Sentences with phrase «backing zephyr»

He didn't say her name, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday told reporters in the Bronx he would back Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district race.

D.I.D. backed Zephyr Teachout in the primary versus Cuomo and then Green candidate Howie Hawkins in the general election.

But it also gave Hawkins, who in a new poll is capturing 9 percent of support from likely voters, an opportunity to score points with liberals who may feel disenfranchised, like those who backed Zephyr Teachout in the September Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Running to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's left in the Nov. 4 election, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins wants to pull in voters who backed Zephyr Teachout in the Democratic primary.

ALBANY — Whether delegates back Zephyr Teachout at the Working Families Party convention this weekend or not, the progressive third party has already been fractured.

Others were upset the party didn't back Zephyr Teachout.

In September, 34 percent of Democratic primary voters backed Zephyr Teachout, who criticized Cuomo as too conservative for the state's Democratic electorate.

Not exact matches

Updated: In a statement, one of the Democrats who hopes to replace Gibson in the 19th congressional district, Zephyr Teachout, backed the call for hearings.

The WFP in 2014 at the last minute endorsed Cuomo's re-election over an insurgent outside challenge from Zephyr Teachout after he pledged to back a new minimum wage hike; at the time $ 10.10 was on the table.

«Now Party Boss Bill Lipton is trying to muscle their delegates not to back one of their most loyal supporters: Zephyr Teachout.»

With NYC Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James snubbing its nominating convention tomorrow, the minor Working Families Party is frantically trying to figure out who to back for attorney general, and will likely either back Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout or a palceholder.

It was a different outcome than Zephyr Teachout's infamous attempt to shake hands with the governor, involving an actual handshake, albeit quick with a very brief back and forth.

In an unusual move, the party's state committee voted to back two hopefuls for attorney general: New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, whom Cuomo supports, and law professor Zephyr Teachout.

The announcement came the same day that actress Cynthia Nixon announced she would challenge the governor with the backing of the last woman who ran against him, Zephyr Teachout.

In addition to paying property taxes and living in this district for more than three decades, Faso has long advocated for a property tax cap, unlike Professor Zephyr Teachout who opposes such a cap and supports rolling it back.

The Working Families Party on Saturday backed a placeholder for attorney general, while also insisting its ballot line this fall would be open to either Tish James or Zephyr Teachout to run for the post.

At about: 11 the camera moves somewhat unsteadily left (I was taking still photos with my right hand as the video camera was in my left hand) and Zephyr Teachout is visible in the back left of the frame, in the direction that Cuomo glanced seconds earlier.

Professor Zephyr Teachout, on the other hand, not only opposes such a cap but supports rolling it back.

The left - wing actor, an avid supporter of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders «unsuccessful bid for president and Fordham Professor Zephyr Teachout «s primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, then echoed de Blasio's favorite re-election pitch: that he is uniquely positioned to push back on Trump's proposed policies.

At 10 a.m., Democratic gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout is back in court, defending a lower court decision in her favor regarding Cuomo's residency challenge, Appellate Division, Second Department, Monroe Place, Brooklyn.

Mike McGuire of the Mason Tenders District Council and a former treasurer of the labor - backed Working Families Party is not too happy with the gubernatorial candidacy of Zephyr Teachout.

After the congressional campaign of Democrat Zephyr Teachout this week challenged the top - dollar donors to a super PAC backing Republican John Faso to a debate, Republicans are highlighting her ties to the mega rich, namely the Soros family.

After Zephyr Teachout's loss in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for governor, made a public appeal for her disappointed supporters on the left to back his campaign.

Endorsing the liberal Sanders over a mainstream Democrat like Hillary Clinton in many respects was the opposite outcome from the New York governor's race in 2014, when the state WFP ultimately backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo (who is identified with the Clinton wing of the Democratic Party) over Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout.

