Sentences with phrase «big apple mayor»

Marc Agnifilo, who represents co-defendant and former Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, said he might call on the Big Apple mayor to answer questions about the prosecution's star witness, crooked ex-restaurant owner Harendra Singh.

Bob Fredericks: «(B) efore his fall from grace, the Lower East Side native, who never moved out of the old neighborhood, consistently frustrated governors, Big Apple mayors and reform - minded good - government groups with his power plays and mercurial ways.»

But before his fall from grace, the Lower East Side native, who never moved out of the old neighborhood, consistently frustrated governors, Big Apple mayors and reform - minded good - government groups with his power plays and mercurial ways.

Not exact matches

While NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was at a Texas music festival peddling his national agenda, Cuomo was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues that critics say the mayor has sorely neglected — agreeing to meet with public - housing tenants over their heat, mold and lead - paint woes.

The mayor defended his statement about running the city so well «you'd assume they'd be having parades out in the streets,» insisting he was misinterpreted and just wanted to draw attention to all the «good news» going on in the Big Apple.

Former NYC Councilman and longshot mayoral candidate Sal Albanese just broke the sad news that legendary Democratic political consultant Bill Lynch, best known as the architect of the campaign that elected the Big Apple's first black mayor, David Dinkins, has died.

The battle between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio rages on, with the governor delivering a shot at City Hall by claiming he and state lawmakers have done more to aid Big Apple schools than the mayor and the NYC Council.

That was New York Republican Chairman William Powers» sarcastic response yesterday to former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton's interest in running for mayor of the Big Apple next...

At a City Hall press conference following Gov. Cuomo's call for an infusion of cash from the Big Apple, the mayor reiterated his stance that the state is responsible for the subway system.

Current Mayor Bill de Blasio, a liberal Democrat and former Public Advocate, officially became mayor of the Big Apple on New Year's Day, easily defeating Republican Joe Lhota in November by running a campaign that rejected Bloomberg's politics.

«In these uncertain times, there's only one candidate for mayor who's already proven he's ready,» says the former two - term mayor as the cable ad reprises Lhota's Big Apple bio.

Stephen Goldsmith, the former mayor of Indianapolis who by many accounts has had a rough ride as deputy mayor for operations in the Big Apple, has resigned after 14 months to pursue private - sector opportunities in infrastructure finance.

Joseph Ferrara, owner of Ferrara Manufacturing and head of the trade group Garment Center Supplier Association, warned that the Big Apple could potentially lose an iconic annual event if the mayor doesn't come around.

By now, education observers are aware of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's incursion on the Big Apple's charter sector.

But if the next mayor of New York City calls you on the day after his / her election and said simply, «Jean - Claude, the Big Apple has the largest school district in America, and that system educated you and then employed you for two decades.

While districts under control of mayors such as New York City and Chicago can count on the considerable political heft of municipal chief executives (and in the case of the Big Apple, the wallet of Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to beat back traditionalists in Albany and Springfield, districts with traditional school board governance structures often have few tools at their disposal against NEA and AFT locals with waning - but - still - more considerable political influence in statehouse corridors.

For the 12 years that Michael Bloomberg served as mayor of New York City, the Big Apple was home to the United States» largest experiment in implementing the business model of education reform — a model based on sink - or - swim accountability overwhelmingly focused on standardized test data.

Last year, the prospect of Hurricane Irene reaching landfall in Manhattan caused the city's mayor to mandate the first complete shutdown of the city's mass transit system, bringing the Big Apple to a near standstill.