Sentences with phrase «other elected officials calling»

These allegations and other issues will be the focus of a Senate Democratic Conference forum July 18 in New York City, spearheaded by Senator Tony Avella and other elected officials calling for stricter scrutiny of the DEC's relationship with the oil and gas industry.

Also at 11 a.m., sanitation workers, NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso and other elected officials call on the Council to regulate the private sanitation industry through legislative action, NYC Business Integrity Commission, 100 Church St., Manhattan.

US Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D - Washington Heights) sent a letter to Dr. Steven Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork - Presbyterian, in which he and 14 other elected officials called the plan «troubling.»

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At 10 a.m., NYC Councilman Mark Treyger is joined by other elected officials and advocates to call for free diapers for low - income families, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Grand Island supervisor Nate McMurray is standing with many other elected officials from Western New York, calling on Cuomo to either remove the tolls or make them cashless, to ease traffic congestion.

Also at 11 a.m., state Sen. James Sanders and other elected officials, community groups and advocates for a Community Peace March and Call to Action Summit in light of recent killings of teenagers in Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway High School, 821 Bay 25th St., and Ocean Bay Community Center, 57 - 10 Beach Channel Drive, Queens.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) on Monday announced that he has joined fellow elected officials who represent other so - called racetrack communities in sending a letter to Cuomo, calling on him to get behind the new NYRA restructuring plan — which the NYRA Board voted in favor of earlier this month.

In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Despite the pleas of some good government advocates, opinion writers, other elected officials, and constituents, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has stated he has no plans to call for special elections to fill the seats before November.

At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Cuomo advisor Christine Quinn and other female elected officials mark Women's Equality Day by calling for passage of an Equal Rights Amendment, 49 E. 92nd St., Manhattan.

Also at 9:30 a.m., Sen. Cathy Young, Assemblyman Andy Goodell, Rebuild NY Now, and other elected officials and supporters hold to call on the Governor and Legislature to restore parity to the MTA and DOT capital plans in the state budget, Chautauqua County Department of Public Facilities, 454 N. Work St., Falconer.

Latimer, who on Wednesday called for Con Edison and NYSEG CEOs to step down, stood Friday morning with other elected officials and utility customers, also urging a clean sweep of senior management and the utility companies» adoption of a new philosophy.

The fight over Cuomo's education agenda will resume Thursday morning with a rally attended by Mulgrew, other union advocates and elected officials who will call on the state to fulfill its Campaign for Fiscal Equity obligations.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

HARLEM — City Comptroller John Liu and other elected officials are calling on the city to settle a lawsuit brought by five men convicted of raping and beating a jogger in Central Park in 1989 whose convictions were overturned.

«We are pleased that, on the heels of the city responding to our calls to remove excessive barricades, there has been significant progress on one of the other pressing quality - of - life issues: improved bathroom access,» the elected officials said in the statement.

It stops slightly short of some other elected officials, including Rep. Jerry Nadler and most of the 2013 mayoral candidates, who have called for Lopez's immediate resignation from his Assembly seat and from his post as chairman of the Brooklyn Democratic organization.

De Blasio called the bill «fiscally responsible,» but State Senator José Peralta told Gay City that he and other elected officials in Queens have been begging the administration for increased funding for crossing guards — something that would demonstrably aid the safety of public and private school students — only to be told that there is no money for it.

The leaders of the community proposal and rally, reverends from Brooklyn, achieved significant attention for their plan and support from elected officials, in part because their critique of de Blasio's housing program touched the core tension of what some see as a solid, fairly moderate approach, but others call too timid to address the affordability crisis facing the city and its residents and, in some cases, a catalyst of detrimental gentrification.

«When the borough president and other elected officials from the Bronx start to give us this laundry list of things that they want, instead of us always having to wonder how we were going to figure out to get it, I just call up the [borough] president and say, «Mr. President, if that's what you want, you got it,»» Mr. Heastie said.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.

This morning, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn gathered with other elected officials and community activists in front of the old Fulton Fish Market to call for a regional food market at the Seaport.

Also calling for Democratic unity is the Working Families Party, which organized rallies outside the district offices of IDC members on Wednesday, top officials from the Democratic National Committee, and a variety of other Democratic elected officials and activists.

Among those calling for the funding were the city's other two citywide elected officials, Public Advocate Letitia James, Controller Scott Stringer, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — all seen as likely candidates for mayor in 2021.

In light of this, we recognize the collective responsibility to register our dissent publicly, to call upon elected officials and demand that they oppose her appointment, and to encourage others to do so as well.

Latest in the Legislature It's all transportation, all the time these days in the statehouse, with some elected officials calling for solutions while others are drawing lines in the sand around no new borrowing.

We call on elected officials and other community leaders to embrace solutions that are proven, that will provide students and parents more and better educational options, and that help meet the need now.

Since then, we have received support from local residents, local leaders and other humane society advocates in the form of calls to our elected officials.

He urges people to stand with them against the discriminatory policy by calling elected officials and other opposition foundations, such as ALCU.

If you think Facebook is worth deleting over its issues, then call your elected official to regulate the company, as well as other companies, like Google, that profit from harvesting our personal details to sell ads tailored to us across the internet.