Preserving Neighborhood Character and Creating Incentives for Affordable Housing, Council Also Votes to Rezone 128 Blocks in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park Community
City Hall, September 30, 2009 – At today’s Stated Council meeting, the City Council will vote to improve the City’s graffiti removal process. Under this legislation, property owners who receive notices from the city regarding graffiti on their property will automatically receive free cleaning from the city unless they object.
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New York City’s water supply is our most important asset, providing clean drinking water to 50 percent of the state’s residents. Thanks to continued efforts to keep the watershed pollution free, our water does not currently need to be filtered. But if the federal or state government found our water to need filtration, city water ratepayers would be forced to construct a new facility that could cost us over $10 billion dollars.
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“Early Saturday morning there was a report of an anti-LGBT attack in Hell’s Kitchen in which two individuals were the victims of a physical assault. I am obviously outraged by news that another bias attack has occurred in our city. But I am also deeply concerned by reports from the victims that NYPD officers responding to the scene did not appropriately recognize the seriousness of the incident.
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Encourage Small Businesses and Homeowners to Take Advantage of Three-Month Penalty Forgiveness Period
City Hall – City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that this week begins the NYC Penalty Relief Program for Homeowners and Business Owners, which eliminates penalties and interest on outstanding Environmental Control Board (ECB) debt for businesses, homeowners and individuals that apply between now and December 21st.
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Also Votes to Strengthen Standpipe and Sprinkler Operations as part of Comprehensive Construction, Demolition and Abatement Overhaul
City Hall, September 17, 2009 – At today’s Stated Council meeting, the City Council will vote to create a $3 million biotechnology tax credit encouraging small biotech companies to bring jobs, innovation and new technology to New York City. Biotechnology firms will be provided with a refundable annual credit up to $250,000 for facilities, operations and training and will be eligible for the credit for up to three years.
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For more than a decade, the Defense of Marriage Act has been a disgraceful vestige of bigotry in our country. It remains appalling that a nation founded on principles of liberty and equality would adopt a law that actively denies rights to millions of its citizens. DOMA undermines all our victories in the fight for marriage equality, by banning these rights even in states that have recognized same-sex marriages.
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“My thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Over the course of his career, the Senator never failed to speak on behalf of those without a voice, championing civil rights and continually standing at the forefront of our nation’s most defining struggles.
“He has been called the lion of the Senate and indeed he was just that.
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Manhattan, August 21, 2009 – Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and the President of the Korean American Association of Manhattan, Richard Lee, today embarked on a walking tour of the Manhattan’s own Koreatown as part of the “Nine in 09” tourism campaign. New York City & Company CEO George Feritta and community members joined the Speaker and Council Member in sampling restaurants, shops, and cultural treasures on West 32nd Street , in the heart of Herald Square .
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Also Votes to Strengthen Standpipe and Sprinkler Operations as part of Comprehensive Construction, Demolition and Abatement Overhaul
City Hall, August 20, 2009 – At today’s Stated Council meeting, the City Council will vote on vital public health legislation requiring pharmacies with more than four stores in the five boroughs to provide free oral and written translation services to thousands of New Yorkers in need of prescription translation assistance.
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New York State Conducting Similar Outreach to New Yorkers Losing Unemployment Benefits
City Hall, August 18th, 2009 – City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Human Resources Administration (HRA) Commissioner Robert Doar, Food Policy Coordinator Benjamin Thomases and nutrition advocates today announced that one year later over 50,000 additional New Yorkers are now receiving food stamps, following the Medicaid/Food Stamp data match conducted by the City Council and HRA since the summer of 2008.
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