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NEW YORK -- City Councilman Charles Barron demanded the dismissal Sunday of the university trustee who called him "a disgrace" during a shouting match at a groundbreaking ceremony. Barron also declared his candidacy for speaker of the City Council, saying...
City officials are launching an ad campaign as part of a crackdown on illegal sales of realistic-looking toy guns.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called the move the biggest step New York City could take to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn says its time to reform the city's food system. She wants to encourage local food industry jobs, and reduce the amount of food that's trucked in from ot....
City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) has urged the Council to name the Newtown Pippin, which colonists were eating centuries ago in what is now Elmhurst, as New York City’s official Big Apple.
Five years ago this past July, the City Council and the Mayor’s Office voted on a rezoning plan agreement for West Chelsea and the Hudson Yards. The agreement called for the creation of affordable housing within both locations.
Dietrich's Flickr City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has vowed to dedicate the next four years to food. She has a dream that the city can create jobs, improve food quality, support local farmers, and improve the environment by bringing NYC's "food infrastructure" into the 21st century. At a press conference to announce the city’s FRESH supermarket initiative , Quinn unveiled her big FoodWorks ...
To anyone closely watching the recent City Council elections, a small set of races took an interesting turn in the summer. The Independence Party of New York, typically something of a passive player in city politics, suddenly became actively involved in outer-borough contests, pushing hard for four or five candidates in the Democratic primary that had opponents supported by the labor-backed ...
There are still a lot of unknowns when it comes to Aid and Incentives to Municipalities, or AIM, money Jamestown normally gets from the state of New York. ''Normally'' is the operative word - Gov. David Paterson has threatened to withhold Dec. 15 AIM payments to municipalities across the state. It is unknown whether or not Jamestown will be one of them.
Sonora, CA -- Despite the inclement weather the Sonora City Council meeting is still ON for this evening. The City Council is planning on handing out several proclamations, one of them to New York Yankees' relief pitcher Phil Coke.
Council Speaker Christine Quinn outlines effort to reform New York's food distribution and processing.
