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Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New York City Council members rejected a Related Cos. LP proposal to turn a vacant city-owned armory into a $324 million retail and entertainment complex in the Bronx, after the developer balked at demands that it require retail tenants to pay a minimum wage of $10 an hour.
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.
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.
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 eight years under Speaker Christine Quinn "is enough." Surrounded by supporters at a news conference on the steps of City Hall, Barron released a letter ...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that New York City Council Member Melinda Katz will join the firm as of January 1, 2010 as Shareholder. Katz, whose Council term will end on December 31, has served as the Chair of the Land Use Committee for eight years.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is not exactly popular these days among small business owners in New York. The merchants made this clear on Friday when hundreds placed "Christine Quinn is not welcome here" posters in their upper Manhattan store windo.
The look of New York's street level retail is going to have to change under a new city council bill, albeit very slowly. The City Council approved legislation this afternoon that will eventually ....
