Sentences with phrase «former council member»

Mike Williams, Law Society Council Member for Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire & Former Council Member for Civil Litigation

Unofficial results show Salamanca with roughly 40 percent of the vote, beating out five other candidates to replace former Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo.

Quinn leads the Democratic pack with 27 percent, with 21 percent for de Blasio, 20 percent for Thompson, 6 percent for Comptroller John Liu and 2 percent for former Council member Sal Albanese, the poll finds.

In a long and historic meeting of the Ben Franklin Democratic Club, located in Kingsbridge with a membership largely from Riverdale, the club membership voted 96 to endorse Senator Jeff Klein, the incumbent seeking reelection, with 38 in the organization favoring former Council Member Oliver Koppell, challenging Klein for the seat.

THE BRONX — The Bronx County Democratic Committee, as well as State Senator Ruben Diaz, Assembly Member Luis Sepulveda and Councilwoman Annabel Palma announced their support for Democrat Rafael Salamanca for City Council, where he is running in the special election to replace former Council Member Maria Del Carmen Arroyo in the 17th District.

He was chief of staff for the erratic former Council Member Noach Dear, and is active in the Riverdale community.

Former Council Member Dan Garodnick is also on a short list of potential candidates.

Former Council Member Charles Barron was an uninvited participant in this press conference.

Her opponent, a disgraced former Council Member, did not participate in our screening procedure.

It's split into two factions, one led by Chairman Phil Ragusa (supporting Catsimatidis) and the other composed of a mix of people bitterly opposed to Ragusa, including Council Member Eric Ulrich and former council member Tom Ognibene, as well as the now infamous John Haggerty and his brother Bart.

In fact, there hasn't been a hearing on one in the three decades since former Council member Ruth Messinger called for the policy back in 1984.

Adrienne Adams has won the race to fill the vacant seat left by former Council Member Ruben Wills, who was convicted on corruption charges this summer.

At the start of the week, three candidates — Pawlak, Trueworthy and former council member Larry Hermanowski — were looking for endorsements to run for the Democratic registrar's position, a full - time job that pays about $ 60,000 a year.

Ep 13 - 95 — Ben Max of GG, Carol Kellerman of CBC & City Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland discuss why the soon - to - be former Council member decided against running for reelection, despite being the leading contender to become the next City Council Speaker.

In Bridgeport, ex-legislator and ex-con Ernie Newton failed in an attempt to regain the seat he once held in the House, losing to former council member Andre Baker.

The Speaker of the Council controls the amount and distribution of lulus, which can result in lulus being used to «reward allies and enforce discipline,» as former Council Member Walter McCaffrey stated before the 2006 Quadrennial Commission.

At a cost of $ 2.49 million, the project was funded through a Federal grant, along with funding from State Senator Espaillat (then Assembly Member), and former Council Member Robert Jackson.

He made sure to praise each current and former Council member assembled in City Hall — and gave a special shout out to Queens Democratic boss Rep. Joe Crowley, who successfully backed him for the job — four years after failing to land his Speaker pick.

Party officials chose her Wednesday night from among four original candidates including former Council Member - at - Large Charley H. Fisher III; Duncan Kirkwood, Western New York advocacy manager for the Northeast Charter Schools Network; and James Blackwell, son of former Legislature Chairman Roger I. Blackwell.

Still others backed former Council member Carol Schwartz, a longtime LGBT ally who ran as an independent.

Prior to joining the Charter Center, Erik was the Director of City Legislation for the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Legislative Director to Council Member Diana Reyna, Campaign Manager to former Council Member Melinda Katz in her race for Comptroller, and Director of Candidate Services at the Campaign Finance Board and Director of Lobbying and Grassroots Organizing for Common Cause / NY.

Political: Victory Fund, Brooklyn Democrats for Change, Assemblymembers Maritza Davila & Robert Carroll; State Senator Jesse Hamilton; Council Members Stephen Levin & Rafael Espinal; District Leaders Dilia Schack, Arelis Martinez, Lori Knipel, Anthony Jones, Linda Minucci & Geoffrey Davis & Former Council Member Sal Albanese

I have to thank Council Member Fernando Cabrera, former Council Member Oliver Koppell, State Senator Gustavo Rivera, Community Board # 7, the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance, and the hundreds of residents and organizations who contributed to this victory.

Assemblywoman Arroyo raised $ 225 from family members, including $ 80 from her daughter, former Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo.

After the debate, we asked her about the pointed questions among the candidates during the debate about their fundraising and contributors, and how, as a soon - to - be former Council member, she would deal with potentially contentious issues with her current colleagues.

To the former council member and public advocate it's probably not unusual or surprising that he would receive such a call, and he appears to have reacted the way a council member or public advocate would.

«More and more people are beginning to understand the gender imbalance on the City Council as a governing problem,» explained Elizabeth Crowley, 21 in» 21's Board Chair and a former Council Member from Queens.

Brewer, a former Council member who backed earlier versions of the bill, believes it's time for a new strategy.

Council members will likely celebrate women heroes of city government, past and present, and acknowledge the history - making leadership of both Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, the first Latina to hold the position, and Public Advocate Letitia James, a former council member who is

The women in City Council should make an effort to encourage politically active women in their circles to run for of × ce, as current or former Council Members have a unique ability to address many of the factors that discourage women from running.»

Robert Jackson, a former Council member, wondered aloud.

She is the current President of the Pediatric Association of Naturopathic Physicians, a former council member for the American Herbalists Guild and an Advisory Board member for the Lloyd Library and Museum.

Seventy five percent of current SEMA Board members were former council members.

The arguments have been echoed in Kenai, where a former council member said cat owners would ignore the law and posited that many roaming cats are feral, so requiring leashes would just mean more work for the town's animal control officers.