Sentences with phrase «city union allied»

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In its effort to unionize flight attendants at JetBlue, the Transport Workers Union has found an uncommon array of allies — top New York City and state officials led by Cuomo.

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The New York Civil Liberties Union also opposed the convention, making them unlikely allies with the city's police unions.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is seen as a close ally of the mayor, walked a more cautious line, but said that Bloomberg's hostile relationship with the teachers union had become counter-productive.

City officials in the state capital have been focusing as well on the concerns of individual Democratic members of the Assembly — partly to please Mr. Heastie — while also laying out their priorities to unions and other allies who can carry that message for them.

Quinn, a close ally of the mayor, stood out this week as the only major Democratic contender who did not joint the teachers union on the steps of City Hall to call for a moratorium on school closures and co-locations.

In New York City, allies of Mr. Bloomberg have organized such groups to lobby for the mayor's proposals on congestion pricing, charter schools and other issues, often in opposition to the municipal labor unions.

De Blasio's nonprofit took in $ 200,000 from a food - service union on the same day a mayoral ally in the City Council submitted legislation to protect the union workers» jobs.

Another big union spender last year was the Communication Workers of America District 1, a close ally of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who led a fundraising effort to win Democratic control of the state Senate.

De Blasio's allies accuse the governor of being disingenuous, that it was Cuomo who wielded the bellows with construction unions and Republicans — and that the governor had the power all along to craft more city - friendly bargains if he'd been interested.

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.

But Moskowitz had already waged war against the union in a series of contentious City Council hearings, and the union resolved to defeat her bid for higher office, supporting her competitors and enlisting its allies in organized labor.

And one of City Hall's most reliable and influential allies — the United Federation of Teachers — shied away from the fight again this year since the union is one of the very groups that does not support the current system.

A Heastie spokesman did not rule out the introduction of a new bill to address the situation, but said the Assembly first wants to see the outcome of a lawsuit seeking to block the rules brought last week by the city and state teacher unions, who are powerful allies to the Assembly Dems.

-- New York State Building Trades Council — The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Workers Union — District 15 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers — United Food and Commercial Workers — The New York State Pipe Trades Association — The New York State Council of Sheet Metal Workers — District Councils Four and Nine of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades — Building and Construction Trades Council of New York City

In the waning days of the administration, Bloomberg's City Hall was so eager to appease a union that it thought might be an ally in the Midtown East rezoning effort, that it channeled millions of dollars in subsidies to a developer in Staten Island so he could build a project there that will end up using entirely that same union's labor.

«I think you've got a legal nightmare,» said Jack Kittle, political director of District Council 9 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, who said the bill would become just another barrier to development in the city, and would hinder job creation.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.

Norman Seabrook — whom one tabloid dubbed as the «Ferragamo - loving, indicted and ousted president of the city correction - officers union» — is described as in hot water over charges he embezzled Correction Officers Benevolent Association funds to support his extravagant lifestyle and to reward allies.

Cuomo has attempted to take the wind out of de Blasio's proposal, which is backed by unions and their Democratic allies in the Legislature and on the City Council, by proposing to provide some funding for pre-K statewide without raising taxes.

Mr. Cuomo — whom I consider an ally, despite some differences of opinion — ought to use his substantial, hard - earned political capital to convene the Legislature, the state comptroller, and union and business leaders for an honest conversation about the multiple fiscal pressures confronting our cities.

The property service workers union has been closely allied with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on issues such as zoning and 421a over the past year.

De Blasio's ostensible allies among the Senate Democrats are more aligned with the teachers» union view that mayoral control gives parents and local school boards too little power over city schools.

Mr. Dorancy also has the support of 1199 SEIU, a union close to Mr. de Blasio and his allies in the City Council's Progressive Caucus.

Mayor Bill de Blasio tapped union allies and his under - fire fundraising entity, Campaign for One New York, to push through the administration's affordable housing plan in the City Council, according to filings that will be provided to the state.

Contract talks between the Chicago Board of Education and the Chicago Teachers Union were expected to resume on Monday after thousands of Chicago's teachers walked off of the job overnight in what has become a national test pitting a Democrat - controlled city against unionized former allies.