Sentences with phrase «mayoral term»

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

After a bunch of billionaires basically brokered this year's change on mayoral term limits, New Yorkers are already chafing against the feeling that we live in some sort of pseudo-democratic oligarchy.

How much does it cost to win a third mayoral term in New York City?

Sherman's piece is worth the read, and focuses on Bloomberg's role as a «one - man stimulus» for global cities as he moves into a third act that focuses on philanthropy when his New York mayoral term ends in 2013.

Bradley Tusk helped Mike Bloomberg win a third mayoral term and worked with Travis Kalanick to defeat a proposal to cap the number of Uber drivers in New York City.

More to the point, he's diverging from the Clinton brand of Democratic politics from whence he came and fully embracing the Sen. Bernie Sanders wing of the party — a seemingly more natural fit for a man who won his first mayoral term on the message of income inequality.

Klein's abrupt departure took many in the education and political spheres by surprise, despite the fact that he had promised to serve through only two mayoral terms when he accepted Bloomberg's offer of the chancellorship back in 2002.

Arguments for / against mayoral term limits are largely the same as they are for other positions to me.

The Mayor of London remains over 100,000 apprenticeship starts short of his target with less than two months left of his final mayoral term.

Mr Paddick agreed crime is Londoners» «number one concern» and pledged to cut it by 20 per cent during the five - year mayoral term.

Now Londoners generally are struggling under the burden of energy bills that have risen by an average of # 300 a year in the last Mayoral term.

«How can a mayor go four years — an entire mayoral term — without resolving a single municipal labor contract?»

Also on the agenda is a talk on the governor's ability to shape the language of the state budget, the change in the political landscape when Pataki steps down at the end of the year, the chief concerns of New York's ailing cities, and the validity of mayoral term limits.

The current mayor is James R. Fouts, who was elected to his first mayoral term in November 2007.

If the commission recommended repealing the mayoral term limit, the proposition would automatically be put to Syracuse voters during an election.

Bukiewicz is now finishing up a mayoral term started by Steve Scaffidi, who announced in February that he was stepping down to take a job at WTMJ radio.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner said she was encouraged by national Democratic leaders to run for Congress, but she ended speculation in early May, saying she will serve out her mayoral term through 2017.

Mr Johnson had previously said he would see out his mayoral term which ends in 2016, but not seek re-election.

Bloomberg has just three years left on his mayoral term, and the focus is expected to stay on items such as boosting charter schools and working toward accountability measures.

The editorial board - which frequently clashed with Giuliani during his two mayoral terms - devoted the heart of its endorsement of McCain to a brutal repudiation of the New York Republican.

Mr. Klein, who had long planned to serve only through two mayoral terms, mulled the decision for the last few months and in the past week landed a job as an executive vice president at News Corporation.

TH: What do you think is the highest potential that New York can aspire to, not even necessarily in this mayoral term, but further into the future?