Sentences with phrase «council seat currently»

Corey Johnson, seen here with Congressman Jerry Nadler, who has endorsed him, is seeking the Council seat currently held by Speaker Christine Quinn.

«As many of you know, I have been preparing for a campaign for the City Council seat currently held by Speaker Quinn,» he said.

Today we continue our series of interviews with the candidates running for the District 1 City Council seat currently held by Alan Gerson.

Austin Shafran is campaigning full - time for the City Council seat currently held by Dan Halloran.

These are just two examples of easily avoidable types of problems that District Leader Frank Gulluscio, who won the Democratic primary last month for the City Council seat currently held by Eric A. Ulrich, state Senator Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach), and local community activist Betty Braton say could be avoided in the future if two bills currently before the New York City Council are passed.

Not exact matches

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

Powers, a former Chief of Staff in the Assembly, is running for the East Side Council seat held currently by the term - limited Daniel Garodnick.

The race is especially intriguing in that it may turn out to be one of the more expensive contests for a Council seat: the four mentioned are currently among the top 25 candidates by spending.

Brian Simon, the executive assistant for U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - Jamaica), told TimesLedger Newspapers Wednesday that he has dropped out of the race for the 27th Council District, the seat currently held by Leroy Comrie (D - St.

Predictions by polling experts that Labour could lose up to 150 council seats proved well wide of the mark, with Labour currently down just 23.

De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.

The candidates, who are vying for the 28th City Council District seat, currently held by Councilman Thomas White -LSB-...]

(Two Council seats are currently vacant.)

City Council, District 2: The race for the seat currently held by Margarita López on the Lower East Side, the East Village, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay and parts of Murray Hill hotly contested, with as many as 11 candidates.

National security consultant John Godwin is entering the race for Tampa City Council District 2, the citywide seat currently held by Councilmember Charlie Miranda.

Maryland: Bill Barry, Baltimore City Council District 3 — 622 (16.81 %) 2nd of 3 Douglas Armstrong, Baltimore City Council District 14 — 392 (10.31 %) 2nd of 2 Christine Nagle, College Park City Council District 1 — 296 — Currently second out of 3 running for 2 seats.

One of the 10 «open» City Council seat races is taking place on the East Side of Manhattan, in District 2, currently represented by Rosie Mendez, who is term - limited out of office.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

Iannece had already run for the City Council in 2009, when he was defeated in the Democratic primary and ultimately lost his bid for the seat currently held by Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone).

Officials from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development were put in the hot seat Thursday at a marathon City Council oversight hearing to answer questions related to the beleaguered city housing program that is currently under investigation.

There are currently only 13 women in the 51 - seat New York City Council, a troubling 25 percent.

Ayala has also received the support of her former boss and mentor, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who currently holds the seat and is term - limited at the end of 2017.

His brother, Paul, ran for the Council in northeast Queens in 2009, and is said to be seriously considering a run again for the seat currently held by Republican Dan Halloran.

EffectiveNY, with Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, recently launched the «21 in «21» initiative to elect at least 21 women Council Members in 2021 (there are currently 13 in the 51 - seat Council).

All of the evidence is that they'll do much, much better in seats that they currently hold and in which they have significant campaigning infrastructure (see Lord Ashcroft's marginal polling and Rob Hayward's reflection on council results).

At 6 p.m. Wednesday, the Bronx Chronicle will host a forum for candidates for the 8th council district, an open seat currently held by Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

The Alaska Judicial Council is currently accepting applications to fill the seat of Justice Warren W. Matthews, who retires on April 5, 2009.