Sentences with phrase «former city councilman simcha»

«She has brought a celebrity status to the movement,» said Kevin Chavous, a former city councilman in Washington, D.C. Rhee's allies in the reform movement don't object to her ambition, but some worry that if cheating is proved in the capital, she will be discredited and the entire reform movement along with her.

Cerf has also collaborated with Booker's successor, Mayor Ras Baraka, a former city councilman and high school principal whose 2014 campaign was based on his opposition to Anderson and her reforms and had the backing of the Newark Teachers Union.

Caird came to the witness stand in the trial of County Democratic Elections Commissioner Edward McDonough and former City Councilman Michael LoPorto for ballot fraud to provide the jury with an inside look at what was happening as the case began to develop.

Former City Councilman Allan Jennings pulled in 12 percent and businessman Joseph Marthone got 10 percent, according to the AP.

Former City Councilman Sal Albanese, the only candidate de Blasio publicly debated before the election, received more than 65,400 votes, or 15 percent — more than ten times as many votes as he received when he ran in 2013.

One of Smith's challengers, former City Councilman Leroy Comrie, decided to run in April because he said the state senator «is no longer able to deliver to his constituents.»

Former City Councilman Dan Halloran's attorney questioned an upstate developer cooperating with the government about whether his first meeting with the Bayside Republican breached FBI protocol and whether he celebrated the legislator's arrest with a trip to Florida.

Former City Councilman James Sanders has moved on to the state Senate, but his district offices are still operating.

Mark - Viverito was an early supporter of de Blasio, a former city councilman, when he was still seen as a long - shot for City Hall.

Former City Councilman Dan Halloran, who attempted to negotiate the bribes for Smith's spot on the ballot, has already been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

City Hall News reported that a volunteer for former City Councilman Allan Jennings «campaign in the 28th Council district wandered into enemy territory, and almost didn't make it out.

Former City Councilman Daniel Halloran (l.) remains on the witness stand in his federal corruption trial.

Disgraced former City Councilman Dan Halloran was sentenced to 10 years Wednesday for attempting to help ex-State Sen. Malcolm Smith bribe his way onto the 2013 mayoral ballot.

Former City Councilman Dan Halloran was found guilty Tuesday of masterminding a failed $ 200,000 bribery scheme to get Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith the Republican line in last year's mayoral election.

Two Democratic seats were flipped, but they were matched by two Republican seats that went Democratic, including the Queens seat held by Frank Padavan, which was won by former city councilman (and mayoral candidate) Tony Avella.

«We haven't had that conversation yet, but we will,» said McMahon, a former city councilman who is an attorney at Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

Neither of the two leading opponents, former City Councilman Sal Albanese and police reform advocate Bob Gangi, have gotten much press.

State Sen. Frank Padavan (R - Bellerose) has raised more money than his Democratic challenger, former City Councilman Tony Avella, in the race to retain his seat this fall, according to state campaign finance records.

At least four of his mayoral rivals, Public Advocate de Blasio, former City Councilman Sal Albanese and Thompson, all Democrats, and billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, a Republican, said this week he should drop out.

«That will dramatically impact the turnout,» said incumbent State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who is being challenged in the 31st District Senate Race by former City Councilman Robert Jackson as well as Luis Tejada.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, former City Comptroller William Thompson, current City Comptroller John Liu, former City Councilman Sal Albanese, and former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, spoke during the panel as part of the UFT Spring Education Conference.

Prior to being elected to the State Senate, Senator Smith served as a senior aide to former Congressman Floyd H. Flake, chief aide to former City Councilman Archie Spigner, a City Hall assistant to former Mayor Edward I. Koch and was a member of the national advance staff for Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro.

Even though he backed out of that race, the party still sought to take out Sanders, a former city councilman.

Alcantara, who had Espaillat's backing, defeated former city councilman Robert Jackson, former attorney general staffer Micah Lasher and community activist Luis Tejada.

