Sentences with phrase «district as its councilman»

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Cabrera also serves as a city councilman for his district of the Bronx, one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States.

As was reported last night by Hamodia, former NYC Councilman Simcha Felder will make his second attempt at a Senate seat by running in the new district.

Chou, who was born in China, served as a District 26 school board member, an aide to Councilman David Weprin (D - Hollis) and is the director of a tutoring company.

Koppell, a former New York City councilman, said that as of Thursday morning no one had asked him to pull out of the race for the 34th State Senate district and his support has not wavered.

Dan Halloran said he is vowing to get more money for his district after having been elected Nov. 3 to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) as the representative for northeast Queens.

Costa Constantinides (D - Astoria) held his first press event as the new city councilman for District 22 in Astoria Friday, tapping into the borough's hot - button topic of the month: traffic safety.

With that said, and although the decision was made, one which must have been difficult for the Board of Elections; I must state that the negative influences internally and externally within the Republican party of those such as John Haggerty and Bart Haggerty (employees, supporters, friends, and colleagues of New York City Councilman Eric Ulrich); and the ever so trivial personal and territorial egos of Myrna Littlewort and Gigi Salvador has caused the results of the disqualifying the nomination and designation of the only candidate seeking ballot, a Hispanic Republican in the 35th Assembly District, Eric M. Mingott.

Manhattan Councilman Margaret Chin, whose Lower Manhattan district includes Chinatown, pointed to the impact of the policy on Chinese immigrants as well as on immigrants who are seniors.

Padavan served as the senator representing District 11 in northeast Queens for 38 years before losing a hotly contested race against former City Councilman Tony Avella in November.

While Councilman Andy Cohen has been the only member in the Bronx to begin the process of participatory budgeting in his district, Councilman Ritchie Torres has already come out and expressed a commitment to start the process with his constituents in the coming months, as one can see in the video below from a Bronx Park East Community Association meeting Thursday night.

In the County Legislature's second district, which represents the South Fork, the Republicans nominated Southampton Town Councilman Chris Nuzzi to challenge incumbent Jay Schneiderman of Montauk, who was elected as a Republican but has since switched his registration to the Independence Party.

White, who will be in his second consecutive term as councilman for the 28th District since there is no Republican challenger, -LSB-...]

Rafael Salamanca Jr. will be sworn in as the new District 17 councilman on Wednesday at the City Council meeting.

As a councilman, Recchia, a Democrat, represented a district that covered Coney Island, Gravesend and parts of Bensonhurst.

As part of the deal negotiated by Councilman Corey Johnson, the neighborhood got a new historic district and the developers promised public access to an indoor recreation space and an as - yet - undetermined amount of money for a crosswalk across the West Side Highway to the waterfronAs part of the deal negotiated by Councilman Corey Johnson, the neighborhood got a new historic district and the developers promised public access to an indoor recreation space and an as - yet - undetermined amount of money for a crosswalk across the West Side Highway to the waterfronas - yet - undetermined amount of money for a crosswalk across the West Side Highway to the waterfront.

It was only last week that Councilman Robert E. Cornegy Jr. of Brooklyn, the most prominent black candidate for speaker, privately conceded to Mr. Johnson as they met in the modest interior conference room in Mr. Johnson's West Midtown district office.

If you live on the south side, in Councilman Lewis A. Fidler's district, the leader showers about four times as much on you, or $ 10 per resident.

In light of reports in today's Albany Times Union that a 10th grade teacher at Albany High School asked students to make a persuasive argument blaming Jews for the problems of Nazi Germany as part of a writing assignment, Councilman David G. Greenfield is calling on the school district to immediately terminate the teacher in question.

The Buffalo News recently reported that the political arm of NYSUT, which has endorsed Panepinto in his primary battle with former Buffalo Councilman and state Senator Al Coppola, has been running attack ads and sending out mailers that depict Grisanti as not sufficiently conservative to represent the 60th Senate District.

Just as it looked as if state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) would be free of opponents for re-election in a contentious western Queens district, former City Councilman Anthony Como, a Republican, said he would challenge the one - term senator.

City Councilman Brad Lander, whose district includes Park Slope, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, is hoping to avoid similar fights should the Department of Homeless Services decide to bring a shelter to his district, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has said it will.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the Legal Aid Society, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Courts and Legal Services, have all praised the move as a step in the right direction, though some groups like VOCAL - NY and mayoral candidate and activist Bob Gangi have approached the development with caution.

«As parents and as a community, we have to be open to all possibilities, but my position is that charter schools are just one possibility,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble HilAs parents and as a community, we have to be open to all possibilities, but my position is that charter schools are just one possibility,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hilas a community, we have to be open to all possibilities, but my position is that charter schools are just one possibility,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, whose district includes Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.

