Sentences with phrase «numbers of your elected officials»

Ulrich's call for a boycott puts a number of elected officials in a tight spot, including Rep. Bob Turner (an Ulrich ally), who is running for the US Senate, and NYC Councilman Dan Halloran, who is running for congress in NY - 6.

They were joined by many 1199 members, as well as a number of elected officials.

Rivera, a 34 - year - old Democratic operative who has worked for a number of elected officials but never held an office himself, said he had established his new campaign committee Tuesday in preparation for this move, which he will formally announce next week.

Now, a number of elected officials are in difficult elections, I believe, in part, because of votes they took.»

Perhaps sensing growing Dominican clout, Espaillat is now backed by a number of elected officials, some of whom backed Rangel the last time: the City Council speaker, who represents East Harlem and was born in Puerto Rico, and the Bronx Borough president.

«An overwhelming number of elected officials and community leaders throughout New York State, from both sides of the aisles and different political stripes, have spoken loud and clear that the plan to build a bridge to replace the Tappan Zee is right for the state and the entire region,» Governor Cuomo said.

Ulrich, who was one of a number of elected officials who protested when the de Blasio administration tried to open a shelter in a hotel in Maspeth, Queens last fall, did not go into detail about what he would do differently from de Blasio to curb the homelessness problem.

There are also a number of elected officials listed among the party's donors, including Sen. Dan Squadron ($ 10,000), whose primary victory over former Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor was a big priority for the WFP.

But then you start to tally up the number of elected officials who have been treating incumbency like the keys to the treasury.

Paladino's WNY crew now includes: Mike Norris of Niagara County, Cherl Heary of Cayuga County, Richard Siebert of Genesee County, Ed Morgan of Orleans County, and Nick Langworthy of Erie County — along with a number of elected officials, including Collins himself and Sens. George Maziarz and Mike Ranzenhofer.

«There are many good and decent state legislators with high ethical standards, but the rapidly growing number of elected officials who have left office because they violated the public trust is a big unaddressed problem.

Sampson is the latest in a number of elected officials to be charged with political corruption this year.

Public financing is also allocated as a function of the number of elected officials, hence the ambitions of the MoDem.

Sham charities are a way of political life in southeast Queens, where a number of elected officials are under investigation for steering money to groups they founded — and which were often staffed by cronies — and whose mission and spending is dubious.

UPDATE: A source close to Levy tells me the county executive probably isn't done with politics yet, and also said the fact that third terms have proven difficult for any number of elected officials (See: Bloomberg, Mayor Mike as Exhibit A) was a big factor in his decision.

The program will include an array of multimedia presentations and recognition from a number of elected officials and others.

Maragos says his reforms would strip the money out of politics and provide independent oversight of county contracts at a time when a number of elected officials in Nassau have been indicted on public corruption charges.

«I am not suspending my campaign, but I am talking to a number of elected officials around the state, as I would, fellow Democrats, to hear their opinions,» he said at a press conference in New York City.

OK, as things stand now we have a President, a party in congess and a number of elected officials who have lied and continue to lie to the american public, those who own this country are those that are the sevrvants of the people and they want to bully a minor servant to take the peoples minds off of the foul work they are doing to our country.

The Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents the Hilton employees, is a politically potent union and is a generous donor to a number of elected officials, including DiNapoli and numerous legislators.

A number of elected officials have supported the cause, including multiple City Council members and Public Advocate Letitia James.

The new school discipline measures were praised by a number of elected officials and advocates on Friday, including New York Civil Liberties Union director Donna Lieberman, who wrote that New York was officially charting a different path from South Carolina by embracing restorative justice and aiming to lower suspensions.

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Not exact matches

But the narrative that the electorate is pushing elected officials towards trade - skeptical policies doesn't actually jive with poll numbers, which show that a majority of Americans think that increased trade is good for the economy.

«So, number one, the positions I hold on these issues is the Second Amendment, I've held since the day I entered office in the city of West Miami as an elected official,» Rubio responded.

A wise public official after observing politics in an American city for a number of years said that he would prefer having the city run by elected officials with all the dangers which that involves to administration by political experts; for the politicians often have a human kindness and mercy which the experts lack.

The methods for electing officials, or the number of officials, or the distribution of power among different officials is quite significant.

Historically, this logic first became obvious in the case of the Weimar Republic in Germany, although many subsequent examples have shown that the total number of parties with elected officials and their ideological breadth is tightly related to the number of officials elected per district.

Since there is a much smaller number of constituents per elected official, there's much less «noise.»

In some countries like the Netherlands, Ireland, and Italy, there are a huge number of different parties that have elected officials in their parliament.

Not surprisingly, the number of first time candidates outnumber the incumbents (10 to 7; the full list appears after the jump), and the highest - level elected to sign on is Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who has been calling for many of these changes for some time and probably stands to gain if redistricting is indeed taken out of the hands of elected officials.

The Associated Builders and Contractors tends to lean right in its political support, having endorsed a number of Republican candidates and elected officials in recent years, and hasn't been shy about criticizing Cuomo's policies.

The White House says the crowd at Cooper Union for President Obama's Wall Street reform speech includes some 700 people, including a number of finance industry bigs and local elected officials.

The plan has been embraced by a number of outside transportation experts as a serious and thoughtful proposal, though it received mixed reactions from elected officials.

They were put out about the fact that the governor didn't brief them before going public with his initial estimate of $ 30 billion worth of damage caused by Sandy — a number that later grew to $ 42 billion when he formally briefed them and local elected officials at a meeting in his midtown Manhattan office.

Also on hand will be a number of Republican elected officials who represent pieces of Fossella's old district, NY - 13, including Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, and NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo.

Weprin had a number of Democratic elected officials on his side, including U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.).

But, since elected and appointed officials usually do not work a fixed schedule or have preset hours, determining the number of days they've worked requires a different process.

She volunteers and gives back to the community in a number of ways, not just as an elected official and a registered nurse — all the while keeping a smile on her face despite her ongoing battle with cancer, which is nothing short of amazing.

In a letter to Tom Allon, the president of City & State, Sen. Espaillat, joined by a number of other Latino elected officials, demanded that Airbnb be dropped as a SOMOS co-sponsor, claiming that the internet home - share middleman «exacerbates the housing crisis plaguing our communities... particularly the communities we represent.»

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

A number of black elected officials» names had been circulating as potential No. 2s for Cuomo, including Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, whose local troubles were deemed too toxic for the AG's reform platform; and Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, who is well - regarded but lacks executive experience and isn't considered a heavy hitter.

The Democrat calls himself an «activist - elected official» and has been outspoken about a number of social justice issues.

Though a number of high - profile Democrats have defected from Rep. Charlie Rangel's side to back Sen. Adriano Espaillat's second primary challenge to the veteran Harlem lawmaker, at least one powerful party leader / elected official is refusing to turn his back on his long - time congressional colleague.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

The cap proposal has been criticized as faulty and flawed by a number of New York City and state elected officials, including city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn who is rumored to be mulling a run against de Blasio in 2017.

Due to reporting requirements for the state retirement system, the state Comptroller's Office requires elected officials to report the number of hours per day — a minimum of six hours — as well as the average number of days worked per month.

Trump is meeting Wednesday with Peter Ward, the president of the city's hotel trades council and Vincent Pitta, an influential lawyer and lobbyist in the city who is close to a number of municipal elected officials, according to a transition spokesman.

A number of Democratic elected officials across the country have also sent their regrets.

Alarmed over the number of reported rapes in the city, elected officials are calling on police to beef up security.