Sentences with phrase «dominated by borough»
Mayoral control was introduced in 2002 to replace the older system of a Board of Education dominated by borough president appointees and local elected school boards which were, in some cases, corrupt.
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To those who suggested that Quinn, long the frontrunner in the Democratic mayoral field, stumbled on the homophobia voters reflect once at the ballot box, Menchaca's and Torres» victories demonstrate that LGBT candidates can win in outer borough districts dominated by working class and poor people of color and without large visible gay and lesbian voting blocs.
The Real Estate Board, which is dominated by Manhattan developers, concentrated on extending the 421 - a tax abatements, while the Rent Stabilization Association, which represents mostly landlords in the boroughs outside Manhattan, was focused on fending off attempts to eliminate regulations allowing landlords to deregulate apartments and escalate rents.