“The act of hate demonstrated outside the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in the Village is unacceptable,” said Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn. “I was angered and deeply disturbed when I heard someone would go to such great lengths to burn a rainbow flag and pin it to the outside of the building. The Center has long been a safe space for LGBT people and will continue to serve New Yorkers who need specific health and social resources.
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Also Votes on Major Affordable Housing Project in Williamsburg
City Hall, April 14, 2010 – At today’s Stated Council meeting, the members of the City Council will vote on legislation that will improve living and working conditions for carriage horses in New York and increase the rates carriage drivers may charge for rides. In addition, the Council will consider legislation on a new development project in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that will create housing, commercial and public waterfront space.
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City Hall – With the 40th anniversary of Earth Day less than two weeks away, Speaker Christine C. Quinn, together with Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Committee Chair Letitia James, and Council Members Mathieu Eugene, Julissa Ferreras, James Gennaro, Jessica Lappin, and Melissa Mark Viverito, today announced legislation that would dramatically expand and improve recycling in New York City. The package of legislation would mark the first significant expansion of the city’s residential recycling program since it was created in 1989.
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City Hall, NY — Over the last ten days, five elderly Asian women have been attacked in the Lower East Side and downtown Manhattan. Today, the NYPD classified the string of vicious and unprovoked attacks as hate crimes, noting they appear to have been motivated in part by racial prejudice.
They NYPD and the Hate Crimes Task Force (HCTF) have identified and are searching for five suspects, three Black and two Hispanic females between the ages of 13 and 15.
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New rule and pilot program strive to ensure placements in safe and appropriate housing
City Hall – City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was joined today in the Red Room of City Hall by Homeless Services Commissioner Robert V. Hess, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, council members and homeless advocates to announce a rule and a pilot program, developed jointly by the Speaker’s Office and Homeless Services.
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Officials emphasize the need for quality health care for the West Side.
Greenwich Village, NY – Speaker Christine C. Quinn joined 1199 SEIU Healthcare workers, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Thomas K. Duane, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Comptroller John Liu, Council Member Margaret Chin and community leaders at a rally today at St.
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“I was livid to learn that a man in Staten Island, after being verbally harassed by a group of four men when leaving a bar, was assaulted and beaten just steps from his home. We have reason to believe the victim was targeted because of his Mexican background.
The news of this hate crime has troubled me deeply, as it has Council Member Debi Rose, who represents the district where this assault happened.
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“The loss of acute care beds at St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center is a disappointing setback. However, we remain very optimistic that efforts to preserve urgent primary, HIV/AIDS and other services at St. Vincent’s are making progress at this hour.
“We are hopeful that a significant institution will replace the lost acute care beds with a new urgent care center.
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The decision by Mount Sinai’s board to not partner with St. Vincent’s Medical Center is a disappointing setback but by no means the end of our efforts. We will not stop fighting for emergency medical services and other vital health care services on the West Side of Manhattan. For more than one hundred years, St. Vincent’s has been a health care anchor in our community.
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