Sentences with phrase «city controller»

I had a cousin who ran for city controller of Philadelphia with the first Black Mayoral candidate.

The same day, they donated $ 9,400 to the campaign of former city controller William Thompson.

Supporters of Mayor de Blasio point to the Hizzoner's big margin of victory over Albanese and others — he won 74 % of the vote, the biggest percentage in decades — but then - city controller Bill Thompsons tallied 71 % in 2009, without the advantage of being an incumbent.

Republican city controller candidate Michel Faulkner's campaign shelled out $ 188.85 in campaign cash to the online dating site eHarmony - a charge his campaign blames on debit card theft.

Suddenly, only five weeks before last year's Democratic mayoral primary, the Campaign Finance Board disqualified the then - city controller from receiving the taxpayer subsidies that were crucial to his shot at City Hall.

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer files petitions to run for New York City controller at the New York Board of Elections in lower Manhattan last week.

In California, for instance, State Senator Ted Lieu, standing up for a minimum - wage increase, won against Wendy Greuel, a former Los Angeles city controller, for Henry A. Waxman's seat.

Republican Michel Faulkner is dropping out of the race for mayor — but will run for city controller instead, he said Sunday.

Hevesi, now 70, represented his Queens district through 1993, when he was elected city controller under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

During Spitzer's unsuccessful campaign for city controller last year, he was harshly criticized by Espaillat for having backed off a proposal as governor to give undocumented immigrants in New York drivers licenses.

Signs such as «Keep your rosaries off my ovaries,» and «I stand with Planned Parenthood» were lofted above the crowd as speakers including city controller Scott Stringer pledged their support.

Former governor Eliot Spitzer will face off against Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer in the Democratic primary for city controller.

United Teachers Los Angeles and California Federation of Teachers unions endorsed Garcetti in 2013 over his opponent Wendy Greuel, the former city controller and a fellow Democrat.

De Blasio shouldn't get taxpayer money to pay his legal bills until the city controller certifies he racked them up as part of his job as mayor, according to civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.

Margolis, however, will be back in New York since he's handling media for Democrat Scott Stringer's campaign for city controller.

While acknowledging pension costs would remain high in the immediate future, the city controller suggested they would start to get better by 2016, at which point Liu himself could be in power at City Hall.

After graduating, he worked as a budget analyst in the city controller's office until he was elected to the Assembly in 2000.

His Democratic rival for city controller, Scott Stringer, said Spitzer didn't go far enough.

A spokeswoman for Mayor de Blasio, Ishanee Parikh, said City Hall has reached out to the state and city controllers and the Cuomo administration to coordinate their inspections with the city's new shelter inspection and repair program.

A 1986 agreement involving the state, City Hall and the city controller guaranteed that the hefty surplus generated from ground leases and payments in lieu of taxes would go toward affordable housing and other capital needs in the city.

The four others who will serve are the state and city controllers and the chairmen of the State University and City University systems.

His rival in the Democratic primary for city controller, Scott Stringer, released five years of his income tax returns Tuesday — and demanded Spitzer do the same.

Silda Wall Spitzer, who appeared anguished as she stood by her husband when he resigned, is nowhere to be found on the campaign trail as the former governor runs for city controller.

Michel Faulkner, a candidate for city controller, said that cash his campaign spent at eHarmony was actually debit card theft.

The trustees, who opposed forcing Galante to take a leave of absence and an outside audit of the library's books by the city controller, got the axe six days after the internal probe was discussed.

He also helped Spitzer in 2014 get on the ballot when the disgraced former governor unsuccessfully tried for a political comeback by running for city controller.

The city's elected officials, serving concurrent four - year terms, are: the mayor, the city controller and 16 members of City Council: 11 represent a district and 5 are elected citywide.