Sentences with phrase «public advocate candidate bill»

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More interesting will be what the top tier candidates like NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn, Bill Thompson and NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio say.

Other potential Democratic mayoral candidates include city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

This, they said, will create a more level playing field for potential candidates like Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Comptroller John Liu (D - Queens) and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (D - Brooklyn).

Over the weekend, Dan Padernacht, the candidate who had refused to heed Samuels» call and pressure from a plethora of Rivera backers (WFP, 1199, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, state Demoratic Party Executive Director Charlie King et al) to quit the race, finally decided to throw in the towel, saying King had played a key role in helping him get there.

Speaking to various operatives involved in the race — usually off - the - record or on - background — three central arguments emerged: Mr. Weiner would hurt Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Council Speaker Chris Quinn or, possibly, no candidate at all.

In a show of unity, the trio was flanked by a swarm of elected officials who had endorsed both candidates, including State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr., City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, State Senators Bill Perkins and Gustavo Rivera, Assemblymembers Marcos Crespo, Mark Gjonaj and Luis Sepulveda, and Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilmembers Ydanis Rodríguez, Inez Dickins, Mark Levine, and Andrew Cohen, and Public Advocate Letitia James.

The New York Post's David Seifman reported Sunday that developers left without a candidate in the 2013 mayoral race after the demise of Rep Anthony Weiner might support Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

«They've helped to destroy successful schools across the city of New York,» Thompson said during a panel discussion on education policy at NYU, hosted by the New York City Working Group on School Transformation, which also featured Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio who are presumptive candidates for mayor.

(Schneiderman spoke at a press conference with New York City Public Advocate, and mayoral candidate, Bill de Blasio pushing for theft - deterring «kill switches» in smart phones.)

But Lhota would face a much tougher fight against a Democrat were the election held today, according to the poll, losing by a margin of at least a 3 - 1 against any of the top three candidates: 62 - 17 to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, 55 — 19 to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and 57 — 17 to former City Comptroller Bill Thompson.

So far, the following candidates have confirmed: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller Bill Thompson and former Councilman Sal Albanese.

Public advocate Bill de Blasio is surging ahead in the money race among presumptive mayoral candidates.

Public Advocate (and potential mayoral candidate) Bill de Blasio also praised the move, as did several hunger advocacy groups.

On the Democratic side, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has so far counted a little over 40 percent of the primary vote, seemingly enough to avoid a runoff with the second place candidate, former Comptroller William Thompson.

In this case, the rest of the names happen to be black: mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, public advocate candidate Letitia James, Brooklyn district attorney candidate Ken Thompson and Brooklyn borough president candidate Eric Adams.

In the overall race, after Quinn at 25 % and Weiner at 16 %, former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio both stand at 14 %, with the remaining Democratic candidates in single digits and nearly one in five undecided.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. Liu.

Comptroller John Liu and public advocate Bill de Blasio are also considered possible candidates.

Bloomberg dismissed that criticism and slammed the other expected candidates, which include Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, his 2009 challenger Bill Thompson and City Comptroller John Liu.

That put him just behind Quinn's $ 1.32 million and well ahead of other candidates, including Stringer, former Comptroller Bill Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

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.

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John Liu.

City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, a mayoral candidate, noted in January that many working parents have to choose whether to go to work or stay home and lose a day's pay when a when a child gets sick.

Three other possible candidates, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former comptroller Bill Thompson, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Working Families Party officials have been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating the party's ties to a company that provided campaign assistance to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Council Member Debi Rose and other city candidates, court records show.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn has slipped into third place among the Democratic candidates for mayor, while New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio leads the field and former Comptroller Bill Thompson is within striking distance, according to an amNewYork - News 12 poll released Thursday.

But Schneiderman has gone above and beyond the efforts of his rivals, sending out multiple e-mails (I've seen one from NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and another from NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio before the coup de grace appeal from the candidate himself).

That model has been upended in the past few months, as New Yorkers, in something of a post-therapeutic moment, have been braced by jarringly detailed disclosures about the marriages of one Democratic mayoral hopeful (Public Advocate Bill de Blasio) and one likely candidate (former Rep. Anthony Weiner).

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

Three prospective mayoral candidates called on Lopez to resign Friday, without hesitating or qualifying their remarks: Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer («he should step down immediately»), City Council Speaker Christine Quinn («Because of the seriousness of these findings, Vito Lopez should immediately resign») and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio («Today's findings have serious implications... It is time for him to resign»).

The days when New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio was a long - shot mayoral candidate are over.

In fact, it was the Democratic mayoral candidates — former Congressman Anthony Weiner, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — who slept in a Harlem public housing complex overnight this wePublic Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn — who slept in a Harlem public housing complex overnight this wepublic housing complex overnight this weekend.

Public Advocate and rival candidate Bill de Blasio seized on the news to call for Weiner to drop out of the race.

LICH employees have been given «notice of the imminent closure» of the Cobble Hill hospital, Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio said in a statement.

They say in private that they are looking for an alternative to the well - known roster of candidates who have begun to jockey for position, among them the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, and the public advocate, Bill de Blasio.

Rebecca Katz, a spokeswoman for Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, said the presumptive mayoral candidate has also been hard at work, with as many as 10 events over the weekend and through the filing deadline.

As the Democratic NYC mayoral candidates fight to claim the «progressive» mantle heading into the September primary, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has received the seal of approval from a well - known national liberal: Former Vermont Governor / presidential contender Howard Dean.

Another approach comes from Public Advocate Bill DeBlasio, who is also a mayoral candidate, leading one of the most recent polls of the candidates in the Democratic primary.

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.

Explaining why he didn't want to weigh in on the matter, he pointed to one of the Democratic candidates, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and his role as Clinton's campaign manager in Hillary Clinton's first bid for the U.S. Senate in 2000.

Meanwhile, potential candidates City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio declined to discuss with the Journal whether they would settle there if elected.

I asked both candidates whether they have asked the current Public Advocate, and Democratic mayoral candidate, Bill de Blasio for his endorsement.

Other potential candidates listed include Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, City Comptroller John Liu, William Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Public Advocate and mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio has stepped into the debate after parents from the school reached out to him.

The New York Times / Siena College Poll shows public advocate Bill De Blasio, a Democrat, leading the pack in the race for New York City mayor... Pollster Steve Greenberg says De Blasio has opened up a significant lead over the other candidates.

This past fall, the runoffs for two races of City Comptroller and Public Advocate saw quite low turnout and the eventual winners were the two candidates who had garnered the most in the first round (John Liu and Bill de Blasio, respectively).

If Kelly's decision to absent himself from the run proves true, it will be good news for the Democrats poised to make the race, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, former mayoral candidate William Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

In the September 10 Democratic primary, she will face off against Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., the 2009 Democratic candidate, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

Several other politicians joined in the parade, including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

For the most part, however, all the candidates — Quinn and Albanese, as well as public advocate Bill de Blasio, comptroller John Liu, former Bronx borough president Adolfo Carrion, and former comptroller Bill Thompson — focused on contrasting themselves with Mayor Bloomberg.