Recent News
Statement from Senior Deputy Majority Leader Nicholas J. Narducci Jr. Regarding the Providence Police Department
I fully understand that we are living in extraordinary times; I don’t believe any person should be forced to the ground and have a knee held to their neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds. That’s incorrigible, and if that happened here in Providence, I would be...
Conley Stadium Receives Major Upgrade and Nears Completion
Conley Stadium is returning to its glory days thanks to Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) who secured precious CDBG and CIP Dollars for this project. “Conley Stadium is a gem in the Mount Pleasant Neighborhood,” stated Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan. “We worked very...
Council President Sabina Matos Proposes Resolution Urging Expansion of Police Officer Education
At tonight’s City Council Meeting, Council President Sabina Matos (Ward 15) proposed a resolution urging the Rhode Island General Assembly to expand the types of degrees eligible for education reimbursement to law enforcement officers. In recent weeks the City Council...
Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan Calls for Continuing Education Requirements For the Providence Police Department
City Council Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) tonight introduced a resolution requesting continuing education requirements for Providence police officers. "After a nine-hour public hearing where the Committee on Finance heard from nearly 250 individuals expressing...
Council Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan to Introduce Two Resolutions to Support Making Public Education A Priority in Rhode Island
At tonight’s City Council meeting Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) will introduce two resolutions calling for the City Council to endorse the Rhode Island Foundation’s Chart a Course Stay the Course Report, and the second calls for the Rhode Island General...
Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris Congratulates Ward 11 Recipients of Council Micro-Loan
Ricky Bernard and Marcia Ricketts, owners of The Island House Restaurant at 242 Broad St have been in the restaurant business for over 15 years. They opened their first restaurant in Pawtucket in 1997. They owned a restaurant on Lonsdale Ave for three years, where...
City Council Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan Will Introduce Resolutions Calling for the Renaming of Obadiah Brown Road and Obadiah Brown Field
Tomorrow, Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan (Ward 5) will be introducing two resolutions to rename Obadiah Brown Road and Obadiah Brown Field after former Mayor Patrick J. McCarthy. “We are living in extraordinary times, young people are calling for change and asking...
Ward 11 Community Members are Named Providence Business News 40 Under 40
Congratulations to Dr. Eugenio Fernandez Jr. owner of Asthenis Pharmacy and Dwayne Keys of Compass Working Capital for being named to Providence Business News “40 under 40.” Both call Ward 11 home and are tireless advocates for the community. As the Councilwoman for...
City Council’s URRP Committee Approves Renaming the Providence Pedestrian Bridge in Memory of Michael S. Van Leesten
Providence City Council’s Committee on Urban Redevelopment, Renewal, and Planning Today Voted to Rename the Providence Pedestrian Bridge in Memory of Local Civil Rights Advocate Michael S. Van Leesten This afternoon Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) and...
