Sentences with phrase «york city mayor»

Legislators have seven weeks before they are set to adjourn for the year, and are expected to renew or modify laws that grant the New York City mayor control of schools, provide rent control for thousands of apartments and subsidize real estate development.

Rounding out the straw poll results were former House speaker Newt Gingrich at 10 percent, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee at seven percent, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford at four percent, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani at three percent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at two percent, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist at one percent.

He held an awkward news conference pledging to stay in the New York City mayor's race last week just after the disclosure he exchanged more lewd text messages with another woman — the same kind of scandal that cost him his congressional seat.

Cuomo had blamed New York City mayor Bill de Blasio for presenting a 421 - a plan — blessed by the machers of real estate but blasted by most labor unions — in the session's final weeks.

So did New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Republican - turned - independent.

The poll's release comes one day after a spokeswoman for Rudy Giuliani said the former New York City mayor has not made up his mind about running for governor next year.

Government reform groups say New York's politicians need to enact public financing of campaigns, one day after a State Senator was arrested for allegedly trying to bribe his way onto the ballot for the New York City mayor's race.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is within just a few points of avoiding a runoff from a Democratic challenger for New York City mayor, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

As mayor of Yonkers, Spano has more power over the school district than any other local leader in the state, with the exception of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio.

He hinted at running in the 1988 and 2012 presidential races, and his name was also mentioned as a possible candidate for New York City mayor in 1989 and for governor in 2006.

Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn (R) prepares to cast her vote in the primary election for New York City mayor on September 10, 2013 in New York City.

Still, Weiner remains determined to continue his bid for New York City mayor despite growing calls for him to drop out of the race.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and New York governor Andrew Cuomo both said Wednesday that President Trump has not reached out to them in the aftermath of Tuesday's terror attack in lower Manhattan.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who was the GOP nominee for New York City mayor in 2017, was one of the first to endorse Kolb for governor.

The union is one of a handful of labor groups, including the United Federation of Teachers, the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Workers» Union and the Hotel Trades Council, that agreed to form a coalition along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and members of the Working Families Party to help Democrats take control of the Senate, which the Republicans have controlled for all but two of the last 50 years.

How will Cuomo address criminal justice reforms, with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio watching?

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 26: Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani attends the wake of New York City police officer Rafael Ramos at Christ Tabernacle Church on December 26, 2014 in the Glendale neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

To get around that, Catsimatidis, who ran for New York City mayor last year as a Republican, was told to give the money to the Putnam County Democratic Committee, which then sent the money to Murphy's opponent and other Democrats.

In 1932, New York City mayor Jimmy Walker responded to the public demand for regulation with a new regulatory scheme, one that rapidly fell apart, in the later accounting of the Seabury Commission, after he took bribes from a taxi company.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are expected to endorse Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for New York City mayor in the coming weeks, a person familiar with the matter said Monday.

ALBANY — Bill de Blasio's first trips to Albany this year were like walking into a buzz saw: First, the New York City mayor was confronted by a proposed state budget that shifted millions of dollars of costs onto his books, and then he was grilled by Republicans who wanted to impose a cap on his ability to raise property taxes.

New York City mayor Bill De Blasio has a problem he's not sure how to fix.

The two discuss Governor Pataki's new executive budget, and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's reaction to it.

Assuming the complaint excludes expenditures by independent expenditure committees and donations by candidates to their own campaigns, Litwin and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg are the only two contributors who cracked $ 10 million during this time.

The former New York City mayor's Independence USA PAC is airing a TV ad slamming New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte for her support of Trump.

Michael Benjamin had an interesting column in this (Friday) morning's New York Post about how Malcolm Smith would be the wrong candidate for the Republicans to put up for New York City mayor.

In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo's top aide dismissed New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to fund pre-kindergarten with a tax increase as gratuitous, calling it a «tax just for taxing's sake.»

Skelos directly referenced Smith who had been indicted that day on counts that he tried to bribe his way onto the Republican ticket in the race for New York City mayor.

Quinn hedged four more times as reporters asked whether Cuomo, a Democrat, supported the $ 15 figure that the Working Families Party and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio have championed.

The former New York City mayor's Independence USA PAC is airing a TV ad slamming...

The latter refers to some $ 350,000 transmitted from one of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign committees to the Ulster County Democratic Committee in a failed effort to elect a Democratic majority in 2014.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on the promise of raising taxes on the city's wealthiest residents to fund universal pre-K and after - school programs for middle schoolers, and de Blasio said earlier Tuesday that he intends to continue pushing for that tax, calling it a «mission» from voters.

The runner - up to Mr. de Blasio, now the New York City mayor, also recently joined the Cuomo administration: Bill Thompson, the former city comptroller, will serve as the chair of the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency.

Going into tomorrow's primary for New York City mayor, Bill de Blasio has the support of 36 % of Democrats who are likely to vote, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee.

New York City mayor - elect Bill de Blasio criticized charter schools during his campaign.

Lis Smith, a member of the New York City mayor - elect Bill de Blasio transition team, has been «shacking up» with her ex-boss Eliot Spitzer.

Former Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith of Queens, who lost power in the wake of the Senate coup of 2009 — a scheme organized in part by Skelos — was convicted last year of trying to bribe his way to the 2013 Republican nomination for New York City mayor.

Former New York City mayor and current Trump stumper Rudy Giuliani seems to think torture is more humane than drone strikes.

After sparring with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, charter - school advocates found an ally in Governor Andrew Cuomo this year, and the current state budget included sweeping policy changes that boosted the sector, especially in New York City.

Teachers for Todd, an independent expenditure committee created last week and directed by the United Federation of Teachers, reported sending $ 70,423 on Saturday to Berlin Rosen, a close ally of New York City mayor and Democratic Senate backer Bill de Blasio, to help Kaminsky.

In 2005, he set his sights on becoming New York City mayor but fell short.

A win for Kaminsky, he said, would turn «the entire mechanism of state government over to the [New York City mayor] Bill de Blasio far - left wing New York City Democrats.»

Sources say Republican National Committee head Reince Priebus, former Republican New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich are part of a small group who hope to get Trump's children to help in a sitdown with the billionaire businessman.

Earlier this month, McDonnell - Virginia's current Attorney General - held a pair of fundraisers with former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani.

In due course, Hochul was endorsed by the state's new progressive poster boy, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio; his wife, Chirlane McCray; several Council members, including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito; and the members of New York's congressional delegation.

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.

Cuomo's surrogates argue he has delivered for progressives on other fronts, by brokering the passage of same - sex marriage, renewing most of a 2009 income tax surcharge on the wealthy and, after much back - and - forth with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, authorizing the money for an expansion of pre-kindergarten programs statewide.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The top two Republican candidates for New York City mayor faced each other Sunday for the last time before the primary in an at - times testy debate that touched on topics including the NYPD's policies and each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Is former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani sorry that he's not trying again this year to win the Republican presidential nomination?

The PAC is using a pollster and political consultant, Doug Schoen and Bradley Tusk, connected to former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, once the Senate Republicans» biggest individual donor and a charter school champion when he was in office.