Councilman Gentile, whose Brooklyn district includes Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Dyker Heights, described the bills as a «major step to a healthier city.»

De La Rosa — who served as City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's former chief of staff before announcing her candidacy for the 72nd District in April — has pledged to allot $ 100 million a year for capital repairs at city - run housing and create programs for youth in that housing such as sports teams, education support systems and art.

Even in the state's most competitive House district, it will be difficult for Snohomish County Councilman John Koster (R) to paint DelBene as too liberal for the district.

Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, the Legal Aid Society, Queens Councilman Rory Lancman, chairman of the City Council's Committee on Courts and Legal Services, have praised Vance's decision on turnstile jumpers as progress.

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.

Farrell and one of his proteges, former councilman and now district leader Robert Jackson, backed the Mennonite pastor — as did Perkins himself.

As is often the case, the party has chosen an insider and aide to a current elected official to be its standard bearer in the upcoming November election: Daniel Rosenthal, district director for NYC Councilman Rory Lancman.

The measure faces strong opposition from more conservative - leaning outer borough Democrats and from the three - member Republican conference, as well as from fellow Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, whose district contains warehouses that ship and store bags and employ his constituents.

Now that Wayne Harris has decided to retire, Herb Litts III, endorsed by the Republican Party and currently a town councilman, has thrown his hat into the ring to serve as the representative on the Ulster County Legislature for District 9, which includes portions of Gardiner and Plattekill.

New York's 13th district (R): New York City Councilman Mike McMahon looks certain to roll in next month's Democratic primary even as Republicans still seem divided about their candidate — former Assemblyman Robert Straniere.

The race's Democrats include Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Bayside attorney Steve Behar, who ran in the race to replace former City Councilman Tony Avella last year; John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.

Several others named as potential successors for Duane have already taken their hats out of the ring, including City Councilwoman Gale Brewer, who does not live in Duane's district, and Councilman Dan Garodnick.

For his part, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez said he supports the bill both as the representative of a district with a large immigrant population and as someone who was an immigrant himself.

A couple of soon - to - be-vacant districts in Staten Island and Queens will not host nonpartisan special elections as many expected because the two councilman don't plan to resign by June 11.

City Councilman Ruben Wills (D - Jamaica) started his term as the new member of City Hall's Queens delegation last week and he said he has been busy finding ways to solve his southeast Queens district's biggest problems.

YOu are saying that he acted like a democrat and then WORKED as the CAMPAIGN COORDINATOR in Washington Heights (the very area Ydanis is from) for the Republican Party and then ran for the Assembly seat outside his district... oh you obviously intentially left out the councilman he worked for - Miguel Martinez, who is now in his way to jail.

On Thursday, December 21, Senator Rubén Díaz will be taking the oath of office as the City Councilman for the 18th Council District in New York City.

As Councilman, I worked every day to improve the lives of the working men and women in my district.

Officials awaiting trial or retrial, as a result of the federal investigations, include former Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota and his top aide, Christopher McPartland; Mangano's former chief assistant, Rob Walker, and Hempstead Town Councilman Edward Ambrosino.

Salamanca said he would make improving the quality of life in the Bronx a hallmark of his work as a Councilman as he is doing as District Manager at Community Board 2.

While this isn't a huge investment (a full - page ad set him back several thousand dollars), this move was described by two different people as a «pre-emptive» strike by the Democratic councilman — just in case anyone hasn't yet gotten the message that he intends to run, either for Sen. Carl Kruger's seat, assuming Kruger 1) is convicted of a felony in his corruption trial, which is scheduled to start Jan. 17, or 2) resigns as part of a plea deal; or for the so - called «super» Jewish district Senate Republicans are dreaming of having tailor - made for Fidler's former Council colleague, Simcha Felder.

In September, Forcina will face off against three Democrats in the primary election, including Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Steve Behar, an attorney who ran last year in the race to replace then - City Councilman Tony Avella; and John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan).

Queens Councilman Peter Koo, who withdrew support for the Flushing West proposal after widespread community opposition, said he can not tell Rodriguez what to do in his district and that Council members» power is limited as is.

«That will dramatically impact the turnout,» said incumbent State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who is being challenged in the 31st District Senate Race by former City Councilman Robert Jackson as well as Luis Tejada.

Democrats running for Carrozza's seat include Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Steve Behar, an attorney who ran last year in the race to replace then - City Councilman Tony Avella; Elio Forcina, a Whitestone attorney; and John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan).

The state Republican Party identified seats throughout the state that it found to be viable and poured resources into those races while ignoring districts party leaders saw as long shots, according to Steve Stites, communications director for City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone).

NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer lives in the district, as does NYC Councilman Dan Garodnick, who is laying the groundwork for a 2013 run for NYC comptroller.