Sentences with phrase «black mayor»

The city's first black mayor rode in on hope for reform.

He would have been the city's first black mayor.

Executed in 1990, African - American Flag corresponds with a pivotal moment in history, coinciding with Nelson Mandela's release from Robben Island and the election of David Dinkins as the first and only black mayor of New York City.

Rangel was part of the «Gang of Four» Harlem political powerbase that helped elect David Dinkins as the city's first and only black mayor in 1989.

At the time, Carrion wanted to be the city's first Latino mayor, and Thompson was gunning to be the second black mayor since David Dinkins.

New York City's first black mayor says Gov. David Paterson should be more careful when discussing racial issues.

A former state senator who was the first African - American politician elected to that chamber to represent a district outside New York City, Brown was elected to be Buffalo's first black mayor in November 2005.

But as Roger and Jean point out, there are now black mayors, council members and other county and state officials in Mississippi.

The city's first black mayor received multiple standing ovations at the senator's event, held at the Langston Hughes Library, at 100 - 01 Northern Blvd. in Corona, last Thursday.

Praising his mentor, former Mayor David Dinkins, for presiding over New York City with «profound decency,» Mayor Bill de Blasio said today that the city's first black mayor doesn't get nearly enough credit for his accomplishments.

Stockton also just elected its first black mayor with 70 % of the vote!

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

Lamont's campaign is certainly not lacking endorsements from prominent Democrats in the Elm City, including Toni Harp, New Haven's first female mayor and second black mayor.

Later this afternoon, former Mayor David Dinkins — the city's first and only black mayor — endorsed the mayor at the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem.

«I guess I'm just lucky,» the city's first black mayor said at a Saturday celebration of his upcoming milestone.

Gyory compared it to the coalition that pushed Harold Washington, the first black mayor of Chicago, to run for elected office.

Here was a modern - day pogrom — not sanctioned by government, but surely abetted by the inadequate response of the police, who in an unfortunate coincidence were under the command of a black mayor and a black commissioner — that left religious scholar Yankel Rosenbaum dead and the air filled with anti-Semitic rhetoric.

The story of Harold Washington and the white backlash that was set off when he became Chicago's first black mayor.

Former NYC Councilman and longshot mayoral candidate Sal Albanese just broke the sad news that legendary Democratic political consultant Bill Lynch, best known as the architect of the campaign that elected the Big Apple's first black mayor, David Dinkins, has died.

DAVID N. DINKINS BUILDING — Mayor Bill de Blasio renamed the Municipal Building at 1 Centre St. after the city's first black mayor, David Dinkins, Thursday saying the city doesn't appreciate all that the 106th mayor accomplished during his time in office.

She would be the city's first black mayor.

«One should not get overly involved in just «It's time for another black mayor.»

Dinkins said the city has made strides, recalling that he was the first black mayor of the city — an achievement of which he said he «will always be very proud» — and that Quinn was the first female and the first openly LGBT speaker.

But Mr. Rangel had unseated the first black congressman from New York, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., in 1970 and in the years since, Harlem has produced the city's first black mayor, David N. Dinkins, and the state's first black governor, David A. Paterson.

«He never supports us on anything,» one police officer complained to the New York Times about Mr. Dinkins, the city's first and only black mayor.

The first time Chirlane McCray stepped into City Hall, she was a 36 - year - old speech writer for then - Mayor David Dinkins — the city's first and only black mayor — in the early 1990s.

Earlier this week, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, the city's first and only black mayor, said he would back James if she were to run.

Remember: The president just barely got involved in the 2009 NYC mayor's race, much to the chagrin of the Democratic candidate, now - former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, who was trying to become the city's second black mayor).

«John Liu is the David Dinkins of politics right now,» Mr. Seabrook told Politicker in a recent interview, referring to the city's first black mayor.

The thousand - strong U.S. Conference of Mayors, headed by the black mayor of Sacramento, strongly backs charters, as do such prominent Democrats as California Gov. Jerry Brown, the new housing secretary and ex-San Antonio mayor Julian Castro, Denver's Michael Hancock, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and the left - of - Hillary hope Martin O'Malley, Maryland's governor.

The longtime community activist said in a Final Call article, New York's first and only Black mayor, David Dinkins, would have never been elected had it not been for Black radio.

And the Clintons have little interest in appearing to block either Christine Quinn, the New York City Council Speaker, or Bill Thompson, the former city comptroller and 2009 Democratic mayoral nominee who is vying to be the city's second black mayor.

«Whenever a new constituency is on the verge of achieving political power and succeeds for the first time, there's inevitably a sense of energy and excitement that goes along with it,» Evan Stavisky, a Democratic consultant, said, pointing to New Yorkers like John C. Liu, the first Asian - American elected to office in the city; Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the first openly gay legislator; and Mayor David N. Dinkins, the first black mayor.

Roberts would be the city's first black mayor.

He moved across the street to City Hall for his single term as the city's first black mayor.

Mr. de Blasio, speaking from a stage outside the Municipal Building as dozens of former Dinkins staffers and elected officials looked on, recounted how he volunteered for Mr. Dinkins» 1989 campaign when «many people» thought it was «impossible» to elect a black mayor.

In 1977, the city of New Orleans elected its first black mayor, Ernest «Dutch» Morial, the winner of a runoff.

And there's Cory Booker, black mayor of Newark — and friend.

Hammons created the «African American Flag» in 1990, when David Dinkins was elected the first (and only, thus far) black mayor of New York City.

The AIDS crisis was altogether real, as for Nan Goldin, Félix González - Torres, and Martin Wong, although Ed Koch had left office, New York had a black mayor, and welfare hotels were at last shutting down.

I wanted to celebrate local black heroes, the invisible people like the first black mayor of Camden, (a district of London).

Katrina was a democrat governor, black mayor and ignorant / criminal / unheeding resident, failure foremost.