Ms. James, unlike Mr. de Blasio in his public advocate days, now presides
over City Council meetings as a non-voting member.
The Public Advocate, or the Chief Ombudsman, is responsible for presiding
over City Council meetings and processing and investigating citizen complaints.
Not exact matches
In what would normally be an off day for
city council members, they gathered for a special
council meeting to discuss the situation surrounding Kane Beef's delinquent utility account which swelled to more than $ 2.3 million
over the course of a year.
Park Board members told the
council in a joint
meeting that they need a clearer understanding of the guidelines of the lease and would like more control
over city - owned park sites maintained by the district.
The Leadership
Council will be led by community stakeholders, with the support of
City Hall, and will
meet no less than four times per year
over the duration of the Action Plan.
Cortland Common
Council also
meets Tuesday night to hear about survey results on local student drug use, a new Madison Street Bridge
over Dry Creek and the
city fire alarm box system.
Question topics included the recent rollout of the
City's municipal ID program, an internal PBA
meeting reported to have degenerated into yelling and shoving
over PBA President Pat Lynch's demands for an apology from the mayor and whether that provided «consolation» to the mayor, whether he takes comfort from the low number of PBA members reported to have signed «stay away from my funeral» statements, Bratton's comment that the «well was poisoned» by de Blasio's bring of former Sharpton aide Rachel Noerdlinger, a potential Teamsters strike at Hunts Point market, Governor Cuomo's consideration of legislation allowing public access to grand jury minutes, the mayor's objections to a
City Council proposed bill outlawing police use of chokeholds, a reported Cuomo / Lynch
meeting and what role the governor should fill in the Lynch / de Blasio dispute, whether the mayor is willing to acknowledge «missteps», the reports of Legionnaire's Disease in Co-op
City, de Blasio's reaction to a possible 2016 Mitt Romney candidacy and when he last spoke with the Rev. Al Sharpton.
Plattsburgh Mayor Colin Read opened this week's Common
Council meeting by acknowledging the acrimony following an open mic conversation he had with a
city councilor that circulated
over the past week.
«The fact is that the
meeting was
over and it seems unlikely that there would have been any intent on the part of the
city or the
city council or any
city official to let the tape keep rolling.
JAMESTOWN -
City councilman Andy Liuzzo (R - At Large) expressed his concern during Monday Night's Jamestown
City Council meeting over recent revisions made to the bylaws of the Jamestown Local Development Corporation (JLDC), while also criticizing the... [Read more...]
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Meet and Hear from all the Democratic Candidates running for
City Council in the Fourth District to take
over from longtime Councilmember Dan Garodnick.
NEW YORK - A
City Council meeting got heated Monday
over claims the NYPD targets people of color for marijuana possession arrests.
The
City Council opened its stated
meeting Thursday with parallel protests
over recent police killings of African - Americans, protests that sharply illustrated the different styles of a pair of black lawmakers from Brooklyn, both of whom insiders say aspire to lead the body after next year.
There's been some chattering this week in cyberspace
over a comment that Schenectady
City Council President Gary McCarthy — the man some Democrats want to be the city's next mayor — made at Monday night's meeting about a member of the public's mental health iss
City Council President Gary McCarthy — the man some Democrats want to be the
city's next mayor — made at Monday night's meeting about a member of the public's mental health iss
city's next mayor — made at Monday night's
meeting about a member of the public's mental health issues.
over 300 Huntington Park charter public school families came together to demonstrate and speak out against the moratorium at a packed
City Council meeting.
With a fight
over school funding looming, Richmond
City Council and School Board hold their third joint
meeting
Tuesday night, several pet owners showed up to the
city council meeting to voice their concerns
over a proposed ordinance that would ban certain types of exotic creatures like pythons and boa constrictors.
The Aurora
City Council decided to send the pit bull ban to voters after considering the issue multiple times in committees and council meetings over the course o
Council decided to send the pit bull ban to voters after considering the issue multiple times in committees and
council meetings over the course o
council meetings over the course of 2014.
Information provided to
city council members states» [d] ocumented problems of puppy mills include
over breeding, inbreeding, veterinary care that doesn't
meet the same standards as other breeders, relatively poor quality of food and shelter, lack of human socialization, and overcrowded cages.