Sentences with phrase «democratic council candidate»

Back at the art gallery, Democratic council candidate Peter DiSclafani had already left, and his running mate Michael Koegel was wearily packing up his laptop.

Velázquez Blasts Opponent Gjonaj for Housing Lawsuit Election Ploy Community Board member and Democratic Council candidate warns of efforts by Bronx Assemblyman to cloud troubling real estate ties with pandering supportive housing lawsuit THE BRONX, N.Y. — Mark Gjonaj's housing -LSB-...]

Democratic council candidate Frank Gulluscio (c.) joins community activist Betty Braton (l.) and state Sen. Joseph Addabbo at an intersection in Howard Beach in support of two transportation bills before the Council.

Council Members Rafael Salamanca, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres Endorse Diana Ayala Today, Democratic council candidate Diana Ayala received endorsements from Bronx City Council Members Rafael Salamanca, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres.

The former deputy press secretary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer who resigned after writing inflammatory racial statements on her Facebook profile has been fired from her position as a campaign photographer for Democratic Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain.

Today, Democratic council candidate Diana Ayala received endorsements from Bronx City Council Members Rafael Salamanca, Annabel Palma, and Ritchie Torres.

Golden joined state Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose), Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Democratic Council candidate Isaac Sasson in backing Koo in the race.

The Democratic council candidates are Michael Koegel, owner of Mama's Boy Cafe, and former supervisor Peter DiSclafani, proprietor of Catskill Rose restaurant.

Not exact matches

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, was relentlessly on message following his comments at the Business Council's annual meeting yesterday, stressing repeatedly that the campaign needs to «get back to the issues.»

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Oseloka Obaze, had complained that poll did not take place in Okpoko in Ogbaru and Umudim in Nnewi North council areas of the state.

Democratic state Senate candidate Shelley Mayer on Friday was endorsed by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Westchester and Putnam Counties, her campaign said.

At least one Democratic lawmaker, Sen. Ruben Diaz, now a city Council candidate, is staunchly opposed to abortion.

NYC Councilman David Greenfield is asking the Manhattan Democratic Party to boot a Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rolls.

A reader forwarded this invite to a reception the Queens Democratic Party is hosting on April 23 in honor of Hotel and Motel Trades Council President Peter Ward, whose union broke ranks with its usual progressive labor allies and backed the party's NY - 6 candidate, Assemblywoman Grace Meng, over her main primary rival, Assemblyman Rory Lancman.

Democratic congressional candidate Gareth Rhodes this weekend received the endorsements of two members of the Kingston city Council as he seeks the party's nomination in the Hudson Valley congressional district.

Other potential Democratic candidates include real estate mogul Don Peebles, NYC comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and Christine Quinn, the former council speaker now working for Gov. Cuomo.

Following comments that his city should reject refugees in the way the U.S. interned Japanese - American citizens during World War II the mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, has lost his spot on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's Virginia Leadership Council.

Christine Quinn, former New York City Council speaker and mayoral candidate, who has been a special advisor to Cuomo, and who is vice chair of the State Democratic Party, called Nixon an «unqualified lesbian.»

A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn's mayoral campaign wasted no time in capitalizing on the Democratic candidate's surprise endorsement yesterday from Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the DOMA case that led to one of the historic same - sex marriage rulings by the US Supreme Court yesterday.

Also at 1 p.m., Yonel Sosa, a former NYC Council candidate who was denied the chance to run in the race to replace Julissa Ferreras - Copeland by Assemblyman Francisco Moya and the Queens County Democratic Committee, will announce his endorsement for ex-Sen.

Co-Sponsored by Village Independent Democrats, The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Village Reform Democrats, CODA, Chelsea Reform Democratic Club and DID this forum follows the very successful first round which included candidates for City Council.

The 5th Ward councilman, who is running for council president in the upcoming Democratic Primary in September, is the only candidate running for elected office who is behind on taxes, according to a Times Union analysis of property tax records for all 45 candidates — from Democrats to Conservatives — seeking various city offices this year.

Kathy Hochul, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was joined at an Upper West Side rally today by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of Manhattan Democratic elected officials that included Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assembly Members Keith Wright and Linda Rosenthal, Council Members Dan Garodnick and Inez Dickens and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

Running in a Democratic Primary for the 19th Council District, lobbyist Paul Graziano made a hefty financial contribution to a GOP candidate for city council, SunnCouncil District, lobbyist Paul Graziano made a hefty financial contribution to a GOP candidate for city council, Sunncouncil, Sunny Hahn.

Jimmy Van Bramer, one of the Democratic candidates hoping to succeed Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) on the City Council, earned an endorsement this week from the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents 26,000 New Yorkers in the hospitality industry.

