Sentences with phrase «councilman from»

Along with its tax affiliate, the Alliance for School Choice, the organization published glossy brochures featuring pictures of smiling children of every race, with endorsements from African - American and Democratic politicians, including Sen. Cory Booker, then an upstart city councilman from Newark, New Jersey, who joined the board of Alliance for School Choice in 2002.

A competitor for that chairmanship was a Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, Bill de Blasio.

A young county councilman from the Seattle suburbs who's a rising Republican star is making his debut for statewide office.

Now Mark Treyger, a civics teacher and UFT delegate from New Utrecht HS, hopes to serve his community as the next City Councilman from the 47th Council District in Brooklyn.

She now faces a primary challenge from Jumaane D. Williams, an African - American councilman from Brooklyn.

A former councilman from the Brooklyn sliver of the bi-borough district that includes all of Staten Island, he had steered millions of dollars to Staten Island as finance chair.

«He read the political landscape better than anyone,» said Joseph C. Borelli, a Republican councilman from Staten Island who was an assemblyman when he attended the meeting.

Now Larry Seabrook, a former state assemblyman, senator and city councilman from The Bronx, is enjoying a Big House experience free of all those pesky fences and bars — with a commissary that sells his favorite doughy food.

French was a Beekman town councilman from 2004 until assuming the supervisor's job in 2009.

Jumaane D. Williams, a councilman from Brooklyn, said he was in favor of altering the term - limit law, but acknowledged that the topic could overwhelm the charter review process.

Kalman Yeger, another councilman from Brooklyn, expressed concern during the hearing that if the commission's recommendations go before the voters in 2019, a year when there will be no major races to bring voters to the polls, it could mean that few people actually show up to vote on what could be fundamental changes to how government works.

Kelley served as a town councilman from 1989 to 1995, deputy supervisor from 1992 to 2000, planning board member from 1995 to 1999 and zoning board chair from 1999 to 2005.

Eric Ulrich, a Republican city councilman from Queens, is looking to make the switch to state politics.

Another wrinkle is that Mr. Cuomo's lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul, is facing a challenge from Jumaane Williams, a black New York City councilman from Central Brooklyn.

Sources say City Councilman Rafael Salamanca from the Bronx will chair the Land Use Committee; City Councilman Daniel Dromm from Queens will lead Finance; Mark Treyger, a councilman from Brooklyn, will chair the Education Committee; and Laurie Cumbo, a Brooklyn councilwoman, will be majority leader.

Meanwhile, Guillermo Linares, who previously represented Inwood and Washington Heights as a City Councilman from 1991 to 2001, bested relatively unknown opponents including Gabriela Rosa, Julissa Gomez, Nelson Denis and Miguel Estrella for the 72nd District Assembly seat.

Two veteran Democrats are challenging Mr. de Blasio in the primary: Tony Avella, a state senator from Queens who has challenged the mayor's approach to homelessness and fought for a Staten Island family trying to keep a large pig as a pet; and Sal Albanese, an Italian - born lawyer and former City Councilman from southwestern Brooklyn who, in his third mayoral run, has argued for a new tax on nonprimary residences — a «pied - à - terre» tax — to help fund affordable housing.

First, Jumaane Williams, a city councilman from Brooklyn, announced on Monday he is looking to challenge Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who served as Mr. Cuomo's running mate in 2014.

A recently elected town councilman from the Oswego County town of New Haven was ticketed early last week for illegally hunting deer from a motor vehicle after hours.

During his Q - and - A with reporters in NYC earlier today, Bloomberg singled out several members of the GOP conference — including his onetime ally Simcha Felder, a former Democratic NYC councilman from Brooklyn who is caucusing with the Republicans — for killing the measure, and said the next death of a child struck by a speeding driver will be on their heads.

The appointment of Eric Ulrich, a city councilman from Queens, was made in a public statement released by Romney's state chair, Guy Molinari.

Republican candidate John Byrne, a former town councilman from Cape Vincent, is challenging incumbent Democrat Addie Russell for the second time.

Sal Albanese, a former city councilman from Brooklyn, has run twice before, finishing a distant third and eighth.

Councilmen Mark Levine and Corey Johnson — both white men from Manhattan — have emerged as top tier contenders, along with Donovan Richards, a popular black councilman from Queens.

