Sentences with phrase «leaders like mayor»
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The new revenue bill introduced late last night has four major changes from the original deal struck by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, including a carve out of the so - called «Bloomberg penalty» for extremely rich residents (like the billionaire mayor) in NYC.
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King added it is important for the mayor to sit down with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and union leaders like Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, to make it clear — «not just as a matter of etiquette» — that he stands with the police officers.
The mayor also highlighted both the influence of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer — with his 48 - member Democratic conference — and direct political action, like Saturday's massive «Women's March» demonstrations.
The mayor has seized every opportunity to promote himself as the rhetorical and policy leader of the resistance, rallying along with paleoliberals like Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon and vowing to maintain New York as a sanctuary city in the face of Trump's anti-immigrant push.
«Thankfully Governor Cuomo and Legislative leaders like Speaker (Carl) Heastie, Senate Majority Leader Flanagan and numerous members stepped up to stop the mayor and REBNY's plan from undermining the working families of this city.
Those claims didn't sit too well with NYC Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, who released a letter he sent to the mayor after receiving the mailer, in which he asked if «protecting vital services like police and fire» means the mayor's own budget plans to close 20 fire companies is now off the table.
The mayor has made it clear to Albany leaders, however, that he still stands ready to write six - figure checks to help parties and candidates he likes — Democrats or Republicans.
It was those nasty lying, ugly rumor - mongers on the other side, he said, people like former mayor Jim Sottile and former Common Council majority leader Tom Hoffay, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and various and sundry «cronies.»
Other charter leaders and advocates who attended the rally said privately that they thought that Tuesday could not have gone better for them optically, but offered only generalized press release - type language on the record, to avoid seeming like they were gloating over a rally that overshadowed the mayor's.
The stress on cities like Syracuse, where I am mayor, results from profound economic changes but also past decisions by an array of leaders.
«Any mayor giving their time and their presence to a certain community makes that community feel like it's important to them,» Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (R - South Shore) said.
«We are making significant investments in state parties that will help lift Democrats like Juanita Perez Williams, who would be the first - ever Latina mayor in New York state history and an incredible leader for Syracuse, to victory.»
When the researchers carried out more studies on the speeches of charismatic political leaders like French President François Hollande, former Italian prosecutor and current mayor of Naples Luigi de Magistris, and former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, they found that a low - frequency voice is another important indicator for dominant or even threatening speeches.
The bench of female climate leaders is very deep, including U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change chief Patricia Espinosa and her predecessor, Christiana Figueres; national leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel; and a number of mayors.
UTLA leaders, including the mayor's old friend, Joshua Pechthalt, worry that new Democrats, like Flores, Villaraigosa, and even President Obama, are «looking to have one teacher competing against another, one school against another.»
Engage Detroit city leaders, like the mayor and local developers, in addressing safety, transit, and social - service support to help families and schools develop a strong choice infrastructure.
«Everyone in this business grew up with a mayor who was like Daddy Warbucks,» said one charter leader.
What the mayor's involvement will look like — and how it will go over with school leaders and parents wary of government involvement after years of state intervention in city schools — is still not clear.
We're starting right here in our hometown of Nashville, where we're working with local leaders, like the mayor and this team here to create it.»
Top leaders are very results driven, like Giuliani was as New York's mayor.»