Braunstein will face off against three Democrats in the September primary, including Bayside attorney Steve Behar, who ran for former City Councilman Tony Avella's seat last year; John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. John Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.

The Queens County Democratic Party backed Adams after Sanders, a former City Councilman, declared last year that he was planning to challenge Queens Rep. Gregory Meeks this fall.

Former City Councilman Robert Jackson is also running for the seat, after losing to Espaillat in 2014.

In the September 10 Democratic primary, she will face off against Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, former Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr., the 2009 Democratic candidate, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

Sliwa's Reform Party gave its line to former City Councilman Sal Albanese, who is challenging de Blasio in the Democratic primary.

Braunstein has already been endorsed by prominent Democrats, including gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo as well as U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D - Bayside), state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone) and former City Councilman Tony Avella.

Despite being in a race with no incumbent, former City Councilman Noach Dear, too, was unsuccessful in his effort to win a State Senate seat.

«At this time... with an intransigent administration... we call upon you and your members to return to their jobs and continue the battle in other ways,» wrote Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller John Liu, former City Comptroller Bill Thompson and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

Former City Councilman Guillermo Linares, Espaillat's longtime rival and new - political ally, is poised to win the race for Espaillat's soon - to - be vacated 72nd Assembly seat with 90 percent of the vote against Inwood resident Dan Russo (R) with 63 precincts reporting.

Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate, strongly supported it, as did former Comptroller Bill Thompson, his successor, John Liu, and former City Councilman Sal Albanese.

However, according to a representative from his office, Rodriguez is looking to maintain an earlier agreement by former City Councilman Robert Jackson, who was term - limited out of office.

Former City Councilman Sal Albanese, State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis and Eliseo Santos also applied but didn't raise enough to qualify.

The disgraced former City Councilman saw his prospects crumble in the wake of a sexting scandal that resulted in his official resignation from Congress last month.

De Blasio faced off against four long - shot challengers at the forum: businessman Michael Tolkin, police reform advocate Robert Gangi, former City Councilman Sal Albanese and Kevin Coenen, a retired FDNY firefighter.

But a deal to reunite the IDC, which has been conferencing and co-leading the Senate with Republicans, with other Democrats took some of the steam out of the challenge from Mr. Koppell, a former city councilman.

While the W.F.P. is backing former city councilman Oliver Koppell's primary challenge to I.D.C. leader Jeff Klein, for example, a number of unions have endorsed the senator, and so far show no signs of abandoning him.

The race's Democrats include Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); Bayside attorney Steve Behar, who ran in the race to replace former City Councilman Tony Avella last year; John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of state Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.

The office has also filed two separate discovery requests that see to locate benefits paid to former City Councilman Hiram Monserrate and former Yonkers City Councilwoman Sandy Annabi, both convicted on corruption charges as well.

Other Democratic contenders in the mayoral race include former City Councilman Sal Albanese, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Comptroller Bill Thompson.

The district has been scarred by scandal: Just over a year ago, former city councilman Miguel Martinez, seemingly one of the bright lights at City Hall, pleaded guilty to swiping more than $ 100,000 in public money.

Former City Councilman Charles Barron, who used to represent the neighborhood, faulted the rookie officer for the shooting and said it echoed fatal police shootings on Staten Island and in Ferguson, Mo..

QUEENS — Democratic voters in Jamaica will decide Tuesday who should advance to the November general election in the race to succeed former City Councilman Ruben Wills, who was expelled from office after a jury found him guilty in his corruption trial in July.

That Powell, a former city councilman, is the strongest candidate against Rangel illustrates the complicated political dynamics here.

His father, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., is a former city councilman who held the congressional seat for more than 20 years, before Rangel ousted him in 1970.

The bribery scheme, in which Daniel J. Halloran III, a former city councilman, was also convicted and another county leader pleaded guilty, had serpentine origins.

Micah Lasher, the former chief of staff to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is white; Robert Jackson, a former city councilman, is African American; and Marisol Alcantara, an activist for the state's nurses union, is Dominican.