Sentences with phrase «city council seat last»

But Rensselaer County has refused to release them to Carmella Mantello, who lost a race for an at - large Troy City Council seat last fall by 65 votes.

When Ryan Henry - Wilkinson ran for and won a city council seat last fall, he campaigned on this idea: that voters should choose the most powerful city official.

Mr. Parker, who ran unsuccessfully for a City Council seat last year, won in a largely Caribbean district in a race with two other candidates, besides Mr. Dear.

Kamillah Hanks, a Staten Island native, launched a run against Debi Rose in the Democratic primary for her North Shore City Council seat last month.

Not exact matches

Celtic, following the example of German clubs such as Hoffenheim, installed nearly 3,000 rail seats last year in the Lisbon Lions Stand at Celtic Park after being granted a licence by Glasgow City Council.

City Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest) came up empty - handed when the Council speaker was doling out committee chairmanships last week, but the Queens Democratic Party loyalist did get a seat on all three public safety committees, a vantage point he said puts him in a unique position to ensure the city's safCity Councilman Rory Lancman (D - Hillcrest) came up empty - handed when the Council speaker was doling out committee chairmanships last week, but the Queens Democratic Party loyalist did get a seat on all three public safety committees, a vantage point he said puts him in a unique position to ensure the city's safcity's safety.

That includes the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the City Council last week.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

After leaving the Assembly he made one last political run, but lost his campaign for a seat on the City Council.

ASTORIA — Costa Constantinides, one of three candidates vying for the City Council seat held by term - limited Peter Vallone Jr., is far ahead of his competitors when it comes to fundraising, according to filings released by the Campaign Finance Board last week.

El - Yateem, a married father of four who had been a prominent Arab - American community leader in Bay Ridge for many years, jumped into the political arena last year when he ran for an open City Council seat.

Labour can face little more humiliation in Glasgow, where its last fortress - the city council - fell last month and all six Westminster seats are already held by the SNP.

The city Campaign Finance Board determined last week that the 2009 campaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two violaticity Campaign Finance Board determined last week that the 2009 campaign of Debra Markell to fill the District 19 City Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two violatiCity Council seat left vacant by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had committed two violations.

After Mr. Weprin suddenly announced last week he would be resigning his seat to take a position with the Cuomo administration, his brother, Assemblyman David Weprin, considered returning to the City Council, where he had served for eight years.

«Rikers doesn't work,» said Benjamin, a Manhattan Democrat, who was elected last month to fill the seat left vacant after Bill Perkins joined the City Council.

These are just two examples of easily avoidable types of problems that District Leader Frank Gulluscio, who won the Democratic primary last month for the City Council seat currently held by Eric A. Ulrich, state Senator Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach), and local community activist Betty Braton say could be avoided in the future if two bills currently before the New York City Council are passed.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.

Former AG Oliver Koppell, who represented the Bronx for decades, first in the state Assembly and later in the City Council before losing an uphill battle for state Senator Jeffrey Klein's seat last year, has put his Bronx home on the market for $ 2.5 million.

As a last ditch effort, Farrell has pledged his support of Councilman Robert Jackson's petitioning of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) through the City Council to «discontinue Il Sole's permit to offer sidewalk seating» as another means of quieting the block.

The Working Families Party voted last week to endorse Rebecca Lynch, a former de Blasio staffer, for an open City Council seat — setting up another showdown between organized labor and the Queens Democratic establishment.

Hawkins has run for many seats in the past, including governor and U.S. Senator, and not come close to winning, but the last time he ran for city council he garnered about 40 percent of the vote.

Forest Hills resident Karen Koslowitz made the move from her former position as deputy borough president to director of community boards last month to prepare for her bid for her former City Council seat.

The former councilman is running to replace his wife, Inez Barron, who last year won his term - limited seat on the City Council.

Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's City Council race last year.

But two seats remain vacant — those previously held by Westchester County Executive George Latimer and City Council Member Rubén Díaz Sr., who were elected to their current offices last fall.

The show evolved out of Race2Represent, a multimedia initiative MNN introduced last fall to provide quality, hyperlocal information about candidates running for Manhattan City Council seats and the Borough President's Office.

Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright, current East Harlem Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito are all regarded as prospective contenders for Mr. Rangel's seat, though the last has denied any interest in running.

The seats were vacated last fall when George Latimer became Westchester County Executive and Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. took a city council seat.

Last year, Crespo and his Bronx Dems took heat in the press for not supporting female candidates for vacant city council seats.

City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's donations, including more than $ 20,000 she gave to herself, boosted her to top of the pack financially in the last filing period, but Karen Koslowitz raised more money than any of the other candidates vying for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat in that time period.

City Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain's announcement last week that she will decline public matching funds has prompted others in the race for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat to criticize the move, saying she is ditching a program meant to level the financial playing field and could now far outspend her opponents.

In Portland, Nicholas Caleb, backed by both Socialist Alternative and the International Socialist Organization (ISO), failed to win a city council seat in the last election but is credited with advancing the «15 Now» agenda in that city.

Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins exited Albany last month after winning a City Council seat, prompting Gov. Andrew Cuomo to call a special election to fill the vacancy in the capital.

Benjamin Kallos — one of several candidates vying for the District 5 City Council seat — has touted himself as a political outsider since launching his campaign last year.

In the race for the last of six City Council seats, Silverman increased her lead over Connolly from 15 votes to 21.

In the tight race for the last of six City Council seats, Democrat Marsha Silverman gained three votes over Republican Matthew Connolly and, according to the new count, beat him 2,426 votes to 2,403.

During his initial primary campaign for District 4's council seat last year, Greene focused on Syracuse's high poverty rate and the city's school district.

State Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D - Bronx), who is running for a City Council seat, was spotted using his city - issued parking placard on his campaign bus last wCity Council seat, was spotted using his city - issued parking placard on his campaign bus last wcity - issued parking placard on his campaign bus last week.

«You see sort of a retrenchment in the City Council where black women and women overall have lost seats, have given up seats to their male counterparts and so then numbers that we've had in the past in the New York City Council have diminished a bit, but that means that we have to build a pipeline,» Clarke said, referring to the decrease in the number of women in the Council after last year's elections.

A longtime City Hall figure, Joe Nicoletti (on the right in this photo) was appointed to a seat on the Common Council last year.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Congressman Charles Rangel «s job in Washington, confirmed over the weekend that he is interested in returning to Albany — by running for the position of Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the City Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens left her local post to assume Wright's old role in the State Legislature.

The City of London is also becoming more like the rest of «Midtown» (Clerkenwell, Hoxton, Finsbury ect) and this was illustrated by Labour gaining their first seats on that authority at the last city council electiCity of London is also becoming more like the rest of «Midtown» (Clerkenwell, Hoxton, Finsbury ect) and this was illustrated by Labour gaining their first seats on that authority at the last city council electicity council elections.

Four New York City Democrats in the Assembly won seats on the City Council last November, and four upstate Republicans took county or town government posts.

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.

Mail - in votes swing outcome for last seat in Paterson council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night, City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending council race for Flavio Rivera A little after 9 o'clock on election night, City Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending Council candidate Flavio Rivera got a message of condolence from a friend about his impending defeat.

Letitia James, of Brooklyn, became the first WFP - backed candidate to win a City Council seat, in 2003; last November, the party broke through citywide, helping to elect Bill de Blasio as public advocate and John Liu as comptroller.

At a forum last night sponsored by the Orleans Parish Democratic Executive Committee (OPDEC), the four candidates who qualified for the House 93 legislative seat about to be vacated by incoming City Council member Helena Moreno announced their support for a ban on AR - style assault rifles like the ones used to kill 17 students and teachers in Parkland, Florida last week.

Last year while campaigning for an at - large seat on the City Council, she heard repeatedly from city residents about problems with the wild cCity Council, she heard repeatedly from city residents about problems with the wild ccity residents about problems with the wild cats.

When a seat opened up on the San Jose, Calif., city council last January, the 5,000 - member Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS ® took action.