Sentences with phrase «friction between de»
The issue also caused friction between de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who fashioned himself a champion of charter schools to pit himself against the mayor as the two were locked in a battle of funding for universal pre-kindergarten.
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Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.
The pay parity issue has emerged as a serious threat to the continued success of de Blasio's signature pre-K program, and has caused friction between the mayor from some of his most stalwart education allies.
Friction between Cuomo and de Blasio isn't unique to Legionnaires».
The friction between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio has only worsened with Cynthia Nixon's bid for the Democratic nomination for governor; Ms. Nixon and Mr. de Blasio are friends, and Mr. Cuomo blames the mayor for her candidacy.
Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters today that he and his nemesis, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, still regularly chat on the phone — despite increasingly bitter friction between the rival Democrats over homelessness and state funding for Medicaid, affordable housing and the City University of New York system.