Sentences with phrase «for black elected officials»

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For many years, he was THE go - to guy in Harlem — closely connected to African American elected officials and power brokers, and therefore much sought out by politicians both black and white.

A number of black elected officials» names had been circulating as potential No. 2s for Cuomo, including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, whose local troubles were deemed too toxic for the AG's reform platform; and Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is well - regarded but lacks executive experience and isn't considered a heavy hitter.

On issues of race, Lindsay was often ahead of the curve for an elected official, but this spelled doom at a time when whites had far more political clout than blacks.

Many of the elected officials who came to the event thanked those honored and other black Americans for their accomplishments and what the civil rights movement had done for their own minority groups.

Mr. Cuomo is also trying to repair any lingering damage from his 2002 primary for the governor's office with H. Carl McCall, then the state comptroller and the first black official elected statewide in New York.

For those of you who suffered through black dark periods in our nation's history like Teapot Dome and Troopergate, this will merely be another sad example of the malfeasance we've come to expect from our elected officials.

For elected officials like Ms. James, having a black official in a powerful position in the police department is necessary.

More than once during the hourlong press conference in the hot sun, elected officials said the incident would be a test for Mr. de Blasio, who was elected with the support of black and Latino voters looking for a change in how the NYPD deals with their communities.

Numerous groups and elected officials have honored Roskoff, including the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights which won the fight for a city gay rights law, PFLAG, the Stonewall Democrats, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, the Village Independent Democrats, and the city's Black Lives Matter chapter.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Elected officials in Northern Manhattan have launched a series of community events to address the low percentage of black and Latino high school graduates ready for higher education.

Since several elected official accused BW of not reporting all the facts or reaching out to key people for comments recently, including Chairman Lafayette who said in September 23rd Democratic Committee Meeting, «Black Westchester, writes stories without all the facts,» we reached out to the Chairman to get his take on the situation.

«Anytime you get group of elected officials together to come up with a plan for general property tax savings is positive,» said Black Brook Supervisor Jon Douglass.

MANHATTAN — Rev. Al Sharpton called an emergency meeting of black elected officials at Sylvia's in Harlem for Thursday night to discuss how to handle the growing scandals facing Gov. David Paterson and Rep. Charlie Rangel.

While Mayor Bill de Blasio did not directly criticize the decision, Ms. Rose, Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and other minority elected officials angrily denounced the outcome, echoing reaction that came after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer for shooting a black teenager in Ferguson, Mo..

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.

The victory allows Rangel, 84, the face of Harlem politics for nearly a half century and at one time the most powerful elected black official in the country, to end his political career on his own terms.

«We had never had a locally elected black official, a Democrat from a city like D.C., asking for something like this before,» said Nina Shokraii Rees, director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement, which is implementing the program.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

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