Collaboration will help prepare students with necessary skills and training needed to enter the workforce

New York, NY – City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, along with Microsoft Corporation, and The City University of New York (CUNY) today announced a collaboration to provide free Microsoft Office 365 to over 400,000 CUNY students. This public-private effort will expand access to tech education, putting more New Yorkers at a greater advantage to gain the proficiency necessary to succeed in business and in the global workforce.

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Legislation fulfills plans outlined in Speaker Mark-Viverito’s State of the City Address

City Hall – Today the Council will vote on legislation prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees and job applicants based on credit history. Additionally, the Council will vote on a number of bills from the Council’s Climate Agenda. The council will vote on a bill to update New York City’s Air Pollution Control Code.

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Council budget provides access, opportunity and justice to New Yorkers Across the Five Boroughs

City Hall — Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Finance Chair Julissa Ferreras and the New York City Council today released the Council’s response to the Fiscal Year 2016 Preliminary budget. Dedicated to providing New Yorkers with a fair, just and fiscally responsible spending plan, the Council’s recommendations for the upcoming year prioritize critical services and include:

Creating a Citywide Bail Fund
Investing in NYCHA
Expanding Services for New York City’s Immigrant Population
Hiring 1,000 additional NYPD officers
Creating A Year Round Youth Employment Program
Expanding the Mayor’s Office of Veteran’s Affairs
Supporting Ending the Epidemic Initiatives
Baselining Support For Senior Center Operations
Providing Universal Free Lunch to City Students
Supporting Industrial Business Solution Providers
Restoring and Baselining Funding for Parks Enforcement Patrol
Investing in New York City Street Resurfacing
Supporting Priority 5 Vouchers

“The City Council’s preliminary budget response is smart, fair and fiscally responsible and reflects the needs of New Yorkers in every corner of our City,” said Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.

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Council 2.0 will engage diverse New Yorkers and make government more transparent.
Speaker Mark-Viverito: Plan will “make the Council more responsive, transparent, and open for every resident in this city”
City Hall, NY — Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council released Council 2.0 — a roadmap for introducing civic tech initiatives toward opening government and meeting diverse New Yorkers where they are digitally active.

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Justice For New York City

New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery: New York Law School Legislative Breakfast

April 10, 2015

Thank you for having me this morning.

I would like to start by thanking New York Law School for giving me the opportunity to speak today.

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From April 11th to April 19th, New Yorkers across 24 Council Districts will vote directly on nearly $30 million dollars in locally-developed capital projects

NEW YORK—Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and New York City Council Members kicked off the voting period for New York City’s 2014-2015 participatory budgeting cycle — now the largest such process in the nation. This year, 24 Council Districts will allocate nearly $30 million citywide for residents to collaboratively develop into local capital projects through a year-long process of neighborhood assemblies, delegate meetings, and project expositions.

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Good afternoon everyone, and thank you all for being here today. We’re joined here by a number of leaders, activists, and concerned New Yorkers who are committed to a crucial cause—tackling our City’s systemic homelessness crisis and finding long-term solutions that not only relieve the problem, but break the cycle.

And we know that New York City is indeed facing a crisis.

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With just one week remaining until the filing deadline, Speaker Mark-Viverito and Council Members visited a free tax preparation site and reminded New Yorkers that they can receive up to $8,923 through the Earned Income Tax Credit

Brooklyn, NY –Speaker Mark-Viverito along with Council Members Julissa Ferreras and Robert Cornegy today visited Food Bank NYC at the Bed-Stuy Restoration Plaza to remind New Yorkers to file their taxes and to utilize the Earned Income Tax Credit at free tax preparation sites at locations across the City.

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New York— “I am appalled that a former Dominican Republic president and a potential future presidential candidate has used a derogatory term that is offensive, inappropriate and hurtful toward LGBT people. President Mejia needs to apologize to the LGBT community in his country and here in New York, where he made this unacceptable statement. Leaders are called to unite people, not divide us.

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“Victor Gotbaum was a legendary labor leader who was instrumental in helping New York City through the fiscal crisis of the 1970’s. Victor worked tirelessly to bring together all sides during the crisis and his leadership helped put New York City on the pathway to recovery. A veteran of World War Two, Victor dedicated his life to making the world better place for workers and I send my condolences to his wife, former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum.”

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