Sentences with phrase «through city legislation»

An unprecedented movement by labor unions to raise Disney park and resort worker wages, through city legislation, is facing

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Mark Field, the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, says he is «staggered by the sheer gutlessness» of MPs in letting through poor - standard legislation in the past.

The cap is tied, through legislation enacted in 2011, to renewal of New York City's rent laws, which Democrats support, so it's possible that a deal could be struck.

New Yorkers need to be protected from the disease through aggressive preventive action, and this groundbreaking legislation, developed in partnership with the City Council, is exactly that.»

In addition to taxes, the city is banking on $ 1 billion in new revenue from the sale of new taxi medallions, which can only be achieved through controversial legislation the governor has yet to sign.

As she seeks a second term, James is especially proud of her legislation, passed through the City Council and signed into law by de Blasio, that bans employers from asking job applicants for their salary history.

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA), which represents 24,000 New York City police officers and 25,000 retirees, has taken issue with a number of high - profile pieces of legislation pushed through the city counCity police officers and 25,000 retirees, has taken issue with a number of high - profile pieces of legislation pushed through the city councity council.

With the state government deadlocked in a budget battle as the legislative calendar draws to a close, Mayor Noam Bramson is working with the four state representatives of New Rochelle in Albany to sneak through last minute legislation authorizing the City of New Rochelle to tear down the Naval Armory in New Rochelle.

Also at 1 p.m., the Assembly Committee on Real Property Taxation holds a public hearing to evaluate New York City's real property taxation system in its totality, and discuss improvements that could be made through state legislation, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

What would be your strategy to work closely with the disability community to assure passage of vitally needed legislation through the City Council?

The extra boat trips outlined in legislation the City Council passed last year are funded, beginning the in the next fiscal year and through the future, in Mayor Bill de Blasio's February financial plan.

How will you work closely with the disability community to assure passage of vitally needed legislation through the City Council?

I've passed legislation that's had a positive effect on the environment, I've passed legislation to address the city's blight and urban decay through enacting our county land bank, which has been incredibly successful.

To help achieve this vision, Weprin will champion legislation in the city council to ensure serious consequences for drivers who, through their own negligence, hop curbs and strike pedestrians on sidewalks.

In addition, lawmakers face some new issues, including the periodic expiration of New York City's rent regulations in June, and renewal of the state's property tax cap, which has been tied through legislation to renewal of the rent laws.

«In sum, the position of the department is that many of the bills currently under consideration today are better achieved through collaboration and dialogue between the council and the department, and among various city agencies and community stakeholders, rather than through legislation,» Bratton said.

Kaehny said it made sense that Cuomo chose to implement an open data policy via an executive order rather than through legislation as in New York City, given the level of dysfunction in the state legislature.

In promising to veto the measure last week — as well as following through a veto of the related prevailing wage bill, which that would apply to certain building workers in properties where the city leases a large percentage of space — the mayor argued that the legislation would kill jobs and undermine progress the city had made recovering from the recession.

For more than 20 years, I have fought to ensure that dream is kept alive through critical legislation like foreclosure prevention, more property tax relief for New York City homeowners and increased oversight of predatory lenders.

While Democratic organizations are not bound by these regulations, they can take a cue from these guidelines and strides made by city governments to become more user friendly, according to David Moore, a civic technologist who launched New York City's Councilmatic, an interactive online tool for understanding the activity and legislation that moves through the City Councity governments to become more user friendly, according to David Moore, a civic technologist who launched New York City's Councilmatic, an interactive online tool for understanding the activity and legislation that moves through the City CounCity's Councilmatic, an interactive online tool for understanding the activity and legislation that moves through the City CounCity Council.

New Rochelle, NY - County Legislators Jim Maisano (R, New Rochelle) and Vito Pinto (D, Eastchester) announced that in the final meeting of the Westchester County Board of Legislators for 2009, they pushed through legislation that the two legislators have worked on for several years together with the City of New Rochelle, which will provide New Rochelle with $ 9.8 Million in County Legacy funding to fully upgrade City Park's athletic fields.

«Every move the union is making — not the rank and file — is through the lens of negotiations,» the City Hall source said, also citing ongoing negotiations over disability legislation in Albany.

Many labor unions have exercised strong influence over legislation under the previous class of the City Council and through de Blasio's first term.

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.

Recently she was involved, through a petition of 9,200 signatures garnered in two weeks, in the overall defeat of Oklahoma Senate Bill SB32, which would have allowed cities to restrict ownership of any breed dog, enabling breed specific legislation to become law.

Essentially, this ruling now makes breed specific legislation in Ohio for anything beyond «purebred» American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers very problematic — meaning that they would have to go through all due processes and puts more pressure on cities with laws pertaining to mixed breeds and other breeds, like cane corsos, that declaring these types of dogs dangerous without due process is «unreasonable and arbitrary.»

While the legislation went through all the proper channels, the city did little to notify dog owners of the increased cost of the violations before launching a series of sweeps in parks this spring.

Officials argue that a 12 - month moratorium would give the city time to craft new regulations, including overhauled mapping and setback requirements currently with planning commissioners, without having to rush legislation through.

The bipartisan state legislation is championed by Sen. Mark Grisanti, R - Buffalo, and Assemblymembers Alan Maisel, D - Brooklyn, and Linda B. Rosenthal, D - Manhattan, with the sponsorship support of 75 state legislators, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D - Queens, in addition to more than a dozen New York City Councilmembers through a resolution by Councilmember Margaret Chin, D - Lower Manhattan.

The United States followed in 1882 with informal observance in New York City, and by 1894 it was observed by 23 states through legislation.

Through this Act, three key pieces of municipal legislation have been amended: the Municipal Act, the City of Toronto...

@Emma4Change and the children who marched through the city streets last weekend simply refused to accept their parents» defeatist assumption that even a 75 percent majority in want of stricter firearm legislation (according to an NPR poll released last week) was impotent against the wishes of an all - powerful gun lobby.

Through a reproductive justice lens, Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund advocates for policies and legislation that impact the communities we serve.

Much of MMD's decision to open their facility in Brooklyn Park centered on the city's willingness to work with MMD to secure a $ 500,000 low interest loan through the Minnesota Investment Fund as well as an additional $ 600,000 in local assistance made available through the Jobs Bill Legislation.