Sentences with phrase «urged other council members»

Councilor Michael Todd voted against the project and urged other council members to do the same.

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The New York City Council may not get an actual vote on the controversial Trans - Pacific Partnership — but today members and other activists rallied for the passage of a resolution urging Congress to shoot down what they deemed a job - killing deal that would wreck the environment.

In the District of Columbia, the Catholic church and other backers of traditional marriage have lobbied the city's lawmakers and rallied to urge that citizens be able to vote on a same - sex marriage bill that is now being considered by the City Council and expected to be put to a final vote by members by the end of the year.

Also at 11 a.m., fast - food workers and allies rally and meet with NYC Council members to urge them to quickly pass a set of bills to ensure they and other low - wage workers «hold onto gains they've won as US workers face an uncertain future under a new presidential administration in Washington,» City Hall, Manhattan.

In June, City Council member Margaret Chin and others urged the city to create a master plan for the neighborhood, in light of several projects planned for the area.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.