Sentences with phrase «as the borough president called»

Mr. Díaz's father, an ordained minister born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, was elected to State Senate in 2002 after a short stint in the Council — but, for two decades before that, Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr. was an incessant nuisance to the Bronx political machine, a «gadfly,» as the borough president called him.

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As for the Brooklyn borough president and Chamber of Commerce, they've elected to promote a broader range of properties along the borough's so - called «Innovation Coast,» which includes waterfront parcels from Greenpoint to Sunset Park.

City officials are also starting to push back on these seemingly endless transit problems: As the New York Daily News reports, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has called for a study that will determine how the incessant subway delays impact the borough's economy.

As Spitzer called the Manhattan borough president to concede, Stringer held a lead of 52 percent to 48 percent, CBS reports.

While serving as Manhattan borough president, he joined a union rally in 2008 outside KKR's offices calling for PE firms to pay their fair share of taxes.

The mayor has since toned down his rhetoric on charters, and at the recent roll out of his new education plan called for a sharing of best practices between the two types of schools, which the borough president praised as a «conciliatory» move.

Melinda Katz, who succeeded Marshall as borough president, called her «a larger - than - life figure in the civic life of Queens and the state of New York.»

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who served three terms in the council and continues to deal with land use questions as borough president, called the question «a hard onPresident Gale Brewer, who served three terms in the council and continues to deal with land use questions as borough president, called the question «a hard onpresident, called the question «a hard one.»