Sentences with phrase «by outgoing mayor»

Anish Kapoor was railroaded by outgoing mayor Boris Johnson into adding a slide to his Olympic sculpture.

«Sadly the New York City Campaign Finance System was once hailed as a nationwide model, but it has devolved into a nitpicking, imperious bureaucracy, now chaired by a political appointee who was illegally installed by the outgoing mayor,» the suit says.

Not exact matches

There's less than three weeks until Londoners elect their next mayor and the latest poll released by ComRes says Labour candidate Sadiq Khan remains on course to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson on May 5.

And of course, British politics is also now dominated by an «old boys» network»: the cliques of Etonions and Bullingdon club members, personified by the prime minister, David Cameron, the chancellor, George Osborne — and indeed London's outgoing mayor, Boris Johnson.

With just three weeks left in his term, the outgoing mayor has vetoed the 2016 budget approved by the Common Council and replaced it with his own spending plan — one his successor, Mayor - elect Steve Noble, says will make it nearly impossible carry out some basic functions of city government.

Another surprise occurred in the Syracuse mayor's race, where four candidates were vying to replace outgoing Democrat Stephanie Miner, who was barred by term limits from seeking re-election.

Troy is facing a 9.3 percent property tax increase under the municipal budget proposed by outgoing Democratic mayor Lou Rosamilia, who's not seeking another term.