Sentences with phrase «issues as a councilman»

Not exact matches

Character does matter in this race... but it is not my character that is at issue in this election; it is Mr. Fidler's record of highly questionable, unethical behavior as a career politician, a City Councilman and a power broker whose the product of the corrupt Brooklyn Democrat political machine.

The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau has proven it isn't equipped to investigate systemic issues, such as abuses of stop - and - frisk or allegations of quotas or crime stat manipulation, City Councilman Brad Lander said.

«His experience as our Comptroller and as a Queens Councilman make him well prepared to tackle the important issues in Albany, and I look forward to working with him to make our city, state and borough an even better place to live,» she said.

Finance Chair Councilman Domenic Recchia raised the issue of home improvements during the hearing, asking Finance Commissioner David Frankel if major Sandy repairs would be counted as improvements.

«The idea has been floating around for a number of years,» Quigley said, noting that the issue may have arisen duringNorman's tenure as a councilman.

As both a Councilman and State Senator, he has been supportive of our issues.

«Bill de Blasio's been very supportive of abolishing stop - and - frisk, which was a hot issue in the African - American community more so than the white community, as were his efforts in that area in terms of policing,» said Sal Albanese, a former south Brooklyn councilman and mayoral candidate who has been critical of Mr. de Blasio.

Councilman Stephen Levin, who co-sponsored the resolution, said that as someone who identifies as Jewish and believes in the state of Israel as a national home for Jews, he «was and am very conflicted about the City Council taking on perhaps the most intractable issue in the world.»

Weaved inside of his preacher - like style, Cabrera mixed in some substance, indicating some of issues he wanted to pursue as a Councilman.

Gerry O'Brien, a spokesman for Reyes's campaign, said the mailer was intended to highlight what he said was flip - flopping on social issues by Ulrich, saying the councilman initially entered office presenting himself as more conservative than what his voting record reflects.

«Our civic's board just had a meeting where we discussed how we would open the line of communication with the next councilman's office, but as far as issues we didn't come up with any,» she said.

The councilman vowed to focus on issues such as homelessness, the city's struggling subway system, affordable housing, education, lack of diversity in state government and corruption in Albany.

Robert Cornegy, the district leader who is running for the seat with the support of outgoing Councilman Al Vann, said he's been heavily involved with the issues surrounding Interfaith Hospital for years, joining the hospital's community advisory board as Medicaid reimbursements to the facility dwindled and Interfaith filed for bankruptcy.

A quietly understated performance as the conflicted and unstable city councilman in Gus Van Sant's Milk came hot on the heels of a star making turn in Oliver Stone's ultimately rather pointless biopic of number 43, where Josh amazingly managed to make Georgie and his daddy issues almost sympathetic.