Sentences with phrase «unlike other councils»

Unlike other councils, the city's has been leaderless for over a year and despite accounting for half of the state's population, it has been passed over for three years.

Not exact matches

Unlike other English local authorities, the Corporation has two council bodies: the (now largely ceremonial) Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Ccouncil bodies: the (now largely ceremonial) Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common CouncilCouncil.

Unlike those others, Marlin is not a member of the council, but was there by «special invitation.»

Unlike the other candidates, the committee he raises money through — the Vote Green Syracuse committee — divvies up funds between Hawkins and three Common Council candidates.

But unlike some of the others — including Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker; Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; and Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president — he is not an elected official and has not been seen as much in public.

Unlike a garden party at Buckingham Palace where Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip mingle amidst the guests, de Blasio and McCray spoke to those assembled from a stage and slipped away afterwards without meeting guests other than the most high - powered, including City Council members and the mayor's own commissioners.

Greenfield represents Brooklyn's 44th Council District which includes the neighborhoods of Midwood, Borough Park and Bensonhurst, and unlike those appointed to head other key panels such as Finance Committee chair Julissa Ferreras, he isn't a member of the labor - backed Progressive Caucus.

«I intend to live in Gracie Mansion not because it's an upgrade from my current apartment (unlike this Mayor's), but because it will maximize my efficiency to hold late night and early morning meetings with staff, business leaders, community leaders, Council members and other key stakeholders in our city's future,» he said in a statement.

But unlike other stakeholders, the Council member gets the privilege of speaking for his or her entire 51 - member body in exercising their veto power.

Discussing proposed reforms at the Baruch forum, the speaker candidates were most tepid on this last category, which — unlike proposals for decentralizing power from the speaker to the other members — would instead require sacrifice on the part of the Council's rank and file.

Unlike the situation in Newton, there is basically no restriction on the evidence that can be called before the Tribunal... The Tribunal has representatives from other Métis Settlements and that fact combined with its statutory mandate indicates that less, as opposed to more, deference is due to the decision of a Council at least as regards an issue involving desent of Metis Title under under the Land Policy.