Sentences with phrase «democrat than the mayor»

Mr. Cuomo has historically been a more moderate Democrat than the mayor, especially on fiscal issues, but he's raised the minimum wage in the past and over the last year he has heavily leaned into the $ 15 movement, a major priority of the progressive wing of the Democratic party that he has locally named for his late father, Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Not exact matches

The fact that politics in New York is largely dominated by Democrats these days, more so than it has been in 20 years when you had Republican governors and mayors, does not mean all is well.

When that effort proved abortive, the mayor endorsed the Republican, Gov. George E. Pataki, rather than Mr. Cuomo's then - bitter Democrat rival, H. Carl McCall.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

For more than 30 years, New York City charged a reasonable, minuscule income tax — 0.45 % — on approximately 800,000 suburban workers who make daily use of our city's roads, subways, police and other services.Over the strenuous objections of then - mayor Rudy Giuliani, Silver strong - armed his own Democratic members and ended up making an alliance with Republican members to kill the tax — not for any rational reason, but simply to boost the political prospects of an obscure suburban Democrat who was trying to win a Senate seat in a special election.

Between appearing at fund - raisers and dispatching City Hall staff to work on individual races, the Democratic mayor pushed hard for his party to take over the Senate — a lot harder, notably, than the state's top Democrat, Andrew Cuomo.

The mayor bet wrong in that contest, as the Democrats ended up winning the majority for the first time in more than four decades.

HARTFORD — Democrat Luke Bronin has raised more than a million dollars in his bid to be Hartford's next mayor.

One year after NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio publicly unloaded on Cuomo for what he said was the deliberate thwarting of his agenda — an act of «revenge,» according to the mayor — the relationship between the state's two highest Democrats is worse than ever.

State Democratic Party Executive Director Basil A. Smikle Jr. suggested NYC Mayor Bil de Blasio's allegation that the investigation into his 2014 fundraising for the Senate Democrats is politically motivation is «nothing more than a political smoke screen created by the mayor.»

The mayor and the Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, accepted the one - year extension, which was much shorter than the seven - year term the mayor had originally requested and the three years that the Assembly had supported.

De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan defended the timing of the solicitation, claiming Hizzoner «has received more low - dollar contributions from individual, everyday New Yorkers than any candidate for mayor — Democrat or Republican — in more than two decades.

Ms Ward has a 1,151 majority over the Liberal Democrats (who run the council with an elected mayor), but the Conservatives are in a very strong third place - less than 1,000 votes behind the Lib Dems with 29.6 % of the vote.

Turnbull also argued that Democrats deserve credit for saving taxpayers money by fighting to renovate, rather than replace, the county Government Center, and that Jeff Berkman — a Middletown legislator who preceded him as minority leader — had pushed with Middletown's Democratic mayor, Joe DeStefano, to extend the county's Heritage Trail through Middletown.

Civil rights groups, including the Legal Aid Society and tghe New York Civil Liberties Union, have criticized de Blasio, a Democrat, for interpreting the state's decades - old police - officer - secrecy law, known as 50 - a of the Civil Rights Law, more strictly than any mayor in history.

But peripheral as the Republican contest has been, it is also worth pointing out that New Yorkers haven't elected a Democrat as mayor in more than 20 years.

Liberal politicians who back the mayor still want to be seen as pro-police and pro-tech industry; the playbook in those scenarios is less apparent than when Republicans threaten to defund Planned Parenthood and Democrats rally to denounce anyone who's not pro-choice.

Former Houston mayor Bill White, a Democrat, has a more than $ 3 million cash advantage over Texas Gov. Rick Perry, right.

And it is that ambition that could see Flanagan become even more of a thorn in the side of de Blasio and an opponent of his agenda than even his predecessor, Skelos, who carried a major grudge after the mayor's 2014 attempt to win the Senate for Democrats.

Virtually all of the city's top Democrats (Cuomo, AG Schneiderman, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, etc.) were at Espaillat's event other than the mayor.

I've had the pleasure of working with Mayor Palmer, Mayor Nickels, Mayor Diaz — and many others in this room — through our coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which now includes more than 240 mayors from all around the country — Republicans, Democrats, and independents.