Sentences with phrase «signed by council members»

The form letter, addressed to «Whom It May Concerned,» was signed by Council members Robert Cornegy, Mark Levine, Corey Johnson and Ritchie Torres.

The letter to de Blasio is signed by Council Members Garodnick, Donovan Richards, Fernando Cabrera, Rafael Espinal, Corey Johnson, Ben Kallos, Andy King, Stephen Levin, Mark Levine, Carlos Menchaca, Rosie Mendez, I. Daneek Miller, Antonio Reynoso, and James Vacca.

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In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

In a «friend of the court» brief signed by 49 members of Congress, the Family Research Council argued that 97 % of the prayers offered in the U.S. Congress are offered by Christians and the «majority of these prayers include identifiably Christian content.»

However, by the end of the year, the church council forced Calvin to resign his position and leave Geneva because he wanted to force church members to sign his doctrinal statement and articles of church organization (which few people wanted to do), and because he refused to serve communion with unleavened bread on Easter Sunday.

As the council fathers at Vatican II taught: «By the power of the Holy Spirit the Church is the faithful spouse of the Lord and will never fail to be a sign of salvation in the world; but she is by no means unaware that down through the centuriesthere have been among her members, both clerical and lay, some who were disloyal to the Spirit of God» (Gaudium et spes 43By the power of the Holy Spirit the Church is the faithful spouse of the Lord and will never fail to be a sign of salvation in the world; but she is by no means unaware that down through the centuriesthere have been among her members, both clerical and lay, some who were disloyal to the Spirit of God» (Gaudium et spes 43by no means unaware that down through the centuriesthere have been among her members, both clerical and lay, some who were disloyal to the Spirit of God» (Gaudium et spes 43).

Forty fired - up NYC Council members have signed a letter, authored by Torres, demanding de Blasio «finally» address the New York City Housing Authority's failing heating systems.

The group, which is said to be the brain child of the embattled national chairman, was not happy at a purported letter signed by five members of the NPP Council of Elders which accused Mr. Paul Afoko of breaching the party's constitution.

De Blasio on Monday signed a City Council bill creating a second commission with members to be appointed by the mayor, Council speaker, public advocate, comptroller and the five borough presidents.

It was also signed by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and City Council members Mark Levine (D - Hamilton Heights), Carlina Rivera (D - East Village) and Diana Ayala (D - East Harlem).

A petition book opened to gather signatures to be presented to President Mahama seeking pardon for the trio has been signed by leading members of the NDC including ministers of state, which currently being studied by the Council of State for advice after President Mahama forwarded it to the Council.

The Community Benefits Agreement, signed by Levine, former Borough President Adolfo Carrion, and Council members Maria Baez (who is no longer in office), Joel Rivera and Maria Del Carmen Arroyo in April 2006, said the Yankees would give 25 % of stadium construction contracts to Bronx businesses, make sure 25 % of construction jobs went to Bronxites, and award 25 % of post-construction jobs to Bronxites.

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.

A letter signed by 23 of the council's 51 members says the directive, first revealed by The Post, «will have a chilling impact on the NYPD's efforts to preserve quality of life for countless New Yorkers.»

The letter, signed by 14 council members in an effort led by Dan Garodnick, requests the mayor dedicate at least $ 5 million each year for the next ten years

Under Council rules, a bill's sponsor can file a motion signed by other members to force a bill out of its committee.

Continuing their battle to stop the mayor from laying off teachers and cutting child care and after - school program funding, a group of parents and community members gathered at City Hall on June 16 to deliver a petition on seven 50 - foot scrolls signed by more than 20,000 New Yorkers telling Mayor Bloomberg and City Council members to invest in school improvement, not cut programs or personnel.

The letter was signed by four speaker candidates — all current City Council members — including Corey Johnson (pictured).

«After two years of experience, your agency heads should be asked to identify those policies that are either not working, or unnecessary,» says the Dec. 31 letter signed by 26 of the 51 Council members.

The letter was signed by members of the Council of Chelsea Block Associations, Save Chelsea and the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation.

One sure sign that the City Council speaker is chosen by the members, not the public: All eight candidates for the job support extending the limit on council terms Council speaker is chosen by the members, not the public: All eight candidates for the job support extending the limit on council terms council terms from...

Those thresholds were changed late last year through legislation passed by the City Council — sponsored by Council Member Ben Kallos, chair of the governmental operations committee — and signed by de Blasio that increased the debate standards to the current 2.5 percent of the expenditure limit, as well as disqualifying loans or outstanding liabilities as counting towards that expenditure.

