Ferry Will Provide Relief for Southern Brooklyn Residents Who Will Be Stranded By 14 Months Of Montague Tunnel Repairs
$2 Ferry Will Take Riders From Sunset Park To Wall Street In 15 Minutes
Brooklyn, NY – City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Vincent J. Gentile today announced the New York City Economic Development Corporation will provide temporary ferry service for Southern Brooklyn residents beginning August 5.
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MTA Plan To Close Montague Street Underpass For 14 Months Will Adversely Affect Thousands of Commuters
Brooklyn, NY – Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Vincent Gentile today met with Bay Ridge straphangers at the 95th Street R train station to alert residents that the MTA will begin work at the Montague Street tunnel, connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, on August 3.
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New York, NY – Today, Speaker Christine C. Quinn, New York State Assembly Member Deborah Glick, New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler and advocates announced a major victory for neighborhood school children and parents. The officials announced that a purchase agreement has been signed for the purchase of 75 Morton Street in West Village for use of school space.
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“Shutting down Long Island College Hospital will have a devastating impact on access to vital healthcare services for the surrounding community and throughout Brooklyn. In the last few weeks, we’re already seeing the impact of diverting ambulances from LICH to other hospitals which were already overcrowded.
LICH is an essential part of Brooklyn’s hospital infrastructure and the Health Department’s decision is irresponsible and unacceptable.
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Statements in support of the City Council legislative package, which includes a small business and non-profit recovery plan, a food and water bill, and a traffic and fuel management system in the wake of natural disasters
STATEMENT FROM STEVEN BANKS, ATTORNEY-IN-CHIEF, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
“As our front line staff saw in communities that were devastated by Superstorm Sandy, for too many affected children and adults the City’s response was too little and too late.
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Legislation aims to improve the City’s emergency preparedness and response by requiring the Office of Emergency Management to develop plans in several major areas
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote on a package of legislation – the result of 12 post-Hurricane Sandy oversight hearings – to improve the City’s emergency preparedness and response by requiring the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop plans in several major areas, including: food and water access;
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Ten-Year permit is first step towards finding a new home for MSG and building a Penn Station suitable for the 21st Century
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote to approve a special permit that will allow Madison Square Garden to operate for a period of ten years. The ten-year period will allow time to create and implement a plan for the future of the site, and the entire area.
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The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) is the nation’s first government-funded system of universal representation for immigrants facing deportation
New York, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Council Member and leading national and local immigrant rights groups announced an innovative new program to provide universal legal representation for immigrant families facing deportation.
The $500,000 Council funded pilot program –
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“One of my most important responsibilities as Speaker of the City Council has been to ensure government does all it can to keep and create jobs in New York and to make sure those jobs provide people with the resources they need to support their families.
Passing the living wage law was a significant step forward in this effort–now companies who receive substantial subsidies from the city of New York for economic development have to pay at least $10.20 an hour, indexed to inflation.
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“Once again SUNY Downstate demonstrates blatant disregard for the court’s ruling that the hospital remain open for service. Their decision to remove all remaining patients creates a chaotic and unsafe environment, particularly when ambulances were already being diverted from other Brooklyn hospitals earlier this week. Preserving access to vital health care – especially in the middle of a dangerous heat wave – is essential.
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