Sentences with phrase «becomes mayor of the city»

Former Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham is also standing down to be Labour's candidate for mayor of Greater Manchester, while Steve Rotheram - Mr Corbyn's parliamentary aide - is resigning his Liverpool Walton seat in his bid to become mayor of the city.

The state Attorney General's office accused the Republican of obtaining a «no - show job» for his wife in order to make up for a pay reduction he took to become the mayor of the City of North Tonawanda.

Years later, Javert runs into Valjean, who has created a new identity to become the mayor of a city.

The biggest enemy of Spider - Man — Norman Osborn, aka the Goblin, becomes the mayor of the city.

Not exact matches

With 47.7 % of its population of non-Dutch origin, Rotterdam is proud of its multiethnic makeup, and in 2009 it further cemented its multicultral status after Ahmed Aboutaleb became the first Muslim mayor of a major Dutch city.

In 2005, he became mayor of Solo — the very city whose slums he had grown up in — and did so good a job busting corruption and cleaning things up, that in 2012, he unseated incumbent Fauzi Bowo to become governor of Jakarta, the sprawling megacity.

Wilmot Collins, 54, made history this year when he became the first black person to be elected mayor of a city in Montana.

The mayor became the proactive poster boy for the health program after he called a press conference at the city zoo, posed in front of the elephants and announced that he, and the whole city, would be going on a diet.

Rudy Giuliani told CNBC on Monday that high unemployment in places like Detroit is the result of the same Democratic policies that crippled New York City's economy before he became mayor in 1994.

«Imagine a Great City» was the slogan of Federico Peña's campaign to become mayor of Denver.

I first became aware of this concept in The Good city and the Good Life, written by former Missoula mayor Daniel Kemmis.

A new political dawn in the land of the meatball has brought with it a culinary awakening, with news that the new mayor of Turin wants it to become the first vegetarian city in Italy.

If the mayor of a tony Long Island village has his way, one of the most exclusive private clubs in the New York City area will become a muni

Steve Rotheram added: «As mayor of the Liverpool city region, I am delighted that Liverpool Football Club has taken this step and is now committed to becoming a Real Living Wage Employer.

Although his father, Bo Yibo, was a close associate of Deng Xiaoping, Bo Xilai worked his way up in the provincial city of Dalian, eventually becoming mayor and party chief.

He was mayor of the city of Davao before he became President and he implemented many measure that lowered the crime rate in the city.

Republican Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former NYPD detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York City.

Nevertheless, it has a been a campaign of surprises, and it remains to be seen what else will surface in this bizarre local race that has become much more interesting than even the mayor's race in New York City, which is putting everyone to sleep.

London mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled plans for a memorial that will allow members of the public to leave condolence messages which will become part of a 3 - D illustration at City Hall.

Bill de Blasio is the true progressive in the race to become the next mayor of New York City.

Ms. Quinn's poll numbers have been falling, though, as she pursues her dream of becoming the city's first female and first openly gay mayor.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» former New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn told The New York Post, a reference to Nixon's endorsement of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio over Quinn in the 2013 mayoral election.

During his campaign to become New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio held himself out as a champion of the average New Yorker who would diminish the clout of big business interests at City Hall.

The trial of New York State Senator Malcolm Smith has brought to light new evidence concerning his alleged scheme to become mayor of New York City.

MIDTOWN — The four Democrats vying to become the city's next mayor tried Wednesday to woo a reticent business community that remains deeply concerned about the future of New York without Michael Bloomberg at the helm.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is seen as a close ally of the mayor, walked a more cautious line, but said that Bloomberg's hostile relationship with the teachers union had become counter-productive.

Mr. Banks has emerged in the last year as a major player in the mayor's administration, rising up a somewhat obscure post at the Human Resources Administration to become the face of the city's response to a growing and difficult to manage homelessness problem — and its brand - new Commissioner of Social Services.

«In the same way I know that a child will be born today, maybe in Bellevue Hospital or Harlem Hospital, perhaps the baby daughter of a Mexican or a Dominican immigrant, and God - willing, she will go on to become the mayor of this great city,» Dinkins said.

With no oversight or subpoena power, «it is clear by now that the public advocate position has just become a taxpayer - funded method to run for mayor of the city of New York,» Sliwa said.

While prosecutors did not end up charging the mayor or his top aides, a report in The New York Times shows the mayor and his top aides took an extraordinary degree of interest and became directly involved in the city's handling of a dispute involving a political donor, Harendra Singh.

Quinn has not formally announced her candidacy for mayor, but would become the first woman Mayor of New York City if she won.

State senators in favor of this bill made a three - pronged argument: property taxes have become too burdensome for middle - class homeowners; the property tax caps for municipalities outside the city have been — according to Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — «a tremendous success,» as well as a job creator; and that the city had benefitted so much from uncapped property tax collections that the mayor shouldn't be surprised about the governor's proposal to shift Medicaid cost to the city.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- Two former associates of a candidate seeking to become the city's first Asian - American mayor were convicted Thursday in a scheme to illegally raise campaign funds.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» Quinn told The New York Post, referring to Nixon endorsing de Blasio over Quinn.

Walcott became chancellor in 2011, but he'd been at Bloomberg's side since the mayor wrested control of the city's public school system from the state in 2002.

Before joining the Cuomo administration in 2011, he served as the communications for then city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who went on to become New York City mayor and one of the governor's arch political fcity Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, who went on to become New York City mayor and one of the governor's arch political fCity mayor and one of the governor's arch political foes.

De Blasio becomes the first Democratic mayor of New York since David Dinkins, elected the city's first and only black leader in 1989.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» Ms. Quinn told The New York Post, referring to her own candidacy.

Rechnitz became a star witness after testifying that he received special attention from City Hall in exchange for contributing to the mayor's efforts to help Democrats win control of the state Senate.

Earlier, Quinn told The Post, «Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» — referring to her own 2013 candidacy for mayor and Nixon's endorsement of her rival, Bill de Blasio.

Before becoming mayor in the city where he grew up, he was chairman of the Albany County Legislature, a powerful figure in the county's Democratic machine, and was employed as a Cohoes firefighter from 1989 to 2015.

The mayor has also made no secret of his desire to play a larger role on the national stage, despite a badly - fumbled bid to become a kingmaker in the 2016 Democratic primaries and criticism at home from city residents who argued the mayor should focus on the city's more localized, but no less pressing problems.

Cameron's decision may go some way towards placating City Hall, whose mayor has become increasingly hostile to the coalition government over the possibility of a third runway at Heathrow.

The mayor shuffled his administration, announcing that Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin is becoming head of the city's film office.

He also demanded Raj convince Smith that half of his potential judicial appointments should he become mayor be Republican and that the party have heavy influence in branches of City Hall that could make «things happen» for politically friendly developers — such as the Board of Standards and Appeals and the Buildings Department.

The distinction in disability pensions was created by former governor David Paterson as a cost - saving measure in 2009, and has become a flashpoint in a broader feud between de Blasio and the city's police and fire unions — one that Cuomo has seized on as he and the mayor fight over a host of other issues.

Republican Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former police detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York City.

David N. Dinkins became the first black mayor of New York City, and David A. Paterson became the state's first black governor.

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Malcolm Smith to seven years in prison, saying the former state Senate majority leader corrupted the political process by trying to buy his way onto the ballot in a crooked bid to become mayor of New York City.

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.