Sentences with phrase «own local community board»

Assemblywoman Diane Richardson, a Brooklyn Democrat, was accused of delivering a bizarre tirade against Jews, while ripping de Blasio as a sellout during a local community board meeting this week.

She's also committed to pushing to make the Franklin Avenue subway station fully accessible, and to encouraging more diversity and youth participation on local Community Boards.

They asked me to come in and work with the local community board in Fort Greene, and the local Council Member, to make sure there was an affordable housing component to that building.

Hinton said de Blasio's first deputy mayor, Tony Shorris, found out in late February when DCAS Commissioner Lisette Camilo, who had recently taken over the agency, learned of the situation from a local community board and put a hold on all deed restriction modifications.

These sites will go through the standard Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), which includes public hearings by the local community boards, input from borough presidents, and votes by the Council and City Planning Commission.

The Beep has a small amount of capital funding to dispense every year, and can appoint members of local community boards.

At 10:30 a.m., Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Veteran Advisory Council host meeting to educate and update local community boards and elected officials on veterans» resources in The Bronx and across the city, 1530 Hutchinson River Parkway, the Bronx.

Because the Continuum project is seeking a zoning change, it will need approval through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, or ULURP, which includes input from the local community board and borough president as well as up - down votes from the City Planning Commission, City Council and mayor.

In Queens, Sanders is being challenged in a Democratic primary by Adrienne Adams, a local community board chairwoman who has the backing of the Queens Democratic Party.

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.

But the local community board, the local councilman, Costa Constantinides, and the Queens borough president all opposed the project.

Besides Abbate, rumored Democratic candidates include local district leader Kevin Peter Carroll, local community board district manager Josephine Beckmann and Arab - American activist Linda Sarsour.

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.

Rivera is Mendez's former Legislative Director, and a prominent local leader in the East Village, having served on the local Community Board and 3 worked with numerous local neighborhood organizations.

One is businessman Don Lee, the other is local community board chairwoman Gigi Li, a close associate of Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin.

Acuity Capital sought a special permit to build taller than current zoning allows, transferring air rights from adjacent properties, which the local community board and the Municipal Arts Society claimed should invoke MIH.

At 10:30 a.m. Monday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Veteran Advisory Council will host a meeting to educate the local community boards and elected officials on veterans» resources in the Bronx and across the city.

Meanwhile, in Chelsea, the de Blasio administration clashed with the local community board over its decision not to apply MIH to Acuity Capital Partners» proposed 17 - story, 72 - unit condo development planned for West 18th Street.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer last week announced this year's appointees to local community boards.

In the endorsement, Cuomo cited Adams's work as the chairwoman of the local community board and the push to revitalize the Jamaica section of Queens.

We also interviewed Rodney Carroll, a union organizer; Yasmin Cornelius, the young and dynamic district manager of the local community board; Cynthia Doty, an intelligent district leader and former legislative aide, is the only non African - American candidate in this predominantly Central Harlem District, and Woody Henderson, a cable TV host and associate of Al Sharpton, who focuses on education and housing issues;

Adams has been chair of a local community board since 2012, and involved in other civic matters as well.

Local community board member Charles Cooper has also professed his hope to succeed Dickens, and he enjoys some backing from clergy.

We currently have a process that will take into consideration Manhattan's West Side community as represented by the local Community Board, elected officials and City Hall.

13th Congressional District: In this multi-candidate race, we interviewed Jimmy Vacca, District Manager for his local community board, and Ismael Betancourt, a businessman and perennial candidate.

District leaders Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar, and local community board chairwoman Gigi Li — all of whom lost in the county committee vote — told the Observer they intend to seek the seat again.

Decisions about street co-namings are up to the City Council, but the advisory opinions from local community boards are important.

Like the incumbent, Wymore has long record of public service, including on the local community board.

If we have one concern, it is his failure to seek out qualified persons with disabilities to serve on local community boards.

As DNAinfo first reported, the site is intended to be an online forum for residents to connect and discuss local issues without having to schlep to local community board meetings.

District leaders John Ruiz and Rev. Al Taylor and activist Joyce Johnson signed the missive, which accused Wright of using his position to attempt to deliver the seat that formerly belonged to now - Councilman Bill Perkins to his favored candidate, local community board chairman Brian Benjamin.

An extensive borough - and community - based review of the proposals is underway, with varying results thus far as local community boards vote in non-determinative polls.

I make sure to go to local community board meetings and others around the district so I can keep my pulse on the concerns of the district.

A Brooklyn legislator was accused Wednesday of delivering a bizarre tirade against Jews, while ripping Mayor Bill de Blasio as a sellout, during a local community board meeting this week.

The county machine, headed by Congressman Joseph Crowley, today announced it was backing local community board chairwoman Adrienne Adams in her bid to unseat Mr. Sanders in the September Democratic primary.

Police and local elected officials, including Councilwoman Annabel Palma, Assemblyman Marcos Crespo and the chair of the local community board stood around waiting on the mayor for 45 minutes as the light faded.

He's reached out to all local elected officials, who have said they will attend, as well as local community boards and civic groups to spread the word.

The local community board and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams rejected the plan, but their votes, unlike City Planning's, are not binding.

Borough President Diaz Urges Bronx Residents to Apply to Join their Local Community Board Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is inviting Bronx residents to make a difference in their community by joining their local Community Board.

Throughout the race, the Democratic candidates fought hard to distinguish themselves from each other — almost all of them have lived in the neighborhood for decades, have served on the local Community Board and share similar positions on issues like affordable housing, keeping small businesses strong and quality - of - life issues.

The office of Borough President Gale A. Brewer is now accepting applications for membership on Community Boards and encourages all eligible New Yorkers living, working, or studying in the borough of Manhattan to consider applying to serve on their local Community Board.

Speaker Quinn has made me come to the conclusion that she is unfit for any public office including but not limited to sitting on a local community board, let alone to be Mayor of the greatest city in the world.

The other candidates included Gigi Li, the chairwoman of the local community board, who earned 10 percent of the vote; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader, with 19 percent of the vote; Don Lee, a businessman, with 11 percent; and Paul Newell, a community activist, with 16 percent.

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.

Michael Beltzer, a father who has served on his local community board and on the 43rd Precinct Community Council, says he has worked for a decade as a «community advocate and servant» including time spent with small community and advocacy groups.

On their corner were former councilman Robert Jackson, Councilman Mark Levine, the local community board, a structural engineer and the former director of the German American Heritage Museum in Washington D.C.

The local community board and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams had already rejected the proposal.

While the de Blasio administration hopes to implement Mandatory Inclusionary Housing by the summer, the proposal has been met with resistance by local community boards and politicians across the boroughs.

A Bronx local community board approved the rezoning of a massive site on the Harlem river, potentially paving the way for a 1000 - unit complex to be built.

Under the bill, if a community keeps its streets clean for two consecutive years and gets a 90 percent cleanliness grade, the local community board would have the option of reducing its street cleaning to once a week.