Staten Island, NY – Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Member Debi Rose today announced an aggressive plan to combat the recent wave of hate crimes plaguing Staten Island. The plan, carefully crafted with input from the community as well as elected and law enforcement officials, seeks to raise awareness, and foster a dialogue in Staten Island aimed at ceasing bias-related crime.
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Growing and Greening the City, Council Will Also Vote on Bills to Reform City Recycling Practices and Reduce Soot Pollution across the Five Boroughs
City Hall, July 29, 2010 – At today’s Stated Meeting, the Council will vote to approve proposals for the New Domino complex on the Williamsburg waterfront and the Flushing Commons development in Northeast Queens.
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Growing and Greening the City, Council Will Also Vote on Bills to Reform City Recycling Practices and Reduce Soot Pollution across the Five Boroughs
City Hall, July 29, 2010 – At today’s Stated Meeting, the Council will vote to approve proposals for the New Domino complex on the Williamsburg waterfront and the Flushing Commons development in Northeast Queens.
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City Web Portal Will Streamline System and Help People Sign Up for the GED Exam
July 27th, 2010 – Speaker Christine C. Quinn, as part of her effort to improve the GED system, announced the launch of GED COMPASS, a web portal that will centralize New York City’s General Education Development (GED) testing seats and provide information on how to prepare for the GED test.
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(City Hall) – Council Member Michael C. Nelson praised the city’s new plan to significantly reduce costs while at the same time generate much needed revenue yet believes more can be done to ensure the city reaches it goal.
That goal, saving an estimated $500 million, also includes a plan to collect over $100 million in debt and a considerable portion of that amount comes from unpaid parking tickets.
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I am heartened that United States District Court in Boston has recognized that the Defense of Marriage Act as an unconstitutional law. A nation founded on principles of liberty and equality should never adopt a law whose sole intention is to deny rights to millions of its citizens. The federal government, like all states, should recognize same-sex marriages and afford same sex couples all of the rights and responsibilities connected to marriage.
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Today Councilmember Helen Diane Foster announced that she has introduced Intro 283 before the City Council to help eliminate and prevent discrimination in City government and City agencies.
The purpose of Intro 283 is “to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to identifying, eliminating and preventing discrimination, and promoting human rights in governmental operations.”
Intro 283 is called the Human Rights Government in Operations Audit Law or the Human Rights GOAL Law.
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