Sentences with phrase «former district leader»

Democratic operative and former district leader Venancio «Benny» Catala posted on Facebook campaign - like artwork saying, «Elect Fernando Cabrera» and thanking him for his effort in naming a street for the Highbridge cimmunity activist Loretta Ruddock - Smith.

It follows an Oct. 9 fight outside Baguetteaboudit Bakery on Vanderbilt Avenue, near DeKalb Avenue, where more than 25 youths «began a terrifying brawl while local business leaders tried desperately to intervene,» community advocate and former District Leader Renee Collymore wrote in a flier advertising the event.

72 AD Part B Former District Leader Manny De Los Santos is running, opposed by George Espinal (also running for Council) and Edwin Rosario.

They include Clyde Williams, who also ran to replace Rangel this Spring; Afua Atta - Mensah, a lawyer and former district leader candidate; and Sen. Perkins» chief of staff Cordell Cleare.

He was backed by the progressive group New Kings Democrats, Councilman Antonio Reynoso and former district leader Lincoln Restler, who works for Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Neither Quinn nor Liu had previously made an endorsement in Rangel's primary, which pits him in a newly redrawn district against a field of challengers that includes State Senator Adriano Espaillat, former Clinton and Obama aide Clyde Williams and former district leader Joyce Johnson.

Besides Kavanagh, other names being mentioned for the job: local District leader Paul Newell, former District leader Jenifer Rajkumar (who works for the New York Department of State) and Lincoln Restler, a Brooklyn activist.

That means Martinez — former District Leader for the 51st Assembly District and an adjunct professor in political science at Pace University — also wants an Occupy - inspired mayor, City Council and Congress.

Peralta also got the nod from several of the district leaders in Monserrate's Senate district, including Dorothy Phelan, Fior Rodriguez, Veta Brome, James Lisa, Ellen Raffaele, Matt DiStefano and former District Leader Jimmy Smythe.

The union, which represents doormen, custodians and security guards, cited the 27 - year - old former district leader's progressive background and Queens roots as reasons for supporting her to represent the diverse district.

«I don't take any glee in Peter's potential demise,» said attorney and former district leader Luis Sepulveda, who lost to Rivera in a hard - fought September primary race.

Democratic operative and former district leader Venancio «Benny» Catala posted on Facebook campaign - like artwork saying, «Elect -LSB-...]

Former District Leader Renee Collymore is hosting the meeting to help curb violent afterschool fights.

For 40 Years of Grassroots Activism and Progressive Leadership, The Very Special Inaugural VID Member's Award — Tony Hoffmann, Former District Leader and Two - Time VID President.

They include George Fernandez, former chairman of Community Board 12, and Manny De Los Santos, a former district leader and co-president of the Northern Manhattan Democrats for Change.

Lynch, a former District Leader in northeast Queens, gave up the post this week as her role in the de Blasio administration becomes more clear in time, according to the Politicker.

As a former district leader, Hamilton has forged long - lasting alliances in the community and will enjoy the largesse of the IDC's campaign committee as he fends off a challenger.

«I find it strange that no man has ever moved in,» said Roberto Caballero, a former district leader in the neighborhood.

News accounts reported that Ramirez and his allies went door - to - door in the 78th assembly district duping voters into letting the former district leader's campaign staff vote on their behalf, the Bronx DA charged in a 242 - count indictment.

Joyce Johnson, a business executive and former district leader, said that shortly after she posted an invitation to a March 8 fund - raiser on her personal Facebook page, two of her supporters listed on the invitation got an email from Geoff Eaton, who is Rangel's deputy chief of staff and also president of the mid-Manhattan branch of the NAACP.

Clyde Williams, a former aide to presidents Clinton and Obama, officially declared his candidacy last month; Joyce Johnson, a business executive and former district leader, received the endorsement of the New York Times running against Rangel in 2010.

Also in the running: political newcomer Dan O'Connor and George Martinez, a former district leader.

Kenn Lowy, a member of the CB2 Transportation and Public Safety Committee who supported Reichbach's co-naming, had voted against Collymore's proposal because he believed it was based on political motivations and connections — Renee Collymore is a former district leader and close with Borough President Eric Adams and Cumbo — and at the time of the vote, he said he could find little evidence of Cecil Collymore's historical or cultural significance.

The former district leader and president of VIDA, Central Brooklyn's Vanguard Independent Democratic Association, eked out a primary win in a race that ended with a highly contested recount.

She was a former district leader, chief of staff for Assemblymember Latrice Walker, and most recently a senior advisor at NYCHA.

The former district leader also moved to Manhattan after taking a job with the de Blasio administration, sources say.