Sentences with phrase «help city voters»

Speaking of borders, if you live one step over the city limits of Albany, New York don't bother trying to help city voters vote.

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Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

An issue sure to help the governor among New York City voters is a hike in the state's minimum wage.

«I have a new vision for our city, and my television commercials will help me share that vision with more voters,» Schroeder said.

Mr. de Blasio said that opposition in New York to President Trump energized voters in the city and helped propel his victory.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, stumping for Rivera before heading off to help the campaign of District 4 candidate Keith Powers, remarked that he had been retail campaigning so long he could still remember when the Sony Walkman disrupted efforts to woo voters near subway stops.

«I don't think that pushing (for mayoral control) in the last eight weeks of session, disenfranchising the voters of the city of Buffalo, and disempowering nine elected members of the board makes sense,» the senator said, adding that he hoped an additional two board members selected by the mayor would «help to reduce the acrimony» among existing members.

Despite a slew of recent policies aimed at helping the homeless, 55 percent of New York City voters disapprove of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's handling of poverty and homelessness, according to a new Q poll.

The city's Campaign Finance Board provides an online guide to help voters make informed choices at the polls.

Rangel has the Harlem political machine he has built over the last four decades and union support from 1199 / SEIU Healthcare Workers East and DC 37, the city's largest municipal workers union, to help him drive voters to the polls.

Using online media also helps parties to connect with voters once considered hard to reach, such as young people and those living outside cities.

MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg's selection of Cathie Black as the city's schools chancellor is not helping his popularity with voters, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

But City Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera said that parties play a crucial role in helping voters choose between candidates.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) and state Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D - Glen Cove) helped Democratic Council hopeful Karen Koslowitz campaign in Forest Hills Sunday in a last - minute attempt to rally voters before the Sept. 15 primary.

As part of our Focus on Education reporting, WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley discussed the survey with Buffalo News education reporter Mary Pasciak, who helped compile an extensive online voter guide to help inform city voters about the candidates.

The program, meant to help candidates compete without raising money just from wealthy donors, matches donations under $ 175 from New York City voters six - to - one, so that a $ 10 contribution is matched with $ 60.

However, a recent Quinnipiac University poll found that many voters still did not think the city was doing enough to help the homeless, and Diaz will recommend in his speech that the city start mandating that certain apartments in new developments go to working people who currently live in the shelter system, arguing that compassion must replace NIMBYism.

He also said some voters may have done so because Monserrate helped them during his time in office, either in the Senate or City Council, which he was a part of from 2002 - 08.

Klein will also be able to point to his role in helping to secure money for universal pre-kindergarten in New York City, both as a means of demonstrating to liberal voters his usefulness as a co-leader of the Senate, and of keeping supporters of Mayor Bill de Blasio from supporting a challenge to him.

But her positions — anathema to many New York voters who rejected Mr. Trump in the election last fall — helped her secure the endorsement of the city's Conservative Party.

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