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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“Eric Garner was a New Yorker who shared the same hopes and dreams all New Yorkers have and his death was an unnecessary tragedy. One year later, we are still searching for justice for Eric Garner and his family. We are not going to stop that search until justice is achieved.
“In New York City, we continue the pursuit of criminal justice reforms which will make our system more fair and just for all.
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Council will also vote on legislation to reform City’s Adult Protect Services Program
City Hall – Today the City Council will vote on a bill to require a study on the environmental impacts of growth in the for-hire vehicle industry, which will be supplemented by trip data Uber has agreed to share. The Council will also vote on two bills to reform adult protective services in New York City.
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“At a meeting today, an agreement was reached in which Uber will provide more information and data for a study examining the environmental impact of for-hire vehicles in New York City. All along, the goal has been to thoughtfully address the impacts of the explosive growth in the for-hire vehicle industry and it has become clear that we can achieve this through cooperation between the city and the industry in the interest of a range of New Yorkers – among them, drivers, passengers and environmental advocates.
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As Unaccompanied Minors Across Nation Face Unequal Access to Attorneys, New York City Council Unaccompanied Minors Initiative Ensures Every Single Child Free Access To Legal Representation and Critical Social Services
Initiative Has Trained 5,000 Lawyers and Volunteers, Screened Over 1,600 Immigrants, Taken on 648 Cases And Won 14 Asylums Petitions To Date
Speaker Mark-Viverito: “New York City Stepped Up And Resolved The Unaccompanied Minors Representation Crisis Here –
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“The false and misleading attacks on Planned Parenthood are nothing more than another desperate attempt by far right-wing conservatives to try and smear an organization which does incredible and lifesaving work for women across the country. The truth is that this is another highly-edited video made by a widely discredited group which has seen its wild claims debunked time and again.
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