Sentences with phrase «elected leader of the council»

In 1994 he was elected Leader of the Council and in 1997 he became one of the borough's two Members of Parliament.

Not exact matches

Put simply, there will be no «Mancunian laws» designed and implemented by the Greater Manchester directly - elected mayor or the cabinet comprised of the ten council leaders of the combined authority.

Before being elected as the MP, Nic was the Principal of John Leggott College for three years and prior to that he was Vice Principal of the College and Leader of North Lincolnshire Council for six years.

The price of the deal is an elected mayor, who from 2017, will oversee significant sums of devolved spending, answerable to a cabinet made up of the ten council leaders of the Greater Manchester authorities.

Some in the Council even see the suggestion of more hearings as an attempt by state leaders to «embarrass» the Democratically elected members of the New York City Council.

I was first elected as a Borough Councillor in 1982 and am now Leader of Hertfordshire County Council, Chairman of the County Councils Network and Chairman of the East of England Local Government Association.

In 1995, he was elected leader (Business Manager) of Local 6, and in 1996, President of the New York Hotel Trades Council.

A directly - elected metro mayor will have powers and responsibilities to make strategic decisions across whole city regions, in contrast to existing city mayors (which are also directly elected) or local council leaders that only make decisions for, and on behalf of, their local authority.

The electorate of Stoke - on - Trent voted to remove the post of elected mayor on 23 October 2008, to be replaced with a system of council leader and cabinet.

The NYHTC General Convention will consist of the elected officers of the Hotel Trades Council, selected staff, the HEAT Network Leaders, the HEAT Captains, and other persons appointed by the President of the union.

But Joseph Chamberlain in the 1870s Birmingham City Council and Herbert Morrison in the 1930s London County Council were not directly - elected, nor in the 1980s were Shirley Porter leader of the City of Westminster and Ken Livingstone leader of the Greater London Council, and yet they were highly visible leaders in their localities.

Also on hand will be a number of Republican elected officials who represent pieces of Fossella's old district, NY - 13, including Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, and NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo.

But executive powers stay with the mayor, and while the mayor and «cabinet» have some accountability to a single elected council, in combined authorities they account to a group of leaders of the component authorities.

Kathy Hochul, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, was joined at an Upper West Side rally today by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and a group of Manhattan Democratic elected officials that included Congressman Charles B. Rangel, Assembly Members Keith Wright and Linda Rosenthal, Council Members Dan Garodnick and Inez Dickens and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer.

(Brooklyn, NY)-- Today, a group of elected officials including Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and Council Members Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Treyger joined City commissioners and community and business leaders to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to accelerate and streamline necessary construction on the BQE by authorizing «design - build» contracting.

The party accused the Haggerty faction of ignoring a TRO and holding an «unlawful meeting» at which former NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene was elected chairman.

«As he's always done, Mayor - elect de Blasio routinely talks with members of the City Council and other civic leaders about the critical issues facing New York City,» Smith said in a statement.

He noted the opposition of the E.P.A., local elected leaders, environmental groups and members of the New York City Council as a reason to consider the proposal more fully.

Mr. Banks, an ex-Koch administration aide and City Council staffer most recently employed at Con Ed, has big shoes to fill as the newly elected leader of the city's real estate trade association.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito appears to have the votes she needs to become the next speaker of the City Council, after Brooklyn Democratic chair Frank Seddio broke ranks with his fellow county leaders at the urging of Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, sources said.

Queens Borough President Melinda Katz will speak at the press conference the Queens Jewish Community Council (QJCC) is holding tomorrow morning to give elected officials and community leaders the opportunity to show support for the State of Israel and its people as Israel continues to defend itself from the rocket attacks the terrorist group Hamas -LSB-...]

A diverse group of celebrities, newsmakers and elected officials including Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg, Ken Burns, Giants coach Tom Coughlin, Brooklyn Nets, New York Islanders, New York Yankees, Carson Daly, Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News, George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, Rosanna Scotto of Good Day New York, Harry Belafonte, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Richard Blumenthal, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Police Commissioner William Bratton, Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein, are among the first to share welcome messages.

McGovern was first elected as a councillor for Brunswick Park in the London Borough of Southwark in 2006, later becoming the Deputy Leader of the borough council's 29 - member group of Labour councillors.

Republican Carmella Mantello is newly - elected elected leader of the City Council: «It's up to the mayor - elect and the council - elect to work together to fix this sitCouncil: «It's up to the mayor - elect and the council - elect to work together to fix this sitcouncil - elect to work together to fix this situation.

She spoke Friday to an audience of about 250 labor leaders, elected officials, candidates for elected office and liberal activists at the annual Labor Day Breakfast held by the Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council, AFL - CIO.