But the APC, in a statement signed by all the members of its State Executive Council led by its Chairman, Haddy A. Ametuo, on Wednesday, said the state chapter of the APC had no reason to disparage Tinubu.

During intervals between Council meetings, members of the Council may be polled by mail on matters of Council business, except as precluded by the Constitution and Bylaws, when so authorized by action of the Council, of the Committee on Council Affairs, or of the Board, or on petition signed by at least one hundred Members of the Association and submitted to the Executive Omembers of the Council may be polled by mail on matters of Council business, except as precluded by the Constitution and Bylaws, when so authorized by action of the Council, of the Committee on Council Affairs, or of the Board, or on petition signed by at least one hundred Members of the Association and submitted to the Executive OMembers of the Association and submitted to the Executive Officer.

Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed by the Board, by the Committee on Council Affairs, by any member of the Council, or by petition signed by at least two hundred Members of the Association.

Tim Hunt, a member of ERC's scientific council and a 2001 Nobel laureate, helped organize an October letter signed by several dozen Nobel laureates supporting full funding of Horizon 2020.

A joint effort by Mayor Baraka, the Newark City Council, school board members, the leaders of many charter organizations, education - related nonprofit groups, and several local and state representative to procure state aid for both district and charter schools is another sign factionalism is waning.

Over 8,000 parents, teachers and concerned residents have now signed petitions set up by STARS members calling for the council to withdraw its ill - conceived consultation and re-evaluate its approach to education in West Northumberland.

Now, Nashville's Metro Council is weighing - in, at least in the form of a letter signed by 33 Council Members to MNPS Board Chair Anna Shepard.

Standouts include Carrie Mae Weems» holographic narrative about race, sex, and politics portrayed by ghostly characters on a burlesque stage; The Propeller Group's video that draws parallels between funeral practices in Vietnam and New Orleans, along with the collective's sculptures of tricked - out musical instruments, which were also photographed with members of Louisiana marching bands; Glenn Kaino's installation of water tanks that turn military machines into coral reefs; Jean - Michel Basquiat's paintings and works on paper that reference the cultural legacy of the Mississippi Delta and the South; Camille Henrot's video exploration of the universe by way of the storage rooms of the Smithsonian Institution; Tavares Strachan's 100 - foot long neon sign declaring «You belong here» from a barge on the Mississippi River; and Andrea Fraser's monologue, in which she recreated a heated debate by New Orleans city council members during a 1991 vote to racially integrate the Mardi Gras krewes — changing her voice and expression as she dynamically alternated between speakers, both black and white.

«A repeated resort to the veto by a permanent security council member — is normally a sign that a country's diplomacy is misfiring.»

Surrounded by city council members, key members of the community, and partners, Park City Mayor Jack Thomas signed on to Climate Reality's 100 % Committed campaign.

The aim of signing the Convention was thus undertaken «with a view to encouraging broader ratification of the Convention by Member States of the Council of Europe» (para 62) and as a consequence «help extend the application of provisions similar to those of Directive 98/84 beyond the borders of the European Union and to establish a law on conditional access services which is applicable throughout the European continent» (para 63).

Thus, the 1963 Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality (which has not been signed by the Republic of Lithuania) provides: the Member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, considering that cases of multiple nationality are liable to cause difficulties and that joint action to reduce as far as possible the number of cases of multiple nationality, as between member States, corresponds to the aims of the Council of Europe (Preamble); nationals of the Contracting Parties who are of full age and who acquire of their own free will, by means of naturalisation, option or recovery, the nationality of another Party shall lose their former nationality and they shall not be authorised to retain their former nationality (ArticMember States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto, considering that cases of multiple nationality are liable to cause difficulties and that joint action to reduce as far as possible the number of cases of multiple nationality, as between member States, corresponds to the aims of the Council of Europe (Preamble); nationals of the Contracting Parties who are of full age and who acquire of their own free will, by means of naturalisation, option or recovery, the nationality of another Party shall lose their former nationality and they shall not be authorised to retain their former nationality (Articmember States, corresponds to the aims of the Council of Europe (Preamble); nationals of the Contracting Parties who are of full age and who acquire of their own free will, by means of naturalisation, option or recovery, the nationality of another Party shall lose their former nationality and they shall not be authorised to retain their former nationality (Article 1).

According to an article by Russell published on the 2016 Davos website, many members of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics have joined more than 3,000 AI experts in signing a 2015 open letter calling for a ban on autonomous weapons.