Sentences with phrase «by running for mayor»

For two generations, the name Walsh has been synonymous with Republican politics in Syracuse, now Ben Wlash, son of ex-GOP Rep. Jim Walsh, is waking a political tightrope by running for mayor of the city as an independent.

Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that he'd «love to» make New York City great again by running for mayor — after he's helped his old man win the White House.

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He made a plea for what he called pioneer religion — in which God the trail boss and Jesus the scout lead the church, a covered wagon always on the move, as the minister dishes up for the pioneers fresh meat brought in by the Holy Spirit — over settler religion in which God the mayor and Jesus the sheriff run the church as a courthouse and the minister - banker protects the interests of the religious establishment.

Broda's decision to keep his trustee seat while he ran for mayor was criticized by former Mayor Ron Ghilardi during the campaign, which ended last month when Broda won a resounding victory over the three - term mayor.

It's also worth noting here that the HRC's effort to push for marriage equality in NY is headed by a former Bloomberg aide, Brian Ellner, who removed his name from the running to become head of the Empire State Pride Agenda after some LGBT advocates protested his close ties to the mayor.

Concannon was thought to have been courted by the Bloomberg administration to run for City Council — part of the mayor's attack on the community safety act.

Smith, a Democrat, is accused of trying to bribe Republican officials into letting him run for mayor on the GOP line last year by obtaining a Wilson - Pakula letter.

During his visit, he was introduced to Klein for the first time by the IDC's newest member, Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who just so happens to be spending a lot of time with the NYC GOP leaders as he courts them in his long - shot bid to run on their ballot line in the upcoming mayor's race.

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

Sergio Rodriguez isn't daunted by the odds of running for mayor as a Republican in a city where Democrats hold a seven - to - one enrollment edge.

«The election will not be taken for granted by me,» said Koch, who had been elected mayor four years earlier by defeating incumbent Mayor Abe Beame, colorful congresswoman Bella Abzug, and Secretary of State Mario Cuomo in a crowded and bitterly contested Democratic primary and runoff before whipping Republican Roy M. Goodman and Cuomo, who was running on the Liberal Party ticket, in the general election.

Rodriguez, a 32 - year old Marine veteran, quit his job as coordinator of Veterans and Military Affairs at Medaille College to launch what some consider a quixotic run for mayor in November because Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in the city by more than seven to one.

However, he was outraised and outspent over the past six months by deep - pocketed developer Paul Massey, a political novice running as a Republican for mayor who raised $ 2.9 million.

A top Cuomo aide appeared over the weekend to endorse his wife's «thanking» of Bloomberg for having «just elected Bill de Blasio as mayor» by claiming in a newly published interview that de Blasio was running a «racist» campaign.

Democratic businessman Adam Haber and Republican Flower Hill mayor Elaine Phillips are battling for the Nassau seat being vacated by Jack Martins, who is leaving the Senate to run for Congress.

And London Breed, who served as acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Ed Lee, is running for mayor of the City by the Bay.

In his State of the City speech — the first by a City Comptroller in recent memory — Liu, who is widely expected to run for mayor despite being the subject of a federal investigation, jumped on the «Lin - sanity» bandwagon.

Liu, who is continuing to pursue a run for mayor, has seen his rising star tarnished by allegations of campaign finance fraud.

Malpass has been backed by Diana Taylor, the mayor's longtime girlfriend, who is a bigwig at Wolfensohn & Co. and was urged to run for the seat herself by national Republicans, as well as some well - known GOP names who gave money to his campaign.

«By doing that, it's actually less expensive than what Mayor Bloomberg wants to do,» said Lhota, who stepped down as chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to run for mayor.

She's prevented by term limits from running for mayor again.

After a criminal referral to prosecutors from the state Board of Elections office, other subpoenas sought records related to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations solicited by the mayor's campaign that were rerouted to upstate Democrats running for the state Senate.

Lil» Kim will not be running for Hoboken mayor as reported by ABC Eyewitness News in early April.

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.

