Sentences with phrase «black leader of the chamber»

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The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, participated in a pre-NAFTA delegation on January 22 in Montreal that brought together the leaders of chambers of commerce from across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Paterson was replaced as minority leader by Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith, who made history in 2009 when the Democrats wrested control of the majority from the GOP and he became the chamber's first black majority leader.

Frustrated public officials and community leaders on Monday will hold a Harlem rally in support of making Stewart - Cousins the chamber's first black woman majority leader.

Heastie, 47, who stands to become the first black speaker, still faces Joe Morelle of Rochester, the chamber's majority leader, as well as Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan of Queens.