Sentences with phrase «council speaker over»

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The speaker, who is term - limited from running for re-election, has been one of the most prolific fundraisers on the Council this year, including a $ 15,000 haul over the last filing period.

De Blasio and Rep. Joe Crowley, the Queens Democratic Party chairman, clashed over the selection of a new NYC Council speaker.

Today Melissa Mark - Viverito was elected speaker of the New York City Council, prevailing over Council Member Dan Garodnick in what was initially a seven person contest.

In 2014, he was still a new mayor, one who had ridden into City Hall on a hard progressive platform and a 73 percent electoral tsunami, who had installed the Council speaker of his choice and built a line of political credit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo by securing him support from liberal groups over the summer.

Mr. Duane, who was a pivotal figure during the recent battle over same - sex marriage, said that he had only begun to think seriously about retiring a few weeks ago, around the time that he and his longtime partner, Louis Webre, attended the wedding of Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and his former chief of staff, and Kim M. Catullo.

Per the governor's executive order, the outside party must be chosen in 60 days by a unanimous vote of de Blasio, the City Council speaker and the head of a citywide coalition of tenant presidents, who happen to be suing the mayor's administration over conditions at the housing authority.

Ten open seats on the City Council will be up for grabs come November, and new leadership, including a council speaker and a chair of the powerful Land Use Committee, will takCouncil will be up for grabs come November, and new leadership, including a council speaker and a chair of the powerful Land Use Committee, will takcouncil speaker and a chair of the powerful Land Use Committee, will take over.

Quinn held a strong advantage over Weiner as recently as May 22, when a Quinnipiac University survey showed the city council speaker in the top spot at 25 % among registered Democrats and Weiner behind at 15 %.

As a legislative leader, the speaker's position entails balancing grand plans with the local needs of 50 other Council members, for whom the parochial concerns of their residents on matters such as tree planting and garbage pickup can take precedence over sweeping changes to the fabric of government.

The speaker of the New York City Council is crying foul over a trade the New York Yankees just completed for a scandal - scarred relief pitcher.

Representative Joseph Crowley, the chairman of the Queens committee, and State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, the power behind the Bronx committee, are still irked over the outcome of the last Council speaker race, when their candidate, Mr. Garodnick, was defeated by the liberal coalition and the mayor's maneuvering.

With Mark - Viverito leaving and the next speaker's race underway, the mayor is poised to win reelection — but the honeymoon is over and many City Council members want a speaker who can stand up to him.

The City Council and the de Blasio administration are currently in negotiations over another criminal justice proposal outlined by the speaker at this time last year, when she called for a change in how the city handles summonses for low - level, non-violent quality of life offenses.

According to a New York Times profile, Nixon sent Baldwin an email, encouraging him to publicly pick de Blasio over Christine Quinn, then the speaker of the City Council.

BY DUNCAN OSBORNE One thing was said over and over again about Corey Johnson as the City Council convened to elect its new speaker — the 35 - year - old works hard.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» former City Council speaker Christine Quinn told the New York Post Tuesday, referring to Nixon's decision to endorse Bill de Blasio over herself in the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

It may seem like campaign season is over in the city, but one is just getting started; Election Day was the unofficial start of the race for city council speaker — and some of the candidates are heading out of town to kick it off.

While all of the Democratic candidates have proposed reforms to the policy, frontrunners Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker: and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sparred over the substance of how the controversial policy would change under their watch.

Mark - Viverito's comments were a departure for the speaker, who was elected to her leadership post with the mayor's help and who has been criticized for the administration's perceived level of influence over the Council.

Quinn, who presided over her final Council meeting after nearly eight years as speaker, declined comment other than to wish the next speaker well.

First elected to the Council in 1999 ---- in a special election to fill Tom Duane's seat representing the West Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen after he was elected to the State Senate ---- Quinn has held tight reins over the Council's agenda as speaker while forging a working partnership with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Criticism of Quinn over the sick leave issue sparked spirited applause at the March 20 LGBT forum, but the tableau presented at City Hall on March 29 ---- with the speaker surrounded by more than a dozen Council members, major labor leaders, and fired up members of both 32BJ and Make the Road New York, a social justice organization ---- provided a striking contrast with the week before.

She fought a politically agile campaign to win over borough party leaders and her fellow members, thereby securing a victory over her main opponent, de Blasio, to become the Council's first openly gay, first female, and first non-married speaker.

As for specifics, a good public advocate is someone who is accessible (she answers emails within 10 minutes), someone whom the people can go to for support, a person with enough good sense and moral fiber to investigate and process our complaints from across this great city, someone unafraid to lock horns with the speaker, and of course, to fearlessly preside over the entire council.

Common Cause Executive Director Susan Lerner took aim at four City Council speaker candidates over the perceived slight.

Christine Quinn, the former City Council speaker who unsuccessfully battled Bill de Blasio for the Democratic mayoral nomination in 2013, is about two weeks away from taking over as head of a homeless service provider, Women in Need (WIN).

A relatively little - known lawmaker before her election as speaker, she faced serious doubts among the city's political elites about her ability to wield power over the Council's unruly body, and to stand up to the mayor.

Kasirer is equally wired with the council and said she is a «very of big fan» of Speaker Corey Johnson and had campaigned for him to take over the speaker role.

But closing Rikers has gained political momentum over the last few days since the Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, endorsed in her State of the City address the idea of mothballing the unloved complex that covers the more than 400 - acre island, and replacing it with an archipelago of neighborhood jails.

But the speaker, Cynthia G. Brown, the director of the resource center on educational equity for the Council of Chief State School Officers, highlighted the division in the special - education community over how to amend the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark 1975 federal law.

Jordan Brooks from the White House Council on Women's and Girls did an incredible job in such a short time, pulling together over 100 speakers and 5,000 women in one venue for women's equality centered on six pillar topics.