PLATTSBURGH — Sara Rowden was sworn into the Clinton County Legislature on Tuesday, filling the seat left vacant by Colin Read's resignation to run for mayor.

After Martins ran out of time answering a question about improving storm infrastructure, Curran completed his thought by citing their common support for a local mayor's plan to build retractable floodgates.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

Most of the proposed corridors on Fifth and Sixth avenues go through Community Board 5, led by district manager Wally Rubin, and City Council District 3, represented by Speaker Christine Quinn, who is vacating her seat and running for mayor.

Rodriguez, a 32 - year old Marine veteran quit his job as coordinator of Veterans and Military Affairs at Medaille College to launch what some consider a Quixotic run for mayor in November because Democratic voters outnumber Republicans in the city by a more than seven to one.

The Bronx Republicans are led by Chairman Joseph Savino, who was arrested Tuesday for accepting cash bribes to support Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith's attempt to run for mayor as a Republican.

Also, amusingly, Smith — whose leadership four years ago was rendered embarrassingly ineffectual by his conference's defectors, and who is no longer in a meaningful leadership position — is now rumored to be flirting with a party switch, after having floated his own name to run for mayor of New York City next year as a Republican.

(CNN)- Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner may seek political redemption by running this year for New York City mayor, but a new poll of city residents suggests many of them may not be ready to forgive him.

In 2005, she ran for mayor but lost by 3 percent of the vote.

Council Member Eric Ulrich, the sole Republican elected official to have endorsed Bo Dietl for mayor, last night made clear that his endorsement does not extend to an independent run by Dietl.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani says his one - time deputy, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, will likely announce by Christmas whether he will leave his post to run for mayor himself in 2013.

The New York Times reviews «Weiner,» a documentary about former Rep. Anthony Weiner's failed attempt at a political comeback by running for NYC mayor in 2013.

(The spending analysis comes from a report by the Manhattan borough president, Scott M. Stringer, who may run for mayor.)

Phillips, the mayor of Flower Hill who is running for the Senate seat vacated by incumbent Jack Martins, received $ 170,000.

The Tory MP said he was «overwhelmed» by the mandate he had been given to run for mayor and gave a first flavour of his policy priorities.

The NY Post thinks former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is setting his sights too low by trying to get his old job back, and suggests he run for mayor in 2013 instead.

The mayor was believed to be on the short list for potential lieutenant governor running mates back in 2010, but was passed over by Cuomo in favor of then - Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy.

«The mayor's comments today were completely disingenuous, knowing that the MTA is set to present its 30 - day overhaul plan this week,» said Lhota, who ran against de Blasio in the 2013 race for mayor and was re-appointed to the chairmanship this June by Cuomo.

A poll by his own news service indicates that Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former New York City mayor who reportedly is considering a run for the White House, isn't very well known by Iowans and isn't well liked by those who have heard of him.

As a result, Syracuse's mayor ran unopposed by a major party candidate for the first time in at least a century.

It maintains that the decision to dismiss does not dispute the attorney general's claims that Meghan Ortt, the senator's wife, was paid for a no - show job arranged by then - Niagara County GOP Chairman Henry Wojtasek in 2010, when Ortt faced an income loss by agreeing to run for North Tonawanda mayor, a post he won.

The judge noted that Ortt said in his grand jury testimony that he was approached in 2008 by Maziarz, then a politically potent GOP senator, along with Bill Patton and Wojtaszek about running for North Tonawanda mayor.

She would assume the post formerly occupied by Speaker Christine Quinn, whose term ended after an unsuccessful run for mayor.

The burden of the new fares would generally be borne by folks with more money, another convenient talking point in a city governed by a mayor who ran for office on combating income inequality.

Cuomo, who has been attempting to recruit a candidate to run against de Blasio in next year's Democratic primary for mayor, blindsided Hizzoner last week with a state budget plan the mayor said would cost the city some $ 800 million — prompting a furious de Blasio to vow to kill the plan «by any means necessary.»

The three Democratic candidates running for mayor of Syracuse held their first debate Tuesday, which was broadcast by Spectrum News.