Sentences with phrase «governor against the councils»

But Fadaka said the recent action of the governor against the councils was a mere act of vendetta, which according to him, should not be expected from a senior advocate like Akeredolu.

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Albany has the ultimate say, and Governor Cuomo has now stood with the unions in favor of their more generous bill and against the Mayor and the City Council Speaker.

«I read that he is against marriage equality and that he is against a woman's right to choose, and as a progressive Democrat that troubles me tremendously,» said Melissa DeRosa, the secretary to the governor, in response to a question in an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom, while also noting Williams unsuccessfully ran for City Council president.

He said he is not worried about her prospects in a primary for lieutenant governor against Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams.

A judge of the High Court who authored a petition against Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has had her career terminated by the National Judicial Council of Nigeria (NJC).

Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.

The issue, which came to a boil during a Council hearing on Friday, has pitted de Blasio against the city's uniformed unions and Governor Andrew Cuomo.

But she felt that his decision to veto the bill was «something that we pushed back against» and said that it was «irresponsible» for the governor to claim the Council's passage of the measure was «flawed.»

She asserted that even Council members who were against the bill were not pleased with the way in which the governor handled the situation.

The governor said he's not concerned about Hochul's prospects in a primary for lieutenant governor against Brooklyn Council Member Jumaane Williams.

But this year its members weighed Cuomo's past achievements, and the access he has given the group's members through regional economic development councils, against the governor's promise to work with the Working Families Party to flip the State Senate into Democratic hands.

And Christine Quinn — the former council speaker who served as an advisor to Mr. Cuomo, ran against Mr. de Blasio for mayor and now leads for Women In Need, a nonprofit that helps homeless women and families — was quick to praise the governor's plan.

Speaking on Family Research Council hate leader Tony Perkins» radio program yesterday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal stoked fears that the government will soon use the guise of gay rights to go after Christian pastors who speak out against ho... Read

Governor Ambode, who led a symbolic walk against Domestic and Sexual Violence in Alausa, Ikeja, with top government functionaries including the Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule, Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Oke, wife of the Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, Attorney General, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, members of the State Executive Council, members of the House of Assembly, stakeholders in the justice sector, celebrities, students, among others, said it was time to walk the talk and ensure that all hands are on deck towards safeguarding the rights of every citizen and the most vulnerable in the society.

This is the auditorium of Rockville Centre's South Side High School on Jan. 13, where approximately 120 students, teachers and education advocates witnessed the latest front in what has been an all - out war against Common Core, the education reform created by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers and financed with more than $ 4 billion of «Race to the Top» funds as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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