Governmental Operations Committee Chair Fernando Cabrera and Oversight & Investigations Committee Chair Ritchie Torres demand answers on rollout of DemocracyNYC mailer
City Hall, NY – Today, Governmental Operations Committee Chair Fernando Cabrera and Oversight & Investigations Committee Chair Ritchie Torres sent a letter to Chief Democracy Officer Ayirini Fonseca-Sabune after a series of reports concerning misleading letters sent to voters ahead of Election Day. READ MORE
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council will vote on the parental empowerment package, which includes steps to address the disturbingly high mortality and morbidity rates for women of color giving birth. The bills, once enacted, will also help increase the number and improve the quality of lactation rooms available, require many city programs that provide services to parents to have baby supplies on hand, and study the possibility of making childcare services available for city employees. READ MORE
The “STOP” legislation includes mandatory disclosure of DOE’s Office of Pupil Transportation procedures and implementing GPS technology on school buses
City Hall, NY – New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger and Council Members today unveiled the Student Transportation Oversight Package (STOP), a comprehensive package of legislation to increase transparency around the Department of Education’s Office of Pupil Transportation operations, increase oversight over bus activity, and increase efficiency in bus services, including by requiring GPS tracking for yellow school buses transporting New York City’s students. READ MORE
“New York City needs to send a message that violence and bigotry are not welcome anywhere in America and certainly not here in the five boroughs. I am grateful the NYPD has said they are looking into the vicious and cowardly attacks caught on video Friday night, and urge them to quickly bring the perpetrators to justice. New York is the most proudly diverse city in the world, and the ‘Proud Boys” and their loathsome brand of intolerance represent the opposite of everything we stand for.”
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“Today I traveled to Washington D.C. along with members of the City Council’s Women’s Caucus to protest the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to our Supreme Court.
When the vote went down, I was outside the U.S. Supreme Court with Council Members Helen Rosenthal, Karen Koslowitz, Adrienne Adams, Vanessa Gibson, Alicka Ampry-Samuel along with thousands of Americans at a rally condemning the injustice of this appointment. READ MORE
“I am relieved to learn that the NYPD has apprehended a suspect in the brutal anti-LGBTQ assault that was committed last weekend in Brooklyn. This attack is yet another sad reminder that even though the LGBTQ community has made advances in recent years, there are people who will hate us – and act on that hatred – for no reason other than who we love. READ MORE
City Hall – Today, the New York City Council will vote on legislation to regulate the sightseeing bus industry. The Council will also vote to restrict vending in certain zones around the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan and downtown Flushing in Queens in response to safety and congestion concerns. The Council will vote to codify the advisory opinions of the Conflicts of Interest Board. READ MORE
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, elected officials, local non-profits and advocates announce that historic buildings, previously listed for sale, will now remain in the community
Hell’s Kitchen, NY – One of New York’s most historic settlement houses, which had been in danger of closing, will be reborn as a modern community center with supportive housing after NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, elected officials, Clinton Housing Development Company, Hudson Guild, Community Board 4 and other stakeholders worked together to devise a turnaround plan for the organization. READ MORE
Forty-one council members issued a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to support a bipartisan group to provide a transparent account of the response of the federal government to the tragedy
City Hall, NY – City Council Speaker Corey Johnson and 40 council members sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to fully investigate the inadequate response and recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. READ MORE
“Tonight, Jewish families all across our great city will gather for the Kol Nidre service to begin their holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur. On this Day of Atonement I wish all who observe an easy and meaningful fast. May you all be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life. G’mar Chatimah Tovah.”
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