Legislation will help parents plan for their child’s educational future
New York, NY- Today, the City Council will vote on legislation that will require the Department of Education (DOE) to report annually to the Council on school capacity and utilization in schools. The Council’s bill will allow for more transparency regarding the types of spaces school buildings contain, allowing parents to make more informed choices regarding school enrollment.
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn – More than 100 community residents joined City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Sara Gonzalez, U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Tracy Hobson, Executive Director of The Center for Anti-Violence Education and advocates at a community-wide, free self-defense course held today in Sunset Park.
The course empowered citizens on how to protect themselves from becoming victims of sexual assault.
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Quinn and Palma will introduce legislation next week requiring the Human Resources Administration submit an annual report to the Council on the use of finger imaging in detecting fraud
City Hall- On the heels of the bi-partisan actions in California and Texas that ended the practice of requiring federal food stamp applicants to submit to finger imaging to receive benefits, New York City Council Speaker Christine C.
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Sunset Park, Brooklyn – City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Sara Gonzalez, Tracy Hobson, Executive Director of The Center for Anti-Violence Education, elected officials and advocates announced details of a community-wide, free, self-defense course to be held this Sunday afternoon in Sunset Park. The course will take place at the entrance of the Sunset Park Recreation Center located at 7th Avenue and 42nd Street.
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“On September 7th, 2011 I had the great honor of meeting the father of Gilad Shalit, Noam Shalit. Along with 15 other Council Members, we proclaimed that day to be Gilad Shalit Day in New York City, demanding his son’s immediate release from captivity. Faced with such a horrific situation, Noam displayed such optimism and hope that was both inspirational and encouraging to everyone who was present.
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“Today, the LGBT community lost a fierce voice for equality with the passing of community activist Paula Ettelbrick. Paula was a tireless advocate who dedicated her life to fighting for our community.
Paula was a dedicated and thoughtful leader to all and a pioneer in LGBT rights. As the first woman Executive Director of the Stonewall Community Foundation, Paula helped make the Foundation an indispensable part of New York and develop programs that help people give back to their community.
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Legislation will protect taxpayers by amending existing law to require cost benefit analysis for certain outsourcing contracts and will increase transparency by requiring public notice of intended service contracts
New York, NY- At today’s Stated meeting, the Council will vote to safeguard billions of taxpayer dollars that are spent annually in the procurement of City services. The common sense legislation will amend an existing law to enhance competition, increase transparency and maximize cost efficiencies when entering into contracts that could displace City workers.
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Rep. Gutierrez, National Leader for Immigration Reform, Joins In Support for City Council Legislation
New York, NY – Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, together with Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez, Congressman Charles Rangel, Council Members Melissa Mark-Viverito, Daniel Dromm, Council Members, Make the Road New York and a number of immigration rights advocates, today gathered to celebrate recent developments of a landmark bill that will change the way the Department of Correction works with the federal immigration authorities and reduce unnecessary immigrant deportations in New York City.
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“The Senior Citizen Tax Increase Exemption (SCRIE) program protects eligible renters from certain increases imposed by their landlord. In return, the landlord receives a property tax abatement credit equal to the amount of the rent forgiven. Today, Council Committees on Finance and Aging hope to get to the bottom of why the property tax abatement credits were not applied or misapplied to the owner’s July 1st property tax bill.
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“At 3:30 a.m. on Monday, September 5th, an openly gay man was robbed, sexually assaulted and called hateful anti-gay slurs as he returned to his home in Brooklyn.
“I’m disgusted and horrified to hear about this incident. Hate crimes hurt everyone, and any act of violence against one member of the LGBT community is an act of violence against us all.
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