NEW YORK, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Oliver Koppell visited to Riverdale Senior Services to announce the Council has increased funding for the City Department for the Aging in Fiscal Year 2013 to ensure all centers are kept open and that vital services were maintained. In the City’s adopted budget, the Council put in a total of $17,196,000 for senior services.
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“Today’s agreement between Local 1-2 and Con Edison on a new contract means that New Yorkers can rest assured that they are safe from service interruptions due to the lockout. I want to thank Governor Cuomo for his strong leadership in helping to resolve this dispute. The Governor’s efforts have ensured that should there be service interruptions during these hot summer days, we will have the necessary workforce to swiftly respond.”
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Legislation will illuminate the City’s process of building and funding quality affordable housing.
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote on a bill to dramatically increase transparency and accountability in New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) housing projects. The City allocates hundreds of millions of dollars towards housing development, and this bill will help to better assess the number of affordable units created and preserved while shedding light on HPD’s process of selecting and evaluating developers, how the City pays for those projects and whether the developments are well built.
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“I’m saddened to hear of the passing of Sally Ride today at the age of 61. I remember her pioneering trip as the first woman in space 29 years ago, and how it inspired so many girls and women to enter scientific fields – a passion she pursued after leaving NASA with her Sally Ride Science program. Her pioneering spirit has left an indelible print on the memories of Americans and she was an inspiration who taught us all to reach for the stars.
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Statement by City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn:
“I am disheartened by the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to hold a minute of silence at this year’s opening ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the killing of 11 Israeli nationals at the 1972 Munich Olympics. News that the IOC has observed a minute of silence in the athlete’s village is a step forward, but it does not go far enough to properly remember the victims of that horrid act of terrorism.
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“New York City offers our hearts to Aurora, Colorado as we all deal with the horror of last night’s mass shooting. There is simply no excuse or rationale that can be acceptable for the carnage wrought in that movie theater against innocent families and children. Our prayers for peace and comfort go to those who lost loved ones and to the victims we hope will recover physically and emotionally.
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“The vicious terrorist attack on innocent Israeli civilians in Bulgaria is deeply disturbing. The people of the City of New York know the pain that that these depraved acts can cause, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim’s families and to the people of the State of Israel.
“As this attack occurred on the 18th anniversary of the bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina that killed 85 people, I must reaffirm my stand that no amount of time should diminish our resolution to bring all these murderers to justice.
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CUNY will now offer advanced software development program for computer science majors.
Innovative partnerships will also bring high-level programming courses to all New Yorkers at CUNY and beyond.
New York, NY – Today, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, along with CUNY, Tipping Point Partners and Coalition for Queens, announced two new partnerships that will help train more New Yorkers for in-demand computer programming languages and other valuable cutting edge technologies.
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“We applaud Governor Cuomo for signing mandatory Kindergarten legislation and emphasizing his commitment to early childhood education. By giving New York City the authority to lower the compulsory age of schooling to age five, we are taking a significant step towards closing the achievement gap. Experts agree that the most vulnerable New Yorkers will be helped by ensuring that every New York City child starts school at age five.
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Edward Glaeser, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Director at Taubman Center for State and Local Government:
“Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said that the way to create a world class city was to build world class universities and wait a couple of centuries. Decades of economic research now supports that claim. Human capital is the bedrock of urban success —
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