Sentences with phrase «labor party officials»

Labor Party officials employed a market research firm to conduct the polling, telling voters that Tate was the Labor mayor of Newcastle, when in fact he was not.

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The Working Families Party, along with a host of sympathetic labor groups and officials, will hold a rally in New York City at noon tomorrow on the steps of City Hall to push for a Democratic majority in the state Senate.

Rivera's backers, including NRI's Bill Samuels, the WFP, labor leaders and state Democratic Party officials are trying to get Padernacht to bow out.

«Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon is the latest prominent (at least in some circles) New Yorker to appear in a video pushing Row E (AKA the Working Families Party) as part of the labor - backed party's effort to attract 50,000 votes in the governor's race and retain its official ballot stParty) as part of the labor - backed party's effort to attract 50,000 votes in the governor's race and retain its official ballot stparty's effort to attract 50,000 votes in the governor's race and retain its official ballot status.

That was evident in the wake of Cuomo's latest minimum wage proposal, which was hailed by his allies in 1199 SIEU and HTC, (which happen to provide funding to the labor - backed party), but deemed not good enough in an official WFP statement.

Ms. Velázquez did not immediately return request for comment, but sources close to the race for the overwhelmingly Democratic and liberal district see a divide between elected officials close to the Working Families Party, which has endorsed Mr. Sikora, and others that owe less to the labor - backed pParty, which has endorsed Mr. Sikora, and others that owe less to the labor - backed partyparty.

Although Labor came up two seats short of official party status in the legislature, Newman promised that Labor would be «properly resourced as an opposition».

Also tonight, de Blasio and NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray will attend the United Federation of Teachers holiday party, and host a holiday party at Gracie Mansion for elected officials, community and labor leaders, and senior members of the Administration.

Labor unions have urged Democratic officials and the Working Families Party to withdraw their backing of McMahon in the wake of his vote.

The labor - backed party eventually went with Lancman (I believe this is official and the Wilson Pakula was issued yesterday), though one of its major affiliates — the Hotel and Motel Trades Council — endorsed Meng just yesterday.

DiNapoli is well - liked in the Democratic Party and has been rapidly collecting endorsements from labor unions and fellow elected officials.

But there are also a confluence of events that are leading to an estrangement between the WFP and Democratic elected officials in New York and a broader political split between labor and the activist groups that historically were the two backbones of the party.

A reformer who won the lion's share of labor endorsements in the race, including that of the Working Families Party, Torres was supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera, who ousted disgraced and jailed incumbent Pedro Espada, Jr. in 2010, as well as by the Bronx's most popular elected official, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (who has broken with his father on social issues like LGBT rights and marriage equality).

Those three elected officials will be voting a straight ticket for the Working Families Party, they pledged today in a video released by the labor - backed WFP today.

Back in March, officials at the city's department of education informed Jill Bloomberg, the principal at the secondary school Park Slope Collegiate in Brooklyn, that she was under investigation for political organizing during school hours on behalf of the Progressive Labor Party.