But that possibility is still on the table, according to these sources, and will remain there even if the divided state committee endorses Cuomo over Fordham Prof. Zephyr Teachout tomorrow, or decides to back a placeholder candidate for governor on the line for the short term.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

Zephyr Teachout, a law school professor, threw her name in the ring as a candidate for governor back in July.

ALBANY — A group advocating public campaign finance is taking the rare step of endorsing Zephyr Teachout's bid for Congress, a nod that aligns her with a cadre of donors who have previously spent half a million dollars backing Democrats in the district.

In 2014, Cuomo backed a Democratic - led state Senate as he received the endorsement from the WFP, a labor - backed organization that had flirted with the possibility of giving its ballot line to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ultimately challenged the governor in a Democratic primary.

Corruption - busting remains a top goal for Democrat Zephyr Teachout as she scales back her political ambitions from the governor's office to Congress, and she has a knack for steering a conversation back to the handful of powerful corporations she says have a grip on federal policy - making.

Eventually the governor would commit to a progressive agenda to win the backing of the Working Families Party, which was on the verge of endorsing Fordham professor Zephyr Teachout to punish Cuomo for his centrist approach to governance and propensity for collaborating with the GOP.

Zephyr Teachout was the populist underdog in her 2014 primary challenge to Cuomo, now she has institutional backing for her NY - 19 run, and is being challenged by an upstart fellow Democrat, Will Yandik.

The labor group backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in the September primary.

The Public Employees Federation, a white - collar labor union, backed Cuomo's opponent, Zephyr Teachout.

Though the Working Families Party spurned Zephyr Teachout during the 2014 governor's race, it's backing her congressional run in NY - 19, and she's grateful.

He was a particular favorite with dissidents who had backed Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout in September's Democratic primary.

Back in late May, the WFP marshaled left - wing anger at Cuomo and threatened to run Zephyr Teachout as its candidate for governor.

At the Working Families Party convention last week, the labor - backed party almost bucked Mr. Cuomo and nominated Fordham University professor Zephyr Teachout.

He's also well known in liberal circles for founding the Mayday Political Action Committee in 2014, which backed candidates who endorsed campaign finance reform, and is now run by former NY State Governor candidate Zephyr Teachout.

As elected officials like Mr. de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito rushed to loudly back Mr. Cuomo's re-election bid against insurgent left - wing challenger Zephyr Teachout, Ms. James was silent.

Zephyr Teachout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's primary challenger last year, backed Mr. Najmi, as well as the Make the Road Action Fund, the campaign arm of the immigrant rights group Make the Road New York.

The governor, meanwhile, wanted the WFP endorsement, a tool of the city's biggest unions, primarily to cripple his challenger in the Democratic primary, Zephyr Teachout, who would have benefited enormously from WFP backing.

Over the course of an hour - long debate at the Woodstock Playhouse Monday, October 24, Congressional candidates Democrat Zephyr Teachout and Republican John Faso answered moderators» questions on trade, executive authority, the battle against ISIS and other issues, all while circling back to core campaign themes.

In higher stakes competitive congressional contests last year, Sanders - backed candidates Zephyr Teachout and Lucy Flores were defeated in New York and Nevada, respectively.

His little - known opponent Zephyr Teachout — now Nixon's campaign treasurer — won a third of the state with about 40 percent of upstate Democrats backing her.

Did you know that Andrew «#MoreLAndGate» Cuomo TURN HIS BACK to Zephyr Teachout the women who was running against him at that very same Labor day parade.

As Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout is poised to launch a Democratic primary bid against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the Working Families Party is urging liberals and progressives to back the incumbent.

But when it comes to facing Zephyr Teachout face to face your TURNED YOUR BACK ON HER < AND WOULD NOT EVEN SHAKE HER HAND.

It probably didn't help matters that a number of local teachers unions backed Cuomo's primary opponent, Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, and then transferred their support to Hawkins after Teachout lost in September.

(In 2016, End Citizens United backed progressive Zephyr Teachout, while the DCCC lined up behind her opponent, one of the few instances of the two diverging.)