Sentences with phrase «including mayoral»

Newark, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and several council members, including mayoral candidate Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, attended the ribbon cutting Wednesday at the TRYP by Wyndham Hotel on East Park Place.

Republican lawmakers opposed including mayoral control in the budget.

Several other politicians joined in the parade, including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A New York Observer editorial discusses several factors de Blasio will need to consider when selecting the next schools chancellor including mayoral control of the education system, UFT pay contracts, and charter schools:

There were 3 single tickets in the 2015 local elections, nine in the 2017 local elections, [34] and at least 13 in the 2018 local elections (including the mayoral elections for Tangerang and Makassar).

The rally also drew several candidates for public office, including mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese, City Council candidate Josué Pérez and Public Advocate candidate David Eisenbach, who all said they were against the library's redevelopment project.

There are a lot of big issues to be decided in the final few weeks of the legislative session this year — including mayoral control of the schools and rent regulations.

Several big ticket items are up for renewal in Albany this June, including mayoral control of city public schools.

Senate Republicans will return to Albany later this month in the catbird seat as a range of issues important to Democratic lawmakers are due to expire in June, including mayoral control of New York City schools and laws governing rent control.

But de Blasio also said he secured no commitments from top state lawmakers and the governor on a host of issues, including mayoral control and rent control regulations as well as the 421a tax abatement reforms he is seeking.

The hostilities between the mayor and the governor have only escalated in the last year over a variety of concerns, including mayoral control of New York City schools and proposed cuts in funding to the City University of New York, tumbling into public view with a rare intensity, even for two jobs that are often in conlfict.

The blanket endorsement includes supporting candidates in the range of contests in November, including the mayoral and county executive candidates in competitive races.

The state Legislature is approaching its final week of the 2017 session, and agreements on outstanding issues, including mayoral control over the state's largest school system, remain elusive.

Cuomo, in turn, has seemingly sought to undermine de Blasio ever more so, with the mayor's team stymied on a variety of issues at the Capitol, including mayoral control of New York City schools.

Bloomberg has closed 140 struggling schools since taking charge of the education system in 2003, drawing the ire of critics including mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, the former City Comptroller, who called for a legal moratorium on closures this year.

The New York State Legislature is approaching its final week of the 2017 session, and agreements on outstanding issues, including mayoral control over the state's largest school system, remain elusive.

The Senate included the mayoral - control language but no additional funding to address the district's shortfall specifically.

Earlier in the day, Senate Independent Democratic Leader Jeff Klein, following a closed door meeting with Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders, said he hoped for a «grand bargain» that would include the mayoral control extension, the sales tax continuation and some provisions to help charter schools.

Not exact matches

Although Sanders and his wife's joint tax return showed income of only a little more than $ 200,000 for 2014 — including his $ 174,000 salary, his mayoral pension, and their Social Security payments — the senator's expected retirement benefits make his situation much more comparable to those in the millionaire class he faults.

When he entered the mayoral race four months ago, Perillo put forward a platform that included lowering taxes and increasing transparency and accountability.

Though a jury convicted five Klan members, including its Exalted Cyclops Roy Miner, the Klan's openly endorsed candidate in that summer's mayoral election nearly succeeded in defeating the incumbent.

Issues in the mayoral campaign include traffic problems facing the developing community, economic development and how to maintain Orland Park's quality of life in view of its growth.

Quinn, the Democratic mayoral front - runner, has lost the backing of three left - wing Manhattan political clubs — including one in her own district — whose leaders say she's become too centrist as speaker.

«First, we're pleased that the Assembly included a seven - year extension of mayoral control, as well as an increase in school aid and funds for universal pre-K over the Executive Budget,» de Blasio said.

The WFP sent out a press release yesterday touting its successes in the NYC races other than the mayoral contest, which included 12 NYC Council candidates, including Carlos Menchaca, who defeated incumbent Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and is poised to become the Council's first Mexican - American member, and Antonio Reynoso, who defeated former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the remnants of his Brooklyn political machine.

