Council will also vote on “Build It Back” Program and Reporting Requirements for the NYPD CPR/AED Training Program
City Hall – Today the New York City Council will vote on legislation to establish and enhance important protections for freelance workers throughout the city. The Council will also vote on a package of legislation to increase oversight of services offered across the New York City foster care system.
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Recently naturalized citizens are still eligible to vote in this year’s general election, but must register in person at the New York City Board of Elections by October 29
CITY HALL – New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Immigration Committee Chair Carlos Menchaca and Governmental Operations Committee Chair Ben Kallos today reminded New York City residents who naturalized after October 14th, 2016 of their eligibility to vote in the November 8th 2016 General Election but stressed that they must register in person at a local Board of Elections office by October 29th.
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Capital Funding Investment Includes Equipment Upgrades and Diagnostic Equipment
Astoria, N.Y. – New York City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito, Council Member Costa Constantinides, Queens Delegation Chair Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Mount Sinai Queens Executive Director Caryn Schwab, and the Mount Sinai President David Reich, MD, today gathered at Mount Sinai Queens to celebrate the Council’s $5 million of capital funding allocations for the hospital.
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NY Sports Teams Feature in Fan-Focused Campaign to Address Domestic Violence
Speaker Mark-Viverito urges Giants and Jets to join
NEW YORK – Starting Monday, October 24th, #NotAFan – a new campaign launched by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark- Viverito to address domestic violence in professional sports – will begin airing in Taxi TV.
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In Letter to Giants, Speaker Urges Team to Join #NotAFan
New York –New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, in a letter to the New York Giants slammed, the team for their “bizarrely light punishment” of Josh Brown and urged the team to participate in #NotAFan – a campaign with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) to address domestic violence in professional sports.
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“I am deeply troubled by the killing of Deborah Danner. Use of deadly force must be a last resort and once again we have an instance where it was not. Deborah Danner should have been helped, not killed. This is a story which happens far too often in our city and in our nation- especially to communities of color. This needs to change.
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Package Will Curb Abuses and Limit Application of Nuisance Abatement Law
Legislative Package Reforms How NYPD & Court System Apply Nuisance Abatement Laws
NEW YORK – New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, along with Council Members Vanessa Gibson, Corey Johnson, Mark Levine, Ritchie Torres, Karen Koslowitz, Daniel Garodnick, Barry Grodenchik, Rafael Salamanca, Donovan Richards, Stephen Levin and Jumaane Williams today announced the introduction of the Nuisance Abatement Fairness Act (NAFA), a package of legislation to reform New York City’s Nuisance Abatement Law (NAL).
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City Hall – Today the New York City Council will vote on legislation that would increase transparency within the New York City Police Department by requiring the NYPD to publish its patrol guide online. Additional legislation would require the NYPD to enhance its current hate crime reporting to increase the frequency of reporting and demographics analyzed within the reports.
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City Hall – New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Governmental Operations Committee Chair Ben Kallos, Minority Leader Steve Matteo and Council Members today reminded New Yorkers to register to vote and to indicate their party affiliation by the deadline, October 14th, in order to be eligible for voting in the November 8th Presidential Election. In addition, New York City voters must also register with a party by October 14th in order to vote in party primaries for the 2017 elections.
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NEW YORK – Today, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito along with Councils Members Mark Levine, Rafael Salamanca, Eric Ulrich, Margaret Chin, I. Daneek Miller and Julissa Ferreras- Copeland announced the introduction of the Street Vending Modernization Act (SVMA), legislation that will reform street vending in New York City and create new enforcement tools. The SVMA will be introduced at the October 13th City Council Stated meeting.
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