Sentences with phrase «criticized by some elected officials»
Cuomo's administration has been criticized by some elected officials, including Rep. Chris Gibson, for moving too slowly on the issue.
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Police used water hoses in below - freezing temperatures to keep about 400 protesters at bay, a move criticized by activist groups, the American Civil Liberties Union and elected officials concerned about freedom of expression and the escalation of violence.
The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.
The mayor was flanked by members of DC 37, a public union that endorses de Blasio for reelection; his MTA board appointee David Jones, who has criticized NYPD fare evasion arrests; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Transportation; former City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod; and a slew of elected officials and transit advocates.
Though he vowed to be independent in his own relationship with the mayor, Mr. Stringer did not opt to criticize by name any other elected officials who might historically serve as a check or a critic to the mayor's policies, who have rarely been out of step with Mr. de Blasio.
A hundred Christian religious leaders from Broward County gathered at a Pompano Beach church Thursday to pray for the victims of the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and to also pray for Broward Sheriff Scott Israel, who they said is under attack by elected officials who have criticized the agency's allegedly delayed responses to the shooter when 17 died.