RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND MERANTE:
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WHEREAS, Mayor Mike Spano has appointed Rachel Kravitz to be the City of Yonkers Second Deputy Corporation Counsel; and
WHEREAS, most recently, the Second Deputy Corporation Counsel designee has served as an Associate Corporation Counsel for the City of Yonkers for over 12 years, and in addition to having served four years in private practice in New York City and has extensive experience in state and federal court litigation, drafting and reviewing agreements, drafting legislation, land use, and providing legal counsel to various departments and boards of the City of Yonkers; and
WHEREAS, the Second Deputy Corporation Counsel designee possesses the necessary education, training, qualifications and experience in governmental administration which will enable her to be successful in this endeavor; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter requires for this appointment a waiver of Section C2-8 be granted; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section C3-2(7) of the Charter of the City of Yonkers, the appointment of the Second Deputy Corporation Counsel is subject to the advice and consent of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Yonkers that the City Council give advice and consent to the appointment of Rachel Kravitz as Second Deputy Corporation Counsel; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that that Yonkers City Council hereby gives its advice and consent to the appointment of Rachel Kravitz as Second Deputy Corporation Counsel; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that a waiver pursuant to C2-8 be granted; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall effect immediately.