Sentences with phrase «city politician ydanis»
Many years ago, a local San Francisco city politician who has since gone on to national political prominence was at a rally.
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Bill de Blasio's fundraising may be all over the news, but another New York City politician has quietly raised more cash than the mayor in the 2017 campaign cycle: Scott Stringer.
Bill de Blasio's fundraising may be all over the news, but another New York City politician has quietly raised more cash than the mayor...
A relationship with the real estate community was important for any New York City politician, Cumbo acknowledged, but outsized spending was not the way to go about it.
If it has to be a career New York City politician, he prefers Chris to the others.»
It's just the latest in a series of high - profile catches for Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has spent the last four years lassoing one corrupt city politician after the next — fueling renewed speculation that the self - appointed Sheriff of Albany might harbor political ambitions of his own.
New York City politician Ydanis Rodriguez, who was roughed up and arrested during the NYPD raid on Zuccotti Park, has requested permission from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to donate his latest $ 5,000 leadership stipend to Occupy Wall Street, which he calls «the best thing to have happened in our city for the last couple of decades.»
Asked to compare Spitzer's scandal with that of another New York City politician hoping for a political comeback — former Rep. Anthony Weiner — 31 % of those polled said Weiner's scandal, which involved sending lewd photos to women online, was worse than Spitzer's.
This was his only contribution to a city politician.
«Now, with the city - centric state leadership, it feels that every time I put my hand in my pocket I find a New York City politician is already there.»
Another left - leaning city politician who also declined to immediately endorse Clinton, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, praised the speech.
«It's no surprise that another liberal New York City politician is endorsing the full slate of Senate Democrat candidates,» said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said.
Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.
High taxes in the city discourage all investment except that which is able to make egregious deals with city politicians.
If the city politicians haven't learned from their past mistakes of leasing the Skyway, City Garage at Millennium Park and the parking meters, then pity us («Should Daley lease our water?»
A political organization funded by a top hotel - trades union has helped develop the Share Better campaign — a multifaceted lobbying effort to persuade New York City politicians to curtail Airbnb, according to emails and records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
«We're proud to endorse Leslie for State Senate because she's already getting to work standing up to New York City politicians and big businesses to get Southern Tier workers our fair share,» said Jake Lake, President of CWA Local 1111.
These will help city politicians to improve their policymaking.
He says he wants one party control of our entire state government, with New York City politicians calling the shots, even though it comes with no accountability and no checks and balances.
Anna Stankiewicz, owner of the New York - based spray tan company Suvara, specializes in house calls, and said she has been hired by several New York City politicians over the years — including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who she said was «cool about it.»
The food and theater industries aren't the only ones against the soda ban, which has also been opposed by a slew of city politicians.
City politicians aren't allowed to use their campaign cash to pay lawyers representing them in criminal matters, but Mayor de Blasio has found a way around this problem.
The statement lines up with what has been a larger strategy of the Martins campaign: Trying to tie Curran to New York City politicians who are generally unpopular in the suburbs.
Everyone knows that New York City wins big and Upstate taxpayers lose if Democrats seize control of the chamber next month, especially the New York City politicians.
NEW YORK — The NYPD heightened security for city politicians after a gunman wounded a congressman at a GOP baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning, officials said.
HARLEM — Dozens of New York City politicians and leaders vowed on Sunday to lobby on behalf of the community that reelected Rep. Charles Rangel, demanding the shamed Harlem politician not be censured.
Congressman Gregory Meeks, a Queens Democrat, rebuked an array of state and city politicians who urged him to reconsider his support for a controversial free trade deal called the Trans - Pacific Partnership.
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Members of the Gindi family have also donated thousands to various state and city politicians.
Lopez has most frequently been seen with a bevy of New York City politicians, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who wooed Lopez like nobody's business for an endorsement, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer reported.
A family member connected to the world's largest manufacturer of polystyrene cups and food trays pumped $ 38,535 into the campaign accounts of 14 city politicians in a bid to block...
Mayor de Blasio, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and other «progressive» city politicians are helping Uber snub the disabled, a new ad campaign will charge Monday.
Johnson and other city politicians deserve their problems because they are making it worse by cozying up to the governor against what they view as a weakened, lame - duck mayor.
«Do we want to go back to New York City politicians treating Long Island like an ATM?
The New York Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators is gearing up to mark its 50th anniversary in Albany next weekend, and will be honoring two veteran New York City politicians.
After Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, a slew of city politicians and clergy took to the steps of City Hall in Lower Manhattan to slam his rhetoric as dangerous and xenophobic and say it is unwelcome in the candidate's native New York.
If our state legislators did not give the New York City politicians exactly what they wanted then chaos would ensue as property taxes would skyrocket to make up for the absence of the additional sales tax.
City politicians past and present have come out in support of renaming the Queensboro Bridge in Long Island City after former Mayor Ed Koch, but City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said the bridge's current name is too significant to be changed.
The City's Conflict of Interest Board ruled it improper for the USTA to give free tickets to the U.S. Open to city politicians and employees.
A group of prominent LGBT New York City politicians will endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, along with three city - based LGBT rights groups, the NY Daily News reports.
Other New York City politicians are faring much worse than Bloomberg.
Five New York City politicians — Council members Melissa Mark - Viverito, Rosie Mendez and Fernando Cabrera and state Sens. Jose Serrano and Gustavo Rivera — have asked the parade's board to put guidelines in place to govern marketing sponsorships.
The reform agenda touted by Mr. Cuomo has put the governor at odds, not for the first time, with teachers unions — who have often been allies of Mr. de Blasio and other New York City politicians.
«The New York City politicians who think it will be easy to flip the state Senate and impose their radical agenda on the people of New York should take heed,» Reif said.
The decision came after a slew of city politicians criticized the century - old restaurant and the gun group over the April 12 event.
City politicians circled the wagons around the violence - plagued J'Ouvert celebration, refusing to cancel the annual event, and instead declared it part of Brooklyn's «rich cultural experience.»
Nearly 100 New York City politicians including Mayor Bill de Blasio didn't respond to a questionnaire by Italian - American activists seeking their positions on the preservation of Christopher Columbus statues.
City politicians circled the wagons Thursday around the violence - plagued J'Ouvert celebration, refusing to cancel the annual event — and instead declared it part of Brooklyn's «rich cultural experience.»
After Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for banning Muslims from entering the United States, a slew of city politicians and clergy took the steps of City Hall to slam his rhetoric as dangerous and xenophobic and say it is unwelcome in Mr. Trump's native New York.
The three men emerged and called for unity as they were flanked by various city politicians who endorsed each campaign, including City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who supported Espaillat, and Harlem Councilwoman Inez Dickens, who supported Wright.