Cuomo in his joint State of the State and budget presentation last month called for a re-approval of mayoral control for New York City schools as well as extending to schools in other cities, including Rochester and Yonkers.

Lawmakers have three legislative session days to go this week, with the session wrapping up on Thursday and a range of issues left unresolved, including an extension of mayoral control for New York City schools.

De Blasio responded by pointing to successes under the mayoral control program, including higher graduation rates and test scores as well as an expansion of computer science courses.

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

At 3 p.m., NYC Republican mayoral candidate Paul Massey will call on de Blasio to include a Staten Island stop on citywide ferry service this summer, 778 Front St., Staten Island.

Cuomo's contributions include $ 31,000 from supermarket magnate and potential Republican New York City mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis.

At the end of the day, during which rank - and - file lawmakers did a whole lot of not much, legislation was introduced just before midnight that included a two - year extension of NYC mayoral control as part of wide - ranging deal.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, is staunchly opposed to any mayoral control agreement that also includes a charter school provision.

Heastie has been clear that he will not do any deal on mayoral control that includes a link to charter schools.

Other potential Democratic mayoral candidates include city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former city Comptroller Bill Thompson.

Other Syracuse - area names on the jury questionnaire include: Juanita Perez Williams, a former Syracuse mayoral candidate and state labor department employee; Rob Simpson, president of CenterState CEO; Andrew Breuer, president of Hueber - Breuer Construction; James Fayle, regional director for Empire State Development; and several employees or Cor Development.

In 2013, he developed the campaign message and television ads for New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, including the celebrated «Dante» spot, which featured de Blasio's teenaged son.

Even at this uniquely precarious moment for the de Blasio administration, the mayor has assembled a large coalition of surrogates to support mayoral control, including 100 business leaders who are not traditional de Blasio allies, clergy members, union leaders, technology executives, elected officials and former top officials under mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

Other noteworthy previous mayoral performances included Rudolph Giuliani donning drag and Ed Koch stepping out of the mouth of a man - eating plant.

New York City's first mayoral debate included incumbent Mayor Bill de Blasio, Republican candidate Nicole Malliotakis and independent candidate Bo Dietl at Symphony Space theater on the Upper West Side on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.

But the bargain, which could have included extending mayoral control of New York City schools in the process, was ultimately not to be as lawmakers adjourned for what they said was the rest of the year.

Tuesday afternoon saw Cuomo turn away from more immediate concerns, such as the looming end of the state legislative session and the 2017 election that will include a New York City mayoral election and a statewide ballot question of whether to convene a state constitutional convention.

Mayoral hopeful William Thompson joined a veritable who's who of the elected, including congressional wannabe Assemblyman David Weprin, City Council members Steve Levin, Domenic Recchia, Mark Weprin and Erik Dilan, state Sen. Martin Dilan, Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Below, you'll find all of the 2017 election coverage from Gotham Gazette, along with key additions from coverage by City Limits and WNYC radio, including some crossoever and collaboration among the three outlets, and also videos of debates for Manhattan City Council districts and the Democratic mayoral primary aired by Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

«It's a real head - scratcher» as to why Republicans backed the legislation, which also included an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools, the re-approval of local sales tax measures and several other measures aimed at upstate communities for flood relief.

Heastie pointed to the omnibus bill approved by the Assembly in May, which included both mayoral control to local tax extenders for county governments.

Senate Republicans have two bills for extending mayoral control — a 12 - month extension, plus oversight from the governor's office and a three - year measure that includes a range of education issues deemed non-starters from Democratic lawmakers.

Republican New York City mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotakis filed a public records request demanding the city release documents detailing the amount spent on de Blasio's out of state trips — including his recent visit to Germany to lead a G - 20 summit protest.

Lawmakers are scheduled to leave Albany on Thursday, but key issues beyond ethics remain elusive, including an extension of mayoral control for New York City schools.

The agreement to extend mayoral control of New York City schools included a provision that requires more data be released on how money is spent at schools.