Sentences with word «mayoral»

The mayor, however, has other fish to fry, including a longer - term extension of mayoral control of city schools.

Also, be sure to watch our recent look at whether the number of mayoral candidate forums is a positive or negative part of this campaign season.

Some education reform advocates are advocating that the renewal of mayoral control in the city be linked to lifting or eliminating the state's cap on charter schools.

But the trial could complicate his bid for higher office in what's turning into a hotly contested mayoral race.

In previous mayoral elections, the paper has been highly partisan.

Right across the country there is an inherent bias towards male candidates in mayoral contests.

This week, at a televised debate between the 2013 Democratic mayoral candidates, the issue of parental school choices came up again.

It's still tough to see how he finds a home with Republican mayoral primary voters.

The two leading Republican mayoral candidates sat for a debate this morning, but one of those candidates headed for the exit shortly after the debate ended.

The extension for mayoral control of schools is set to expire at the end of the month.

Nor in recent times has a major mayoral hopeful launched a candidacy so late in the campaign, with so many endorsements already decided.

It is possible though for a city mayoral position to be removed.

Was there ever a thought to delay your honeymoon when it seemed like it could coincide with a vote on mayoral control?

All three bills extend mayoral control for either one year, two years or five years.

With his growing platform and his past interest in pursuing the job, conservative donors approached him in 2015 about the possibility of a 2016 mayoral run.

This brings his war chest for a likely mayoral bid to at least $ 2 million.

During last night's mayoral debate, the candidates reportedly agreed to release their tax returns.

Primary day hosted a series of elections, including the Democratic and Republican mayoral contests, Democratic races for city comptroller and public advocate, and various council races.

Even in cities with mayoral control, there is some limited voice through the election of a mayor.

The legislature has since renewed mayoral control four times, with a sunset scheduled for 2019 unless lawmakers extend control again.

With just six months until the primaries in this year's city elections, declared candidates for the Republican mayoral nomination have begun to step up fundraising and campaigning.

A spokesman for the Democratic mayoral nominee said he was acting as an elected official responding to the needs of constituents in both instances.

This year's winning mayoral candidate, meanwhile, will have just completed a costly, crowded race and may have a tough time raising significant funds so soon after a race.

And, he suggested, if lawmakers failed to act, they might feel the consequences at the ballot box, from the millions of voters affected by mayoral control and rent regulations.

He also supported mayoral control of schools and went along with the governor's measures tying teacher evaluations to tests.

She also has the Republican and Conservative mayoral lines all to herself, so she has been able to concentrate her fire on the Democratic incumbent.

Our proposal keeps what works about mayoral control while calling for a system that is more accountable, more transparent and more democratic.

Among a flood of forgettable statements from mayoral candidates, this one was different.

These changes weren't really the result of a «mayoral takeover» in the traditional sense.

Republican lawmakers similarly opposed including mayoral control in the budget.

Seeking to fill open seats is an eclectic batch of political newcomers who will be tasked with shaping city policy alongside a new mayoral administration.

Various potential mayoral candidates and incumbents have raised the possibility, only for it to be quietly dropped later.

And now, one of his biggest potential rivals is thinking about running against him in the next mayoral election.

All four of her Democratic mayoral rivals also joined the gathering.

But mayoral aides insisted this is not the norm.

Before mayoral control in the city, the school board was made up of seven members, two of whom were appointed by the mayor and the rest by the borough presidents.

I think that's so important because council members must work across mayoral terms.

Perhaps he was responding to a critical review of other mayoral candidates campaign logo's.

«I think this will make mayoral control better,» he said.

Why is a failed mayoral candidate with $ 4,000 in the bank and federal agents at her heels running for mayor again?

«We wouldn't have universal pre-K without mayoral control,» she said, to applause from the audience of public school parents.

«If mayoral control expires by law or by elimination of law, it would go back to a city board of education,» he said.

The race for an open mayoral seat is the most high profile case.

No, he's not jumping into the 2013 mayoral field.

So it has been with the current mayoral primary, which is why we feel it is important to tell a story that needs to be better known.

And he sought permanent mayoral control of city schools, but a minimum of three years; he received a one - year extension.

Several mayoral initiatives have been blocked because of political ill will, not because they lacked merit, he said.

The costs were a key issue candidates pledged to fix during the city's recent mayoral election.