Sentences with phrase «after city comptroller»

The move comes after City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced plans to audit the BOE.

Not exact matches

Because, after all, comptroller of a city — even a big city like New York — is something of a demotion after you've held two statewide offices.

Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is entering the New York City comptroller's race, re-entering the political fray after more than five years on the sidelines following the prostitution scandal that forced him to resign his statewide post.

With gusto, New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox again attacked former Gov. Eliot Spitzer today after a poll released last night showed a 9 percentage point lead for him over Democratic opponent Scott Stringer in the city comptroller's race.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Letitia James called on Mayor de Blasio Monday to rescind the Fire Department's rehiring of Joseph Cassano, who had been forced to quit in 2013 after making hateful remarks about blacks, Jews and women.

City Comptroller John Liu has not stopped attending events or City Council hearings in the week after his campaign treasurer Jia «Jenny» Hou was charged with funneling illegal donations to his mayoral war chest even as Democratic insiders are questioning how a bid for Gracie Mansion could possibly take place.

State Republican Party chief Ed Cox fired off a statement this afternoon blasting New York City Comptroller John Liu after a New York Times piece found multilpe discrepancies in his campaign filings that include apparently fake names or people listed as donors who said they never cut him a check.

HARLEM — A day after a key fundraiser for City Comptroller John Liu was indicted for fraud, the embattled pol tried to pivot away from his own bad news and hitch himself to a feel - good story — the meteoric rise of Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin.

Mr. Recchia — who served as chairman of the City Council's powerful finance committee — was term - limited out of office last year and decided to challenge Mr. Grimm after failing to secure support in his party to run for City Comptroller or for borough president of his native Brooklyn.

When asked what it would mean if the world wakes up after Election Day to a Mayor Weiner and Comptroller Spitzer leading New York City, the candidate responded, «Democracy works to reflect the will of the public.»

But the word from team Spitzer, at least, is that Mr. Spitzer is happy in private life after Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer edged him out in September's highly - charged Democratic primary for city comptroller.

Eliot Spitzer submitted 27,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot in the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller tonight, an effort completed less than four days after a rocky start.

Modeled after New York City's campaign finance program, it applies only to candidates for state comptroller.

City Councilmembers Daniel Dromm and Julissa Ferreras, Assemblymember Michael Den Dekker, and City Comptroller John Liu hosted a fundraiser for Victor Mejia de los Santos, a pizza delivery person for Due Franky's Pizzeria, who was viciously attacked by two men after being set up for a robbery on Friday, November 5.

Comptroller Scott Stringer had filed a rare subpoena for the documents after the city had dragged its feet in responding to an earlier petition, the New York Times reported.

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.

New York, NY — Just days after Mayor Bill De Blasio expressed support for cutting ties with the banks behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, New Yorkers will gather to call on City Comptroller Scott Stringer to #DeFundDAPL and divest from risky coal, oil and gas stocks.

«Right now, New York City Democrats are willing to give Spitzer a second chance, but the big question is what happens after the shock value of his return to politics fades and the campaign for comptroller heats up,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Just days after disgraced former New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer announced he would return to politics to run for New York City comptroller, he leads his opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, by nine percentage points.

A new poll has Scott Stringer jumping to a seven - point lead over Eliot Spitzer in the race for city comptroller, after a glaring racial divide had both candidates campaigning furiously...

MANHATTAN — City Comptroller John Liu has seen some of the wind sucked from his mayoral campaign's sails after the arrest of one of his fundraisers as part of a widely publicized federal fraud investigation.

The day after former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his campaign for city comptroller, he was issued a direct challenge for the post by a woman who says she was the madam who supplied him with escorts.

Mayoral candidate and former comptroller Bill Thompson had harsh words for Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn after a report from the Independent Budget Office highlighted issues with the city budCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn after a report from the Independent Budget Office highlighted issues with the city budcity budget.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer added roughly $ 270 million of police and firefighter pension money into high - priced hedge funds in May after complaining about the fees — and pulling...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer is asking the public for a second chance as he starts collecting thousands of signatures needed to enter the race for New York City comptroller, years after he was caught in a prostitution scandal that culminated in one of politics» steepest falls from power.

Shortly after de Blasio took office in 2014, his team got involved in the initial part of a lengthy and complex series of transactions that paved the way for the final sale of Rivington House, according to emails sent to City Comptroller Scott Stringer, who released a report on the matter this week.

