Sentences with phrase «governor zephyr»

Democratic candidate for New York Governor Zephyr Teachout makes a campaign stop at the State Education Building on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell / Times Union)

Democratic candidate for governor Zephyr Teachout speaks to an audience while attending the New Kings Democrats Wednesday in Brooklyn.

Also at 6:30 p.m., Democratic candidate for governor Zephyr Teachout and running mate Tim Wu join former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean at a Democracy for America bash and DFNYC fundraiser, 227 West 17th St., Manhattan.

• The Democratic candidate for governor Zephyr Teachout and her running mate do an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Not exact matches

This year, the WFP nearly nominated its own candidate, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, after party activists raised alarm over the governor's economic record.

Hawkins is hoping to tap into liberal dissatisfaction with Cuomo, and gain some of the supporters of Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran a surprisingly strong primary challenge to the governor in September.

Zephyr Teachout, who is running a Democratic primary campaign against the governor, has not filed her disclosure report.

Governor Cuomo got 70 percent of the Erie County vote in his primary with Zephyr Teachout, and despite the loss in the Kennedy - Grant race Poloncarz thinks Zellner had a very good Primary Night.

Progressive activists — including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, who launched a strong but unsuccessful primary challenge to Cuomo in 2014 — are calling for the rejection of this plan, unless the governor immediately calls special elections for the two Senate seats that will become vacant on Jan. 1.

But the incident highlights what could be a growing rift within the committee that in recent months has elected Zephyr Teachout, a critic of the governor's who challenged him in a 2014 primary.

«Meanwhile, Cynthia Nixon may not endorse her own former Campaign Treasurer Zephyr Teachout, or her own WFP Lieutenant Governor candidate Jumaane Williams, who has an anti-choice and anti-marriage equality record.

At 10 a.m., former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout and New York Communities for Change announce their endorsement of Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

When Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known Fordham Law School professor, challenged Cuomo in a primary four years ago, one of the state's largest public workers unions, PEF, endorsed her, while NYSUT decided to sit out the governor's race entirely, declining to pick a favorite.

They include Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, New York City Public Advocate Tish James and Zephyr Teachout, who was a Democratic primary candidate for governor in 2014.

It was a different outcome than Zephyr Teachout's infamous attempt to shake hands with the governor, involving an actual handshake, albeit quick with a very brief back and forth.

Event co-organizer Allen Roskoff, president of the Jim Owles Democratic Liberal Club, which has endorsed Zephyr Teachout, Cuomo's opponent in Tuesday's Democratic primary, said his organization has taken up the issue because Cuomo is the first governor in decades who has refused to grant clemency to a single prisoner.

UPDATE: On July 10 VID members gathered to re-consider the original vote of No Endorsement for Governor and voted to endorse Zephyr Teachout.

Zephyr Teachout primaried the governor of New York and did very well, she is reams more qualified than her opponent.

Gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout made Albany corruption a primary campaign issue and garnered 34 percent of the vote, the highest of any primary challenge to a sitting governor since primaries were instituted in 1970.

So far this election cycle, Governor Andrew Cuomo has ignored repeated calls for a debate from GOP candidate Rob Astorino on the right and Democratic primary challenger Zephyr Teachout on the left.

With James out of the running, one likely candidate for the WFP nomination for AG is law professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran for governor against Cuomo in 2014.

The announcement came the same day that actress Cynthia Nixon announced she would challenge the governor with the backing of the last woman who ran against him, Zephyr Teachout.

When Zephyr Teachout announced that she would challenge New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo in the September 9 Democratic primary, many observers shrugged off her campaign as an election - season lark.

The work of building a more progressive politics will be strengthened, in our view, by voting for Zephyr Teachout for governor on September 9.

Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran against Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014, tweeted on Tuesday:

On Monday, a New York judge threw out the residency challenge brought against Zephyr Teachout's candidacy for governor following a two - day trial in Brooklyn last week.

Zephyr Teachout, who failed in a surprisingly stiff challenge to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for the nomination of the progressive Working Families Party, will challenge Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor, she confirmed for the first time in an interview with BuzzFeedGovernor Andrew Cuomo for the nomination of the progressive Working Families Party, will challenge Cuomo for the Democratic nomination for governor, she confirmed for the first time in an interview with BuzzFeedgovernor, she confirmed for the first time in an interview with BuzzFeed Friday.

