Sentences with phrase «councilman in»

There is a councilman in the Bronx who is proposing a bill there that the borough looks at all the algorithms that they are using, and they go from police assignments to garbage pick - up schedules to what school the kids go to, and look for bias in them.
«She has brought a celebrity status to the movement,» said Kevin Chavous, a former city councilman in Washington, D.C. Rhee's allies in the reform movement don't object to her ambition, but some worry that if cheating is proved in the capital, she will be discredited and the entire reform movement along with her.
Torlakson was a teacher before entering politics as a city councilman in 1978.
A quietly understated performance as the conflicted and unstable city councilman in Gus Van Sant's Milk came hot on the heels of a star making turn in Oliver Stone's ultimately rather pointless biopic of number 43, where Josh amazingly managed to make Georgie and his daddy issues almost sympathetic.
As a city councilman in 2002, he and other lawmakers honored Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe at City Hall, with Speaker Gifford Miller defending it as free speech.
In 1991, Astorino defeated an incumbent Town Councilman in Mount Pleasant and was elected to the Town Board.
In a recent candidates» forum at Sunnyside Community Services, a foe of the sole Republican in the race to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) told the audience they would choose their next councilman in September.
Skoufis, a Democrat, is serving his first term as a Councilman in the Town of Woodbury.
Skoufis, who represents portions of Orange County and a piece of Rockland, was first elected to public office in 2009 as a councilman in Woodbury, at age 21, the town's youngest in history.
Another contender is Dominic Panakal, the chief of staff to a city councilman in a neighboring district, Rory Lancman.
A chart on the «Big Tax Bellone» website shows Babylon town taxes have increased by 53.5 percent since 1998, when Mr. Bellone first became a councilman in Babylon.
After serving his three - year term on the school board, Dr. Hardwick was elected councilman in the Town of Binghamton, New York; a post he held for eight years.
Dan Halloran, the pagan practitioner and ex-Queens Councilman in prison for his role in a mayoral bribery scheme, is now complaining that he's an «American political prisoner.»
Mr. Linares, a trailblazer in the Dominican community, was a city councilman in the 1990s when Mr. Espaillat served in the Assembly and the two drifted apart.
No Democrat not named Krupski has been elected councilman in Southold Town since 2005.
Mr. Talbot, who did not respond to requests for comment this week, was first elected councilman in 2009 but did not seek re-election at the end of his only four - year term.
He won his race for town councilman in 1995, and has held the position ever since.
When I served as an Orchard Park Councilman in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, I worked closely with the Bills and always appreciated the Wilson family's commitment to our region.
Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony Santino touted a $ 5 million budget surplus for the town as a challenger for his job questioned his role as a former councilman in the deficits that preceded it.
Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) is one of two openly gay councilmen in the borough.

Not exact matches

The group and a city councilman said at a press conference that they had uncovered evidence that Kushner Companies, the developer headed by Kushner until early last year, had falsified more than 80 work permits involving 34 buildings in New York.
Councilman Kwame Kenyatta asked Wednesday in a fiery speech on civil rights at a council meeting.
The organization was criticized for its relief efforts and handling of funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, prompting a Houston city councilman to call donating to the organization a «waste of money.»
Plush family members have been sitting in on council meetings, storming out of one after taking offense at a councilman's suggestion they were seeking money.
But Brad Lander, a Democratic councilman, says the city is working to help nontraditional workers in other ways.
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...
«Utterly disappointed and surprised,» Fernado Cabrera a New York City councilman and the pastor of New Life Outreach International church in the Bronx, said over the decision not to include any clergy in the ceremony.
That would include a city councilman who said,» I've never seen any church do anything like this in the twenty years I've lived in this area.
Racism was certainly a serious problem, but in 1973, Los Angeles voters elected as mayor the pragmatic African - American City Councilman Tom Bradley over Sam Yorty, the acerbic and somewhat anti — civil rights movement incumbent.
Cabrera also serves as a city councilman for his district of the Bronx, one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States.
They want the trash bins emptied and abandoned buildings secured and the tree limb hiding a stop sign trimmed back» all matters that appear in the constituent service section of the councilman's website, because taking care of them is part of the good government that pleases God.
Santa Fe councilman John Egan announced tersely, in a good imitation of a heavyweight boxer's manager: «As far as we're concerned, the trophy lives in Santa Fe.
In 2001 when trying to get my husband to remove a job bid that the son of the county commissioner wanted as well as a city councilman and the sons of three of the most influencial farmers in the county, My husband suggested I take his pimp father by the hand and both of us go to the interstate and step out in front of a semIn 2001 when trying to get my husband to remove a job bid that the son of the county commissioner wanted as well as a city councilman and the sons of three of the most influencial farmers in the county, My husband suggested I take his pimp father by the hand and both of us go to the interstate and step out in front of a semin the county, My husband suggested I take his pimp father by the hand and both of us go to the interstate and step out in front of a semin front of a semi.
Councilman John Yerly suggested banning skateboarding in business districts and a few other places, including the City Hall parking lot.
However, councilmen will still have to give another approval to the funding in each of those years.
The City Council gave its approval to the extension for planning purposes, but also agreed with Councilman Grant Wehrli's request it be «as far out as possible» in the capital budget.
Naperville City Councilman Grant Wehrli will run for a seat in the Illinois House next year, he announced Monday.
Councilman Tom Giarrante said the park should open this summer in part because it will still draw swimmers who are curious about a new facility.
Councilman Peter Koukos said the public has been involved since discussions began in 1998.
«In making public policy decisions, we don't always get things to our liking all the time,» said Councilman David Naftzger.
Councilman Frank Pedone, council liaison to the Parks and Recreation Committee, told Patch the policy will eventually be extended to all 3,000 children participating in the borough's sports programs.
Councilman Tom Giarrante and resident Joseph Ranos asked how much the fee for the pool would be for Joliet residents who live in far western subdivisions and who are part of the Plainfield Park District.
She won a four - way Democratic primary in the newly - drawn NY - 6 in Queens on June 26 and is now facing off against GOP NYC Councilman Dan Halloran.
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.
It took jurors less than 90 minutes to reach a verdict in the eight - week corruption trial of ex-NYC Councilman Dan Halloran that was marked by delays, a mistrial for a co-defendant — state Sen. Malcolm Smith — and several juror dismissals for personal reasons.
Unlike with Castro, whom the feds allowed to stand for election three times, knowing all the while he was 1) a crook, and 2) splitting his time between representing his constituents and trying to catch fellow crooked colleagues in the act; Huntley only ran for re-election once, and was defeated in a primary by former NYC Councilman - turned - Sen.
It's interesting that the state GOP is bothering to get involved in a local race in Yonkers, which pits Spano against City Councilman John Murtagh.
Also, a number of unions continue to support IDC Leader Jeff Klein in his primary battle with former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell, though they are supporting — or at least promising to support — primary challengers to other IDC members, including former NYC Comptroller John Liu, who is running against the IDC's newest member, Queens Sen. Tony Avella.
The councilman said Ragusa's defense of Queens GOP First Vice Chair Stephen Graves is a «slap in the face» to rank - and - file party members, and he called on fellow elected officials and GOP leaders to boycott the Queens Republican Party dinner, which is scheduled for April 18.
The WFP initially backed Liu, but is now neutral in this primary battle, along with one in the Bronx, where former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell is trying to topple IDC Leader Jeff Klein.
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