Sentences with phrase «liberal city council»

Elected in 2009, Mr. Cabrera is a former Republican who is one of the more conservative members of the overwhelmingly liberal City Council.

ALBANY - With three weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are moving to make Mayor de Blasio and the liberal City Council a centerpiece of their campaign to maintain control of the state Senate.

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Ms. Leibovici is a long - time local politician who was first elected as a Liberal MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in 1993 and served on city council from 2001 to 2013.

She was elected to City Council less than a year after the Liberal Party's rout in the 2001 provincial election, of which she was a surprising casualty.

Bridget Mearns, daughter of Lethbridge - East Liberal MLA Bridget Pastoor, has announced her campaign for Lethbridge City Council.

The new politics is catching - Derby City Council will have a Conservative administration propped up with the support of Liberal Democrat councillors.

The Liberal Democrat approach to English concerns is based on five interconnected devolution proposals: EVEL; a constitutional convention; the local level as the main recipient of decentralised powers; more City Deals (like Devo Manc) to prompt economic growth; and «devolution on demand», to allow councils to take control of the services that matter most to them.

This council operated in a similar vein under the «progressive partnership» the Conservative and Liberal democrat coalition that ran the city before Sir Albert Bore wrestled control of the authority from Mike Whitby and Paul Tilsley in 2012.

Paula Keaveney is a member of the Social Liberal Forum Council and a former Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Liverpool City Council.

A Liberal Democrat councillor has claimed he is being bullied by Labour councillors on Leicester city council.

Co-Sponsored by Village Independent Democrats, The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Village Reform Democrats, CODA, Chelsea Reform Democratic Club and DID this forum follows the very successful first round which included candidates for City Council.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today he would finally bow to the urgings of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and countless left - wing activists and formulate a plan to shutter the Rikers Island detention complex over the next 10 years — although the crucial work of creating a new, diffuse jail system will fall upon his successor, regardless of whether the liberal Democrat wins re-election this fall.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

In her testimony before the Council, Ms. Glen noted that the 421a credit — a frequent target for liberals — is available for most projects across the city, but developers are only required to include any affordable housing in their buildings in the so - called «geographical exclusion area» covering just 16.5 percent of the city.

A NYC Council bill that would force the NYPD to reveal its anti-terror tools and tactics is too liberal even for the city's left - leaning mayor, who said the act would create a «roadmap for the bad guys.»

Ms. Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan / Bronx) used her first State of the City address as an opportunity to align herself and the liberal Council she leads with progressive ideals as well as a range of initiatives intended to make the city more just and inclusCity address as an opportunity to align herself and the liberal Council she leads with progressive ideals as well as a range of initiatives intended to make the city more just and incluscity more just and inclusive.

In 2014, he was still a new mayor, one who had ridden into City Hall on a hard progressive platform and a 73 percent electoral tsunami, who had installed the Council speaker of his choice and built a line of political credit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo by securing him support from liberal groups over the summer.

The Liberal Party has endorsed Bronx candidates for the City Council, Democrats John Doyle (CD 13) and Michael Beltzer (CD 18).

Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club endorsed Democrat Amanda Farias for City Council in the Bronx's 18th Council District.

Mr Adey, who represents Trumpington ward, stepped down from the Liberal Democrat group on both the city and county council.

Public Advocate Letitia James, who won a seat in the New York City Council and her current office with the aggressive backing of the WFP, wished the liberal party supported her pick instead, Hillary Clinton.

Ellison, a darling of the party's left wing, had received the support of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — who he had backed for president in the 2016 primary — Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, an array of liberal organizations like the WFP, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke and the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council.

For WFP, Ms. Lynch's victory would mean another progressive vote in a City Council dominated by liberals, as well as a reliable pro-labor vote in a district that is traditionally more conservative.

The Conservatives have won four of the seven seats on Hampshire County Council in the Winchester area overnight, with the Liberal Democrats securing the three others around the city.

