Sentences with phrase «done as borough president»

My job is to speak about my record, the work that I have done as borough president, my work as a state legislator,» he said Saturday on CNN.

«Being able to do that as borough president... would give me much more of a pulpit and hopefully make me a more effective advocate for the people of Queens,» Vallone said.

Not exact matches

«I think a Republican's goal here is to make sure that Hillary Rodham Clinton doesn't become the next president of the United States,» the congressman said at an unrelated event in his home borough, even as he reiterated that Mr. Trump was not «everybody's first choice.»

«I have a better relationship with the mayor and his deputy mayors and some of his commissioners as borough president than I ever did with the Bloomberg administration,» the BP said.

«Having served as Borough President the last three plus years, and living the reality that city agencies play a dominant and outsized role in the local decision - making process, demonstrates unmistakably that non-Staten Islanders still don't truly know or understand our borough, and probably never will,» Oddo said in a statement.

Also, she doesn't work as the Manhattan borough president's press secretary anymore.

Then he ticked off work he's done as Manhattan borough president which sounded mayoral and executive.

And it looks like Team Spitzer does need to keep spending: While the latest numbers still have Spitzer beating Stringer by either four or twelve points (according to Quinnipiac University and Wall Street Journal / NBC Marist polls, respectively), the very recognizable former governor's lead sounds less impressive when you consider that, in the last three weeks, he has spent three times as much as the increasingly feisty but still somewhat unknown Manhattan borough president has spent on his entire campaign.

He noted that he would be able to advocate for Queens - wide issues more often as borough president than he currently does in the Council.

Farias attributes her loss in the South Bronx district to a number of advantages benefitting Diaz, Sr. «Name recognition, having a similar name as our borough president for example, these are things that definitely played a large role in the folks that came out and either weren't touched enough or came out to vote and didn't get enough information on anyone in the race,» said Farias, in reference to Diaz, Sr.'s son, Bronx Borough President Ruben Dpresident for example, these are things that definitely played a large role in the folks that came out and either weren't touched enough or came out to vote and didn't get enough information on anyone in the race,» said Farias, in reference to Diaz, Sr.'s son, Bronx Borough President Ruben DPresident Ruben Diaz, Jr..

«What the borough president and I wanted to do was simply have an event where people could just meet each other, get to know each other, and build relationships,» said Council Member Greenfield at the event, who noted that there is a «commonality of interests» between the Jewish and Latino communities, especially as both share the immigrant experience.

«For 14 years, I proudly represented the Bronx as borough president, and I'm proud that this report really addresses the needs of the boroughs outside of Manhattan... a critical change that's desperately needed and one, however, that's going to have to be done thoughtfully and gradually,» former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, the MTA vice chairmpresident, and I'm proud that this report really addresses the needs of the boroughs outside of Manhattan... a critical change that's desperately needed and one, however, that's going to have to be done thoughtfully and gradually,» former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, the MTA vice chairmPresident Fernando Ferrer, the MTA vice chairman, said.

Voters in neighborhoods such as St. Albans, Springfield Gardens and Laurelton came out in large numbers to vote for the Council contenders as well as the mayoral and borough president candidates, but polling stations did not have the packed long lines that were present last year.

And also, to be honest, Gale has served this community so well and she did a terrific job all the way through Dec. 31, and will be amazing as our next borough president.

Stringer has now intervened on the side of the bans, and he defends himself by saying he's only doing here what he's always done, whether as an assemblyman or borough president: empowering municipalities.

He said the policy unit he formed at the borough president's office «did the kind of audits and investigations that prepared me for this job,» and cited his Albany experience as proof that he could «work collaboratively with the mayor,» while remaining «fiercely independent.»