Sentences with phrase «in city campaign»

He sits on the steering committee of the Lord Mayor of London's This is Me in the City campaign to reduce the stigma around mental illness through personal story telling.

Separately, he pocketed $ 11,500 in city campaign finance funds, using much of the money on himself at stores ranging from Nordstrom to Dunkin' Donuts to Victoria's Secret.

She hit a campaign highlight Friday, announcing that she expects to qualify tomorrow for $ 1.6 million in City campaign finance matching funds.

Adams, a possible candidate for Brooklyn borough president, said he was surprised by the differences in the city campaign finance system — which includes a public financing component — and the state's system, which is widely derided by good - government groups for its loopholes and sky - high contribution limits.

On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor de Blasio is scheduled to deliver keynote remarks at the launch of The Ford Foundation's «Inclusive Growth in Cities campaign.»

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After graduating with a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she spent a year as Operations Manager aboard the record - breaking biofueled powerboat Earthrace, where she traveled 25,000 miles, visited 120 cities, and ran a campaign to promote the use of alternative fuels.

With all these marketing efforts, Nesi has lofty goals in mind, such as reaching former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg with Roar's Soda Sucks campaign.

This topic came up recently at a meeting where everyone was bemoaning the funding cutbacks in social services in many cities and the fact that outreach efforts, awareness campaigns and other marketing initiatives were among the first things to be dropped.

In Madrid he is derided, but in the Catalan city of Terrassa, where he packed out a hall of 300 people on the first full day of campaigning on Tuesday, he is greeted with wild cheerinIn Madrid he is derided, but in the Catalan city of Terrassa, where he packed out a hall of 300 people on the first full day of campaigning on Tuesday, he is greeted with wild cheerinin the Catalan city of Terrassa, where he packed out a hall of 300 people on the first full day of campaigning on Tuesday, he is greeted with wild cheering.

Ties to President Trump and how Uber responded to a taxi strike in New York City resulted in a viral #DeleteUber campaign on social media.

During campaign stops in two Florida cities August 3, Trump dodged reporters» questions on what he would do, according to CNN.

Now union activists across the country are pressing companies for more in a campaign known as the «Fight for $ 15,» which has successfully spurred cities and private companies to establish higher wage floors.

We could develop a Communist Cuba terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington... We could sink a boatload of Cubans enroute to Florida (real or simulated)... Exploding a few plastic bombs in carefully chosen spots, the arrest of Cuban agents and the release of prepared documents substantiating Cuban involvement also would be helpful in projecting the idea of an irresponsible government.

Livingston, Chmielarz and McArthur, a resident of Ellicott City, Md., also worked together to steal databases containing the personal information of millions of Americans for use in spam campaigns, prosecutors said.

He travels a lot, though, and when the campaign started, he was living in a small city in Denmark.

Merkel used her first campaign speech in the industrial city of Dortmund to accuse large sections of the auto industry of having «gambled away unbelievable amounts of trust.»

To support local business owners in cities across the country, Capital One Spark Business is launching We Work as One campaign.

The U.K.'s challenges are somewhat different from Canada's: as a result of the Conservative Party's austerity campaign, the U.K.'s economy has suffered more than Canada's, which has taken more of a Keynesian approach; and the City, as London's financial hub is known, has had a reputation for a much looser approach to regulation than that found in either Canada or the U.S. Tal says the U.K.'s finance sector has to change and he expects Carney will attempt to move it in the direction of greater regulation.

When asked about the campaign by a journalist, one of the unnamed activists remarked the «campaign is not meant to harm the gay people who live in the nine cities» [in unprotected states] that are bidding for Amazon's foothold.

Martinez and Miller see the national tour as both an opportunity to raise awareness, as well as to get attendees to campaign for similar resolutions in their own cities.

Captured during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, Vonnegut was confined in a German prisoner - of - war camp near the city during the February 1945 aerial campaign.

Some other labour organizations have followed suit, including Toronto CUPE locals which, in the wake of a privatization drive by Mayor Rob Ford, have run several hearts - and - minds campaigns depicting individual city employees talking about the public services they deliver.

In addition to their public campaigns, private providers have worked to prevent government competition by seeking state - level legislation that takes away cities» right to build their own services.

