Sentences with phrase «to hold citywide office»

Her warm - up act included several female firsts: State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the first female legislative conference leader in the New York State, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the legislature's first openly lesbian member, and Public Advocate Letitia James, the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City, as well as city first lady Chirlane McCray and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who is now one of the country's best - known advocates for gun control.

She made history in 2014 — by becoming the first woman of color to hold citywide office in New York City.

Clinton has long broadcast her admiration for the Public Advocate, the first woman of color to hold citywide office.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is from there, as are such rising political stars as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Public Advocate Letitia James, currently the only woman to hold citywide office and the first black woman to do so.

James, who became the first woman of color to hold citywide office four years ago, has sued the city at least 11 times and spearheaded the passage of a bill that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about their salary history in an effort to close the pay gap between women and men.

But by the end of the two - hour meeting a vote had been cast; the members would elect Mark - Viverito, making her the first Latina to hold citywide office.

As the first African - American woman to hold citywide office, James unintentionally cleared the path for one of the white male candidates vying to become the next council speaker.

From 2010 to 2013 — he held the citywide office of New York City Public Advocate.

For the first time in at least a century, a socialist is holding citywide office in Seattle, Wash..

In 2009, Liu was elected city comptroller, the first Asian - American to hold a citywide office in New York City and that year's highest vote - getter.

Mark - Viverito, the second woman to lead the Council, is the first Latina and Puerto Rican to hold citywide office.