Sentences with phrase «elected mayor of a city»

Wilmot Collins, 54, made history this year when he became the first black person to be elected mayor of a city in Montana.

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He was elected mayor of New York City in 2001 as a Republican, but prior to that he had been a registered Democrat.

It's a strange juxtaposition when a city modern enough to elect its mayor on a wave of social media strength is also host to big - money chuckwagon races and bullriding.

Michael Bloomberg, the self - made billionaire and former Republican mayor of New York City, on Wednesday night told the Democratic National Convention that Hillary Clinton must be elected for the good of the country.

In 2005 the self - made furniture exporter was elected mayor of Solo, a 500,000 - person city in Indonesia.

In this capacity, Orr supplants the authority of Detroit's elected officials, both the mayor and the city council.

Minister Bernier is a former mayor (elected in 2008 and 2011) and city councillor (elected in 2005) of Dawson Creek, and has extensive experience in the natural gas industry.

Edmonton's last mayor with any lengthy amount of prior elected experience was Jan Reimer, who served three - terms on City Council before being elected as mayor in 1989.

We met with Vera Baboun, the newly elected and first - ever female mayor of Bethlehem, a small city in the West Bank.

Shortly after the vandalism, the city elected its first Haredi mayor, who ran on a platform of moderation, insisting that a temperate, Sephardic Haredi rabbi could and would serve all constituencies equally.

Yes, the citizens of Saratoga Springs elected a token black woman to be their mayor just to have a token minority in their city government.

It also mentioned the letter being sent out by MFM this week calling on London mayor Boris Johnson and the UK's other elected mayors to promote meat - free days like those adopted by the Belgian city of Ghent, which goes meat - free every Thursday.

Traditionally, St. Paul has been the less favored twin — «Before I was elected mayor of St. Paul, my mother in Brooklyn thought the Twin Cities were Minneapolis and Indianapolis,» says Norm Coleman, who is now a U.S. senator — and there were doubts that the more affluent suburbs west of the Mississippi would cross the river to support the embryonic franchise.

Whatever you think about the current elected mayor for Bristol, the role has certainly changed the way politics in the city works and has changed people's perceptions of the city to some extent — with greater visibility both within the city and externally — something Bristol has undoubtedly lacked in the past.

The questioner (who happened to be a YNN videographer) then asked Gillibrand if she thought women should be offended by Eliot Spitzer's candidacy for New York City comptroller, as some of her fellow female elected officials have suggested — including NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but she had a political motive in seeking to link Spitzer and Weiner together in hopes of tarring the former congressman, who is one of her rivals in the mayor's race.

Plans to create dozens of new directly elected mayors were also confirmed this afternoon, but came under criticism from Labour for being imposed on cities without their consent.

Whether in electing PCCs or city mayors, we have so spectacularly failed to build a narrative of what is means to be a citizen in Britain today.

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Greater Manchester's newly elected mayor had to deal with a terrorist attack in his city within weeks of his election last month.

In essence, the Conservative approach to English devolution focuses on three themes: a better and more balanced economy; bespoke Growth Deals and decentralisation of powers to (large) cities which choose to have elected mayor; and English Votes for English Laws (EVEL).

A directly - elected city mayor, in contrast, is the head of a single city council or local authority and is responsible for public service delivery within that area.

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.

On the one hand, advocates suggest that a directly elected mayor would create greater local political accountability and raise the profile of cities and city regions.

Off topic questions included city enforcement efforts around Airbnb and Airbnb's hiring of de Blasio's campaign manager, why a proposed ban on carriage horses has taken far longer than initially promised by the mayor, Tim Wu's comments on the mayor's central role on defeating Wu and Zephyr Teachout in Tuesday's primary, revised statistics on NYPD chokehold incidents, charter school co-locations, the mayor's lack of a federal security clearance and resulting inability to receive classified information, school bus drivers movement toward a strike, his relationship with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and his efforts to help elect a Democratic majority in the state senate.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

If elected, James would be the first black woman mayor of New York City.