In the 1930s, New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia launched a «noiseless nights» campaign aided by sensitive noise - measuring devices stationed throughout the city.

The campaign is launched this week with the premiere of a Facebook documentary, at a special screening in New York City that includes these stars who are also stars of the documentary.

Captured during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944, Vonnegut was confined in a German prisoner of war camp near the city during the February 1945 aerial campaign.

Six people were being evaluated by emergency medical crews after an envelope containing a white powdery substance was mailed to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign office in New York City.

For both Clinton and Trump, the divisive race came to an end on Tuesday night at rallies less than two miles apart in New York City, the same place where both candidates launched their campaigns within days of one another in June 2015.

«Afrin city centre is under control as of 8:30 this morning,» Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally commemorating the World War One Gallipoli campaign, adding that Turkish and Free Syrian Army flags had been raised in the town centre.

For starters, Mark Messier was one of hockey's best pitchmen, and he starred in this campaign at the peak of his popularity in America's biggest market (New York City).

In 2016, Freelancers Union led a victorious campaign to enact first - of - its kind legislation in New York City giving freelancers unprecedented protections from nonpaymenIn 2016, Freelancers Union led a victorious campaign to enact first - of - its kind legislation in New York City giving freelancers unprecedented protections from nonpaymenin New York City giving freelancers unprecedented protections from nonpayment.

They met in 1985 when they were both campaigning: he for Toronto city council, she for school board trustee.

Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed supporters of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party at a Saturday event in the industrial city of Dortmund, joining the final stage of the campaign for the parliamentary election on September 24.

The author founded an anti-corruption campaign that resulted in putting «a couple of municipal politicians and a developer in jail,» and she was subsequently elected to council for the City of York.

As my colleague Steve Lohr wrote recently, Mr. Case and Mr. Vance have been barnstorming various cities in a painted bus, holding entrepreneurship competitions as if they were politicians on the campaign trail.

There has been steady growth in interest in public banking, spurred by the 2008 recession, by criticism of investment practices of some Wall Street banks, and, in some cities, by recent campaigns to divest from banks financing the Dakota Access Pipeline.

In January 2016, Grofers shut its operations in nine cities where it didn't see any traction despite running costly marketing campaignIn January 2016, Grofers shut its operations in nine cities where it didn't see any traction despite running costly marketing campaignin nine cities where it didn't see any traction despite running costly marketing campaigns.

Although yet to formally declare his candidacy, Erdogan held what was effectively his first campaign rally in the coastal city of Izmir.

Faced with a political climate unlikely to prioritize election reform, cities might lead the way in breaking the grip of rich donors and dark money in national campaigns.

Bradley Tusk has long been known in political circles, including for managing the third campaign of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

His previously electoral experience includes running a generously self - financed campaign for St. Albert City Council at the age of 19 (he was unsuccessful in that bid).

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

NDP leader Rachel Notley launched her party's election campaign in Edmonton and travelled to Calgary and Lethbridge to campaign with candidates in those cities.

But in the campaign to recapture the northern Iraq city of Tikrit, where Canada hasn't been directly involved, a key element in Iraq's ability to push back Islamic State extremists has been the battlefield effectiveness of Shia militias led by Iranian military officers.

Not taking the lack of competition for granted, Iveson has kept up a healthy pace of campaigning and policy announcements, and has been spotted lending his support to a handful of incumbent City Councillors running for re-election — Andrew Knack in Ward 1, Dave Loken in Ward 3, Michael Walters in Ward 10 and Moe Banga in Ward 12.

Jason Kenney, who spent the summer touring outlying and far flung ridings in his pre-campaign campaigning for the PC Leadership (nominations open Oct. 1), has lately returned to the big cities to deli...

The four - term city councillor kicked - off her campaign by delivering a speech that sounded as if it should have been delivered by outgoing Mayor Stephen Mandel, had he decided to seek re-election in this October's election.

With six days left until municipal election day in Alberta, the mayors in the province's two largest cities are facing very different election campaigns.

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Many Calgary progressives I speak with regularily, some who are affiliated with Mr. Nenshi's mayoral campaigns, are completely unfamiliar with the NDP's political networks in their city, mostly because these networks are just now being built.