Sentences with phrase «with city legislators»
The Puppy Mill Project worked with city legislators for over two years on this ordinance, and will be following this lawsuit very closely and assisting in any way possible.
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Uber, the ride - hailing giant valued at more than $ 50 billion, was known for its hard - charging stance into cities, bypassing local legislators until it reached a tipping point with consumers.
In 2007, a German legislator proposed a seven - year contract; in 2010, a women's group in the Philippines proposed a 10 - year marital contract; and in 2011, Mexico City legislators suggested a reform to the civil code that would allow couples to decide on the length of their marital commitment, with a minimum of two years.
The 36 - year - old city legislator was found encased in a rusty metal barrel filled with cement in a private basement garage in Lipetsk yesterday, after going missing last week.
Flanagan's Tuesday down in the city later included meetings with legislators such as IDC Leader Jeff Klein, a key part of that coalition that keeps Flanagan in charge of the Senate.
As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.
Last year, for instance, the New York City Council did away with lulus as part of a deal to raise its members» salaries to $ 148,500, a large pay increase that towers over the base pay for state legislators: $ 79,500.
While Democrats including District Attorney Madeline Singas have called for a supermajority of legislators to appoint the person with that role, Mangano aides say the mayor or governor directly selects them in the city and state.
Rodriguez, first elected to the Assembly in 2010, is among a number of state legislators running for City Council this year, but he is the only one with significant outside income.
That Flanagan would find himself insisting that he supports education for children highlights the powerful legislator's increasingly lonely political quest to restrict Mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools by giving him only a brief control of mayoral control with heavy conditions.
I am proud to stand with UFCW as a state legislator and I look forward to working with them in Washington to keep improving life for all city residents.»
The latest version had a three - tiered phase - in, with New York City hitting the mark first in three years, Long Island and Westchester County after six and upstate after about eight years, according to rank - and - file legislators.
The Consensus report detailing the merger, compiled by a group of legislators and community members, «avoided dealing with the Syracuse City School District,» Lavine said.
(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violence.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, whose large Democratic conference includes legislators friendly to the state teacher's union and New York City residents, has said he would be in favor of a cap, but with some exemptions.
With Albany Democrat Gary Domalewicz now majority leader — and a legislator who spoke out with concern for the legislation's impact to the capital city — a different approach to legislation could be taWith Albany Democrat Gary Domalewicz now majority leader — and a legislator who spoke out with concern for the legislation's impact to the capital city — a different approach to legislation could be tawith concern for the legislation's impact to the capital city — a different approach to legislation could be taken.
The governor made his announcement in New York City rather than in Albany where legislators were in session and appeared to reference Mayor Bill de Blasio, whom he has an ongoing feud with, on several occassion.
ALBANY — With a Monday deadline looming, state legislators introduced three bills adjusting the 421 - a tax abatement program and rent regulations affecting millions of tenants in New York City.
Upon de Blasio's taking office, city - based Democratic legislators said they had been shut out of policy discussions with the Bloomberg administration and felt de Blasio would be more welcoming to discussions.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio saw his relationship with Cuomo and legislators strained, but won much of the change he sought to 421 - a in order to incentivize affordable housing construction.
At the meeting, held at 250 Broadway across the street from City Hall, legislators gathered to come up with a contingency plan in case rent regulations expire on Monday.
The city's commissioner and assistant director of permits and inspection services told county legislators Thursday afternoon that the city plan focuses on education, collaboration with the county health department and concentrated enforcement in the three highest risk ZIP codes.
«These are crimes that can injure others and make our communities less safe,» said Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who has joined several Republican legislators in pushing a bill in Albany to compel the city to comply with federal detention requests.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — A new generation of City Council leaders is gaining steam with organized labor as Diana Ayala and Carlina Rivera, staffers to influential women city legislators, both earn the endorsement this week of the influential union SEIU Local 3City Council leaders is gaining steam with organized labor as Diana Ayala and Carlina Rivera, staffers to influential women city legislators, both earn the endorsement this week of the influential union SEIU Local 3city legislators, both earn the endorsement this week of the influential union SEIU Local 32BJ.
The group has proposed the city and county governments be combined into one legislative body with 33 legislators.
A grand jury today handed up a three - count indictment against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on charges of mail and wire fraud and extortion, a month after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara shook the city's political class with a criminal complaint against the longtime Manhattan legislator.
In the case of Congressional, State Senate, State Assembly, and City Council districts, the legislators often work closely with the clubs that overlap with their district lines, as club memberships represent a vital part of their constituencies.
Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), who spent over 20 years in Albany as an assemblyman, voted along with legislators Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore) against the county Legislature's budget — pointing to past bailouts in New York City and Nassau County as evidence the legislation would not be much of a risk at all.
«It's just beyond my imagination, especially how a Utica legislator, with what goes on in the city on 4th of July, could ever say «yeah let's open the door with this stuff.»»
BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Rockland County Legislators Frank Sparaco (R — Valley Cottage) and Ed Day (R — New City) called a press conference on March 6 to announce a unanimous resolution calling on the county executive and county attorney to comply with a recent court order demanding the execution of a contract -LSB-...]
If the City Council requested changes to the pension system and the Legislators representing NYC carried it through the State Legislature, Ed Koch being unhappy with it is meaningless.
With tomorrow's deadline looming, state legislators introduced three bills adjusting the 421 - a tax abatement program and rent regulations affecting millions of tenants in New York City.
NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is taking one of the Council's major initiatives on the road with a trip to Ohio to meet with legislators and community groups looking to create their own version of the city's municipal identification card program.
Erie County legislators are struggling to come up with a comprehensive solution to address the heroin and opioid scourge plaguing families in every city and town throughout the region, about which many people are unaware.
His aides pointed out that relatively few state legislators — including Democratic Assembly members from New York City — have publicly supported congestion pricing compared with the broad legislative support for marriage equality and the minimum wage going into budget negotiations.
About 1,400 New York City charter school parents and advocates will lobby state legislators in Albany on Tuesday as they prepare to do battle with the de Blasio administration.
«They were in such a fear of New York City legislators having control of housing laws,» says one source involved with Glenwood.
However, on Monday, the Department of City Planning pulled the application, just before a City Council subcommittee was set to vote on it, because of a disagreement with legislators.
Two others were vying for the nomination, including Pam Mackesey, a long - time Democrat with six years on the city council and seven as a Tompkins County legislator.
But as the city's economy recovered, legislators tinkered with the regulations, requiring developers in popular neighborhoods to set aside 20 percent of their apartments for low - and moderate - income tenants in order for the building to qualify for the tax break.
Outgoing Chairman of the Legislature and City of Poughkeepsie Mayor - elect Rob Rolison said, «Dale's years of service as a legislator and his experience as Majority Leader and Chairman of the Budget, Finance and Personnel Committee have prepared him well for the duties and responsibilities that come with being Chairman of the Legislature.
On Tuesday, Yehudah Meth, a spokesman for Felder, said the legislator «is always open to work with his City Council colleagues on crafting legislation that protects average New Yorkers and the environment,» adding that Felder «would welcome discussions with the City Council when they have specifics to discuss.»
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito is taking one of the Council's major initiatives on the road with a trip to Ohio to meet with legislators and community groups looking to create their own version of New York City's municipal identification card program.
Grey - Owens told Gay City News at that time that transgender advocates were already in discussions about forming a trans - focused advocacy group — with the ability to make political donations — to ensure that GENDA and other issues of specific concern to their community would be prioritized by Democratic legislators in Albany.
The City Bar Association concluded that it urged that state law require attorney - legislators to disclose the following information with regard to all clients:
Plastic bags will soon come with a 5 - cent price tag, according to a group of legislators who said Wednesday they have the votes in the City Council to pass a bill imposing the fee.
I mean, we know that the parcel of land is private where the pipe sits, and we know it is only assessed at $ 200, but the people of New York City are not going to appreciate finding out they have to dicker with a village that is not required to exist and a county legislator who is not required at all if the village is not required, and a village that allows landlords, like the county legislator who has to live in his district, the village of new paltz, to not NOT be a commercial property tax rate because the TOWN has no Homestead Law.
Legislators rejected this change during the first round of budget negotiations, with the Assembly creating a credit based on income (and not tied to local spending) and the State Senate embracing a simpler but less onerous plan advanced by groups representing cities, towns, counties, school boards and villages to give the «freeze» check back to the local government to invest as it sees fit.
As state legislators entered the crowded room, they quickly became the centers of huddles of UFT members and parents eager to speak with their representatives and urge them to protect New York City's public schools from DeVos» efforts to defund and privatize public schools.
WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the shifting goal from replacing to simply repealing Obamacare, New York legislators fighting back, President Trump defending his son's meeting with a Russian lawyer, and Governor Cuomo's plunging support in light of the «summer of hell» for public transit in New York City.