But most industry players — especially those whose business is multifamily properties — would like to see that the state senate, rather than the overwhelmingly liberal and pro-tenant city council, keeps control of rent regulation, said Massey Knakal Realty Services» chairman Robert Knakal.

Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club has endorsed Bronx Democrat Amanda Farias for City Council in the 18th Council District.

Two of the top candidates for City Council Speaker pressed the flesh Monday night, when the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club honored Alan Cumming and «Kinky Boots» star Billy Porter for their support of gay marriage and other issues.

Two of the top candidates for City Council Speaker pressed the flesh Monday night, when the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club honored Alan Cumming and «Kinky Boots» star Billy Porter...

The Conservatives have held their majority in St Albans City and District Council but the Liberal Democrats will be pleased with the night they've had.

«The mayor should have thought this through and not gone along with the rest of the liberals,» he said, claiming that the mayor followed the lead of Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who said the city should consider removing the Columbus statues.

Following a private meeting this evening, Portsmouth City Council's Liberal Democrat group said Mr Hancock would retain his seat on the council's cCouncil's Liberal Democrat group said Mr Hancock would retain his seat on the council's ccouncil's cabinet.

The New York City Council unanimously elected a fiercely liberal Democrat from East Harlem as its powerful speaker on Wednesday, eschewing the moderate leadership that had overseen its ranks for a decade and eliminating the last barrier to a government fully in line with the undiluted liberalism embraced by the new mayor... Previous speakers, such as Christine C. Quinn, had acted as a tempering force in the restive Council, bottling up measures like higher wage mandates viewed warily by the business world.

A liberal Democrat, Baumel voted for Jill Stein in last year's presidential election, and has volunteered on the campaigns for Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato and the City Council campaigns for Justin Brannan in Bay Ridge and Dylan Schwartz on the South Shore.

That legislation, considered watered down by de Blasio and other more liberal members of the City Council, would have only applied to businesses with 15 or more employees, and included exemptions for certain sectors, like manufacturing, and implementation delays in the event of a slowing economy.

Ms. Mark - Viverito, a liberal firebrand, emerged from the conference as the apparent front - runner in the speaker's race, which will be decided by an inside - baseball election among the 51 members of the City Council early next year.

Things really changed when he began cozying up to Manhattan liberal Christine Quinn, City Council Speaker.»

The New York City Council unanimously elected a fiercely liberal Democrat from East Harlem as its powerful speaker on Wednesday, eschewing the moderate leadership that had overseen its ranks for a decade and eliminating the last barrier to a government fully in line with the undiluted liberalism embraced by the new mayor.

With her speech, titled «More Justice,» Ms. Mark - Viverito appeared to be claiming ownership of the issue of criminal justice reform — championed by many of her liberal colleagues on the Council — an issue that was mostly absent from Mayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City address last week.

Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat peer who led the Lib Dem leader's local Sheffield City Council until 2011, said the PM was «lying» when he said he publicly thought he could win.

In 1998 the Liberal Democrats gained control of Liverpool City Council and Storey became Council Leader.

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The former Liberal Democrat member will continue to stand as an independent on the city and county council.

[62] Along with Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie, the respective leaders of the Scottish Conservatives and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and Deputy First Minister Sturgeon, Lamont added her signature to a February 2012 letter urging Glasgow City Council to decline an application by the Scottish Defence League to stage a march through the cCity Council to decline an application by the Scottish Defence League to stage a march through the citycity.

NEW YORK (Reuters)-- A liberal ally of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was unanimously chosen to be the next city council speaker on Wednesday, creating the most liberal New York city government in decaCity Mayor Bill de Blasio was unanimously chosen to be the next city council speaker on Wednesday, creating the most liberal New York city government in decacity council speaker on Wednesday, creating the most liberal New York city government in decacity government in decades.

City Council attorney Deirdre Feerick has won the endorsement of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, a citywide political organization named for the first openly gay man to run for elected office in New York City in the 1970s.

«We are convinced that Feerick is the best candidate in her district to win election to the City Council,» said Allen Roskoff, the president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.