Sentences with phrase «against city councilwoman»

Along with Cancel, Lower Manhattan district leader and lawyer Jenifer Rajkumar, who lost her campaign against City Councilwoman Margaret Chin in 2013, has announced her run for the Democratic candidacy.

He also last year flat - out denied reports he was looking to run a party primary against City Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore).

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Also at noon, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, New York City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo and New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer speak at the Denim Day NYC Rally Against Sexual Violence, Foley Square, Manhattan.

The 66 - year - old former city councilman is running against incumbent Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D - Middle Village) in the hopes of preventing a redistricting two years from now that could eliminate the relatively conservative population in the neighborhoods as a voting bloc.

Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of the Success Academy charter school network and a former city councilwoman, would not rule out a challenge against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he runs for re-election in two yecity councilwoman, would not rule out a challenge against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio when he runs for re-election in two yeCity Mayor Bill de Blasio when he runs for re-election in two years.

City Councilwoman and former comptroller candidate Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) backed Councilman David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) in the Sept. 29 run - off election this morning at City Hall, opting against her Queens colleague Councilman John Liu (D - Flushing).

City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who represents part of Peralta's district, said that after election of President Donald Trump, Democrats should be joining forces against Trump's policies — not «empowering» those who support them.

In an interview last night, Eva Moskowitz, the founder of Success Academy Charter Schools and a former city councilwoman, would not rule out a future primary bid against Mayor Bill de Blasio.

A City Council hopeful who came within a couple hundred votes of scoring an upset against Chinatown Councilwoman Margaret Chin is gunning for a rematch after unexpectedly winning the Independence Party line.

An indictment was revealed on Wednesday against former aides to a city councilwoman from Staten Island and her campaign.

A Brooklyn city councilwoman is pushing back against a plan backed by the de Blasio administration that would redevelopment the Bedford Armory, a major component of the mayor's affordable housing plan.

De Blasio, who is vying for his second term in office, will face off against Republican Nicole Malliotakis, a City Councilwoman from Staten Island, in November.

The governor previously announced he was backing City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, also of Queens, against Bob Holden in the Sept. 12 primary.

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer said at Tuesday's rally against Harlem Success Academy that she would «strangle» any parents that pull their children out of P.S. 75 and move them into a charter school, the New York Post reported.

Representatives from Amalgamated Transportation Union Local No. 1056 made their endorsement of Meng's run for Congress against fellow Democrats — Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D - Fresh Meadows), City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D - Middle Village) and Dr. Robert Mittman — in a primary election set for June 26.

Former Bronx City Councilwoman Maria Baez challenging administrators at her grandson's elementary school in New Rochelle, saying the school did little to stop violent bullying against the 4th - grader.

City Councilwoman Gale Brewer and State Sen. Bill Perkins have also spoken out against the plan, which Perkins termed «a hostile takeover.»

Stein later dropped out before the primary and briefly tried a bid for public advocate against City Consumer Affairs Commissioner Mark J. Green, City Councilwoman Susan Alter, and State Sen. David Paterson, but withdrew from the race after a few weeks.

Ms. Moskowitz, a former city councilwoman who recently announced she would not run for mayor in 2017, was speaking at New York Law School, part of their CityLaw breakfast series, and gave what was mostly a typical Success Academy stump speech: save for an introduction that was more of a defense against recent lawsuits and media stories, and for a conclusion that saw parents of former Success students livening up the typically staid CityLaw audience to demand apologies or answers from Ms. Moskowitz.