Sentences with phrase «key ally who»

Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer — a key ally who broke with the Garodnick - supporting Queens county Democratic Party organization to support Mark - Viverito — was selected as majority leader.

And Jennings did have one key ally who Sheehan will have to cultivate: Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

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Trump agreed to exclude Canada and Mexico from the duties because of their status as key regional allies and partners with the U.S. in renegotiating a new North American Free Trade Agreement, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

After the key capture of eastern Aleppo in late 2016, Assad and his allies have taken back one area after another from rebels who face Russian air power and lack sufficient aid from foreign states that back them only half - heartedly.

Senior trader, and key ally of forex chief Sam Wisnia who left last month, is also set to join Eisler's hedge fund

At the same time, Kelly enlisted White House staff secretary Rob Porter as a key ally in his quest to get more control over the paper flow to Trump, the workings of the policy process, and who got to go into the Oval Office.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday that it would delay a decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico for another 30 days, giving key allies a reprieve as the White House tries to extract concessions from trading partners who have resisted those demands.

In calling for a permanent extension of mayoral control, de Blasio quoted his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, who was a key political ally and generous donor to Republican lawmakers in the state Senate.

Since then, Bellone has been a key local government ally for the governor, who also has worked well with Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.

He was met by Howe, who worked as his deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, executives from COR Development and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a key Republican ally of the administration, according to public records and four people familiar with the event.

[319] This followed the surprise launch of a leadership campaign by Michael Gove, previously seen as a key ally of the Johnson campaign, who said (earlier that morning) that he had reluctantly come to the conclusion that Johnson «can not provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.»

Long, who has been a key ally of GOP / Conservative gubernatorial designee Rick Lazio, asserts Lorigo is little more than a stalking horse for Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, who is trying to petition his way on to the GOP primary ballot.

Lori Compas, a first - time candidate who took on a key Walker ally in a Republican district in Tuesday's election, says she used a private Facebook page to coordinate volunteers in the run - up to Tuesday.

No criminal case was ever brought against Christie, but three key Christie allies were convicted for their role in shutting down lanes going onto the George Washington Bridge, causing a massive traffic jam for days in a political revenge scheme against a mayor who didn't support Christie's 2013 campaign.

Kwabena Agyepong had publicly rejected the party's decision to suspend the National Chairman Paul Afoko who is seen as his key ally.

But Cuomo is under increasing pressure to push the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference — a key bloc of lawmakers who have been aligned with Republicans — to ally with mainline Democrats.

Former US Senator - turned - lobbyist Alfonse D'Amato, who played a key role in helping elect then little - known state Sen. George Pataki to the governor's office in 1994, has turned his back on his former ally and endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich for president in 2016.

His stance differs from that of his key allies Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, shadow foreign and defence secretaries respectively, who revealed in a Guardian article on Saturday that they will abstain in Monday's vote.

They included Shadow Home Secretary and key Jeremy Corbyn ally Diane Abbott, who Labour sources said was «ill» and could not attend the Commons.

On the Conservative side, insiders who are often in the media include George Osborne's former chief of staff Matt Hancock, (often on the airways attacking Labour's fiscal record), Cameron's former press secretary George Eustice (who played a key role in the no to AV campaign) Claire Perry (a former member of Team Osborne) Charlotte Leslie (a former Willetts advisor) and key Cameron ally Nick Boles.

Empey became increasingly prominent in the UUP and was often a member of its negotiating teams throughout the 1990s, the decade when he first became a party officer, and he became a key ally of David Trimble, who became leader of the party in 1995.

The raid appeared partly targeted at the office of Howe, a Cuomo ally and lobbyist, who has lobbied the administration while also representing semi-governmental entities and remaining close with key players in the Cuomo administration.

The newly crowned king's key allies include T'Challa's brash, delightful sister Shuri (Letitia Wright), who's constantly showing off the latest in Wakandan technology and gadgetry.

With Hugo star Asa Butterfield now confirmed for the title role, Gavin Hood's adaptation of the Orson Scott Card is looking at another in - demand young actor for a key role, with True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld reportedly in talks to play Petra Arkanian, the sole girl in the Salamander Army who quickly becomes Ender's most trusted ally.