New York City fast food workers, union leaders and City Council members rallied in front of a federal Labor Department office this morning to demand President - elect Donald Trump drop his nominee to head the agency — minimum wage critic and Hardees / Carl's Jr. chain CEO Andrew Puzder.

In the past 53 years, the Conservative Party has played many pivotal rolls in electing officials from Supreme Court Justices to Town Justices, County Executives to Village Board Members, Mayors and City Council Members to Ward Leaders, and will continue to play a pivotal role in the process of electing those who are committed to conservative values.

None of this seems to faze a mayor known for his «political cool» over a career that started as an aide to then - County Executive Dennis T. Gorski and extended through the Common Council and State Senate before being elected the city's first African - American leader in 2005.

Also at 10 a.m., the UJA - Federation of New York and the Jewish Community Relations Council, will join New York elected officials, Jewish organizations and ethnic, faith and communal leaders from New York to show their support for Israel and her right to self - defense, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The committee, which includes elected officials, labor leaders and even a former football star, was formed by the executive leadership of the state Business Council.

«Following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, your administration tasked PSEG with chartering a better course for Long Island's energy future,» Croci wrote in a letter to Cuomo that was signed by more than two dozen elected, business and labor leaders, including the Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.»

Before being elected to the Council, Minority Leader Oddo served as chief - of - staff for Mr. Fusco and Legal Counsel for former Minority Leader Thomas V. Ognibene.

Minority Leader James S. Oddo was first elected to represent the people of the 50th Council District in a February 1999 special election to fill the seat of his predecessor and mentor John Fusco.

David Blunkett, who became leader of the city council in 1980, had been the youngest councillor in the country 10 years earlier when he and Michie were first elected.

The mayor and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito co-signed a pair of letters to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, citing the «unprecedented» security costs created by providing round - the - clock protection to President - elect Donald Trump and his family while they reside in Trump Tower, on one of the city's most heavily - trafficked blocks in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.

It will be his first run for elected office and could become a showdown between party leaders and Rodney Wiltshire, the City Council president who has clashed with Wade and other leaders of the local party.

Manchester, for example, doesn't have an elected mayor but Richard Leese (Manchester City council leader since 1996) and Howard Bernstein (chief executive of Manchester City council) are incredibly well thought of, and other places with elected mayors have operated less well.

Mark - Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.

The members of the councils include the heads of universities and hospitals, local elected officials, and labor and business leaders — all handpicked by the governor's office.

The Conservative leader of the council, Barry Norton, in North Leigh ward was one of four Conservatives who were elected without opposition, with the Conservatives being the only party to have a full 17 candidates.

The electorates of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets also elected their executive mayors, who operate in place of council leaders in those boroughs.

In April 2008 Rahman was elected as Leader of the majority Labour Group on Tower Hamlets Council, and therefore became Leader of the Council, replacing Denise Jones.

Attendees at today's kickoff included: City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Buffalo Public Schools Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie, SUNY Trustee Dr. Eunice Lewin, University at Buffalo President Dr. Satish K. Tripathi, SUNY Buffalo State President Dr. Katherine Conway - Turner, Erie Community College President Jack Quinn, Regional Economic Development Council Co-Chair, businessman and developer Howard Zemsky, Staff Scientist Mwita Phelps of Life Technologies / Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of the Buffalo and Erie County Public Libraries Mary Jean Jakubowski, Dr. Norma J. Nowak, Director of Science and Technology, UB's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences, as well as a number of invited guests, including elected leaders, teachers and students.

We've been blogging about the shady developments regarding the sudden appearance of life tweeder Austin Shafran trying to steal a council seat in a district he has never been seen or heard of (he's also an elected District Leader outside the Council District, but that's not the council seat in a district he has never been seen or heard of (he's also an elected District Leader outside the Council District, but that's not the Council District, but that's not the point).

Since then, Gallo has inveighed against alleged «party elites» and accused fellow elected officials — including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Common Council President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseCouncil President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unsecouncil majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unsealeader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseCouncil Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseaLeader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseat him.

He was first elected to the Council in 1973, and became the youngest Chair of Education in the history of Liverpool from 1980 — 1983, during which time he was also Deputy Leader of the Council under Sir Trevor Jones.

Leaders of the New York City Council have begun collecting signatures calling on President - elect Donald Trump promise not to leave his hometown footing the bill for protecting his family and buildings

Mayors work within combined authorities, with cabinets made up of council leaders — all of whom are indirectly elected through a broken First Past the Post voting system.

«I think that it's unfortunate that those persons who are Council members who were elected by the constituents in their communities are not willing to make a decision independent of the control of county leaders... and masters that influence what it is and in fact control what it is that they do and control how they vote,» she said.

Kit Malthouse A former deputy leader of Westminster Council who contested Liverpool Wavertree in 1997, Kit applied for a few seats, but was then selected as GLA candidate for London West Central and was elected to City Hall in May 2008.