Sentences with phrase «backers of»

One of Labour's more lukewarm backers of Clinton says she will win by being «the lesser of two evils».

Meanwhile, backers of maverick Republican gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino have bigger plans than simply hoping to get the megamillionaire Buffalo - area builder onto the Republican primary ballot by circulating nominating petitions.

Privately, Labour backers of AV fear that the desire among the party's supporters to punish Mr Clegg may trump Mr Miliband's plea — especially in the North, where Labour and the Liberal Democrats go head - to - head in council elections on the same day.

Mr Livingstone has been one of the most outspoken backers of Mr Corbyn during his three months in charge.

Local Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, one of the most instrumental backers of the project, noted that the new headquarters will serve as the first dedicated home for female youth in Lower East Side history.

Some Moreland insiders insisted Cuomo's office was particularly deadset on stopping subpoenas to the Real Estate Board of New York, whose members are key Cuomo donors, but also major backers of Skelos and Senate Republicans.

Mr Cameron has been one of the most vocal backers of the Balkan State being allowed to join the EU and Nato.

Last summer, a number of LGBT leaders ---- including Dr. Marjorie Hill, CEO of Gay Men's Health Crisis, Liz Margolies, executive director of the National LGBT Cancer Network, Melissa Goodman, an LGBT and reproductive rights attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Amber Hollibaugh, the co-director of Queers for Economic Justice ---- told Gay City News they were strong backers of paid sick leave.

Make the Road New York and the Center for Popular Democracy recently exposed President Trump's corporate «backers of hate,» companies that stand to profit off an agenda so steeped in hate, prejudice, and greed, you would have to be willfully blind not to see it.

The governor's estate tax cuts are likely to be supported in the State Senate, where Republicans who control the chamber in a power sharing agreement, have been long time backers of the measure.

While many local influential Republicans and conservatives have endorsed Donald Trump for president, backers of John Kasich are hopeful the Ohio governor can still gain delegates in the New York Primary.

«FIVE candidates will fight for the Labour leadership after backers of the favourite, David Miliband, lent their support to less - fancied rivals.

By Jason Horowitz and Chris Cillizza Updated at 3:41 p.m. New York Gov. David Paterson, who last week sought to entice the backers of a proposed mosque near Ground Zero to consider another location, expects to meet soon with the Islamic center's developers, a spokesman for the governor said Tuesday.

Madison (AP)-- Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

Cuomo decided to prohibit fracking in the state a month after his re-election in 2014, but had previously been criticized by backers of the process, who accused him of hindering economic development, as well as opponents convinced he was about to give his blessing to environmental despoliation.

Backers of the legislation, including City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, lauded it as a way to end warrantless detention of immigrants that they argued are unconstitutional, and as a way to keep city families together and reform broken immigration policies.

Backers of the projects and the Zoning Board's position say the Zoning Board acted within its authority under state law to grant use variances.

The backers of Cuomo's cap might have reason to worry.

Backers of the accord, which will lift economic sanctions on Iran in exchange for placing limitations on their nuclear program, argue it is the most viable and realistic way to restrain Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Many of these same people are more conservative and uncompromising backers of Israel, which is doing all it can to scuttle the deal.

On the Democratic side, delegates are circulating petitions that put them on the ballot as official backers of Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention later this year.

Another six GOP chairpersons, some of them the earliest backers of DeFrancisco, also announced this week they had changed their votes to Molinaro.

The councilman and other backers of the three - year bill, such as co-sponsor Margaret Chin (D - Manhattan), say the fee would reduce 60 to 90 percent of the more than 9.3 billion plastic bags New Yorkers throw away annually by promoting the use of reusable bags.

Republican backers of the measure predicted GOP resistance would fade the more President Donald Trump puts skin in the game.

Union members and other backers of Democratic governor candidate Kathleen Falk say their get out the vote effort will spur her on to victory in the May 8 primary.

By Joe Lanane The resurrection of the state's Transportation Projects Commission is reviving the debate between those who want money for road maintenance and the backers of new construction.

One of the first backers of Gov. Andrew Cuomo when he first ran for Governor in 2002, Pigeon became a key player in Western New York for Cuomo.

Moreover, Iran, as one of the main external backers of Assad, would not take kindly to a western - led military intervention.

Are the NYGOP backers of Donald Trump having Buyers remorse its starting to look that way via Fred Dicker.

The Mercer family have been financial backers of efforts to aid President Donald Trump and are benefactors to Breitbart News, the website run by former Trump advisor Steve Bannon.

The main backers of the group continue to be organized labor.

And he blasted Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao for accusing Gateway backers of «spinning» the president's words.

Those same forces, big financial backers of Cuomo, are also huge players in the fight for control of the Senate and they are spending enormous sums of money to maintain or even strengthen Republican control of the chamber.

One of the prime speakers is Jonathan Soros; both he and his father, George, are deep - pocketed backers of candidates.

The Senator speaking after a public forum, where backers of the minimum wage increase testified, says he views it as a moral issue.

But as the clock ticks, backers of the measure say they fear that if the bills fail, it will be difficult to muster such support again.

«Make your voice heard against the Blairites and keep Jeremy as rightful leader of the Labour party,» it urges backers of the Islington North MP.

Backers of a «soft» Brexit, including Tory rebels Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry, also hailed the result.

«We have highlighted this injustice over the past month as part of our Corporate Backers of Hate campaign, which has exposed the corporations who are locking up members of our community, like CoreCivic and the Geo Group — and those that are financing them, like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo,» said Javier H. Valdés, Co-Executive Director of Make the Road New York (MRNY) in a statement.

Backers of the FitzPatrick plant welcomed the Senate funding move, while some clean energy advocates expressed strong misgivings.

Unite boss Len McCluskey has suggested that MI5 could be posing as backers of Jeremy Corbyn to harass rebel Labour MPs online.

Backers of the project have said it would distribute the city's garbage more evenly, rather than in predominantly low - income neighborhoods.

The Service Employees International Union and two of its major affiliates in New York — 1199 and 32BJ — have been major backers of the campaign, along with the Hotel Trades Council, the labor - backed Amalgamated Bank and a joint entity funded by 1199 and the Greater New York Hospital Association.

The Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate, one of the major backers of the 2 percent limit on local property tax increases, this morning blasted the lawsuit filed by the New York State United Teachers union to overturn it.

But the provision is costly and even traditional backers of the circuit - breaker have dropped it.

Some insiders have even speculated that the Greens could perform so well next Tuesday, thanks in part to Hawkins» support among disaffected former backers of Cuomo's primary opponent, Zephyr Teachout, that they could oust the Conservative Party from its new perch on Row C, which it gained four years ago due to the strong showing in Western New York by GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino.

«Common Cause / NY advocates for a package of stringent disclosure requirements for independent expenditures, including the requirement that any mailer or advertisement include disclosure of the top five financial backers of the ad.»

The backers of a proposal to let grocery stores sell wine have not yet given up hope of some how, some way, getting their pet project passed in Albany — a move they insist would bring both jobs and revenue into a state in desperate need of both.

One of the biggest backers of the Committee is the Real Estate Board of New York (Larry Silverstein has said «Our membership list and the Forbes 400 wealthiest individuals in the United States have an enormous commonality»).

With Skelos and Cuomo on the same page, teachers unions will no doubt continue to point to the wealthy backers of charter schools who have contributed heavily to the governor's re-election campaign as well as independent expenditure campaigns backing Republican Senate candidates last year.