Legislation aims to improve the City’s emergency preparedness and response by requiring the Office of Emergency Management to develop plans in several major areas
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote on a package of legislation – the result of 12 post-Hurricane Sandy oversight hearings – to improve the City’s emergency preparedness and response by requiring the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop plans in several major areas, including: food and water access;
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Ten-Year permit is first step towards finding a new home for MSG and building a Penn Station suitable for the 21st Century
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote to approve a special permit that will allow Madison Square Garden to operate for a period of ten years. The ten-year period will allow time to create and implement a plan for the future of the site, and the entire area.
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The New York Immigrant Family Unity Project (NYIFUP) is the nation’s first government-funded system of universal representation for immigrants facing deportation
New York, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Council Member and leading national and local immigrant rights groups announced an innovative new program to provide universal legal representation for immigrant families facing deportation.
The $500,000 Council funded pilot program –
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“One of my most important responsibilities as Speaker of the City Council has been to ensure government does all it can to keep and create jobs in New York and to make sure those jobs provide people with the resources they need to support their families.
Passing the living wage law was a significant step forward in this effort–now companies who receive substantial subsidies from the city of New York for economic development have to pay at least $10.20 an hour, indexed to inflation.
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“Once again SUNY Downstate demonstrates blatant disregard for the court’s ruling that the hospital remain open for service. Their decision to remove all remaining patients creates a chaotic and unsafe environment, particularly when ambulances were already being diverted from other Brooklyn hospitals earlier this week. Preserving access to vital health care – especially in the middle of a dangerous heat wave – is essential.
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Town hall focuses on the broad support immigration reform has across communities in New York City
Bronx, NY – Bronx, NY – Today, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Bronx Delegation Co-Chair Annabel Palma and Bronx local elected officials, hosted a town hall meeting at Hostos Community College on the impact of comprehensive immigration reform on the local economy, education, and access to vital services.
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New York is the first city in America to make investment that will allow thousands of immigrants to legally live and work in the country
City Hall, NY – Today, Speaker Quinn, New York City Council Members, Bloomberg administration officials and advocates announced $18 million in funding to provide adult education classes and legal services for New York’s young immigrants in order to help them qualify for the Federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
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“Former Council Member Walter McCaffrey was a devoted public servant who fought for his district, for the borough of Queens, and for all New Yorkers. As a Council Member he represented the neighborhoods of Woodside, Sunnyside, and Long Island City. He supported efforts to improve the quality of life for constituents of his district and New Yorkers across the five boroughs.
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Comprehensive legislative package addresses concerns of restaurateurs, advocates and experts to ensure that the system is fair, efficient, consistent and accountable
New York, NY – Today, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn was joined by Council Members Arroyo, Brewer, Reyna, Williams, Comrie, Gentile, Greenfield, Koo, Nelson and Van Bramer to announce a legislative package designed to improve the City’s restaurant inspection program while continuing to protect the health and safety of New Yorkers.
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“I am deeply disturbed by a video depicting the verbal and physical harassment of LGBT individuals on the F train as they returned home from LGBT Pride festivities. The intensity of violence and anger directed at the survivors of this assault is alarming, and for such flagrant homophobia to rear its ugly head in our City after such a wonderful, forward moving week is simply unacceptable.
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