New York City Council

$940,000 initiative to support homeless prevention, legal services, job placement, and mental health services for veterans

New York – Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Veterans Committee Chair Eric Ulrich, and Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras-Copeland hailed funding allocated in the Fiscal Year 2016 budget for the Veterans Services Initiative. The Initiative will provide $940,000 to various community organizations to address critical needs of the City’s veterans, including homeless prevention, job placement and transition services, legal services, mental health services, and community development.

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“My thoughts and prayers are with the family of Security Officer Idrissa Camara, the victim of a tragic shooting at the Federal Building in SoHo. New York’s dedicated security officers help keep New Yorkers safe and this senseless shooting underscores the risks security officers take day in and day out in service to our City. I thank the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, NYPD, EMS and all the City’s first responders for their swift and unwavering response to this ruthless attack.”

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Legislation is part of a City-State Collaboration Between Governor Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
Cooling Tower Regulation Bill sponsored by Council Speaker Mark-Viverito, Council Members Vanessa Gibson, Corey Johnson, and Jumaane Williams

City Hall – Today the City Council will vote on legislation that will help prevent future cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in New York City.

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Council will also vote to clarify legislation regarding gas station signage

City Hall – Today the City Council will vote on a package of three bills that will protect tenants in rent-regulated housing units from harassment and coercion by landlords offering “buyout” deals. Additionally, the Council will vote on two bills that clarify the requirements previously set by the Council for signage at city gas stations.

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New York, NY- Today, Governor Cuomo, Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito announced the State and City would take the unprecedented step of jointly crafting and instituting uniform regulations to combat Legionnaires’ disease. The regulations and legislation are being drafted by the Governor’s office, Mayor’s office and City Council representatives. The unparalleled outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the South Bronx this summer, and other outbreaks across the state, have posed new challenges which government must respond to rapidly.

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Hands-on Learning Workshops will Get New Yorkers into Nuts and Bolts of Tech

CITY HALL, NY– Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the City Council announced that the New York City Council will collaborate with Mozilla to bring a digital literacy series to the five boroughs that will help New Yorkers envision themselves as creators of technology.

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Council Funding is Nation’s Largest Investment of Day Laborer Centers

Brooklyn, NY– Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, Chair of the Committee on Finance, and Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Chair on the Committee on Immigration and day laborers, today celebrated funding victory of $500,000 dollars for day laborer centers in New York City. Speaking at the Bay Community Center, on one of the city’s first and oldest day laborer centers, the Speaker and the Council Member were joined by the Workers Justice Project, the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agency, the New Immigrant Community Empowerment, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, the Staten Island Jobs Center, along with dozens of day laborers.

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