Zephyr Teachout isn't planning another run for governor, but does expect incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo will face a primary challenge once again next year.

The upstate debate will be sponsored by The Buffalo News and WNED - WBFO (not, it is worth pointing out, TWC News, which did issue an invite and also tried without success to get the governor to debate his primary opponent, Zephyr Teachout, but to no avail).

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law professor hoping to challenge Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, informed the press this week that her campaign has the necessary signatures to appear on the ballot.

After a light hearted beginning, question topics included his expectations concerning Kathy Hochul's separate primary, where he expects votes to come from, his «position» in the John Liu / Tony Avella senate primary, reports of pressure from Cuomo's staff and allies on Democrats to refrain from endorsing Zephyr Teachout, Teachout's comment that her qualifications include «not under federal investigation», whether Teachout is qualified to be governor, whether votes for Teachout are an anti-Cuomo protest, his encounter with Teachout at the Labor Day Parade and Tim Wu's related comment that Cuomo «failed a basic test of decency and civility».

Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University law professor, is collecting signatures to mount a Democratic primary challenge to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

In a statement, Zephyr Teachout, who is running against Cuomo in a Democratic primary, faulted the governor for working with Senate Republicans, who have refused to hold a vote on the abortion plank, which none of their members publicly support, but twice passed the nine other women's equality items as separate bills.

Lieutenant governor candidate Tim Wu, allied with Zephyr Teachout, also went over to Governor Cuomo at the start of thegovernor candidate Tim Wu, allied with Zephyr Teachout, also went over to Governor Cuomo at the start of theGovernor Cuomo at the start of the parade.

Zephyr Teachout is a law professor and a former candidate for governor.

Also at this VID General Membership Meeting presentations were made by Zephyr Teachout, candidate for Governor; Eric Bottcher for Gov. Cuomo; John Liu, candidate for 11th State Senate District covering Queens; G. Oliver Koppell, candidate for the 34th State Senate District covering parts of the Bronx and Westchester County.

WAMC's Alan Chartock interviews Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University, progressive Democrat and announced candidate for Governor.

«In May, before Zephyr got into the race, we took no stance in the governor's race -LSB-...] We had a vote where it was either the governor or no endorsement, and it was a tie,» said Bobby Carroll, president of the CBID.

Cuomo beat out unexpected challenger Zephyr Teachout to gain the Democratic bid for Governor in 2014.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a challenge from Democrat Zephyr Teachout, which he is expected to easily win, but the governor could face a headache when it comes to the race for his running mate for lieutenant governor.

According to one follower of the race, «After Eldridge lost, the Democrats have gone even farther to the left, recruiting Zephyr Teachout, who ran against Andrew Cuomo for Governor because he wasn't liberal enough.

But in 2014, something changed: A little - known, poorly funded Constitutional law professor named Zephyr Teachout ran against Cuomo in the Democratic primary and captured a third of the vote, proof that not only was a restive progressivism already brewing in the pre-Trump, pre-Sanders era, but that the party's liberals didn't care much for their governor.

Both Sikora and Biviano said they would endorse Zephyr Teachout for governor, while Simon said she was still undecided.

Some important Democrats are contending that Cuomo's apparent decision against debating Zephyr Teachout, the leftist Fordham Law professor who beat the governor in court twice to win a spot on the Sept. 9 primary ballot, will damage his reputation nationally.

-LRB-... A day after declining to endorse either Gov. Cuomo or his Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in the primary, The New York Times has thrown its support to Teachout's running mate, Tim Wu, in the race for lieutenant governor.

Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins on Friday questioned how effective Zephyr Teachout's likely Democratic primary campaign against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and whether she would even make it on the September ballot.

(Airs 7/24 & 7/26) WAMC's Alan Chartock interviews Zephyr Teachout, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University, progressive Democrat and candidate for Governor of New York.

Governor Cuomo's challenge to Zephyr Teachout's candidacy is an obvious example.

Zephyr Teachout, Democratic challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, celebrated her latest legal victory over the governor on Monday with a party at the Hollow Nickel on Atlantic Avenue, not far from the courthouse.

As it was during the endorsement battle, which saw some on in the activist wing of the WFP support Cuomo's primary opponent, Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, while big labor leaders sided with the governor, the party is again showing signs of a split.