Sentences with phrase «liberal mayor»

Even Democratic allies have complained of Mr. de Blasio's high - handedness — not everyone thought it was a moral obligation to make mayoral control permanent — and Ms. Wolfe will need to figure out how to keep securing wins in an environment that can be hostile for a big city liberal mayor.

In turn, the more centrist Mr. Cuomo has viewed the ambitious liberal mayor with skepticism.

The talking points show the Republicans» intent to cast the coming election cycle as a referendum on the city and its unabashedly liberal mayor, a message targeted to their power base upstate and on Long Island.

And New York has never had a more liberal mayor, who as recently as three weeks ago was saying that the NYPD's head count is just fine where it is.

Indeed, it would be much worse if John Lindsay, New York's iconic liberal mayor during the late 1960s and early 1970s, had gotten his way.

In a party where the left is ascendant, he has positioned himself as a centrist foil to New York City's liberal mayor, Bill de Blasio.

The liberal mayor has been at odds with both Cuomo and Senate Republicans over a variety of issues, which has led to mixed results for his agenda in Albany.

Mr. Kelly has been a frequent critic of the de Blasio administration, accusing the liberal mayor of allowing the city's quality - of - life to deteriorate and not supporting the police enough.

He became the Liberal mayor of Birmingham and was credited with rapid and successful reforms — what some called «gas and water socialism» and he even called himself a «socialist» at times (although not meaning what it dos today).

The liberal mayor questioned the governor's claim today that he and Mr. de Blasio share a bond greater than any New York City mayor and governor in «modern political history,» telling reporters that he wasn't well - versed enough on the past to know.

Such a bid would make him the third white outer borough Democrat seeking to unseat the liberal mayor, as Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn Councilman Sal Albanese have already launched their own campaigns.

Senate Republicans have been feuding with de Blasio since 2014, when the liberal mayor worked with Democrats in an unsuccessful attempt to push the Republicans out of power in the Senate.

«For a liberal mayor who constantly talks about the 1 percent, this is the reverse.

At the same time, he remains mired on an ongoing feud with the liberal mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio.

Senate Republicans have had a strained relationship with the liberal mayor and have been hesitant to support granting him more than 12 - month extension of the policy.

Sitting next to Mr. Najmi and Ms. Lynch in the NY1 debate, he said the liberal mayor has policies «completely at odds» with eastern Queens.

Though conservatives in the suburbs and upstate revile the liberal mayor, Mr. de Blasio insisted their opposition to him was not «philosophical» because the State Legislature had swiftly renewed mayoral control under Mr. Bloomberg, a Republican - turned - independent.

The liberal mayor crafted his 421a proposal, which would also mandate affordable housing in every new development that receives the abatement, in consultation with the real estate industry.

The Post, a right - leaning newspaper which has a chilly relationship with the liberal mayor, reported in a front page story today that Chirlane McCray, Mr. de Blasio's wife, never trusted Mr. Bratton and fought his appointment.

With Governor Moonbean, two liberal mayors with high visibility, and the possibility of DiFi all in the mix, this will be a good one.

Mr. Grimm, in turn, used the endorsement to his advantage, capitalizing on Mr. de Blasio's unpopularity in Staten Island and accusing Mr. Recchia of being a «puppet» for the liberal mayor in a campaign ad.

Despite periodically undercutting Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed today he gets along swimmingly with the liberal mayor — and his friendship may represent the best bond of any New York mayor and governor in «modern political history.»

To illustrate his point, Mr. de Blasio pointed to the victory of Buffalo Democrat Marc Panepinto, who unseated Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti — the sole bright spot for Democrats last night — in spite of GOP efforts to tie him to the liberal mayor.

«I met with the mayor yesterday and that certainly did not come up in the conversation,» said Flanagan, whose conference has been at odds with the liberal mayor.

The liberal mayor has also knocked the company, which has earned plenty of praise from Republicans, for its lax workplace protections.

Mike Morey, a Democratic consultant who worked for one of Mr. de Blasio's rivals in the 2013 mayoral race, said it was always ill - advised to pick a fight with Uber, and the liberal mayor should just look elsewhere.

Mr. Cuomo responded with claws out: Rather than welcome the plan, he attacked the liberal mayor as a turncoat to the left, saying the plan was a giveaway to real estate and a betrayal of union labor.

The liberal mayor coolly fenced with skeptics during a morning budget hearing, arguing for the necessity of his proposal to raise income taxes to create full - day pre-Kindergarten slots for over 50,000 four - year - olds by this autumn.

But the liberal mayor is quickly becoming an easy target for Republicans — and the RNC is hoping he'll be liability for Ms. Clinton.

As much as Mr. de Blasio wants to pivot to big picture aspirations — implementing his universal prekindergarten expansion and erecting enough cheap housing to offset surging rents — the horse - carriage issue threatens to consume precious media oxygen the liberal mayor needs to reserve for other issues.

Out of a desire for «collaboration,» we will be doing the dirty work of our enemies — not necessarily our cozy new Chancellor or our liberal mayor, but the forces looming behind them: the financial and real estate interests, the venture - philanthropists, the charter school privatizers, the testing profiteers, and the Democratic Party hierarchy.

I am still fearful for art — and fearful for a New York in which the cops can turn their back on a liberal mayor and, literally, get away with murder.