Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn:
“The Department of Environmental Conservation’s recommendation to prohibit hydraulic fracturing in the New York City watershed is an important step in guaranteeing the continued safety of our drinking water. The regulations being proposed are sound suggestions that are mindful of both the environmental, as well as economic, needs of our great state.
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You shouldn’t get to have so many good things happen on one night. Before we came over here, we were watching the beginning of the vote in my office, and I saw Senator Saland say he was going to vote for the bill. So I knew the bill was going to pass, and I was on the phone with my partner Kim, who still wasn’t convinced the vote was going to pass, even though I assured her it was going to.
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“Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced it will dramatically expand its domain offerings and will begin accepting applications for new domains in January 2012. Once approved, this will allow for the addition of a dot New York City suffix that will be operated by a private vendor and be made available to New York City businesses and residents.
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Legislation will require public disclosure of executive orders and memoranda of understanding
Council also votes to bring City’s electrical code in line with national electrical code standards
June 14, 2011, New York, New York – Today, the City Council will vote on a bill that will require the Mayor’s office to post executive orders and memoranda of understanding (MOUs) online.
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Public-Private Partnership Yields $75,000 to Renovate P.S. 226 Playground, M.S. 390 Facilities and Fund Boys and Girls Club “Triple Play” After School Program
BRONX, NEW YORK – Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Coca-Cola, and representatives of the NYC Department of Education and the Fund for Public Schools today were joined by Council Member Fernando Cabrera, New York Knicks players Toney Douglas and Roger Mason, Jr., State Senators Gustavo Rivera and Jose Serrano as well as parents, faculty and students to celebrate the official re-opening of the school playground at Bronx P.S.
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I’m proud to stand with the more than 130 workers at Maramont Corporation as we fight to keep your jobs here right in Brooklyn. I want all of you to know that you are not alone in this fight. You have the full support, not just of my office, but of my colleague Council Member Sara Gonzalez, everyone at Workers United, and so many other leaders around our city and state.
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“Access Denied: Examining the City’s Response to Illegal Use and Illegal Conversion Complaints June 7, 2011
Remarks as Prepared
OPENING STATEMENT
COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN
Good afternoon. Once again, tragic events in our City cost New Yorkers their lives in fires. Why? Because the buildings they were living in had been illegally altered to create more apartments than the law allowed.
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Since March, the City Council has held hundreds of hours of hearings, received thousands of letters and e-mails, and fielded countless phone calls from New Yorkers who are concerned about the future of New York City.
We share many of their concerns, and this Council is committed to protecting core services for the people of New York City – and to doing so in a fiscally responsible way.
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The Administration has proposed significant cuts to senior centers for next year, totaling $22 million. This 16 percent decrease from this year’s funding will further stress centers that are already struggling. At the same time, the administration is proposing moving forward with new, “innovative” senior centers at a cost of nearly $4 million.
While we support the idea of our city’s senior centers evolving and bringing them into the 21st century, we must also ensure that funding for the existing system is enough to sustain them.
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Halloran, Other Leaders Call on City to Preserve Critical Fire Engine
Numerous elected officials, union leaders, and community activists joined City Council Member Dan Halloran (R-Whitestone) today at a rally in Bayside to protest the planned closing of Engine 306, which serves that neighborhood. The rally was attended by over 350 people from Bayside, Queens and the surrounding areas.
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