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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City Hall, NY – New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and General Welfare Committee Chair Steve Levin announced today that on October 31st the City Council will conduct an oversight hearing examining how the City responds to allegations of child abuse and neglect. After numerous overhauls of ACS over the years, and in the wake of the recent death of six year old Zymere Perkins, the hearing will examine how policies and procedures at ACS affect the investigation of alleged abuse and neglect cases.
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“It is disappointing that the Supreme Court has denied the Obama administration’s request to rehear the DACA/DAPA injunction. These programs would have shielded millions from deportation and kept families together. Now, families across the nation are kept in limbo, unsure of their futures. This is an unsustainable status quo. New York City will continue to lead the way locally on immigration but it is clear that Washington must act, and soon on comprehensive immigration reform.
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Beginning this evening, Jews across our city and the world will celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
As we reflect on the past year, I am extremely proud to have led a City Council that has prioritized helping the most vulnerable of our neighbors — from increasing emergency food assistance to providing job opportunities for our city’s youth to protecting our immigrant communities to increasing our support for Holocaust survivors to $2.5 million through the Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Initiative.
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“The selection of Republican fundraiser and insurance businessman Jose Carrion III to lead the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is a disgrace, adds insult to injury, and highlights exactly why I opposed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) in the first place. Instead of putting the people before the debt, it is clear from the start that special interests will have a greater say and influence than the needs of the struggling U.S.
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