Also seeking the nomination besides Molinaro, who is the presumptive GOP candidate, and Giambra are former
state housing commissioner Joseph Holland, a Republican, and Libertarian candidate Larry Sharpe.
The two other Republican candidates, former Erie County executive Joel Giambra and former New York state
housing commissioner Joseph Holland, have no endorsements from county or state GOP committee members.
Only two other candidates are still in the race for the GOP designation - former Erie County executive Joel Giambra, and Joseph Holland, a former New
York housing commissioner in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki.
Jerilyn Perrine, a former
city housing commissioner who is now executive director of the nonpartisan research group Citizens Housing and Planning Council, said the expiration of the program would be «very troubling.»
Molinaro joins State Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco and former state
housing commissioner Joe Holland in a Republican primary.
«Most of the co-ops are well - functioning, affordable housing resource for their shareholders, and they have stabilized thousands of lives,» said Christopher Allred, an assistant city
housing commissioner for asset management.
Joseph Holland, a former state
housing commissioner in the administration of former Gov. George Pataki, is also considering a Senate bid.
On the mayor's side, the negotiations are being conducted
by housing commissioner Vicki Been, planning chairman Carl Weisbrod, intergovernmental affairs director Emma Wolfe, legislative affairs director Jon Paul Lupo and staffers.
City
housing commissioner Vicki Been referred to the governor's proposal as a «poison pill» and de Blasio testified against it during a hearing in Albany earlier this year.
The president of Norstar's United States division, Richard Higgins, is a former state
housing commissioner who served under governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo.
On the Republican side, Cuomo is facing challenges from state Senator John DeFrancisco, Erie County executive Joel Giambra and Joseph Holland, who served
as housing commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki.
Ex-Erie County Executive Joel Giambra and former
Pataki housing commissioner Joe Holland remain the other two announced Republicans in the race.
George Pataki's
first housing commissioner, has created an exploratory committee that will allow him to raise money as he decides whether to challenge U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand.
New York City's
housing commissioner lambasted a proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo to alter the process of allocating affordable housing bonds as a «poison pill» and said the long - standing way of doing things was working fine.
Currently, control over rent regulation lies with the state rather than city — due to the so - called Urstadt law, which was enacted in 1971 and named after then - governor Nelson Rockefeller's
housing commissioner Charles Urstadt.
Though a native New Yorker who was Bloomberg's
housing commissioner before signing on with Obama, he hasn't lived in New York for eight years and lacks the deep ties to the African - American and Latino communities that would be essential for undercutting de Blasio in a Democratic primary.
State
housing commissioner Darryl Towns is expected to plead guilty later this month to a misdemeanor rap for drunkenly crashing his car over July 4th weekend, sources told the Daily News on Tuesday.
Darryl Towns:
Current housing commissioner, former assemblyman and son of longtime Brooklyn Congressman Edolphus Towns, he clearly has the governor's trust as he was appointed to the housing division.
United States Presidential Scholar in the Arts (selected by
White House Commissioners) National Foundation for the Advancement for the Arts Award
According to Jerilyn Perine, a former city
housing commissioner quoted by the Times, New York City's roommates rule dates to the 1950s, «when the city balked at the number of sketchy single - room - occupancy buildings and their often equally sketchy inhabitants, and wanted boarding house brownstones to be converted back to family homes.»
The U.S. Senate in mid-July confirmed David H. Stevens to be President Barack Obama's assistant secretary for housing -
federal housing commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
She served as Chicago «s
housing commissioner from 1985 until April, 1989, with responsibility for administering a $ 60 million annual budget and supervising 385 employees.
Bess Donaldson, former
Chicago housing commissioner, has been named assistant regional vice president for multifamily housing in the Midwestern regional office of Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association).
He was chief counsel for the state Senate's housing committee and became state
housing commissioner under Gov. George Pataki, the last Republican to serve as the state's top executive.
Also seeking the nomination are former state
housing commissioner Joseph Holland, a Republican, and Libertarian candidate Larry Sharpe.
His exit leaves State Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, and Joseph Holland, a former New
York housing commissioner, as the only two candidates remaining in the GOP race.
Marc Molinaro will now vie with state Sen. John DeFrancisco and Joe Holland, a former
housing commissioner, for the GOP line ahead of its May convention.
Currently, GOP Sen. Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco of Syracuse is the Republican front - runner, although Buffalo's Joel Giambra and Joseph Holland, who was
housing commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki, are also seeking the nomination.
The seat was vacated by Darryl Towns, following his appointment as state
housing commissioner, and the campaign became a proxy war between the Kings County organization, the Towns family and the WFP.
Molinaro, 42, will now vie with state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) and Joe Holland, a former
housing commissioner, for the GOP line ahead of its May convention.
Joe Holland,
a housing commissioner and co-chair of former Gov. George Pataki's campaign, was another prospective candidate interviewed about a Senate run.
As the state's
housing commissioner and a former New York state legislator from Brooklyn, I believe I can offer a unique perspective on the historic rent - regulation bill Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law last week.
Joseph Holland, a former New York
housing commissioner, picked up five votes.
Joseph Holland, a Cornell University football star who became New York's
housing commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki, has decided to enter the Republican race for governor.
Been,
the housing commissioner, testified before a City Council committee in January to offer a full - throttled defense of 421 - a.
He's already won the support of a majority of the state committee, but still faces state Sen. John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse) and Joe Holland, a former state
housing commissioner.
«We are considering whether the proportion of the units in the building that must be affordable should be revised,» Been,
the housing commissioner, testified before a City Council committee in January as part of a full - throated defense of 421 - a.
Mascia said he will talk with his attorney and review his legal options, including an appeal and a possible injunction aimed at delaying a June 14 election for
housing commissioners.
So goes the proposal of Charles Urstadt, former New York state
housing commissioner and namesake of 1971's Urstadt Law, which handed Gotham's power to pass local rent laws to the state legislature.
Giambra said that gives him an advantage over the other two Republicans running for governor: State Sen. John A. DeFrancisco and Joseph Holland, a former
housing commissioner under Gov. George E. Pataki.
In February,
his housing commissioner, James Rubin, said the affordable housing would be split evenly between the city and the rest of the state.
Pridgen said Mascia has no business remaining
a housing commissioner either, a sentiment the mayor echos.
Perine, who served as the city's
housing commissioner under Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, said the funding was always a constant, despite political clashes between governors and mayors.
On the Republican side, Cuomo's opponents are state Senator John DeFrancisco, Erie County executive Joel Giambra and Joseph Holland, who was
housing commissioner under former Gov. George Pataki.
Joe Holland, a former state senator who served as co-chairman of George Pataki's campaign for governor in 1994 and as Pataki's
housing commissioner, announced earlier this month that he is running for governor.
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