Sentences with phrase «dozens of elected officials»

My campaign is endorsed by dozens of elected officials and community leaders who serve Ward 3 residents and understand the needs of our community, such as Supervisor Sharon Bronson and Constable Bennett Bernal, who represent Ward 3 each and every day, and community leaders like Rev. John Fife, who is a renowned human rights activist and founder of the sanctuary movement and No More Deaths.

When Kempthorne first proposed opening up the land to uranium mining, several concerned parties — including dozens of elected officials, public utilities and Native American tribes — complained about potential threats to surface and ground water from such activities.

Attorney General candidate Kathleen Rice landed endorsements from the Queens County Democratic Organization and dozens of elected officials from the borough on Thursday.

Surrounded by dozens of elected officials and activists, Hochul then announced the Women's Equality Party has received more than 100,000 signatures in a recent petitioning drive.

Buffalo political operative Steve Pigeon developed ties to dozens of elected officials at the state and local levels before being indicted in June on nine charges, including bribery and extortion.

Stringer, along with dozens of elected officials and housing advocates, signed onto amicus briefs, or legal papers, urging the Court of Appeals to give the tenants a chance to make their case.

This year — which follows a two - decade stretch that has seen dozens of elected officials leave office due to ethical or legal scandal — there appears to be a marked shift and legislative leaders are finding themselves at odds with government reform organizations who view the convention more favorably, even those who sat out the vote in 1997.

He told CBS 2's Kramer the effort to keep him off the ballot represents all that's bad in the New York political process — a process that has seen dozens of elected officials charged in corruption cases.

Not exact matches

Elected officials like former Premier Alison Redford and her cabinet ministers were essentially publicly - funded lobbyists as they travelled to the U.S. dozens of times to advocate for Keystone XL and other oil industry projects.

Dozens of Muslims nations elect parliaments, yes, but to date there is always a strong man who can demand submission from the entire body of elected officials at will.

Once at the rally, each of the three elected officials congratulated the several dozen rally participants for coming together to demand responsible development.

He's worked with dozens of Democratic elected officials and campaigns including for Rep. Alan Grayson (D - FL), Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - NY), Congressman Charlie Rangel (D - NY), New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the Anybody But Quinn campaign that helped elect New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and over a dozen city council and state legislative races.

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

On Tuesday, Genova testified that Venditto used a conference room in the basement of what once was Singh's flagship restaurant in Bethpage, H.R. Singletons, about a half - dozen to a dozen times a year for meetings, primarily with other elected officials, Genova said.

Crowley's comments came yesterday during one of Weprin's last press conferences before Election Day, at which he joined dozens of volunteers, reporters and elected officials in Weprin's second - floor campaign headquarters on Austin Street in Forest Hills.

If a developer with a corporate structure similarly wanted to funnel money to an elected official, the developer could simply pay the official $ 5,000 annually from each of dozens of legally distinct clients and never appear on a disclosure form.

Dozens of civic activists, religious leaders and elected Democratic officials rallied Wednesday in Mineola to criticize GOP County Executive candidate Jack Martins for a political mailer that contends his Democratic opponent, Laura Curran, «will roll out the welcome mat» for violent street gangs.

After an outpouring of negative commentary and bipartisan backlash from elected officials, a proposal from the U.S. Coast Guard to add dozens of anchorages across the Hudson River has been suspended, but may not be fully dead in the water.

At 11 a.m., dozens of of housing advocates and tenants will join with elected officials to announce a «scathing new report that exposes statistical evidence of Airbnb's negative impact on affordable housing in NYC,» Public Advocate Tish James will speak, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Two dozen elected officials in Onondaga County say they are running out of time to complete a program backed by Cuomo in the budget that would require efforts to share and consolidate services.

Among the dozens of speeches delivered by some of the state's top elected officials throughout caucus weekend in Albany, it was difficult to find one in which the specter of Washington — and Trump, in particular — didn't loom large.

Now that same - sex marriage has taken effect in New York, more than a dozen lawmakers and elected officials are holding a forum tonight on the future of the LGBT community's political obstacles.

Seabrook, standing on the steps of City Hall, was flanked by several dozen correction officers, city and state elected officials, and a recent de Blasio critic, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and dozens of Long Island elected officials are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to stop the Army Corp of Engineers» plan to continue to dump dredged materials into Long Island Sound for the next 30 years.

The packed meeting included dozens of residents and representatives from the Parks Department, NYPD, FDNY, the Manhattan District Attorney's office and several elected officials, including Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine.

Skelos» lawyer filed with Judge Wood dozens of letters expressing support for Skelos, including many from current and past Senate employees, local Long Island elected officials and Skelos» friends and relatives who asked the judge to show leniency in sentencing him.

More than a dozen elected officials are signing on to a letter pledging support for charter schools ahead of a major rally in New York City.

Dozens of congressman and other elected officials have donated to Weprin, including $ 2,000 apiece from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

Assemblyman Bill Colton and Assemblyman Nick Perry, just two of nearly a dozen elected officials at the party, called it a «historic night.»

The network received dozens of requests for more information from elected officials, including 16 councilmembers including Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, a longtime charter school critic, along with borough presidents Eric Adams and Ruben Diaz Jr. and 12 state Assemblymembers.

(Dozens of other elected officials were in attendance.

Recently, CVH released a statement with dozens of high profile New York elected officials and other allies, such as District Council 37 and Transit Workers Union Local 100, calling for the expansion of the Transitional Jobs program in New York City and the termination of the Work Experience Program.

«Put simply, it is a 19th - century solution to a 21st century problem,» Lippman said at Sunday's press conference while flanked by more than half a dozen elected city officials, including the district attorneys of The Bronx, Manhattan, and Brooklyn.

But the elected officials got more than they bargained for when dozens of education activists crashed the event to discuss just that.

Johnson was sworn in by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York, with several prominent Democratic elected officials and party leaders in attendance including members of Congress, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., and dozens of Council members.

Mr. de Blasio, speaking from a stage outside the Municipal Building as dozens of former Dinkins staffers and elected officials looked on, recounted how he volunteered for Mr. Dinkins» 1989 campaign when «many people» thought it was «impossible» to elect a black mayor.

With numerous elected officials from the City of Buffalo and New York State present, developers cut a ceremonial ribbon Friday afternoon inside a long - neglected downtown building that is now home to a dozen single - and double - bedroom apartments.

The «details tucked into dozens of plans being turned in to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos this week were hammered out by a hodgepodge of elected and appointed officials — from governors and legislators to state school board members and local superintendents — during sometimes sparsely attended meetings, caucuses, and task force sessions.»

Lazarow has led protests outside pet stores, educated elected officials and counseled dozens of people who needed advice after coming home with a sick puppy.

Don Anthony, spokesman for the Fort Lauderdale - based nonprofit group Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, has accompanied Lazarow to dozens of commission meetings over the years to help pitch the ban to elected officials throughout the state.

According to Climate Depot, the» talking points memo -LSB-...] is a complete skeptics» guide for elected officials, media and the public on how to discuss global warming backed up by dozens of citations to peer - reviewed research.»

Attending were several elected officials from western MA, court personnel, Department of Children and Families attorneys, and over two dozen private panel attorneys.

For almost 20 years, a «coalition of three dozen traffic officials, police, firefighters and elected officials from Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties» — known as the «Safe on 17» Committee — has been pushing for safety upgrades on the famous highway.