Spitzer, who resigned as governor in 2008 after revelations he spent thousands of dollars on prostitutes, jumped into the race for New York City comptroller just over a week ago.

Spitzer, a Democrat, leapt into the fray for city comptroller Sunday and has spent the last few days scrambling to get the necessary signatures while fielding questions around his return to politics five years after resigning as New York state governor amidst a prostitution scandal.

John Liu wins in this category, not to mention he's the best Comptroller this city has ever seen, after all he did save the city's pension funds.

A politically connected employee who held a comfortable $ 140,000 - a-year job in the NYC Comptroller's Office was forced out after getting caught doing personal work on city time — for 14 years.

He remains a potent political force after a career in private business, the County Legislature, the State Assembly and now in City Hall as comptroller.

For the three citywide positions of Mayor, Public Advocate, and Comptroller, New York City's charter instead provides for a runoff to be held two weeks after a primary, burdening local election administrators and costing millions of dollars.

After her hopes to become city comptroller were dashed in the last election, she joined the law firm Greenberg Traurig, where she's on the government relations team.

The MTA's claim that city subway stations are actually cleaner after it removed some trash cans is just garbage, the state comptroller said Tuesday.

Spitzer, who resigned in disgrace after being caught up in a prostitution scandal in 2008, shocked the New York political world Sunday by announcing a bid for city comptroller.

After two children died in an accident at one of these cluster sites last week, city Comptroller Scott Stringer found that just a few of the 100 landlords in the program are to blame for the lion's share of the violations, the New York Daily News reported.

Former city Comptroller William Thompson, a Democrat who lost his bid for mayor in November, officially announced his candidacy for mayor in the 2013 campaign just a couple months after he was defeated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

And the city's comptroller, Scott M. Stringer, testifying immediately after Mr. de Blasio, told the state legislators that he, too, favored more city contributions to the subways.

(CNN)-- After calls from his Democratic opponent to release his personal income tax returns, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer — currently making a political comeback bid for New York City comptroller — disclosed his income and taxes paid for the past two years.

Although the City Charter mandates that the comptroller office's review all contracts within 30 days of approval, a City Hall official said contracts are routinely reviewed after their official start dates.

After Cuomo took office in 2011, he successfully negotiated with the State Legislature to eliminate comptroller approval for construction projects through the State University of New York, The City University of New York, SUNY hospitals and the SUNY and CUNY construction funds.

The internal investigation by BOE comes after state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and City Comptroller Scott Stringer already announced they're investigating widespread complaints from voters at polling sites citywide during Tuesday's primaries.

Morales joined the DCAS in 2014 after stints as chair of the city Housing Authority and as first deputy comptroller.

After an outcry from Peekskill homeowners who were charged hundreds of dollars extra for their monthly water bills once new water meters were installed by the city, Peekskill officials say those affected homeowners can take up their dispute with city comptroller, who's been authorized to make any necessary changes.

After an evening of rolling speeches from Gov. David Paterson, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D - N.Y.) and City Comptroller John Liu (whose name Rangel mangled from the stage) the congressman finally gave his formal nomination acceptance speech just after 11:30After an evening of rolling speeches from Gov. David Paterson, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D - N.Y.) and City Comptroller John Liu (whose name Rangel mangled from the stage) the congressman finally gave his formal nomination acceptance speech just after 11:30after 11:30 p.m.

City Comptroller Scott Stringer and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson complied and took their ties off — after sporting them during television appearances earlier that day.

NEW YORK — The fraud trial of two former aides to City Comptroller John Liu has been delayed after questions emerged about the mental health of one of the aides, according to a report.

The state's program for the comptroller race is modeled after New York City's public program under which each dollar from a city resident gives up to $ 175 can be matched by $ 6 in public fuCity's public program under which each dollar from a city resident gives up to $ 175 can be matched by $ 6 in public fucity resident gives up to $ 175 can be matched by $ 6 in public funds.

Stringer formally announced Sunday that he will instead be running for comptroller, after he failed to gain traction in a crowded field of hopefuls that includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, current city Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bilcomptroller, after he failed to gain traction in a crowded field of hopefuls that includes City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, current city Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill ThompCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, current city Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller Bill Thompcity Comptroller John Liu and former Comptroller BilComptroller John Liu and former Comptroller BilComptroller Bill Thompson.

Multiple sources tell us long - suffering Silda — who, he last night admitted, will not be joining him on the campaign trail — «has had enough» and plans to start divorce proceedings after his run for New York City comptroller is over.