“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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Introduces Resolution and Announces Coordinated Effort with Other Urban Cities
CITY HALL – City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Members Helen Diane Foster, Lewis Fidler, Robert Jackson and Annabel Palma introduced a resolution this week calling for key improvements to the Child Nutrition Act, which is currently pending reauthorization by Congress. The Child Nutrition Act is the federal legislation that determines school food policy and resources, including the Federal School Lunches and School Breakfast programs.
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Bill seeks to directly protect consumers from improper delivery of court filing notifications, known as’ ‘Sewer Service’
City Hall, March 24, 2010 – At today’s Stated Council meeting, the members of the New York City Council will vote on a bill aimed at stopping “sewer service” or improper and inaccurate court filing notifications. In the past year because of the increase in recession-driven debt cases, an overwhelming number of complaints have come from consumers who have not been properly served.
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“The recent threats of hate violence against members of Congress across the country and here in New York are vile and are truly disturbing. I call on the rest of the Republican leadership to stand up and condemn these attacks. The root of these threats is like poisonous venom that will continue to spread unless we continue our efforts to combat hate violence and other violence.
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Council Members Speak with Students about their preparation for GED
March 23rd, 2010 – Speaker Christine C. Quinn, as part of her effort to improve the GED system, today visited the Adult Education Center in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She toured the Center and spoke with students who are preparing for the GED exam. Leading the tour were students who are currently enrolled in the Center and spoke about their experience, expectations and the challenges they faced as they prepared themselves to take the GED.
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New York City’s immigrant population provides a vibrant, multicultural fiber that cannot be matched anywhere else in the world. As such, our city’s immigrants and their families must be treated in a way that reflects our appreciation for them. Comprehensive reform isn’t comprehensive if it doesn’t include all families – including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ones.
Our city’s immigrants are the backbone of what makes this city such a unique place like no other in the world.
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In 2008, New Yorkers received an average refund of $2,700 from Earned Income Tax Credit
New York, March, 11, 2010 – With one month left to file taxes, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer today encouraged New Yorkers to use the City’s free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites and potentially receive thousands back in refunds.
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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Aging Committee Chair Jessica Lappin, and State and Federal Legislation Committee Chair Helen Diane Foster joined with senior citizens and advocates from across the city today to announce the launch of the Save Our Centers campaign to protect New York City’s senior centers. The campaign will rally seniors in all five boroughs to oppose a proposed cut in Governor Paterson’s budget that will lead to as many as a third of the city’s senior centers being shuttered.
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