“As the sun sets and Rosh Hashanah begins, I want to wish all those celebrating, a Happy New Year. May you have a year filled with joy, meaning, good health, prosperity, and contentment. The High Holy Days are a time for repentance, reflection, and prayer. They are an opportunity to look back on the year just past and the promise of the year ahead.
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Council holds emergency meeting following deal brokered with the Governor and the Mayor
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council will vote on legislation creating a local speed camera program that would allow the City to impose liability on vehicle owners for failure to comply with maximum speed limits in school speed zones.
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Funding covers support for childcare at CUNY colleges throughout the five boroughs
New York, NY – New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson joined Higher Education Committee Chair Inez Barron today to announce the New York City Council’s $600,000 investment for the CUNY Childcare Initiative, which was created to address the needs of 1,500 children and 1,461 student-parents juggling parenthood and continuing their education.
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City Hall, NY – Speaker Corey Johnson on Thursday announced he is championing legislation to establish water, milk or 100 percent juice as the default beverage options in children’s meals sold in New York City. This legislation will promote healthier choices for children, which is a priority for the Council, while giving parents the ability to choose what is best for their children.
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“Today, the city’s Muslim community begins its celebration of Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest holidays in the Muslim calendar. The values this day upholds, the values of service and sacrifice, are universal and are values all of us should aspire to. Eid Mubarak!”
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City Hall, NY – City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlos Menchaca, Chair of the Council’s Committee on Immigration, released a letter this week requesting that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney General’s Office release information on the status of families who have been affected by the Administration’s family separation policy implemented earlier this year.
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Call on Community to Submit Ideas for Projects they want to See Funded
City Hall, New York – Speaker Corey Johnson and the New York City Council announced the kickoff to Participatory Budgeting Cycle 8 today, and called on the public to submit ideas on what projects they want to see funded.
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“One year ago, America saw the images of senseless violence that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia and watched with shame as an American president failed to condemn outright bigotry. These demonstrations empowered those who align themselves with white supremacists and those filled with hatred. That is not who we are as a nation. Heather Heyer bravely stood up to the injustice over that fateful weekend and showed what our country really is: a melting pot filled with Americans who welcome others with open arms, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation or political beliefs.
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Council will also vote on legislation requiring tobacco retail licenses
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council will vote on a package of bills aiming to regulate the for-hire vehicle industry. In addition, the Council will vote on a bill to require tobacco retail licenses. The Council will also vote to co-name a street in Brooklyn in honor of Jean-Jacques Dessalines.
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New office will address refusals of service by taxis and FHVs that affect people of color and outer borough residents in New York
NEW YORK – City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the creation of a new office within the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission, the sole purpose of which is to ensure that all passengers receive the service they expect, and to which they are legally entitled.
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