I am very pleased to announce that my motion to provide $350,000 in local developers' fees to support the construction of an accessible playground at Oriole Park PS was successfully approved at City Council. As Oriole Park students and parents know well, the current playground is too small and inadequate for children with special needs at the [...]
Unprecedented Action Toward Preserving Midtown Toronto's Heritage Approved at City Council!As part of the Midtown in Focus study, I’m very happy to announce that my colleagues supported Staff recommendations to include an unprecedented list of 258 main street properties on the City’s Heritage Register at Council this week. This represents the largest number of properties ever [...]
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Jennifer Pagliaro The Toronto Star After an unseasonably warm September that left some tenants sweltering in their units, the city will look at changing the requirements for landlords. Council approved a motion from Councillor Josh Matlow, which was seconded by Mayor John Tory, for staff to consult on amending the bylaw [...]
Monday, October 2, 2017 Jennifer Pagliaro, Emily Mathieu The Toronto Star “Over the past three years, we have been working to knock down each of these barriers and finally create housing for those in our city who need it most,” Tory said in an opinion piecein the Star Sept. 15. “We are finding ways to say [...]
September 30, 2017 The South Bayview Bulldogs Apple Fest Saturday was a sunny, busy day on Bayview Ave for visitors and the Bayview-Leaside BIA. Mayor Tory visited and walked the street from end to end. Josh Matlow (Ward 22) and Jon Burnside (Ward 26) also welcomed shoppers. Musicians were plentiful on both sides of the [...]
Thursday, September 28, 2017 Michelle Ervin Canadian Apartment Magazine Tensions boiled over last week at Toronto apartment buildings without air conditioning as temperatures soared into heat wave territory in late September. Tenants aired their frustrations in the media and city councillors implored landlords to turn the AC back on, assuring them that they would not [...]
September 22, 2017 Amara McLaughlin CBC News Midtown resident Jamie Thom says the temperature in his apartment has climbed into the high 30s after his landlord shut off the building's air conditioning last week. (Martin Trainor/CBC) Toronto's ombudsman has opened an investigation into the bylaw [...]
Dear residents, I heard from many of you in the last day that you were disappointed that the City's splash pads were not operational with unseasonably high temperatures expected to continue. That's why I am delighted to share with you that we successfully advocated to have the vast majority of the City's splash pads turned [...]
September 21, 2017 Codi Wilson CTV News Toronto Mayor John Tory recently addressed concerns over the extreme heat in many apartment buildings stating that he is open to reassessing the bylaw which requires that landlords keep their buildings at a minimum of 21 degrees after September 15th. Many landlords have turned on the heating in [...]
September 21, 2017 Jackie Dunham CTV News Toronto In compliance with a city bylaw that requires landlords maintain a minimum indoor temperature of 21 degrees between September 15 and June 21, a number of buildings already have the heat turned on, despite the scorching temperatures outside. The Mayor has said that he is prepared to [...]
