Sentences with phrase «city liberal mayor»

Even Democratic allies have complained of Mr. de Blasio's high - handedness — not everyone thought it was a moral obligation to make mayoral control permanent — and Ms. Wolfe will need to figure out how to keep securing wins in an environment that can be hostile for a big city liberal mayor.

On the other hand, we have some big city liberal mayors who are trying to do the right thing in tough fiscal times.

Not exact matches

Last year, de Blasio sought a permanent extension of mayoral control of city schools, an ask that came amid ongoing tensions between the Senate GOP and the liberal New York City macity schools, an ask that came amid ongoing tensions between the Senate GOP and the liberal New York City maCity mayor.

In his campaign, McGrath has used de Blasio as a boogeyman for the suburban Senate district, raising the specter of a Democratic - controlled Senate being beholden to the liberal New York City mayor and costing Nassau County precious school aid.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor already unpopular in those coveted suburbs blowing up his spot.

The mayor tarred his foes as Trump - supporting conservatives in an overwhelmingly liberal city and defended his tenure as the city's 109th chief executive.

Cuomo was headed into re-election mode and he didn't need a liberal New York City mayor — already unpopular in the coveted suburbs — blowing up his spot.

Cuomo's business - friendly policies have angered some liberal Democrats, but praise from the mayor of New York City may help blunt that criticism.

Mr. Kelly has been a frequent critic of the de Blasio administration, accusing the liberal mayor of allowing the city's quality - of - life to deteriorate and not supporting the police enough.

The 73 - year - old financial information industry billionaire, who earned a reputation as a social liberal with strong Wall Street ties during his time as New York City mayor, has considered a White House run for years.

One week ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo had a front - row seat onstage at the ceremonial inauguration of Bill de Blasio as mayor, giving him an up - close view of the city's victorious liberals spiking the ball.

The liberal mayor questioned the governor's claim today that he and Mr. de Blasio share a bond greater than any New York City mayor and governor in «modern political history,» telling reporters that he wasn't well - versed enough on the past to know.

A NYC Council bill that would force the NYPD to reveal its anti-terror tools and tactics is too liberal even for the city's left - leaning mayor, who said the act would create a «roadmap for the bad guys.»

In 2014, he was still a new mayor, one who had ridden into City Hall on a hard progressive platform and a 73 percent electoral tsunami, who had installed the Council speaker of his choice and built a line of political credit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo by securing him support from liberal groups over the summer.

Even the city's liberal Democrat mayor, who has pushed policing reforms including the decrease in criminal arrests of low - level marijuana possession, is opposed the policy shift.

Under the liberal Democratic mayor, the city booted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from Rikers Island and has only honored the federal agency's requests it detain a suspect if that person has committed one of 170 violent felony offenses.

In a new book, one of his supporters compares the New York City mayor with other liberal mayors, and says no.

Skelos resigned this month from his leadership post and was replaced by John Flanagan, a Suffolk County lawmaker who has made conciliatory statements with regard to the liberal New York City mayor.

When Bill de Blasio was running for mayor on a starkly liberal platform in 2013, some of New York's business leaders feared the city's economic well - being was doomed.

A liberal Democrat like Mr. de Blasio, the public advocate - turned - mayor, Ms. James has not warred with City Hall like her predecessors, who were Democrats charged with serving as ombudsmen in the shadows of two imposing Republican mayors.

The «budget handshake» at City Hall — touted as the earliest since 1992 — was all smiles and self - congratulation until a reporter inquired whether the mayor and speaker, both liberal Democrats and longtime allies, had resolved their difference on the matter.

But Albany, which has the power to renew or end the city's control of its schools, has not been cooperative with the liberal mayor.

In a humiliating defeat for New York City's liberal Democratic mayor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature agreed today to extend mayoral control for just a single year.

One Senate Dem said upstate and suburban candidates have already routinely been tarred by the Republicans trying to link them to the mayor and a liberal New York City tax - and - spend agenda.

The liberal mayor has not always had an easy relationship with the more conservative city business leaders, but he is also hoping their clout — which Republicans also rely on for campaign donations — can sway the Senate.

None of the attacks have stuck with voters, leaving de Blasio poised to be the first Democrat elected mayor of the heavily liberal - leaning city in nearly a quarter century.

If liberals do not strive to work with Walsh as mayor, their ideas will go not to the city's laws or budget, but rather into the journals of disgruntled Perez Williams supporters.

But last month, several weeks into her campaign for mayor in one of the world's most liberal cities, she changed her mind.

Tuesday marked the deadline for presidential candidates to express interest in attending an aspirationally bipartisan Iowa presidential forum sponsored by The Progressive Agenda Committee, the national advocacy group founded by de Blasio, New York City's liberal Democratic mayor.

«The mayor should have thought this through and not gone along with the rest of the liberals,» he said, claiming that the mayor followed the lead of Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who said the city should consider removing the Columbus statues.

The New York City Council unanimously elected a fiercely liberal Democrat from East Harlem as its powerful speaker on Wednesday, eschewing the moderate leadership that had overseen its ranks for a decade and eliminating the last barrier to a government fully in line with the undiluted liberalism embraced by the new mayor... Previous speakers, such as Christine C. Quinn, had acted as a tempering force in the restive Council, bottling up measures like higher wage mandates viewed warily by the business world.

The mayor electrified liberals with his campaign promise to provide prekindergarten classes in New York City by raising taxes on wealthy residents.

The New York City Council unanimously elected a fiercely liberal Democrat from East Harlem as its powerful speaker on Wednesday, eschewing the moderate leadership that had overseen its ranks for a decade and eliminating the last barrier to a government fully in line with the undiluted liberalism embraced by the new mayor.

He has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in the inner city region of Lewisham in south east London and hopes to be the Party's candidate for London mayor.

The liberal Democratic mayor pointed out today that Zachary Carter, the corporation counsel and chief legal officer for the city, was a U.S. Attorney under the Clinton administration and has advised the NYPD that the clearances and cleanings of 21 colonies of the indigent are legal.

While this program, championed by liberals such as New York City's new mayor Bill de Blasio, might boost achievement for at - risk kids — it is part of Canada's initiative as well — it is also likely to add union jobs.