Sentences with phrase «city mayoral run»

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Many are now urging Lhota to run for mayor, and it seems that Lhota is seriously preparing for a mayoral campaign — he stepped down as MTA boss just two days ago, so he can legally be a candidate under City law.

MANHATTAN - Former city comptroller and failed mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has officially tossed his hat in the ring once again to run for city's highest office.

In September, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, running on a platform of taming inequality, routed his Democratic mayoral rival, Christine Quinn, known for her ties to Michael Bloomberg's finance - friendly administration.

The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city Comptroller John Liu has not helped his run for higher office, but the jury's decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.

According to the FBI, Smith wanted to become the leader of the Senate Democrats, in an effort to raise his profile and subsequently run for the mayoral race in New York City.

A mayoral aide tried to recruit a candidate to run against City Councilman Mark Weprin as retaliation.

Virginia's Republican nominee for governor Bob McDonnell and New York City mayoral candidate Mike Bloomberg are both running Google blasts, where their geo - targeted ads pop up on blogs, other websites, and Gmail.

A number of top - tier Democrats have opted not to challenge de Blasio in the September primary, so far leaving him to face State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who handedly lost the Democratic mayoral primary in 2009 to then - comptroller Bill Thompson and Sal Albanese, a former City Council member from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn who ran for mayor in 1997 and 2013.

The NYT slams the «shadowy group organized as New York City Is Not for Sale» that's running a negative ad campaign against Democratic mayoral frontrunner Chris Quinn.

Republican mayoral nominee Joe Lhota ratcheted up his attacks on de Blasio Thursday, calling him a «political hack» who «talks in great platitudes» but doesn't have the «skills or ability» to run New York City.

John Catsimatidis, who ran in the Republican Party's 2013 New York City mayoral primary, has with his family given $ 255,000 to the party between 2011 and 2014; he gave over $ 245,000 to the Democrats and their statewide candidates during this time period.

The tax - cutting move also seems to run counter to Democratic mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio's plans to raise income taxes in New York City to expand pre-K.

They've clashed over city contracts, teacher layoffs, and pension costs, and Bloomberg's team thinks that Liu is basically using City Hall as a foil to make himself look good for a 2013 mayoral city contracts, teacher layoffs, and pension costs, and Bloomberg's team thinks that Liu is basically using City Hall as a foil to make himself look good for a 2013 mayoral City Hall as a foil to make himself look good for a 2013 mayoral run.

Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island is wading into the city's mayoral race, launching a campaign committee last week as she makes a final decision about a run.

While initial rumors focused on Wright running for the State Senate or Dickens» City Council seat, The New York Post recently reported that Wright associate Charlie King is trying to gauge reaction and garner support for a Wright mayoral bid.

While a mayoral run is probably less likely than a City Council one, the speculation does not end there.

Mayoral control would eliminate board members» need to run on party lines, better holding the mayor accountable for the state of city schools, Lavine said.

The Republican mayoral hopeful is running against Mayor Bill de Blasio, and has blasted his proposal to open 90 homeless shelters throughout the city.

As for other developments — former City Council speaker, one - time mayoral candidate, and former Cuomo employee Christine Quinn slammed Nixon as an «unqualified lesbian» on Tuesday, while law professor and 2014 gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout heartily endorsed her run.

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

Leshinsky himself gave $ 2,500 to de Blasio's mayoral run — donations that broke the city's campaign finance rules.

The mayoral run will come in 2015 and if Thompson is reelected this November to her Senate seat, she could still hold on to it while running for mayor of the Westchester city of 68,000 souls.

In a shot directly at Mayor Bill de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

City Campaign Finance Board records show that two commercial drivers for a Queens beauty product wholesaler gave nearly $ 10,000 each to de Blasio's mayoral run and transition team in less than two months time.

The federal probe is checking whether some donors to de Blasio's mayoral run were either reimbursed for their contributions or given cash to pass along to the campaign in order to skirt the city's donation limits, according to sources.

Also at 10 a.m., Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich, a Republican who is mulling a 2017 mayoral run, holds public demonstration to protest de Blasio's homeless policies, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Fusion candidates have come under new scrutiny after Sen. Malcolm Smith was arrested in an alleged scheme to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot through securing a Wilson - Pakula and run on the GOP line.

The session runs through June, and lawmakers will also have to consider an extension of rent control regulations for New York City as well as mayoral control of public schools.

Senate IDC Leader Jeff Klein is throwing the kitchen sink at the problem of pay - to - play corruption after one of his own conference members, Sen. Malcolm Smith, was arrested last week and accused of attempting to bribe his way onto the New York City mayoral ballot so he could run as a Republican.

