Sentences with phrase «black mayor of»

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.

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

As these laws were repealed, the area evolved into one of the most affluent African American communities in the country, home to Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald, as well as the first (and only) black mayor of Los Angeles, Tom Bradley (who stayed in Leimert Park for the first few years of his record twenty - year term), and filmmaker John Singleton, who inadvertently created the neighborhood's tagline when he dubbed it «the black Greenwich Village.»

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 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.

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

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.

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

Not exact matches

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

As a policy - focused, but non-partisan, organization The Vancouver Board of Trade has worked to positively engage both of the leading candidates for mayor and council, noted Black.

Jesse Jackson, while still the leading Democratic politician in Chicago, chose to be silent during the public storm that broke after it was revealed that Cokely — then a high - salaried aide to the Democratic mayor — had accused Jewish doctors of injecting blacks with AIDS.

Yes, the citizens of Saratoga Springs elected a token black woman to be their mayor just to have a token minority in their city government.

People with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor - elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman and with two biracial children.

Anatoly Pakhomov is the mayor of Sochi, the resort city on the Black Sea that will host the 2014 Winter Games.

The mayor adopted what has become a rallying cry for demonstrators in protests and on social media following the deaths of unarmed black teens Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown — «black lives matter.»

Funny Dirty Little War (1983) Dir: Héctor OliveraAn Argentine black comedy tells the story of Suprino, a Peronist mayor who tries to fire his deputy because of his Marxist sympathies.

(The mayor systematically courted black church leaders to deprive his Thompson of their support, evening making a $ 1 million donation to the development corporation at Butts» church).

In a wrongful termination suit against Black Equity, Johnson claims that the board of the organization told her it didn't look good for her to be seen endorsing a Jew for mayor.

If elected, James would be the first black woman mayor of New York City.

«Cynthia has been going after the black vote aggressively since the start of her campaign,» said George Arzt, who was the communications director for former New York City mayor Ed Koch.

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.

The former mayor, who ran for president in 2008, gave a fiery address at the convention on Monday and has garnered controversy in recent weeks for his remarks critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Allegedly, Halloran accepted a $ 7,500 bribe from an informant to get his support for State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, to enter the Republican primary for mayor, which Read more»

While marijuana arrests have dropped significantly since the mayor took office, 86 percent of the people arrested for marijuana possession in the fifth degree during 2017 were people of color; 48 percent were black and 38 percent were Hispanic.

But at a rally outside City Hall this afternoon Bertha Lewis, founder of the Black Institute and a former ally of the mayor, wasn't glowing.

Perhaps most troubling for the mayor were the numbers among blacks and Hispanics, who form his base and whose support showed significant signs of erosion for the first time.

In 2014, there was only one black woman mayor nationwide: Stephanie Rawlings - Blake, then - mayor of Baltimore.

But the defeat of Mandelson by Livingstone in last year's NEC election, support for Livingstone for London mayor and black members» use of OMOV to try to select black candidates for inner city parliamentary seats showed that the individual membership can not be totally controlled by the leadership.

The two officers were shot --» assassinated,» as the mayor and police commissioner put it — through the window of their patrol car by 28 - year - old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who posted on social media that he was out for revenge for the police - related deaths of unarmed black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

... I think it's a really smart idea,» said Terrence J. from BET's show «106 and Park,» one of a handful of celebrities who joined the mayor and Schools Chancellor Cathie Black at East Harlem's Isaac Newton Middle School.

Some see the mayor's support of «broken windows» policing, which targets smaller crimes to prevent larger ones, as the continuation of a policy that unfairly targets blacks and Latinos.

Bertha Lewis, head of the The Black Institute and a founding member of The Working Families Party who supported de Blasio for mayor, said the administration «has not demonstrated» that minority hiring is a «priority.»

So though the mayor's aides talk about «multiplying» his base of support beyond the black, Latino, and liberal whites who made up his winning coalition, the administration knows it has to pay special attention to delivering for his core supporters.

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

Paladino rarely donates to black political candidates and was a major financial backer of Brown's opponents for mayor in 2005 and 2009.

Despite Schroeder's concentrated efforts in East Side churches and other parts of the community, veteran observers predict black voters will cast their ballot for the mayor.

Mrs Hodge was candid in her assessment of Labour's three black or minority ethnic potential candidates for mayor.

Bertha Joseph, Brent's first Afro - Caribbean mayor, said she was joining the Conservatives after Labour failed to address crime in her area or increase the representation of black and ethnic minority Londoners in the council.

A task force created to figure out what to do with controversial statues and monuments on New York City property — described by the mayor as «symbols of hate» — has recommended only one statue be moved: a monument to J. Marion Sims, a 19th century doctor who developed advances in gynecological surgery by conducting operations on black slave women.

The mayor's choice of venue harks back to the black New Yorkers and other liberals who helped carry him to victory more than three years ago and who make up the heart of his base.

But as in previous polls, black, white and Hispanic voters have widely different views of the mayor.

Mr. Thompson recently told Mr. Jeffries that he viewed the congressman as the strongest black candidate who could run against the mayor in 2017 — and one of only two Democrats, along with Scott M. Stringer, the current comptroller, able to mount a real challenge to Mr. de Blasio.

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

Nor is he the labor or black or Latino choice for mayor, to the extent that anyone can be said to be the one champion for any of these diverse blocs.

Black and Hispanic voters approve of the mayor by large margins, but two - thirds of whites disapprove.

MANHATTAN — Although she may not have much experience in education, Cathie Black's launch of O, The Oprah Magazine, and her numerous other business accomplishments qualify her to be schools chancellor, the mayor argued Wednesday in a letter sent to the State's Education Department.

The poll found that the approval ratings are split among racial and residential lines, with 69 percent of white voters approving of the job the mayor's doing, while only 52 percent of black voters and 56 percent of Hispanic voters responded positively.

Even Bloomberg's close aide, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson, learned of Black's hiring a mere half - hour before the mayor announced it last November.

He has a unique perspective, not only the mayor of the nation's largest city, but also as a white man married to a black woman, and the father of two black children.

In a Q poll this week, 72 percent of black voters said the mayor deserves re-election, compared with 23 percent of whites.