“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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Legislation will help building owners accommodate seniors residing in buildings
City Hall – Today the Council will vote on legislation creating an aging-in-place guide to help owners of residential buildings make their units more livable for seniors. The Council will also vote on legislation requiring transparency in the Fire Department of New York’s recruiting and hiring process as it pertains to women and minorities.
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Working group to support young women in New York City and combat chronic gender inequality in healthcare, education, and the workplace.
New York—Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras ,Women’s Issues Committee Chair Laurie Cumbo, and Women’s Caucus Co-Chairs Elizabeth Crowley and Darlene Mealy announced the creation of the New York City Council’s Young Women’s Initiative.
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Taskforce to develop neighborhood-based strategies and citywide policies to preserve and increase affordability
City Hall— Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Member Mark Levine, Housing and Buildings Committee Chair Jumaane Williams, and the New York City Council announced the creation of an Affordable Housing Preservation Taskforce to develop neighborhood-based strategies and citywide policies to preserve and increase affordability in local communities.
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“It’s disgraceful that Republican extremists in the House of Representatives have continued their desperate war on women’s health. Time and time again, we’ve seen Congressional Republicans politicize reproductive rights and threaten to interfere with a woman’s right to choose. Instead of passing draconian bills that would set our country back generations, Washington Republicans should join House Democrats in their focus on creating jobs, implementing comprehensive immigration reform and providing working parents with paid family leave.
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City Hall, NY-Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, the Chair of the Committee on Environmental Protection, Council Member Donovan Richards, and James Meeks, CEO of MOVE Systems, announced today a new pilot to provide 500 state-of-the-art eco-friendly food carts to vendors throughout New York City neighborhoods. Joined by local street vendors and supporters, MOVE Systems unveiled the new carts, which are designed to increase safety, provide clean food preparation, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food carts.
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