“Today, the federal government has brought our nation one step closer to full equality for all people. The Treasury Department and IRS’ announcement that they will now recognize all legally married same-sex couples for federal tax purposes, even in states that have not yet granted their citizens the right to marry, will increase equality across America.
No one should be deprived the federal protections of marriage because of who they love.
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Speaker Quinn, Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer, Rosie Mendez, Inez Dickens, Robert Jackson, Daniel Dromm and the Center for Anti-Violence Education will teach violence prevention strategies to keep New Yorkers safe
New York, NY- Following the brutal killing of a transgender woman in Harlem last week, Speaker Christine C. Quinn, the City Council LGBT Caucus, Council Member Robert Jackson and Council Member Inez Dickens today announced they will sponsor a free, communitywide self-defense class in Manhattan.
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“We are outraged by reports of a possible hate crime that resulted in the tragic death of a transgender woman in Harlem. The 21 year old victim was walking home with friends when she was brutally assaulted. The victim was placed on life-support over the weekend, and passed away yesterday afternoon.
An attack against one person, or one community is an assault against all New Yorkers.
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Legislation aims to reduce harmful emissions, keeping New York City on track to reduce emissions by 30% by 2020
Council will also vote to override the Mayor’s veto of two bills related to City’s Police Department
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote on a package of legislation to make City vehicles cleaner and greener by reducing harmful emissions.
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New Yorkers Can Now Log On To www.nyc.gov/housingconnect And Apply To Five New Affordable Developments
City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua, and NYC Housing Development Corporation President Marc Jahr today announced the official launch of NYC Housing Connect, the City’s affordable housing lottery website. NYC Housing Connect simplifies and eases the housing lottery process by allowing New Yorkers to fill out a single online application that can be saved and edited, which can be used to apply to multiple new housing lotteries.
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Fines will be reduced across the board and will, for the first time, be set at a specific amount
The Council will also introduce five bills this week to ensure that the restaurant inspection system is fair, efficient, consistent and accountable
New York, NY – Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) have reached a comprehensive agreement on across the board fine reductions for restaurants that will reduce fines to the level collected before the introduction of the letter grading system.
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Elected officials demanded MTA subsidize East River Ferry and Citibike Service in Greenpoint and Long Island City for Duration of Weekend Service Disruptions
Brooklyn, NY- Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Stephen Levin and Council Member James Van Bramer today called on the MTA to help 30,000 stranded weekend straphangers by supporting East River Ferry and Citibike service in Greenpoint and Long Island City for the duration of a service outage on the G train.
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Speaker Quinn:
“Despite our urging Mayor Bloomberg not to appeal Judge Scheindlin’s decision in the stop, question and frisk case, the Administration has announced that they will move forward with their appeal.
Communities across the City have suffered long enough under unjust, unfair and unconstitutional practices. There should be no further delay to long-needed reforms to stop, question and frisk.
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Commission to help preserve critical health services and transform city’s health delivery system
New York, NY- Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced the launch of the Citywide Health System Planning Commission, a stakeholder driven process that works in partnership with the New York State Department of Health, to transform the city’s health care delivery system one neighborhood at a time.
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Pilot spearheaded by Council connects New Yorkers with job training and full-time employment
New York, NY – Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Diana Reyna and Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh today toured a pilot program that connects Sandy impacted New Yorkers, veterans and the long term unemployed with full-time jobs.
New Skills, New Jobs, first proposed by Speaker Quinn in her 2012 State of the City address, is an innovative program that provides New Yorkers with up to eight weeks of paid job training at companies with full-time openings.
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