Council Member Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) has been named chairman of the newly-created Fire & Emergency Management Committee of the New York City Council by Speaker Corey Johnson. The Fire & Emergency Services Committee will take over some of the duties of the former Fire and Criminal Justice Committee. It will be responsible for legislation and oversight of the New York City Fire Department, EMS, emergency management, and paramedic services in New York City.
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Council Member Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) intervened to move forward a sewer expansion project after long term and persistent flooding at this location has expanded and adversely affected the surrounding residential developments and overwhelmed their ability to manage rainwater and storm runoff.
Borelli’s office and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) recently met with local residents to discuss concerns about the chronic flooding condition at the underpass at the intersection of Amboy Road and South Railroad Avenue in Bay Terrace.
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In a letter to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R – South Shore), Congress Member Dan Donovan (R – SI, Brooklyn), Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R – Mid Island), Borough President James Oddo (R – Staten Island), and Assembly Member Ron Castorina (R – South Shore) expressed their concern about the behavior of officials in the town of Perth Amboy, NJ regarding the exclusion of New York State motorists from local roads during peak traffic.
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Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) is calling on the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) to extend the life of the list of individuals who are waiting to enter the next class of the FDNY academy. Currently, in an effort to break test score ties, list numbers are assigned based on an individual’s written exam score and the fifth number of their social security number.
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Council Member Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) has asked the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to ensure that the waiver for US service members and veterans, which exists since it was implemented at the insistence of former New York City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio several years ago, be appropriately conveyed to potential applicants and visible on the website application pages for both the FDNY and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS).
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Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore), Borough President James Oddo (R-Staten Island), and Council Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island) are requesting to meet with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to share and discuss potential safety-improvement options for Hylan Boulevard, which has been the site of more than 1,200 traffic crashes since 2012.
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Councilman Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) and Minority Leader Steve Matteo (R – Mid Island) have written to the Board of Corrections in support of Department of Corrections Commissioner Ponte’s plan to delay the ban on solitary confinement for inmates ages 18-21. Additionally, they are asking the Board to wholly reconsider the ban, and to instead reform punitive confinement policy in a way which achieves reduction goals but preserves the ability of the Department of Corrections to utilize solitary confinement for the system’s most violent and non-compliant prisoners.
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