Community Groups Cheer the Success of the IDNYC card program
East Harlem, NY – City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Daniel Dromm, and Immigration Chair Carlos Menchaca, today celebrated the opening of the IDNYC enrollment center in East Harlem. This permanent site is an addition to the many enrollment centers throughout the city that continue to help New Yorkers sign up for the highly coveted official city identification card.
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NEW YORK, June 8 — On Tuesday June 9th, at 5:30p.m., members of the LGBT Caucus of the New York City Council will visit The Center’s IDNYC Pop Up site to bring attention to the benefits of the municipal identification card, especially those awarded to the LGBT community.
Thanks to the efforts of the New York City Council, New York created its first Municipal ID accessible to all New Yorkers, regardless of who they are.
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Annual Event Celebrates Accomplishments and Contributions of New York City’s LGBT Community
New York, NY—New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the Council’s LGBT Caucus and the City Council held their annual LGBT Pride Celebration today. The event, held in City Council Chambers, honors the achievements and ongoing struggles of the LGBT community. The event featured actor George Takei, who served as master of ceremonies, as well as various honorees who exemplify the achievements of the community.
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New Office highlighted in Speaker Mark-Viverito’s State of the City Address, is part of Council platform to make New York City a more just place for all New Yorkers
City Hall – Today the Council will vote on legislation creating a city Office of Civil Justice. The Council will also vote on legislation requiring transparency in relation to health services in city jails.
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Speaker Mark-Viverito:
“We are extremely disappointed by the Court’s failure to stay the injunction. Congress has repeatedly failed to enact comprehensive immigration reform and the President acted within his powers to provide a humanitarian option to millions of immigrants with deep roots in our country, which would allow them to legally work and remain with their loved ones.
Unfortunately, today’s decision forces families to continue to wait in the shadows as the case moves forward.
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“On Memorial Day, we should all take time to reflect on the sacrifices made on our behalf by brave men and women in uniform. More importantly, we must follow up on this day of reflection with focused efforts to give our veterans all they deserve when they return home. That’s why the City Council has passed laws to strengthen the City’s Veterans Advisory Board and to ensure that all City agencies are doing their part to help veterans.
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City Hall – Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Rules Committee Chair Brad Lander and the New York City Council today announced the Council Rules Committee will propose the nomination of Stanley Richards to the New York City Board of Correction.
Stanley Richards, a Senior Vice President at the Fortune Society, has over 20 years of experience helping formerly incarcerated individuals with their re-entry to society.
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Over 51,000 New Yorkers voted to allocate $32 million dollars for locally-developed capital projects across the city
New York—Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and the New York City Council announced the voting results and winning proposals of the 2014-2015 Participatory Budgeting cycle. During the voting period of April 11th through April 19th, over 51,000 New Yorkers voted to allocate $32 million dollars for locally-developed capital projects across 24 Council Districts in New York City.
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Event will highlight local businesses recovering after East Village Explosion
New York, NY – Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Council Member Rosie Mendez today announced the Council will host a “Follow Me Friday” tour of Manhattan’s East Village with local business owners, community members, and elected officials on Friday, May 29th. The Follow Me Friday Small Business Crawl will help highlight and promote East Village small businesses recovering from the aftermath of the March 26th building explosion and will begin with a moment of silence at the site of the explosion on 2nd Avenue and 7th Street.
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“Today, millions of undocumented-Americans should have started the process set forth last November by President Obama’s Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program, which would have kept millions of families together and stopped unnecessary deportations. Instead, these undocumented-Americans are in limbo because of lawsuits without merit, which have put the administrative relief plan on hold – to the detriment of millions.
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