Greg, ampoule the lead character in the film, shop knows one of the keys to successes in high school (and in the real world) is knowing who your allies and your enemies are.

My critique group (who are my key allies) I've been with for years came out of ACFW, but they have been supportive of the direction God has given me.

For those of you who haven't visited Naruto in awhile, our favorite trouble making ninja has grown up and is a full fledged ninja now, and recently in the story line the evil Madara has declared war, and an Allied Shinobi Force has been formed to combat them, Naruto being one of the keys here.

But Hawken does not agree, and he's gathered an impressive stable of allies — researchers, modelers, and in Tom Steyer, who wrote the foreword, a key next - generation California philanthropist, political activist, and major donor to the Democratic Party — to help him make his case.

The senders and recipients of the leaked CRU emails constitute a cast list of the IPCC's scientific elite, including not just the «Hockey Team», such as Dr Mann himself, Dr Jones and his CRU colleague Keith Briffa, but Ben Santer, responsible for a highly controversial rewriting of key passages in the IPCC's 1995 report; Kevin Trenberth, who similarly controversially pushed the IPCC into scaremongering over hurricane activity; and Gavin Schmidt, right - hand man to Al Gore's ally Dr James Hansen, whose own GISS record of surface temperature data is second in importance only to that of the CRU itself.

Currently, Quito is working on an urban food policy with the technical assistance of RUAF, who constitutes a key ally for the strengthening of our initiative given its vast experience and record on the matter.

The key is finding allies who, for reasons unrelated to KM, are already motivated to collect and re-use more information.

Chaudhry, the chief justice of Pakistan who was dismissed from office by President Pervez Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, has been a strong voice for the preservation of the rule of law in Pakistan — one of the United States» key allies in the war on terror.

One of the key things I emphasise in all my work around adolescents, is the importance of safe adult allies, or «lighthouses» — safe guides who are not their parents who help our teens through the turbulence of adolescence.

• What is going to happen to your teenager if you don't take steps now to change his behavior right now • Why when you listen to what your child says to you, you are missing 93 % of what is going on • Your teen's number one priority, and why this stops him from obeying you • Why all the behavioral techniques you have read in so many parenting books never work on your child... and what does work • Why using punishments, consequences, and coercion will destroy your home • Four reasons your teenager will defy your requests and refuse to obey you, and what you can do about each one • Medical interventions: medicines and natural supplements that have been proven to help with ODD behavior in 90 % of teens • The four underlying causes of defiant behavior, and how you can use them to eliminate arguing, talking back, and abusive behavior • Why most behavioral treatments and parenting books fail to help with defiant teenagers, and why they usually make things worse • How to side step power struggles and why you must do that • 9 parenting strategies that experts commonly recommend that will absolutely positively never work with your ODD child • Three reasons why rewarding good behavior is going to backfire - unless you know exactly the correct way to do it • How you may be helping your teenager to become defiant • Why your teenager sees you as an irritating nag, and how to change that • Five problems that you create when you respond to bad behavior • Why rewards and punishments don't work with defiant teens and what you can do instead that does work • 5 easy to use strategies to get your teen to cooperate • The key to understanding and eliminating the underlying cause of bad behavior • The one word that will allow you to control any argument you have with your child, allow you to maintain your dignity and authority as a parent, show your child that you are the one who is in charge • Ten keys to coping with a defiant child • How to handle a behavior problem in school • Three strategies that will put an end to homework battles • How to make the teacher your ally to eliminate your child's school defiance • A six word sentence that will get your child to obey you • Five things your child's teacher needs to know in order to be successful with your child • How to change bedtime from a battle into a chance to build your relationship • How a few properly placed words will transform your child and make him obedient and cooperative • 5 easy ways to gain your child's cooperation • How to refocus to get your child through school and get him to excel at what he is really good at • Why what you say and what your child hears have almost nothing in common • How to really uncover what is bothering your child so that you can improve his behavior