Sentences with phrase «council speaker race»

Representative Joseph Crowley, the chairman of the Queens committee, and State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, the power behind the Bronx committee, are still irked over the outcome of the last Council speaker race, when their candidate, Mr. Garodnick, was defeated by the liberal coalition and the mayor's maneuvering.

We spoke with Council Members Carlos Menchaca, Ydanis Rodriguez and Brad Lander, as well as Melissa Mark - Viverito, about the state of the council speaker race with three days to go.

Topics included Peter Ragone's role in the administration, de Blasio's engagement in the city council speaker race, plans concerning his wife's possible staff and office, Health Commissioner Tom Farley, Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina's pension and salary and Governor Cuomo's plans to allow medical marijuana in New York.

Scrutiny of activities of Democratic Organization of Queens County now includes Council speaker race: source By Progress New York

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The final hours of the Council speaker's race were a flurry of phone calls, meetings and — allegedly — threats.

While a vast majority of New York Democrats support both, the issue is especially problematic for Mr. Williams because he is a member of the council's Progressive Caucus, which includes many LGBT and pro-choice advocates, and is hoping to play a significant role in the speaker's race.

A Queens Democratic source said Mr. Weprin was growing «frustrated» in the Council, especially after losing a heated race for City Council speaker in 2014.

Council staffers have been concerned about their jobs since Mark - Viverito won the speaker's race earlier this month.

Lawyers for City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have reached a settlement with the city's Conflict of Interest Board following an investigation into free political consulting services that Mark - Viverito accepted during the race for speaker in 2013.

Yeger was a supporter of Council Member Mark Levine in the speaker's race.

With the mayoral contest leaning in favor of de Blasio, political eyes have swung to the biggest contested race in town: the NYC Council speaker.

CIVIC CENTER — Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio has waded into the race to pick the next City Council speaker, urging members to pick Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito, DNAinfo has learned.

When Mr. de Blasio took office as mayor in 2014 and Mr. Heastie was the Bronx Democratic county chairman, they found themselves on opposite sides of the race for City Council speaker.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

The council speaker, who has been locked in a tight battle for the top slot since Weiner entered the race, said the election has to be about ways to improve the city.

Bloomberg lauded Quinn, an early front - runner in the race who came in third place in the polls, for her work as council speaker.

As mayor - elect de Blasio jumped into the race for city council speaker, lobbying council members and pushing his preferred choice of Melissa Mark - Viverito to an anticipated victory well before the scheduled city council vote.

«I'm deeply committed to the Bronx and the Bronx council delegation and we, as a delegation, have agreed to be a unified force in the speaker's race so I will support whomever the Bronx delegation decides to support.»

She was widely regarded as a strong contender for the speakership and her exit from the Council left the speaker race dominated by men.

She had helped get out the vote for de Blasio's Democratic primary victory in the 2013 mayoral race and supported his failed bid to become City Council speaker a decade ago.

The race to become the next City Council speaker entered its final stages on Wednesday with leaders from the two most powerful Democratic county organizations, in the Bronx and in Queens, solidifying support behind a Manhattan councilman, Corey Johnson, according to four people with direct knowledge of the discussions, who spoke anonymously because they did not have permission to disclose the choice.

At the last public forum in the race to become the next speaker of the City Council, seven of the eight men contending for the Council's top leadership spot took turns making their argument for why they would be the right person to continue Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's legacy of protecting and promoting the cause of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers.

«I have interests in the (New York) City Council speaker's race and who gets it is crucial for me.»

«Eight years after losing a race for speaker of the City Council, Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio is determined to win one.»

At 6:30 p.m., activists participate in a discussion on the upcoming NYC Council speaker's race, the influence of money on elected officials and the impact on local communities of legislation and policies favorable to the real estate industry, LaGuardia Community College, 31 - 10 Thomson Ave., Room E242, Queens.

De Blasio is holding sit - downs with several candidates vying to be the next City Council speaker this week, in a race where there is still no clear front - runner, and hopefuls for the position are striving to show their independence from the mayor.

Mark Levine, the front - runner in the race to become the next NYC Council speaker, hasn't lived in the Washington Heights apartment that he owns since 2013 — but he still benefits from a tax abatement there.

NEW YORK CITY — The race to become the next speaker of the City Council is a costly one.

With Mark - Viverito leaving and the next speaker's race underway, the mayor is poised to win reelection — but the honeymoon is over and many City Council members want a speaker who can stand up to him.

Alison Hirsh, the political director and a registered lobbyist for the building workers union 32BJ, is now the lead negotiator in the speaker's race for the council's Progressive Caucus, which Mark - Viverito co-chairs — and which is expected to emerge as a power broker in the speaker's race.

Democratic power brokers are divvying up City Council chairmanships following the speaker race.

The caucus, which is expected to have about 20 members once the new council is sworn in at the beginning of January, is amassing influence that could oppose the reigning power of the Democratic county committees, which have traditionally been the power brokers in the speaker's race, sources say.

In New York City, the Hotel Trades Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last year.

This afternoon we spoke with Council Member Melissa Mark - Viverito about the speaker's race.

Congressman Crowley discussed the council speaker's race, in which his candidate lost to Bill de Blasio's candidate, Melissa Mark - Viverito, and his relationship with the mayor.

Unlike the New York City Council's speaker's race of 2013 and early 2014, there were no forums for the candidates to state their positions to the public.

«Cynthia Nixon was opposed to having a qualified lesbian become mayor of New York City,» former City Council speaker Christine Quinn told the New York Post Tuesday, referring to Nixon's decision to endorse Bill de Blasio over herself in the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

It may seem like campaign season is over in the city, but one is just getting started; Election Day was the unofficial start of the race for city council speaker — and some of the candidates are heading out of town to kick it off.

De Blasio took the unusual step in recent weeks of injecting himself into the speaker race, calling council members to lobby on his candidate's behalf.

Mendez has declined to join the Progressive Caucus, the growing group of left - leaning Council members who are hoping to sway the speaker's race, because she said she found the process «not to be transparent or inclusive.»

He pointed to the speaker race — in which each candidate, including Johnson, indicated that they would increase the Council's budget — and news coverage of the Council's enhanced responsibilities.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a liberal firebrand, emerged from the conference as the apparent front - runner in the speaker's race, which will be decided by an inside - baseball election among the 51 members of the City Council early next year.

One of the city's leading consulting firms is quietly aiding Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito in her quest to become the next speaker of the City Council — yet another sign that the race for the city's second-most powerful position is revving up.

One longtime council employee said the speaker's race is still likely to favor one of the minority candidates, although James» victory eases the pressure on the white hopefuls.

The speaker's race is the most inside - baseball election in the city — because it's open only to elected Council members, and even then heavily influenced by forces like county Democratic bosses and labor unions.

A week before Council members vote for the next speaker of the City Council, Brooklyn Councilwoman Inez Barron is entering the race because she thinks it is time for a black speaker.

It is also unclear how Holden's entry into the Council will affect the speaker's race.

Although the outcome of Samuel's race — she was a leading candidate in the crowded Democratic primary for the open City Council District 41 seat — was uncertain, the atmosphere was quasi-celebratory, with family, friends, and supporters swaying to the beat blaring from speakers stationed nearby.

Out of that caucus, in recent weeks, has emerged a «progressive bloc» of 20 or more members — including newcomers to the Council — who have pledged to stand together in support of the same candidate in the speaker's race.

Garodnick refused to address reports that he is considering vying for the coveted position of City Council speaker, saying he is focused first on winning his re-election race.