressive Alliance and Richmond City Council member, Susan Sadlowski Garza, who was recently elected to the Chicago City Council, and Angela Walker who ran for sheriff in Milwaukee as an independent socialist.

Mark Weprin, who was in the Assembly when he ran for Council last year, chose not to put out the newsletter and two other current Assembly members from the borough — Ann - Margaret Carrozza (D - Bayside) and Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria)-- refused to do so this year.

The other known anti-IDC hopeful is former City Council member Robert Jackson, who will challenge incumbent Marisol Alcantara in Upper Manhattan.

A number of City Council Members who are jockeying to replace Melissa Mark - Viverito as the next Speaker of the City Council seem to be stepping up efforts to curry favor with their colleagues and other elected officials through strategic campaign donations.

The head count changes depending on the hour and the agenda of who's doing the counting, but of the thirteen allegedly undecided, it's impossible to see Simcha Felder and several others voting against Bloomberg — leaving seven council members who still appear to be truly undecided, and who hold the fate of a Bloomberg third term in their hands.

«I definitely think that discretionary funds will be wielded as a weapon in the fight for endorsements,» said one Democratic Council member, who, like nearly a dozen others who spoke to DNAinfo.com New York, asked for anonymity to avoid angering Quinn.

But Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer — who with City Council Member Margaret Chin has led the opposition to the firm's plans for the area surrounding the Seaport site — claims Howard Hughes and the other stakeholders «haven't looked hard enough.»

«What the borough president and I wanted to do was simply have an event where people could just meet each other, get to know each other, and build relationships,» said Council Member Greenfield at the event, who noted that there is a «commonality of interests» between the Jewish and Latino communities, especially as both share the immigrant experience.

«I think it would be politically unwise for somebody to endorse somebody other than the speaker earlier than after the budget,» said another Democratic council member, who added concerns about funding would play a role in their endorsement timing.

Others included Marti Speranza, who came in second in the crowded Democratic primary for the «open» District 4 seat and Alison Tan got nearly 42 percent of the vote trying to unseat Council Member Peter Koo.

The demonstration began before the Council's bi-monthly meeting when about 20 people — members and others who support their position — walked out of City Hall, chanting.

Others, including Garodnick himself, voiced concern that she appointed only her early supporters to the Rules Committee, which is traditionally set up first in a new Council so its members can determine who will chair and sit on other committees and belong to the leadership team.

For somebody who has been a minister for so many years and when there is a change in government you go and join the other government, to be a member of the council for that government is something else.»