The spot airing in New York City notes that both Democratic mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio and his GOP opponent, Joe Lhota, reiterated their support for the constitutional amendment to expand non-Indian run casino gaming during a debate Tuesday night.

Republican NYC mayoral candidate Paul Massey, in his first news conference, accused de Blasio of being «so distracted by corruption charges that he has no time to actually run the city.»

The 2015 Mt Vernon Democratic primary, can not come quick enough for some, with six Mayoral candidates — Mayor Davis, Clinton Young, Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Maureen Walker & Richard Thomas (Deborah Reynolds will appear on the Conservative line in the General Election but not appear in the Democratic primary) and seven city council candidates — Andre Wallace, Delia Farquharson, Diane Munro, Lisa Copeland, John Boykin, Janice Duarte (who is a Democrat running on the Independence Party line) and Cheryl Dennis who is running as an Independent (No party), all vying for two city council seats available.

During a break in the council session today, Hogan said he is considering a mayoral run because of his concern about crime, safety and quality - of - life issues that affect city neighborhoods.

Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is planning to run for mayor of New York City, with at least the short - term goal of injecting a little bit of «excitement» into a mayoral race that she says sorely needs it.

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer also has been reported to be pondering a mayoral run and he has about $ 621,000, according to his filing as an undeclared candidate with the city.

When Former Ambassador Phil Murphy — the only declared Democratic candidate thus far in New Jersey's 2017 gubernatorial election — filed a complaint with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) claiming that as - yet undeclared candidate Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop was using his mayoral account for a thinly veiled run for governor, many were left scratching their heads about why Murphy would publicly thrash Fulop with such allegations.

James is also a rumored contender to run for mayor in 2021, and Bronx sources told Crain's that Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — a close friend of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — hoped the public advocate would join him in the mayoral race and cut into the African - American base of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, another City Hall aspirant.

The city's largest municipal union jolted the slumbering mayoral campaign yesterday by throwing its clout behind a surprise choice — City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, a Democrat running last icity's largest municipal union jolted the slumbering mayoral campaign yesterday by throwing its clout behind a surprise choice — City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, a Democrat running last iCity Council Speaker Peter Vallone, a Democrat running last in...

A majority of the City Council is behind the bill, but Ms. Quinn remained neutral on a delicate issue as she gears up for a 2013 mayoral run.

Hawkins ran for mayor twice before, in 1997 and 2005, in addition to a run for city auditor in 2015 against former mayoral candidate, Marty Masterpole.

If he can't get it overturned or reduced, Thompson faces the daunting prospect of trying to raise funds both for his next possible mayoral run in 2013 and for a settle ment with the city's Environmental Control Board, where the case was adjudicated.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Republican NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis will hold a press conference on the city's crackdown on pets on their caregivers, Battery Park city dog run at West Thames and Little West streets, Manhattan.

Among the potential Democratic mayoral candidates is John Liu, the city comptroller, who has run into some serious fundraising troubles of late, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay, and has significant establishment suppcity comptroller, who has run into some serious fundraising troubles of late, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay, and has significant establishment suppCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay, and has significant establishment support.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer laid out a handful of policy proposals in an ABNY address, criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to expand affordable housing and offering a competing agenda for the city that could serve as a prelude to a mayoral run in 2City Comptroller Scott Stringer laid out a handful of policy proposals in an ABNY address, criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to expand affordable housing and offering a competing agenda for the city that could serve as a prelude to a mayoral run in 2city that could serve as a prelude to a mayoral run in 2017.

Also at 12:30 p.m., Reform Party NYC mayoral candidate Sal Albanese holds a press conference to challenge NYC Council members running for council speaker to pledge not to allow the political consultants who will help them run to lobby them once elected, outside City Hall, Manhattan.

The campaign of former City Comptroller John Liu was hit with more than $ 15,000 in fines Thursday by the same city board that denied matching funds to his mayoral run in 2013 — effectively derailingCity Comptroller John Liu was hit with more than $ 15,000 in fines Thursday by the same city board that denied matching funds to his mayoral run in 2013 — effectively derailingcity board that denied matching funds to his mayoral run in 2013 — effectively derailing it.

«Bo Dietl is no longer seeking the endorsement of New York City's Republican party and will not run on the GOP line in the mayoral primary.

Four other mayoral candidate who will be on the November ballot were not at the debate: Sal Albanese, of the Reform Party; Mike Tolkin, running on his Smart Cities ballot line; Green Party nominee Akeem Browder; and Libertarian nominee Aaron Commey.

Pointed out that GOP mayoral candidates Paul Massey and Michel Faulkner have fundraising and name recognition advantage so far, she said if she does run, to make up for lost time, «I'm going to ask everyone I know to give me $ 178» and get matching funds from the city.