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«The essential difference is Gifford's entire tenure â $ ¦ he was a declared candidate to run for city mayor,» said Assistant Majority Leader Lewis Fidler.

Gov. Cuomo has endorsed Bill de Blasio for city mayor, but his views on taxes and schools more closely match Joe Lhota's.

Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin is running for city mayor in the 2017 Democratic Primary.

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Paradoxically, the city's latent racism hasn't affected mayor Aboutaleb's popularity among supporters of the Party for Freedom (PVV)- the Dutch nationalist rightwing party led by Wilders, who, on 9 December last year, was convicted of inciting discrimination.

Netflix description: «The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.»

«There's a massive level of excitement about what it represents as a symbol of urban renewal, ambition for our city and recommitment to our downtown as the heart of it all,» says the 37 - year - old mayor.

Last year Calgary's superstar mayor Naheed Nenshi suggested to Maclean's last year that municipal government is the most crucial level for most citizens, and it seems that with startups it's the absence of city engagement that causes problems.

Bill de Blasio and Fred Wilson mayor of New York City (de Blasio), cofounder of Union Square Ventures Computer Science for All

Early reports suggest retailers are continuing to charge 5 cents for plastic bags in the meantime, following city council's lead of completely ignoring the mayor.

New York City Comptroller John Liu, trying to gain traction for his campaign for mayor, has come out as the latest advocate for the legalization of marijuana.

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.

It's a cause that Perry, a former L.A. councilwoman who has served in leadership positions with the city for nearly 25 years and ran for mayor in 2013, has long championed.

Bloomberg maintained high approval ratings for nearly all of his 12 years as New York City's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic cCity's mayor (2002 - 14), winning his first reelection by a 20 - point margin, the largest ever for a Republican in the heavily Democratic citycity.

Kwame Kilpatrick, who was mayor from 2002 until 2008, was convicted this week of two dozen federal charges of corruption and bribery for a scheme to collect kickbacks on city contracts for himself and associates.

For Michael Bloomberg, media mogul and former New York City mayor, this can no longer be an excuse.

During his time at City Hall, where he sat back to back with the mayor, he says, they discussed the company for a total of perhaps one hour before Mike asked him to run it.

Many are now urging Lhota to run for mayor, and it seems that Lhota is seriously preparing for a mayoral campaign — he stepped down as MTA boss just two days ago, so he can legally be a candidate under City law.

The reporter asked how de Blasio could «justify spending an hour and a half at the gym» considering he was the mayor of a city «famous for its work ethic.»

The former New York City mayor chastised college students across the country for censoring conservative voices.

The mayor says it's unclear yet if the tax has increased rental accommodation, and better data collection methods are being developed for the city to monitor the impact of initiates like the tax more closely.

The mayor of Tucson sent Musk a city building permit, good for a $ 3 billion, 5 - million - square - foot building at an Arizona address «to be determined.»

The mayor became the proactive poster boy for the health program after he called a press conference at the city zoo, posed in front of the elephants and announced that he, and the whole city, would be going on a diet.

As he points out, when a review of the city finances under Mayor David Miller called for improved economic development, Toronto created Build Toronto and Invest Toronto, arms - lengths organizations with a «mandate from the mayor and council... that the city is indeed open for business.»

Two years later, in the midst of Weiner's second run for New York City mayor, screenshots of an explicit conversation between Weiner and a 22 - year - old woman surfaced on a gossip website.

«I remember during the local elections, they told me that there was the glass ceiling and that I would not be able to win, but we won,» David Rachline, mayor of the southern city of Fréjus and the election campaign manager for the National Front, told CNBC.

Kelly was commissioner of the New York City Police Department for more than a decade, serving two mayors.

Austin's mayor, Steve Adler, has said for months he doesn't believe the amended ordinance will cause these companies to leave the city.

Over the weekend, San Francisco and Seattle mayors announced executive orders banning the use of city funds for employee travel to Indiana.

Sidewalk's CEO Daniel Doctoroff has some experience rebuilding cities already: He is a former New York City deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson YaCity deputy mayor who rezoned swaths of that city for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yacity for urban housing and development projects, including the area of Manhattan's West Side currently being redeveloped above railroad tracks, Hudson Yards.

Austin's city council is scheduled to revisit ride - hailing regulations on February 11, according to a spokesman for the mayor.

The former mayor, who spent $ 261 million on his campaigns for New York City office, says he'd spend as much as $ 1 billion of his own money on a presidential run.

This summer, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a bill requiring for - hire vehicle companies that have bases with 500 cars or more — which includes Uber — to increase their number of vehicles by only 1 % every year.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE RUDY GIULIANI BOMBSHELLS The former New York City mayor revealed on Fox News last night that Trump had known about the $ 130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, since he had reimbursed lawyer Michael Cohen for the expense.

Alicia Glen, the city's deputy mayor for housing and economic development, said Amazon would probably get hardly any tax breaks if it chose to locate its second headquarters in Midtown or Lower Manhattan, the city's two traditional business centers.

With Hartford on edge about the future of Aetna here, CVS Health Corp. chief executive Larry Merlo traveled to the city in January for high - profile meetings with the governor and the city's mayor.

Payment Pains: Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is now a member of President Trump's legal team, told Fox News that Trump had reimbursed his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, for a $ 130,000 payment made to the adult - film actress Stormy Daniels.

Duggan, at the same news conference, took issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible conflict of interest for the mayor and a member of the city council to have a seat on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.

Former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, now an attorney for President Trump, has rocked the political and legal worlds not only with his revelation that Trump reimbursed attorney Michael Cohen for hush money paid to adult - film actress Stormy Daniels, but that the president fired James B. Comey because the then - FBI director wouldn't publicly clear Trump in the Russia affair.

The mayor said he would be willing to consider offering tax incremental financing for a potential Foxconn project, but he said the city will not give away the property.

The former New York City mayor's wealth is almost entirely sewn up in his company, which means he's worth whatever his company is worth, or what someone might be willing to pay for it.

And after years of public battles and a very messy public separation from his second wife — which resulted in him moving out of Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence — his poll numbers sank and many New Yorkers were eager for a change at City Hall.

Bradley Tusk has long been known in political circles, including for managing the third campaign of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

The mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana has proposed the city create its own cryptocurrency to raise money for public finance, taking a cue from Berkeley, California, according to The Acadia Advocate.

Unfortunately, with Christy Clark playing endless transit funding games with the mayors of Metro Vancouver, at this rate commuters in other cities will wait for years before they see the buses and trains required to reduce gridlock and traffic.»

CALGARY — A Saskatchewan mayor whose city's water supply was interrupted for several weeks following a Husky Energy Inc. oil pipeline leak in July 2016 says he hopes environmental charges announced Monday act as a deterrent for other pipeline firms.

We have presidential elections coming up in Mexico where there is a surge of populism for the current, or the former Mexico City mayor and dissatisfaction with the incumbent president.

He ran for mayor, county supervisor, Congress and City Council.

It's a curious statement for a mayor of city where WEDC has provided some $ 186 million in tax breaks and other help for 184 projects by companies including Danisco, a subsidiary of DuPont, which reported $ 25 billion in net sales in 2015.

A spokesperson for then - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the mayor «does not support any game where you earn points for killing police officers.»

CNN: A rabbi, a Mormon and a black Christian mayor walk into a room... Mayor Cory Booker waits in his wood - paneled city hall office for his next visitors.