Sentences with phrase «for public advocate received»

In the last general election, the Republican candidate for Public Advocate received about 14 % of the vote, and in the two prior elections Republicans did not even have a candidate on the ballot.

Not exact matches

Cuomo's push for Democrats, they argue, is based on the primary challenge he's received from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and advocate for public education.

Nixon, an actress and advocate for public education advocate, said she was «thrilled» to receive the group's backing in the race.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

«As New York City public advocate... I will fight to ensure that New Yorkers receive their fair funding from the state government for our school,» she added.

Nixon, an advocate for public education issues, has been exploring a potential Democratic primary challenge to the governor, receiving support from former campaign aides to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has been locked in a feud with Cuomo over the last several years.

This year he's receiving an additional $ 338,000 in tax credits for housing senior citizens, even though his violations are so widespread, he was dubbed the city's «worst landlord» in Public Advocate Letitia James» annual compilation last month.

Charter schools statewide receive on average 75 cents for every dollar spent on students in traditional public schools, according to charter advocates.

Under the current system for the city's three citywide primaries — mayor, comptroller and public advocate races — if no candidate receives 40 percent of the vote, then the top two candidates face off in a runoff election, as mandated by state law.

Meanwhile, New York City Public Advocate Tish James announced Wednesday she will be seeking the Democratic nod and immediately received support from a number of legislators including a one - time applicant for the post, Senator Mike Gianarais.

In one arrangement, Bharara alleges Kelly channeled several hundred thousand dollars to Percoco and his wife in exchange for help building a power plant in upstate New York, and for other public assistance the company never received — including a guarantee the state would find a buyer for energy from the facility, and the closure of the controversial Indian Point nuclear plant in Westchester, which the governor has advocated for.

Although the authors urgently called for a re-examination of vitamin C's ability to treat cancer, the article received little notice, and at one point was out of print or otherwise unavailable to the public — leading some vitamin C advocates to speculate that it was being deliberately suppressed.

As a public health advocate who has devoted her career to preventing cancer, it feels like the ultimate irony for Dr. Toni Yancey to receive a diagnosis of lung cancer.

Advocates for students with disabilities are concerned with whether students with disabilities are guaranteed a free appropriate public education in any private school receiving public funds.

The A-F grades have received mixed reviews because public school advocates say the lower grades will unfairly stigmatize schools, while proponents argue that progress indicators need to be easy for the average public to understand.

«Dianne Kaplan deVries was a tireless advocate for the rights of all Connecticut public schoolchildren — regardless of economic background, race or town of residence — to receive the quality education our state constitution promises and requires.

While charter school advocates say the practice often reflects no more than smart budgeting, some educators and others question whether the schools receive the proper oversight to ensure that religious groups are not benefiting from taxpayer dollars intended for public school students — or that faith - based instruction is not entering those classrooms.

I am an advocate for all children to receive a quality public education and develop love of learning.

This includes public charter schools of every mission and type — we must advocate for students attending public charter schools to receive equitable funding and help address the thousands of children on a waiting list to attend a public charter school.

Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), with the help of pro bono partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, brought these cases to court, challenging the New York City Department of Education's (DOE's) failure to provide free breakfast and lunch to children with disabilities who would ordinarily be entitled to receive meals in school, but who had to attend special education private schools because the DOE did not offer them an appropriate public school education.

The county fixes community cats for free and loans out traps in return for a refundable deposit, so in addition to staffers» own trapping efforts in response to complaints, the shelter and its partners receive and return strays from the general public, as well as hundreds of strays a year from cat advocates involved in grassroots sterilization efforts, says Muñoz.

As Cahan contends, Harlem on My Mind became a public relations stunt to advocate Hoving's «Master Plan» for extending the Met into Central Park, which received approval in 1971.

In 2012, he received the Heinz Award for Public Policy for his lifetime achievement as a climate advocate and policy architect.

It may come as no surprise therefore that the legal issue over who is competent to conclude such agreements (the EU alone, or the EU together with the Member States) has received considerable public attention, ensuring that the Advocate General Sharpston's response to the Commission's request for an Opinion (Opinion 2/15) on the conclusion of the EU - Singapore FTA (EUSFTA) has made the headlines of several European newspapers.

In addition to the Glickstein Award, which Perlmutter received in 2002, he has received many other honors for his advocacy, including the National Association of Counsel for Children's Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award, the Clinical Legal Education Association's Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Law Case or Project, the C. Clyde Atkins Civil Liberties Award from the Greater Miami Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the inaugural Miami - Dade County Children's Trust Champion for Children Award, and the Mental Health Advocate of the Year Award from the Florida Statewide Advocacy Council.