Sentences with phrase «city council race against»

Vasquez, who has successfully defeated the Queens County Democratic Organization and powerful political figures to maintain her district leadership, is now seeking an uphill fight in a city council race against powerful incumbent Peter Koo.

Austin Shafran, a former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has conceded his City Council race against Paul Vallone, after falling behind by more than 190 votes.

Assemblyman Francisco Moya is expected to bring out the big gun — Gov. Cuomo — in his City Council race against ex-con Hiram Monserrate.

Not exact matches

The District 3 City Council race, for the seat held the past 14 years by Speaker Christine Quinn, pits two passionate and energetic L.G.B.T. contenders against each other for what has often been dubbed «the gay seat.»

It doesn't seem to have come up on the record in the heated race between incumbent Queens Republican Frank Padavan, who voted against the MTA rescue, and former City Council member Tony Avella.

In the race for Public Advocate, technically the President of the City Council, the refreshing Bill deBlasio, who bravely chose not to pursue a third term as Council Member, has led the field to the runoff against the wretched has - been Mark Green.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Contested City Council Democratic primary races in three Bronx districts pose strongly pro-LGBTQ candidates against opponents who either have long anti-gay and anti-choice records or have aligned themselves with such politicians.

The race pit Democrat Mayer, a state Assembly member, against Republican Julie Killian, a member of a local city council who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in 2016 against the Democratic incumbent.

The Real Estate Board of New York, which raised $ 750,000 from business leaders last year to back mostly GOPers against WFPers in City Council races, just hired Bloomberg administration veteran James Whelan for a similar push this year against WFP - backed Senate candidates.

The mayor's race in Watertown pits long - time incumbent Jeff Graham against a challenger with similar longevity on the City Council, Jeff Smith.

Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who ran against de Blasio in the 2013 Democratic primary and recently endorsed him in the 2017 race, was in attendance at the breakfast and held a gaggle with reporters after it ended.

The statement was the first real political sniping between candidates in the City Council District 3 race, which pits the Socialist Alternative Sawant against three Democratic candidates and one independent.

The race pits two incumbents who see a limited role for city government against a pair of political newcomers with broader visions for what the council can do to improve residents» lives.

He was one of a few candidates in a race against one of our worst City Council incumbents.

Materna, a Democrat - turned Republican who ran against Vincent Ignizio for City Council as a Democrat in 2009, has raised more than $ 30,000 so far for the Assembly race.

The Post has learned that a lengthy investigation into a 2009 City Council race on the island has resulted in criminal charges against two individuals and two political operations — including an arm of the left - leaning WFP.

And so there's no confusion from your article, Jenifer Rajkumar got over 40 % of the vote against an incumbent in a City Council district heavily weighted against her in her first major race.

City Council Speaker and mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn came out against a bill Wednesday that would prohibit the Police Department from profiling on the basis of race, religion and gender — but for the very first time in her tenure, said she would nonetheless allow the controversial plan to go to vote.

In at least three City Council races where sitting state Assemblymembers are candidates, separate complaints have been filed with the city Campaign Finance Board alleging that each of them has violated prohibitions against using government - funded mass mailers within a mandated 90 - day communication blackout period before the September 12 primCity Council races where sitting state Assemblymembers are candidates, separate complaints have been filed with the city Campaign Finance Board alleging that each of them has violated prohibitions against using government - funded mass mailers within a mandated 90 - day communication blackout period before the September 12 primcity Campaign Finance Board alleging that each of them has violated prohibitions against using government - funded mass mailers within a mandated 90 - day communication blackout period before the September 12 primary.

Upper West Side resident Cary Goodman, who launched in January a City Council race on a primarily single - issue platform against the AMNH expansion, told those present at a City Hall hearing on the Parks Department's preliminary budget Tuesday that Mitchell Silver is abdicating his responsibilities as outlined by the City Charter unless he rejects the museum's «toxic» proposal.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Families are largely off limits when it comes to campaign attacks, but on Wednesday, the race for New York City mayor placed City Council Speaker and Democratic candidate Christine Quinn against rival Bill de Blasio's wife.

City Council candidate Jacques Leandre's association with a controversial religious group may have cost him a key endorsement for his race against Councilman James Sanders (D - Laurelton), a source close to the contest said.

In 2002, Mr. Lasher contributed to Tim Bishop's Congressional upset in Suffolk County, and in the past election cycle he worked on several races, among them Working Families Party candidate Letitia James» successful City Council bid, for the seat left vacant when James Davis was murdered in City Hall last summer; Steve Levy's winning bid for Suffolk County Executive (the first Democrat elected for that seat since 1987); and Arlene Bluth's failed bid for Civil Court against Shlomo Hagler in Manhattan.

Queens Library External Affairs Director Jimmy Van Bramer handily won what turned out to be a rigorous primary contest against Deirdre Feerick, the City Council attorney endorsed by the Queens Democratic Party, in the race for Councilman Eric Gioia's (D - Sunnyside) seat.