Sentences with phrase «mayor as a democrat»

Now he's running for mayor as a Democrat, challenging an incumbent who Gangi charges is «no longer a credible progressive.»

This year, after relocating from Long Island to the Upper East Side, Dietl had hoped to run for mayor as a Democrat.

On Friday, state Sen. Tony Avella of Queens, who is running for mayor as a Democrat, showed up to lend his support to the Fenimore Street group.

Not exact matches

He was elected mayor of New York City in 2001 as a Republican, but prior to that he had been a registered Democrat.

He's always been tough, but he changed when he started to have national ambitions,» said George Arzt, former press secretary to Democrat Ed Koch, one of Giuliani's predecessors as New York City mayor.

The former Cleveland mayor served in the U.S House as a Democrat from 1997 to 2013, and is now a political consultant and Fox News analyst.

In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his new job as mayor of Yonkers.

Helmstetter stressed that he remains «fervently in (Alexander's) corner as an advisor and supporter,» saying the mayor is «exactly the congressman that the Hudson Valley needs» and «absolutely the best Democrat» to beat Hayworth in the November general election.

This doesn't come as a huge surprise for the Democrat - turned - Republican - turned - independent mayor, particularly considering the extended interview he gave to the NY Times about his endorsements of candidates across the country whom he views as «centrist» in an effort to counteract the polarizing force of the Tea Party.

Smith, a Democrat and a former Senate majority leader, was arrested in 2013 on charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to obtain a Wilson - Pakula waiver in order to run as a Republican in the race for mayor.

The bill is backed by Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who conferences with the Senate GOP in the chamber, as well as Republican Sen. Martin Golden and Tony Avella, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference and a declared candidate for mayor.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

Where once the Democrat - dominated New York City Council was once a reliable ally of the Democratic mayor, the two branches have increasingly been split as the Council speaker, Corey Johnson, leads an emboldened and restive body itching to take on de Blasio and his administration.

During his visit, he was introduced to Klein for the first time by the IDC's newest member, Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who just so happens to be spending a lot of time with the NYC GOP leaders as he courts them in his long - shot bid to run on their ballot line in the upcoming mayor's race.

Mr. Cuomo is the Democrat many party leaders prefer as their gubernatorial candidate next year, believing he would stand a better chance of winning should Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, decide to make a run for the office.

Sergio Rodriguez isn't daunted by the odds of running for mayor as a Republican in a city where Democrats hold a seven - to - one enrollment edge.

Republicans in the Senate have been previously at odds with de Blasio, but the dispute has taken on a more pronounced posture in recent weeks as the mayor's fundraising activities on behalf of Senate Democrats in 2014 have come under scrutiny by federal investigators.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — typically a close ally of de Blasio, a fellow Democrat — has made criminal justice reform the central mission of her second year as speaker: Sweeping proposals have driven her rapid emergence as a visible public figure, leading to her first real confrontation with the mayor's administration.

• And now some Luxenberg text messages, obtained by Government Watch and confirmed by Luxenberg as genuine, raise questions about Drew's recent denial that Luxenberg made donations to Democrats around the state on his behalf, as the mayor seeks support for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

The mayor committed to marching, even as other top officials, including Governor Andrew Cuomo, de Blasio's own police commissioner and Democrats in Congress said they were staying home.

In a theoretical head - to - head match - up where Jeffries ran as an independent against de Blasio as a Democrat, Jeffries pulled support from 26 percent of city voters, to the mayor's 43 percent.

De Blasio also noted the significance of being the first Democrat to win re-election as mayor of New York City since Ed Koch — who served from 1978 to 1989 and was last reelected 32 years ago.

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.

Bill de Blasio will be the first Democrat in two decades to serve as the 109th mayor of New York City, after having defeated Republican...

None of the other statewide Democrats, as of now, has given any indication of plans to get involved overtly in the mayor's race at this stage.

Cuomo, a Democrat who has long observed an unofficial nonaggression pact with Christie, has been placed on the defensive by David Wildstein, a former Christie ally and authority appointee who pleaded guilty to closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge as an act of political retaliation against a Democratic mayor who declined to support Christie's re-election.

Sugarman's memo paints a picture of a coordinated effort by the mayor and his allies — dubbed interchangeably as «Team de Blasio» and «Team Coordinated» — to deliberately circumvent legal campaign donation limits in three upstate races in what turned out to be an unsuccessful effort to help Democrats win control of the state Senate in 2014.

But as the crowd filed out of the ballroom, Ms. Wylde praised the mayor, a liberal Democrat, for increasingly connecting with a constituency more inclined to embrace his predecessor.

Mr. de Blasio's endorsement is not exactly a surprise — Mr. Rivera is an incumbent Democrat who works closely with the Senate Democratic conference — but comes as the mayor also endorsed elected officials that Mr. Rivera has criticized in the past.

Anderson, who ran unsuccessfully for Albany mayor in 2013, could be pitted against Common Councilman Frank Commisso Jr., Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and Mayor Kathy Sheehan in a four - way Democratic primary should his petition as a Democrat go through.

And they point out he's made «bad bets» in some recent contests, such as backing Fred Thompson, a Tennessee Republican, for president in 2008, and Bill Thompson, a Democrat, for New York mayor last year.

He was accused of pocketing $ 20,500 in bribes as part of a scheme to get Smith, a Democrat, on the ballot for mayor as a Republican.

Smith — who was named the leader for the Democrats after their historic takeover of the state senate for the first time in 43 years in 2008 — stunned his party and the political world last summer when he announced that he was considering a run for mayor as a Republican, according to the New York Post.

Cuomo's proposal to allow financially distressed places like Yonkers and Rockland County to borrow their way out of short - term trouble brought howls, most loudly from Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner, a fellow Democrat whom Cuomo had installed as co-chair of the state party.

Syracuse's four - person race for mayor enters its final month as a two - person contest between Democrat Juanita Perez Williams, left, and independent Ben Walsh, third from left, according to a Syracuse.com/Spectrum News / Siena College poll made public Tuesday.

The mayor bet wrong in that contest, as the Democrats ended up winning the majority for the first time in more than four decades.

In the CBS interview, Cuomo commented on fellow Democrat former Congressman Anthony Weiner's run for mayor of New York City as well as former New York Governor and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer tossing his hat in the race for city comptroller.

Miner, a Democrat in her second and last term as Syracuse's mayor, did not give any details about what her next move might be, politically or otherwise.

NEW YORK — With violent crime at historic lows but rents and homelessness at record highs, New Yorkers elected Democrat Bill de Blasio as their next mayor Tuesday after embracing his vow to bridge the gap between rich and poor and to end police tactics...

He has endorsed both Republicans and Democrats in House and Senate races across the country this cycle, with an apolitical litmus test that depends on whether they fought for either his own city's interests or for the mayor's own pet causes, such as gun restrictions or education reform.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — It was a big night for Democrats in Monroe County as the party swept critical offices of the sheriff, Rochester mayor, and several town supervisors on Tuesday.

The Syracuse mayor made a name for herself in political circles for being the Democrat brave enough to criticize Cuomo's policies and lack of attention to financially troubled (non-Buffalo) upstate cities, despite the fact that she was serving as his hand - picked state Democratic party co-chair.

The eight City Council members, all Democrats, who are competing to lead the 51 - member legislative body as speaker for the next four years must convince numerous constituencies of their viability, including some combination of county party leaders, labor unions, the mayor, and other influential politicos.

Mr. Peebles made headlines last month when he announced he was unsatisfied with Mr. de Blasio's performance as mayor and therefore wanted to run against the fellow Democrat.

Similarly, Ms. Mark - Viverito has been seen as too close to Mr. de Blasio, even though both are Democrats; the mayor did not veto a single Council bill during her term.

Democrat Ben Blake won in Milford in a three - way race as the party captured the mayor's office for the first time in two decades after the Republican incumbent declined to seek re-election.

And while Democrats will look to tie Trump to Flanagan and his fellow Senate Republicans, the GOP is again using Mayor de Blasio as a bogeyman outside New York City, even as the mayor said that unlike in 2014, he will not be involved in this year's races.

Last month, Gore, a Democrat, praised Bloomberg in no uncertain terms: «I get a chance to work with mayors all over this country, and mayors in lots of other countries as well,» he said, «and I know real leadership on the environment when I see it, and this is the real deal.»

The mayor, a Democrat, spoke as an officeholder poised to attempt to equal the longest serving mayor in the city's history, Jimmy Griffin, who served from 1978 to 1994.

That time, the mayor bet badly, as the Democrats won a narrow, two - seat majority.