Sentences with phrase «blasio as a foil»

He used de Blasio as a foil during a dust - up over charter schools earlier this year that resulted in extraordinary giveaways to charters in the state budget.

Senate Republicans are again using de Blasio as a foil in a key special election to fill former Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island.

The Republicans used de Blasio as a foil throughout the campaign, warning voters against returning the Democrats and their «radical» New York City agenda to power.

Not exact matches

As I mentioned before, Mayor de Blasio is committed to open and transparent government, and a critical element of that goal is FOIL reform.

Open FOIL is inspired by the 2013 recommendations of Public Advocate de Blasio, and we urge Mayor de Blasio to join with Council members Kallos and Vacca, and Manhattan Borough President Brewer to pass this bill as soon as possible.

Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

Mayor de Blasio Fundraises off Trump & Malliotakis This week, Mayor de Blasio emailed supporters a fundraising appeal using President Donald Trump and presumptive Republican mayoral nominee Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis as his foils.

He used Mayor Bill de Blasio, the man whom Massey is trying to unseat, as a Democratic foil during the recent presidential primary.

Even Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire independent who Mr. de Blasio treated as an arch-villain and foil during his winning campaign last year, can earn praise for his far - reaching public health policies.

For two years, Eva S. Moskowitz positioned herself as one of Mayor Bill de Blasio's most persistent foils: With a powerful signature issue — school choice — and a fearsome network of political supporters, Ms. Moskowitz was widely perceived as one of Mr. de Blasio's most dangerous potential obstacles to re-election.

Mr. de Blasio preceded Ms. James as public advocate, and used the position to act as a liberal foil to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg.