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It cost New York City $ 24 million to provide security at Trump Tower from Election Day to Inauguration Day.

We created a patriotism score for cities around the U.S. by looking at three categories: the percentage of people who are veterans, according to the 2012 American Community Survey; the percentage of residents 18 and over who voted in the 2012 presidential election; and the ranking of the best cities for Fourth of July celebrations from Wallet Hub.

As election day settled into evening on November 8, most of New York City's tech employees bounced from their offices in the Union Square or Flatiron neighborhoods to bite their nails in the company of friends and potent drinks.

Topics covered include: - How Booker's parents used a sting operation to desegregate a neighborhood, and why they did it - Why Ezra doesn't eat breakfast - Booker's disagreements with Ta - Nehisi Coates - How a 10 - day fast led to a (temporary) peace with Booker's worst political enemy - How spirituality informs Booker's approach to politics - The lessons Booker took from his early losses in with elections and city council fights - What it's like to be the only vegan in Congress - Why Booker hates penguins - Whether it's cynical or simply realistic to doubt America's political institutions - Which books have influenced Booker mostAnd much, much more.

London was high on Caisse's priority cities for investment, but the fund turned cautious after Prime Minister May lost her parliamentary majority in her snap election gamble in June, weakening her ability to negotiate the U.K.'s exit from the EU.

Speaking about the timing of the walk so close to the General Election results, Linda Corrigan from the worldwide Christian community Maranatha told Premier: «Surely our nation needs the Body of Christ to give united leadership in these uncertain and turbulent times, especially following the recent atrocity in the city of Manchester.»

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

It assumes that our elections, legislative battles, and legal wrangling concern only the city of man, and that Christians, insofar as they are loyal to the city of God, must distance themselves from politics.

According to a story published on the website, OnlyNews.com, the weekend after the election, a girl's volleyball team from Archer City, TX (about 2 hours north of Dallas) was playing against a team from Fort Hancock ISD in Snyder, TX (a town on the Texas / Mexico border which happens to be 97 percent Hispanic) when students from Archer City starting chanting «Build a Wall!»

The party won control of 11 town halls and a large district in the port city of Marseille in municipal elections on Sunday, more than double its record from the 1990s.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Residents of LeFrak City in Queens are suing the NYC Board of Elections, saying their right to vote is being denied by the board moving a polling site away from the hotbed of support for convicted felon and NYC Council candidate Hiram Monserrate.

At the last mayoral election, several polls showed Ken Livingstone on course to recover City Hall from Boris Johnson.

The SNP's Callum McCaig has a healthy 9,000 plus majority in the granite city, but this seat is in the Tories» sights this time after a strong performance in the Scottish parliamentary elections from candidate Ross Thomson.

In the run up to the 1997 general election, Labour made courting the City and garnering public support from it an absolute priority.

However, at the end of the day, in order to work the new structures that will emerge from the Deals (including elected City Region mayors) will have to take root in the local communities, and have the people behind them — at the polls in local and city region elections; but also on a daily baCity Region mayors) will have to take root in the local communities, and have the people behind them — at the polls in local and city region elections; but also on a daily bacity region elections; but also on a daily basis.

The Northern Powerhouse is moving from rhetoric into reality not least since the election of mayors in the major city - regions.

A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.

Only 7 percent of the contributions to New York City candidates for the 2013 election came from special interests compared to 69 percent of contributions to New York State Legislative candidates in the 2012 election.

Thirteen months after its devolution deal was first announced, not a single candidate from a major party has come forward to stand in the city region's mayoral election next year, while local leaders have continued to question whether they should even have to introduce a metro mayor full - stop — despite the Communities secretary Sajid Javid stating explicitly that this would continue to be a «real red line» for progressing with devolution deals.

The head of the city Board of Elections has been removed from office Tuesday over a series of errors that have occurred on his watch, including the confusing ballot that was almost used in the special election to replace the late City Councilman Thomas Whcity Board of Elections has been removed from office Tuesday over a series of errors that have occurred on his watch, including the confusing ballot that was almost used in the special election to replace the late City Councilman Thomas WhCity Councilman Thomas White.

The report, «By the People: The New York City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among other things, that: the number of candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.

«The 6th District and America need to stop big corporate money from privatizing our democracy, which means public funding for public elections as we have in NYC and a DISCLOSE act so anonymous money from billionaires doesn't buy our government,» said Green, who is the author of Who Runs Congressand Losing Our Democracy, as well as the author of the multiple matching funds for small donors part of the City's campaign finance law.

The race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) turned nasty in its final week before Election Day as accusations of racism and campaign sign tampering flew from the two candidate's campaigns.

The Manhattan Democratic Party is filing a lawsuit today to block City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito from appointing a pal as Board of Elections commissioner.

The introduction of metro mayors, on the other hand, was part of the Conservative Party manifesto ahead of the 2015 general election, and part of their wider plan to devolve more powers from national government to city regions.

ALBANY — A bill that has begun to move through the state Legislature would extend the period between primary and run - off elections in New York City from two to three weeks.

Tuesday afternoon saw Cuomo turn away from more immediate concerns, such as the looming end of the state legislative session and the 2017 election that will include a New York City mayoral election and a statewide ballot question of whether to convene a state constitutional convention.

Research from the good - government group Citizens Union confirms that the New York City elections, where public funding is already in place, allow for greater voter choice and more electoral competition, when compared with New York State races.

Below, you'll find all of the 2017 election coverage from Gotham Gazette, along with key additions from coverage by City Limits and WNYC radio, including some crossoever and collaboration among the three outlets, and also videos of debates for Manhattan City Council districts and the Democratic mayoral primary aired by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last week announced he was launching an investigation into the removal of the voters from the rolls, which was city Board of Elections officials now say was done through a clerical error.

New York City Board of Elections says the official vote totals for the special election, U.S. House 9th district, from September 13, are:

According to unofficial election night totals from the New York City Board of Elections, Vance received more than 90 percent of votes, with just under 10 percent of votes going to candidates on write - in ballots, which are still being counted.

She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.

With a mayoralty election year approaching, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has a job approval rating of 40 %, up from his all - time low of 35 % in April.

Almost immediately after the election, Avella said he has been fielding phone calls from soon - to - be constituents, has decided his office will be at his former City Council site at 38 - 50 Bell Blvd. and has selected a number of his employees, including his chief of staff, Seth Urbinder.

While many pointed to what is seen as typical city Board of Elections dysfunction, complaints from across the city prompted a strong official response.

«They say they support free speech, yet they attempted to disrupt a hearing and prevent members of the Elections Committee from taking testimony on the City's taxpayer - funded election system.

Questions during the off - topic portion of the press conference included his opinion of the expected Democratic candidate in the 11th Congressional District special election and whether he'll campaign for Gentile, the prospect of Department of Homeland Security losing funding, religious organizations renting City school facilities for prayer / worship services and the related lawsuit, a NY Post report criticizing a newly - created NYPD training program, reported terror threats against shopping malls, the absence of a Lunar New Year message from the mayor and his non-attendance at the Lunar New Year parade, his reaction to Governor Cuomo's comment that their relationship will be «the best relationship between a mayor and governor in modern political history,» his scheduled trip to Albany on Wednesday and delays in federal funding of Sandy rebuilding.

The papers Sliwa tried serving on de Blasio stem from an apparent violation in city election rules governing how political parties can give their ballot lines to candidates who are not enrolled in the party.

Senate Republicans, meanwhile, bring in millions of dollars each election cycle from the New York City - based real estate industry despite having few city - based membCity - based real estate industry despite having few city - based membcity - based members.

He still refused to confirm a CNN report that protecting Trump is costing the city more than $ 1 million a day, referring again to the figure the city put forward for the period from the November 8 election to January 20: roughly $ 35 million.

Also at the City Council on Wednesday: The Committee on Rules, Elections, and Privileges will meet at 10:30 a.m. to receive three nominations from the Mayor for appointments to city agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and AppeCity Council on Wednesday: The Committee on Rules, Elections, and Privileges will meet at 10:30 a.m. to receive three nominations from the Mayor for appointments to city agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and Appecity agencies: Fernando Bohorquez and Anthony Crowell for the Conflicts of Interest Board, and Salvatore Scibetta for the Board of Standards and Appeals.

ABQ was registered with the city Campaign Finance Board as an independent expenditure — meaning it should have been uncoordinated with other election year efforts — and most of its funding came from the anti-horse carriage group New Yorkers for Clean, Livable and Safe Streets.

ALBANY — Twelve of Albany's 15 wards favored incumbent Mayor Kathy Sheehan in last week's Democratic primary — including three out of the five majority - minority wards in the capital city, according to a breakdown of unofficial results from the Albany County Board of Elections.

On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, according to official results from the city Board of Elections.

As the campaign for the next London Mayor officially gets under way, election organisers say people from the suburbs are more likely to turn out to vote than those from the inner city.

As petitioning began for this fall's municipal elections, the Dutch Kills Civic Association got a visit from six hopeful successors to City Councilman Eric Gioia's (D - Sunnyside) seat, including one previously unannounced candidate.

City Council candidate Ruben Wills lost his bid to be on the Democratic ticket for the November election, but that is not stopping him from trying.

A report in Crain's reveals that a recent $ 15,842 «in - kind» contribution from Emerald City LLC, was really SL Green using the LLC loophole in election laws to pay Cuomo's rent.