Teamsters Local 237, a union that represents more than 30,000 government workers in the city and parts of Long Island, has thrown its support behind Heidi Harrison Chain, one of five Democratic candidates vying for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) Council seat.

The Latino Victory Fund, a new super PAC co-chaired by Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, endorsed four Democratic candidates for Congress today.

The faces of the Democratic candidates for town council are all new, but the party is still likely to remain in the majority after Election Day.

For this Mayoral Mashup we spoke with Council Member Jimmy Oddo at a mayoral candidate forum hosted by the College of Staten Island, and organized by the Staten Island Democratic Committee, asking one simple question: What do you see as the most important issue that our next mayor will face upon taking office?

At 6 p.m., the Shirley Chisholm Democratic Club hosts a Flatbush Candidate Forum, including City Council members Jumaane Williams and Mathieu Eugene, and acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Salem Missionary Baptist Church, 305 E. 21st St., Brooklyn.

The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council is poised to issue early endorsements in contested Queens Assembly races to candidates backed by the county Democratic Party.

Democratic NYC public advocate candidate Tish James is remaining loyal to the WFP, which propelled her to her City Council seat a decade ago, urging New Yorkers to vote for her on the labor - backed party's ballot line on Nov. 5.

Freeman — who in the 2007 Democratic primary defeated incumbent Albany County Legislator Lucille McKnight on the machine count only to lose by four votes once absentees were tallied — this time held his lead over party - backed candidate Victor Cain for Albany's 2nd Ward Common Council seat.

Democratic mayoral candidate and Albany Common Council President, Carolyn McLaughlin campaigns on Mereline Avenue on Friday night, Sept. 1, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron / Times Union)

Although at the end of last night 14th district City Council candidate Fernando Cabrera had 90 more votes than the incumbent, Maria Baez, Cabrera is not officially the Democratic primary winner.

City Council candidates Cody Horbacz and Stephen Jennings talk with Jefferson County Democratic Party Chairman Ron Cole and Jefferson County Legislature candidate Donna Bohn after the meet - the - candidates luncheon.

Westchester Democratic Chairman Reginald Lafayette, Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson and council candidate John Boykin have all scheduled to appear but were a no show.

Looking at the potential Democratic candidates for mayor in 2013, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn outdistances her closest competitor by 20 percentage points among Democrats citywide.

«There are many good candidates, but Dan is best positioned to unite us behind Bill's progressive agenda and ensure that the Council is an equal partner in government,» Councilman Rory Lancman, an ally of the Queens County Democratic Party, told Politicker.

In the memo that became public last Friday, Sugarman said de Blasio and his team had worked with the New York Hotel Trades Council union, the United Federation of Teachers, and political consultants to channel at least $ 971,000 in 2014 to three upstate Democratic senate candidates.

Cuomo also received the backing of the state's Business Council for in part, his success in working with GOP on cutting taxes and spending, but the governor says he intends to keep his promise to promote Democratic candidates for Senate.

City Council candidate Ruben Wills lost his bid to be on the Democratic ticket for the November election, but that is not stopping him from trying.

The NYC Board of Elections acknowledges that the Bronx Democratic party organization filed petition volumes for its slate of Council candidates incumbents Rafael Salamanca, Vanessa Gibson, Fernando Cabrera, Andy Cohen and Andy King as well as Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and State Sen. Rubén Diaz Sr., judicial delegates, and civil court candidate, Fidel Gomez.

«Nineteen days left,» Democratic City Council candidate Frank Gulluscio told a supporter who greeted him as he entered Sapienza Bagels and Deli in Howard Beach last Thursday for a buttered sesame bagel and coffee, referring to the scant time remaining before the Nov. 3 general election.

Former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, the only announced Democratic candidate for mayor, was joined on the panel by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, current comptroller John Liu and public advocate Bill de Blasio.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Contested City Council Democratic primary races in three Bronx districts pose strongly pro-LGBTQ candidates against opponents who either have long anti-gay and anti-choice records or have aligned themselves with such politicians.

Dionisio, who has also been endorsed by the Independence Party, will run against the winner of a Democratic primary between Chris Rodier, the town Democratic Party endorsed candidate, and Stout, who was appointed by an all - Republican council in January following former Councilman Joe Canella's resignation to become a town justice.

The comments came after City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the leading Democratic mayoral candidate and a usual ally of the mayor, last week threw her support behind a bill that would create a new inspector general for the NYPD, who would be charged with overseeing police policies, like the controversial stop - and - frisk practice.

For the first time in at least eight years, Harrison's Democratic Committee will not run a full slate of Town Council candidates in the upcoming November election.