Sentences with phrase «council minority party leader»

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Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

The party accused the Haggerty faction of ignoring a TRO and holding an «unlawful meeting» at which former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene was elected chairman.

Traditionally, the council's minority leader makes their own speech to the council laying out legislative priorities and usually outlining an opposition viewpoint to the party in power.

Ellison, a darling of the party's left wing, had received the support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who he had backed for president in the 2016 primary — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, an array of liberal organizations like the WFP, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council.

The Common Council «rule» which defines the minority leader as the head of the non-majority Party with the second largest number of members is hardly clear.

Former Republican Minority Leader Al Teetsel, who opted to take time off from the council in 2009 is seeking to return to his First Ward seat with endorsements from the Republican and Conservative parties.