Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn said, “The Council recently enacted a local law that included significant improvements to the City’s Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program. However, the MWBE program will only succeed if it is nurtured and overseen at the highest level of government. By issuing an executive order appointing the Deputy Mayor for Operations as the Director of Agency MWBE Compliance to administer the MWBEStat system created in the law, Mayor Bloomberg has established the right tone for effective MWBE oversight.

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This is the first bill in the country to provide a private cause of action for those unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of being unemployed

Council will vote to require gas stations to post signage clearly indicating price differences for cash, credit or debit purchases

New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote to prohibit employers from using a person’s employment status in a hiring decision and ban the posting of job advertisements that require applicants to be currently employed.

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Legislation will cap maximum fines at $500 and will alleviate congestion on City sidewalks

City Hall, NY –Speaker Christine C. Quinn today announced the Council will pass a package of legislation to reduce vending fines and ease the burden on New York City’s street vendors. The bills, to be voted on by the full Council at Wednesday’s Stated meeting, will cap maximum fines at $500 and will prohibit vending near hospital no-standing zones, taxi stands and within 20 feet of residential building exits.

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Legislation will cap maximum fines at $500 and will alleviate congestion on City sidewalks

City Hall, NY –Speaker Christine C. Quinn today announced the Council will pass a package of legislation to reduce vending fines and ease the burden on New York City’s street vendors. The bills, to be voted on by the full Council at Wednesday’s Stated meeting, will cap maximum fines at $500 and will prohibit vending near hospital no-standing zones, taxi stands and within 20 feet of residential building exits.

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City Hall, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced details of new legislation that will protect New York City homeowners seeking to physically elevate their homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Council Member Vincent Ignizo, lead sponsor of the legislation, Minority Leader James S. Oddo and additional Council Members joined at today’s announcement.

The legislation will require that:

1) Construction plans clearly state whether a project will involve home elevation work;

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New York, NY – Following the mishandling of a number of rape cases in the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), as well as the failure to properly report DNA profiles to the State, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn is pressing the agency to implement a number of key reforms.

“The importance of these reforms cannot be underestimated,” said Speaker Quinn.

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Joint Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn and General Welfare Committee Chair Annabel Palma:

“Today’s unanimous Court ruling, which affirms the trial court’s decision declaring unlawful the Department of Homeless Services’ attempt to impose eligibility requirements for single homeless adults, is a tremendous victory and we commend the Court for its action. The Council has long argued that DHS’ proposed policy would have needlessly put thousands of homeless New Yorkers on the streets by requiring them to provide proof they have nowhere else to stay.

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Officials announce event name, dates, vision, website & steering committee members
City Hall, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, along with Council Member Karen Koslowitz, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin, NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta, and NYCEDC President Seth Pinsky announced that “NYCxDESIGN” (NYC by Design), the City’s first annual city-wide event to showcase and promote design, will be held from Friday, May 10th through Tuesday, May 21st, 2013.

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Quinn will outline plans to strengthen the city’s middle class and ideas to help those trying to access it

New York, NY – Today, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn will release a New York City Council study titled, “The Middle Class Squeeze, a Report on the State of the City’s Middle Class.” The study shows the middle class as a percentage of the city is shrinking and details the striking economic challenges facing New York City’s middle class families.

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