Sentences with phrase «several council members called»

With the Environmental Protection Agency convening a National Bedbug Summit Tuesday, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and several council members called on federal officials to put money into initiatives to fight the minuscule, resilient creatures.

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Several other politicians, including Fillmore Council Member David Franczyk and Comptroller Mark Schroeder, have also called the process into question.

At 10:30 a.m., NYC Council Member Mark Levine will be joined by several members from the Bus Turnaround Coalition in Upper Manhattan to speak about New York City's other transit crisis — the bus system — in addition to calling for significantly faster implementation of Transit Signal Priority, NW Corner of 145th and Broadway, New York City.

Morse's call for support this week comes as multiple political officials, including several of his fellow Albany County Democrats and two members of the Cohoes City Council, have called on him to leave public office.

The Council voted 31 - 17, with three abstentions, in an unusually close split on a proposal that came together in recent weeks with the backing of Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, whose staff, along with the mayor's, called members to push them to vote in favor, according to several Council sources.

Lobbyists from both sides called Council members Tuesday to assess their positions on the pending legislation, which would require routine reporting of addresses and other information tied to online listings for short - term rental companies, according to several sources familiar with the calls.

At a recent hearing, New York City Council members discussed the effectiveness of NYPD responses to «emotionally disturbed person» (EDP) calls, the slow pace of implementation for new NYPD crisis intervention training, and the tragic outcomes of several recent interactions between NYPD officers and emotionally disturbed individuals.

UNESCO's commitment to stand up for the protection of the right to education during conflict has been reaffirmed on several occasions recently, including through the recently released Guidance Note on the Implementation of the Security Council Resolution 1998 («attacks on schools and hospitals»), which calls on Member States to prevent attacks on schools and hospitals, as well as their military use.