Sentences with phrase «become city council speaker»

In her quest to become City Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito enlisted the help of the firm, paying it more than $ 61,000 in consulting fees.

A politically connected consulting firm that helped Melissa Mark - Viverito become City Council speaker scored big bucks for its clients in the city's new budget, records show.

She had helped get out the vote for de Blasio's Democratic primary victory in the 2013 mayoral race and supported his failed bid to become City Council speaker a decade ago.

Not exact matches

Melissa Mark - Viverito, the departing City Council speaker, is pushing through a pair of police reform measures that have languished for years, but are now expected to become law.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito appears to have the votes she needs to become the next speaker of the City Council, after Brooklyn Democratic chair Frank Seddio broke ranks with his fellow county leaders at the urging of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, sources said.

This is why I stand with her in support of her candidacy to become the speaker of the New York City Council.»

And the ethics complaint listed media accounts that suggested Gaspard even aided Melissa Mark - Viverito's successful campaign to become the new City Council speaker.

The story of becoming sober more than eight years ago is one Mr. Johnson tells with candor, a key element in the biography of a 35 - year - old who gained national attention for coming out as gay to his Massachusetts high school football team, and who achieved the legislative pinnacle of New York City government on Wednesday, becoming the speaker of the New York City Council.

Mr. Johnson began lobbying to become the Council speaker early in his first term, in September 2015, traveling the city by transit and taxis (he does not own a car).

Corey Johnson, a Manhattan councilman expected to become the next City Council speaker, is eager to help the Council assert its independence from Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The eight men running to become the next speaker of the City Council are all Democrats who were re-elected in November to serve a final term in the body.

The race to become the next City Council speaker entered its final stages on Wednesday with leaders from the two most powerful Democratic county organizations, in the Bronx and in Queens, solidifying support behind a Manhattan councilman, Corey Johnson, according to four people with direct knowledge of the discussions, who spoke anonymously because they did not have permission to disclose the choice.

At the last public forum in the race to become the next speaker of the City Council, seven of the eight men contending for the Council's top leadership spot took turns making their argument for why they would be the right person to continue Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's legacy of protecting and promoting the cause of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers.

NEW YORK CITY — The race to become the next speaker of the City Council is a costly one.

The City Council approved the bill to ban the buses» blaring loud speakers three weeks ago, but after listening to members of the Transportation Workers Union discuss the job losses that might be incurred if the bill became law, the mayor said he would wait until he spoke with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn before he signed.

Melissa Mark - Viverito was for charter schools in her East Harlem district — until she hungered to become the next City Council speaker, critics charge.

HANDS ON POL: Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito — expected to become the next speaker of the City Council after backing de Blasio for mayor — plays with former Assemblyman Guillermo Linares.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» former City Council speaker Christine Quinn told the New York Post Tuesday, referring to Nixon's decision to endorse Bill de Blasio over herself in the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

New York City's own bid — which included four possible business districts — was backed by about 70 elected officials, but not Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, or Council members Corey Johnson and Donovan Richards, both contenders to become the next Council speaker.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The speaker of the New York City Council issued a sharp rebuke of a once - powerful state lawmaker who is seeking to become her colleague.

Ragone, who worked for former speaker Peter Vallone in the City Council and for Andrew Cuomo before he became governor, described the meetings in a phone interview as a chance to «catch up on our personal lives» and to «just really talk shop.»

Within two hours of Ms. Nixon's speech on Tuesday, the former City Council speaker Christine Quinn, openly gay and an ally of the governor's, declared via The New York Post that Ms. Nixon was an «unqualified lesbian» who should not have opposed her own more viable bid to become the mayor of New York several years ago when Mr. de Blasio won his first term.

«Children who become obese are much more likely to battle obesity their entire life,» said Quinn (D - Manhattan), the City Council speaker.

Melissa Mark - Viverito, one of the leading candidates to become the next City Council speaker, declined to say the Pledge of Allegiance at Council meetings until last month.

One of the city's leading consulting firms is quietly aiding Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito in her quest to become the next speaker of the City Council — yet another sign that the race for the city's second-most powerful position is revvingcity's leading consulting firms is quietly aiding Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito in her quest to become the next speaker of the City Council — yet another sign that the race for the city's second-most powerful position is revvingCity Council — yet another sign that the race for the city's second-most powerful position is revvingcity's second-most powerful position is revving up.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito may have secured all of the votes she needs to become the next City Council speaker, but her staunchest opposition now lies in one of the boroughs she represents: the Bronx.

In an interview with NY1 — his first since he became the presumptive speaker — Johnson maintained it will be «incredibly important» that leadership positions and high profile chair positions reflect the diversity of the Council and the city.

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams, one of eight City Council members who hopes to become the next speaker, has unveiled his agenda for continuing «progressive government,» which includes increasing members» powers, supporting women in office, and a «New Deal» agenda to support marginalized groups.

Since being seen as a candidate to succeed Christine Quinn as City Council speaker, City Council member Dan Garodnick has become the target of...

Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams says he wants answers from Mayor Bill de Blasio and Democratic county leaders about why they chose Manhattan Councilman Corey Johnson, a white man, to become the next City Council speaker instead of one of the five candidates of color he argues were qualified.