Sentences with phrase «as citywide candidates»

Hogan and Denno, as citywide candidates, must gather 1,000 valid signatures from Democrats to get on the primary ballot.

As a citywide candidate, you can make a thousand phone calls yet it is unlikely that one political club or one Republican county organization could have a major impact.

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Malpass also said that if, as expected, the «Stop de Blasio» line draws a large number of voters, its use will be extended citywide next year to back the Republican Party's candidate for mayor — assuming de Blasio is running for re-election.

Citywide, Democrats are looking to unite behind a candidate leaders did not choose, as they try to keep city hall in November.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

There are only three citywide positions in New York and, as several white candidates are jockeying for the mayoralty and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer runs unopposed for comptroller, the public advocate's office is viewed by some Democrats as an opportunity to have demographic diversity on their ticket.

In 2013, when John Burnett, a financial services executive, decided to step into citywide politics as the Republican candidate for New York City Comptroller, I was immediately impressed by him and believed he was the best qualified person to run -LSB-...]

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

New York City lawmakers — including three potential 2021 mayoral candidates — as well as government reform advocates are calling on the city to adopt instant runoff voting, ranking candidates based on preference, for citywide primaries.

As the first African - American woman to hold citywide office, James unintentionally cleared the path for one of the white male candidates vying to become the next council speaker.

«As the jury found, Jia Hou and Oliver Pan stuck a knife into the heart of New York City's campaign finance law by violating the prohibition against illegal campaign contributions, all to corruptly advantage the campaign of a candidate for citywide office,» U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a press release.

The Green Party is fielding candidates in a handful of other City Council races, as well as a full slate in the three citywide races for Mayor, Comptroller, and Public Advocate.

Off topic question topics included Vision Zero, the NYPD's plan to stop seizing condoms from sex workers, the NYPD's «Citywide Debriefing Team», the Working Families Party and whether it will nominate Andrew Cuomo as its candidate for governor, the 9/11 Museum and the total spending through 2020 for the proposed UFT contract.

The candidates also discussed the question of whether to raise taxes on high - income earners, the best means to create jobs in the city and how they would respond to a citywide emergency as mayor.

Among those calling for the funding were the city's other two citywide elected officials, Public Advocate Letitia James, Controller Scott Stringer, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. — all seen as likely candidates for mayor in 2021.

The remaining seven candidates want to establish checks and balances, such as City Council approval of the chancellor, council appointments to the citywide Educational Policy Panel, fixed terms for board members and budgetary oversight.

A group of first - time candidates is running to replace term - limited Bronx Councilwoman Annabel Palma: Democrats Elvin García, 30, former Bronx borough director for Mayor Bill de Blasio; Amanda Farias, 27, who served as director of special projects for Queens Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley; and community organizer Michael Beltzer, 31, who has served on the NYPD 43rd Precinct Community Council and volunteered on former City Comptroller John Liu's citywide campaign.

Letitia James, of Brooklyn, became the first WFP - backed candidate to win a City Council seat, in 2003; last November, the party broke through citywide, helping to elect Bill de Blasio as public advocate and John Liu as comptroller.