Recent News
Council to Consider Salvatore’s Equal Pay Task Force
The Providence City Council will tonight consider first passage of an ordinance that establishes a permanent Equal Pay Task Force to promote equal pay for equal work in the City of Providence. The seven-member panel would study best practices from other...
12 Councilors Approve Vote of ‘No Confidence,’ Call for Resignation of Council President Aponte
12 City Councilors tonight approved a vote of no confidence in the Providence City Council President Luis Aponte and requested his resignation as City Council President. Tonight’s special meeting was called by Councilors Matos, Principe, Correia, Ryan, Hassett,...
Finance Committee Approves TSA for $56M Canal Street Project
The Providence City Council Committee on Finance tonight approved a tax stabilization agreement with Vision Development Inc. that brings a $56 million new construction project to downtown Providence. The Canal Street Project marks the city’s first concrete and steel...
Matos, Principe Issue Statement Regarding Aponte Indictment
City Council President Pro Tempore Sabina Matos today issued the following statement regarding Council President Aponte’s indictment: “I am concerned and saddened by today’s indictment against Council President Aponte. Luis has been a colleague and friend for many...
City Council Passes Don’t Block the Box Ordinance
The Providence City Council approved a measure on Thursday that prohibits drivers from obstructing three designated intersections in the City of Providence. The “Don’t Block the Box” ordinance was introduced by Councilman David Salvatore (Ward 14) to improve traffic...
City Council Bolsters ATV & Dirt Bike Enforcement Law
The Providence City Council tonight approved an ordinance that allows the Providence Police Department to confiscate and destroy recreational vehicles that are driven in the city illegally. In recent months, the city has faced an alarming uptick of unauthorized...
Council Establishes CSA Working Group
The Providence City Council tonight established a working group to further review the Community Safety Act, discuss a limited scope of concerns, and identify potential solutions for implementation of the ordinance prior to the Council’s second vote on June 1st. The...
Aponte Issues Statement in Response to FOP Letter Regarding Community Safety Act
City Council President Luis Aponte today issued the following statement in response to a letter sent to the Council yesterday from the Providence Fraternal Order of Police regarding tonight’s vote on the Community Safety Act: The Community Safety Act (CSA) has been...
Tomorrow: Arbor Day Tree Planting & Awards Ceremony
Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan in conjunction with Mayor Jorge Elorza, the Providence Parks Department, Rhode Island Tree Council, RI Department of Environmental Management, National Grid, Providence Neighborhood Planting Program, and Mount Pleasant High School students,...
