Sentences with phrase «emerge as a public advocate»
(CNN)-- As Chelsea Clinton continues to emerge as a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for office.
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The European rejection of the death penalty, which advocates of abolishing the death penalty in the United States cite as evidence of an emerging international consensus that ought to influence our Supreme Court, is related both to the past overuse of it by European nations (think of the executions for petty larceny in eighteenth - century England, the Reign of Terror in France, and the rampant employment of the death penalty by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union) and to the less democratic cast of European politics, which makes elite opinion more likely to override public opinion there than in the United States [emboldening mine].
Sources tell NY1 that Public Advocate Letitia James is emerging as the front - runner to succeed Thompson should Brooklyn County Democrats press Cuomo for an appointment replacement.
Despite her earlier career as a «radical» on the far left of city politics, first as a campaign manager for Council member Tom Duane and then later a Council member herself, Quinn has emerged as the real estate community's favorite for mayor, besting Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, co-sponsors of a rent control bill that has plagued the industry.
Samual Radford is president of District Parent Coordinating Council, which has emerged the past several years as the most organized and vocal advocate of reforming Buffalo public schools.
Several names known to the real estate industry have emerged as potential replacements, including Bill de Blasio's housing czar Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and Public Advocate Letitia James, whose office has been sued for publishing the «worst landlords of New York City» list.
A blast from New York City's political past has emerged as the frontrunner on the Democratic side of the race for Public Advocate.
Teacher quality emerged as one of the highest educational priorities — second only to school safety — in the public opinion poll released last week by Recruiting New Teachers Inc., a Belmont, Mass., nonprofit group that advocates better school - hiring practices.
A strong advocate for emerging artists, in 2014 she founded Launch Pad, a commissioning series open to the public by appointment and conducted from her home, that serves as a platform for artists who have never exhibited in the UK.