Sentences with phrase «democratic city elected official»

But in what is the first significant break between the mayor and a prominent Democratic city elected official, Mr. Stringer doubled down on the issue today.

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He's worked with dozens of Democratic elected officials and campaigns including for Rep. Alan Grayson (D - FL), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - NY), Congressman Charlie Rangel (D - NY), New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative raCity Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative racity council and state legislative races.

«She's talking about it,» a former city Democratic elected official admitted to Newsmax over the weekend, saying the idea has not been dismissed by the former first lady's inner circle.

About His Support:... has been endorsed by a host of LGBT organizations and elected officials including all four major LGBT democratic clubs in New York City, and New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn...

Mr. Cuomo has avoided the campaign trail while Ms. Hochul has campaigned furiously, stumping with Democratic elected officials — and even Mr. de Blasio's wife — in New York City where voters do not know her.

Democratic elected officials aligned with the city and state teachers unions see charters as a thinly - veiled, well - moneyed effort to erode job protections for teachers.

Governor Cuomo, his democratic running mate Kathy Hochul and other women's rights advocates spoke to a cheering crowd of union members and local elected officials, as part of a three city upstate bus tour to promote a 10 point women's rights plan.

In addition to electing club officers and executive committees, members of New York Democratic clubs are extremely influential in nominating and electing unpaid party officials known as District Leaders and members of the New York State Democratic Committee, as well as Democratic legislators at the City, State and federal level.

But Stringer had the backing of the Democratic political machines that include nearly all of the city's elected officials and unions.

«In this city, raising taxes is generally abhorrent to elected officials and there are no strong feelings against foreign investment,» said George Arzt, a veteran Democratic political consultant.

While he used to represent the same district, it changed after a 2000 redistricting process to what Schumer called one of the most conservative in the city, despite having a 3 to 1 ratio of Democrats to Republicans and a long history of Democratic elected officials.

Prominent labor union leaders and elected officials in New York City will hold a fundraiser on Wednesday for Democratic Assembly candidate Yuh - Line Niou.

Becoming The new Bronx County Democratic chair: $ 100,000 + (the 2008 campaign) Securing Endorsements from the Bronx BP, Rev. Al Sharpton, a slew of Elected Officials and Unions to topple Nelson Castro: $ 500,000 Getting Spanked: getting yours and your cronies» asses handed to you by the Nelson Castro community, and being called a «LOSER» by City Hall News: Priceless!

No city or statewide elected official — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, the entire City Council and most of the borough presidents — or labor union has thoroughly resisted the reality of a breakaway Democratic conference aiding Republiccity or statewide elected official — Mayor Bill de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, the entire City Council and most of the borough presidents — or labor union has thoroughly resisted the reality of a breakaway Democratic conference aiding RepublicCity Council and most of the borough presidents — or labor union has thoroughly resisted the reality of a breakaway Democratic conference aiding Republicans.

A decade ago, labor groups and Democratic elected officials staunchly opposed the expansion of big - box retailers like Walmart into New York City given the company's anti-union policies.

We reached out to the remaining members of The Mount Vernon City Council, Council President Roberta Apuzzo (D), Acting President Pro Tem, Marcus A. Griffith (D), and Deborah Reynolds (D) as well as The Commissioner of the Westchester Board of Election and Westchester Democratic Chairman, Reggie Lafayette (who I believe is also Mt. Vernon Democratic Chairman as well - sound like a conflict of interest to me, but I digress) and other local elected officials who have yet to respond to our request for a comment.

Several prominent Democratic elected officials and voting reform advocates on Tuesday assembled outside City Hall to call for instant runoff voting in citywide primary elections.

The plan received swift blowback from elected officials, especially in the heavily Democratic city.

Ortiz is a past president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, the state's largest LGBTQ political club that works with elected officials in all five boroughs and is active in policy advocacy at City Hall and in Albany.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Even as the September 10 Democratic primary spelled defeat for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, New York's leading LGBT elected official, the results catapulted three gay men into roles as rising political stars.

Bailey had a wide array of influential elected officials endorsements including Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, New York City Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Congressman Eliot Engel, Assemblyman and Bronx Democratic County Chair Marcos Crespo, Outgoing State Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson, Mount Vernon City Councilman André Wallace, Assembly members Michael Benedetto, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Mark Gjonaj, Luis Sepulveda and Latoya Joyner.

In the overwhelmingly Democratic city where every elected official is a Democrat, Ethier said it would be nearly impossible for any candidate to win without the committee's backing.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

At 12:30 p.m., Syracuse Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams will be joined by local elected officials to talk about moving the city forward and what is at stake in this election, Delaware Elementary School, 900 S. Geddes St., Syracuse.

During the race for the Democratic nomination in the 11th Council District, Koppell repeatedly used Cassino's support for Bloomberg as a counter-weight to his attacks on Koppell's efforts to overturn the two - term limit (imposed after two citywide referendums) for the city's elected officials.

ATLANTA — There are two New York City elected officials running for Democratic National Committee offices here Saturday.

BROOKLYN, NY — Several elected officials are quietly lobbying New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Kings County Democratic Party leadership to appoint NYC Public Advocate and Brooklyn native Letitia James, currently serving as the city's highest - ranking watchdog, as the interim Brooklyn District Attorney, Kings County Politics has learned.

In New York City, where most elected seats are guaranteed to be Democratic, the county committee vote effectively decides the winner of most special elections, and is part of the pipeline of party operatives and officials.

Control boards, like the one appointed to oversee New York City's finances in the mid-1970s, take power from elected officials, are at odds with democratic accountability and often let banks and creditors off the hook with unfairly favorable terms.

She had the backing of the Queens County Democratic Party organization, the most powerful of the city's political machines, which put her in the speaker's chair back in early 2006; and more than 50 elected officials as well as a host of celebrities and activists.

De La Rosa, who released her campaign platform at the end of August, is being backed by a significant group of Democratic elected officials, including Sen. Espaillat and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Today's parade features elected officials like City Councilman Jumaane Williams and Democratic candidate for New York State Governor Cynthia Nixon.

Other elected officials who attended were United States Senator Charles Schumer, NYS Senator Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Michael Benedetto, New York City Councilman James Vacca, NYS Democratic State Committeeman Joe McManus and Bill Weitz and Democratic District Leaders Marco Sierra, Andrea Siegel and John Collazzi.

No elected officials openly mentioned Hou's indictment, but members of the Democratic Party have privately expressed doubt about how Liu could seek the top spot in City Hall.

These allegations and other issues will be the focus of a Senate Democratic Conference forum July 18 in New York City, spearheaded by Senator Tony Avella and other elected officials calling for stricter scrutiny of the DEC's relationship with the oil and gas industry.