Consultations took place in 12 English cities due to have referendums over the introduction of elected mayors, over what powers those mayors should have, and how they should be scrutinised.

Research looking at the impact of the mayor in Bristol has shown that the introduction of an elected mayor directly resulted in an increase in the visibility of city leadership.

The city mayor would have the same position in the combined authority cabinet as other city leaders, regardless of how they are elected.

The highlight each year is the mayor's performance, which serves as a rebuttal of sorts to the reporters» show, which opens the night by skewering the mayor and other city and state elected officials.

The mayor believes the mandate he was elected on is one of equality for all New Yorkers, and the best way to level the playing field is with initiatives such as universal pre-K, strong support for state - funded institutions in the city and higher wages, which de Blasio supported long before Cuomo.

Some of the combined authorities that will elect metro mayors in 2017 have existing city mayors.

After 12 years under Mayor Bloomberg — the last four of those only thanks to a controversial, legislative extension of term limits — the city is set to elect a new mayor.

In 2012, 10 English cities, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield, many of which will be getting a metro mayor next year, held referenda on whether they wanted to introduce a directly elected city mayor to replace their current leaders.

The winner of the Nov. 3 general election will replace Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside), who was first elected in 2001 and opted to run in the Democratic primary for mayor against city Comptroller William Thompson, who defeated him.

This is particularly in the case of the great cities of the Midlands and the North — Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle etc — which show no inclination to favour regional devolution, and — with the exception of Liverpool — have rejected directly elected mayors.

Better transport is popular, but a proposal for an elected Manchester city mayor was rejected by voters in the referendum of 2012.

An integral part of the latest measures is the introduction of an elected city - region mayor.

«I need all of you to speak to every elected official in Albany and urge them to step up and to urge the governor of the state of New York and the state Legislature to work with the city government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she adcity government, to work with the mayor, to work with my office, to work with the City Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she adCity Council to provide more resources to come up with more innovative plans and proposals to address the crisis of affordable housing in the city of New York,» she adcity of New York,» she added.

He has also proposed an English regions cabinet committee and the offer of city regions to be led by directly elected mayors.

If elected mayor, Commisso said he would work with the Common Council to determine the best course of action on evaluating all tax exemptions in the city and would place a self - imposed ban on accepting campaign donations from developers who receive exemptions.

BY PAULINE PARK Christine Quinn would have been the first woman and the first member of the LGBT community elected mayor of New York City had she won this year's mayoral race.

He has since gone on to garner the support of several elected officials, including his former boss, Attorney General Erich Schneiderman, Congressman Jerry Nadler, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Councilman Mark Levine and, most recently, former Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, who previously supported Ferrer's one - time bid for mayor.

Though prior instant runoff proposals originating in the City Council have failed, the group of electeds and advocates sought to seize on an opportunity presented by the mayor's creation of the Charter Revision Commission.

QUEENS — Power - hungry state Sen. Malcolm Smith schemed with a Queens councilman and GOP bosses to build a «corridor of corruption» in an ambitious attempt to line their pockets with cash and get him elected the mayor of New York City, federal authorities said Tuesday.

«When Scott is elected mayor, New Yorkers can expect a representative who is focused on making New York a cleaner, greener city, preserving its affordability and the integrity of our varied communities,» she gushed in the invitation to the Chelsea fundraiser, where she sung his praises to the crowd.

Avella, first elected to the Council in 2001, was defeated in the Democratic primary for mayor by city Comptroller William Thompson, who captured 70 percent of the vote.

«Because of her, we were able to have women elected to be county executive, a woman elected to be mayor, and women elected to city council,» said Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren.

But Skyler — whose own name was at one point bandied around as a potential mayoral candidate — warned that the mayor - elect faces a huge challenge in overseeing a workforce of 300,000 city employees and a $ 70 billion budget.

The mayor, along with several city and state elected officials, quickly struck back, accusing the chairman of playing «political football.»