Ms. Quinn — who represented Greenwich Village and Chelsea — defeated Mr. de Blasio, then a councilman from Park Slope, to become Council speaker in 2006.

The councilman from Borough Park chairs the Council's powerful Committee on Land Use, and is the go - to liaison for anyone looking for votes from Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox Jews or money from the Sephardic community.

Domenic Recchia, the former Democratic councilman from Brooklyn running against indicted incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm in the Brooklyn - Staten Island 11th Congressional District, opened a campaign headquarters on Staten Island back in March.

Part of that decision might have been the $ 3.6 million the two entities had dumped just six months prior into a failed effort to elect another Democratic councilman from Brooklyn, Domenic Recchia, to the seat.

«You will meet Mr. Ed Mangano, county executive, as well as Ed Ambercino, councilman from the town of Hempstead,» Singh wrote, misspelling Ambrosino's name.

Liu, a former city councilman from Flushing, kicked off the Jefferson Democratic Club's first meeting of the year.

Peter F. Vallone Jr., a former city councilman from a well - connected political family in Queens, had been vocal about his interest.

The endorsement for Hochul comes as she faces a Democratic primary challenge from Jumaane Williams, a city councilman from Brookyln.

The nomination ultimately went to Michael McMahon, a Democratic councilman from the North Shore, who won the seat but held it only a term before being defeated by Mr. Grimm.

Albanese, 68, a councilman from 1983 to 1998 who lost to de Blasio in the crowded 2013 Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledged the uphill climb in unseating an incumbent.

Walter McCaffrey, the veteran New York City Councilman from Woodside, died this month.

A series of alleged campaign finance irregularities has raised questions about City Comptroller John Liu, the former councilman from Flushing and a possible top - tier candidate to succeed Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2013.

The two - term Councilman from Midwood and Borough Park was widely - recognized as the leading Orthodox Jew in New York City elected office.

He's already picked up the support of a Republican City Councilman from Queens.

Robert Jackson, a former city councilman from Manhattan, has already filed to run again for the state Senate seat held by IDC Sen. Marisol Alcantara.

The committee said plans to start collecting signatures «in a few weeks» in favor of a referendum to increase the number of councilmen from two to four, making up a five - member board.

Back in Feb. of 2003, the Mayor was responcible to revoke the parking permits of three of our NYC Councilmen from parking their vehicles at City Hall to prevent them from representing their constituents from their districts.

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The project would require approval from David Ryu, the councilman who represents Hollywood.

East Wenatchee City Councilman Tim Detering joins Dan Langager in the KOHO studio to talk about road construction projects getting underway, with delays and closures starting today on North Baker Avenue, provide an update on the Gateway Project going in next year at 9th St. and Valley Mall Parkway, efforts to get direct flights from...

The city's Advisory Cultural Commission had recommended the funding come from other sources, but Councilman Steve Chirico disagreed, saying he doesn't mind using the grant money for capital projects.

Councilman Tom Giarrante, who chairs the Aquatics Committee, favored the Empress site because it is a few miles from Interstate Highways 80 and 55.

NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich has seized on this morning's NY Post report of a top Queens GOP official's suspension by the NYC Board of Elections after being caught soliciting a «finder's fee» from a voting machine contractor to continue his on - again / off - again war with the borough's Republican chairman, Phil Ragusa.

Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, a fiscally conservative, socially liberal lawmaker from Queens, is taking the first step toward running against de Blasio in 2017, filing paperwork with the Board of Elections to form an exploratory committee.

Klein faces a primary challenge from former city Councilman Oliver Koppell; Avella faces former city Comptroller John Liu.

The WFP was also active in several races outside the five boroughs, including the Albany mayor's race, where City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is poised to become the city's first female leader after defeating her primary opponent, former Councilman Corey Ellis; and Nassau County, where Tom Suozzi is one step closer to his effort to take back his old county executive post from Republican Ed Mangano after beating Adam Haber on Tuesday.

-- $ 10,000 from the state Conservative Party's PAC to former Republican NYC Councilman Anthony Como, who is challenging Queens Democratic Sen. Joe Addabbo in the 15th SD.