Sentences with phrase «of big city mayors»

Mr. de Blasio hosts a contingent of big city mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors at Gracie Mansion this summer.

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It's a strange juxtaposition when a city modern enough to elect its mayor on a wave of social media strength is also host to big - money chuckwagon races and bullriding.

The urban advantage of state treasurer hopeful Shawn Wooden got another boost from a big city mayor Thursday, with Hartford's Luke Bronin endorsing the former city council president.

The nation's biggest evangelical group said Monday that religious freedom is threatened by American mayors who say Chick - fil - A is not welcome in their cities because of the restaurant leader's opposition to gay marriage.

Will that nation of yours include Houston with it's gay democratic female mayor and some of the other big cities that voted for Bill White in the last election?

Syracuse independent mayoral candidate Ben Walsh won big Tuesday night and will be the first mayor of the city not affiliated with a political party.

«We're running against the actual establishment — the mayor of the big city who got pushed into the race by the national Democratic leadership.»

«We may be getting too close to Big Brother,» a clearly bothered Silver told The Post, adding that he's considering legislation at the state level to stop the mayor's plan to limit the size of sodas and other sugar - laden drinks sold in the city.

De Blasio derided the MTA, saying fellow big - city mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago was right to slam the agency for the city's subway woes.

During his campaign to become New York City's mayor, Bill de Blasio held himself out as a champion of the average New Yorker who would diminish the clout of big business interests at City Hall.

The mayor himself spoke for less than 10 minutes, and though his speech didn't include much in the way of actual policy — he wanted to keep it short for the benefit of those assembled in the cold — he did repeat his promise about making New York «the fairest big city in America.»

The mayor reiterated his goal of making New York «the fairest big city in America» in his 2018 State of the City addrcity in America» in his 2018 State of the City addrCity address.

Big Ed, you were a tough but reasonable mayor of New York City for three years, and now you are engaged on another tough undertaking which, if successful, will benefit the State and all its citizens by cleaning up the redistricting mess bred by old and discredited politics, which still haunt us all.

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.

«If you can find a corrupt mayor of New York City, holy moly, that's a big prize,» said Jennifer Rodgers, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity at Columbia Law School.

It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another yCity mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another ycity schools for another year.

Hogan and Davis both tried to cast Miner's disagreements with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, city councilors and others as a personality problem unbecoming of a big - city mayor.

Senator Liz Krueger questioned why, after two votes in previous years to grant the mayor of New York City control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de BlaCity control of city schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blacity schools for six years at a time, the final «big ugly» included only a one - year extension for de Blasio.

He took big swings at the mayor's pace of contract registration for his pre-K program, knocked him for the city's failure to work with women and minority - owned contractors enough, and questioned his plan for Wi - Fi booths around the five boroughs.

Miner, the first woman to serve as mayor of any of the so - called «Big Five» cities, cruised to re-election in 2013, (without Cuomo's endorsement), but is barred by term limits from running again.

But the biggest and most difficult remaining issue in the session issue is an extension of the mayor of New York City's authority over the city's public schools, known as mayoral contCity's authority over the city's public schools, known as mayoral contcity's public schools, known as mayoral control.

After President Trump pulled out of the Paris Accord, Cuomo and other state governors and mayors of big cities across the country formed their own group to combat climate change, known as the U.S. Climate Alliance.

Look at the list of de Blasio's bundlers... right between Harold Ickes and Suri Kasirer — two of the biggest players in city lobbying — you will find Ahlam Jaoui, who raised $ 18,800 for the mayor in January of 2016.

It is a stark reminder of how unpredictable governing a city like New York is: most of the people interviewed by the Observer about the mayor's first year in office spoke to the paper before the murder of the police officers, which will amount to one of the biggest challenges the mayor will face in his first term.

Current DNC Vice Chairman R.T. Rybak — former mayor of Minneapolis and the first big - city mayor to endorse Barack Obama for president — said he was nominated by Obama, and that people typically go by the recommendation of the sitting president.

But there's a big opening for mayor of New York City in 2013, and with the presumed departure of Anthony Weiner from the race, that opening just got... more... open.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signaled he will join the discussion between the mayors of upstate New York's biggest cities on how to deal with their looming fiscal struggles.

At a City Hall press conference following Gov. Cuomo's call for an infusion of cash from the Big Apple, the mayor reiterated his stance that the state is responsible for the subway system.

CLEVELAND — When Rudy Giuliani takes the stage at the Quicken Loans arena Monday night to speak on a safety and security theme, members of the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention here will be seeing the former mayor from their biggest city; RNC delegates will see their evening's keynote speaker; and political observers say they may be seeing a top official in a future Donald Trump administration.

«I have one of the better bully pulpits as mayor of the biggest city in the country, and I believe if I do it the right way it will contribute,» he said.

After Trump pulled out of the Paris agreement, Cuomo and other state governors and mayors of big cities across the country formed their own group to combat climate change, known as the U.S. Climate Alliance.

They would both just be awful mayors... one is one of the biggest bullies the city has ever seen and the other is just a train wreck.

Once one of the Senate Republicans» biggest donors, former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has given nothing in the most recent cycle to help candidates of either party.

«He's quickly learning what Mike Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani and everyone before him learned: you can be mayor of the biggest city in the state but still have no say about what happens in Albany,» said David Catalfamo, an adviser to former Governor George Pataki who now works as a lobbyist and political consultant.

«We disagree with the mayor's proposed housing plan, which we consider a step backwards, extending tax breaks for big developers by a decade and riddled with sweetheart provisions for the real estate industry at the expense of the city's taxpayers and workers,» Melissa DeRosa, a spokeswoman for Cuomo, said in a statement Saturday.

And the governor must do this in a year when the biggest political race is for the mayor of New York City — a place which is banned from hosting a casino under Cuomo's plan.

Miner has joined forces with the mayors of Yonkers and Rochester, the two big cities that have not yet involved financial control boards, to push the state to address the costs it pushes on to cities.

«While polls go up and polls go down, the mayor remains focused on keeping NYC the safest big city in America, adding over 65,000 pre-K seats, creating more affordable housing than in decades, the first ever rent freeze, the lowest unemployment rate since the recession, and making New York a fairer city for its millions of residents,» said Peter Kadushin, a spokesman for Mr. de Blasio.

Miner held a summit with the mayors of the biggest upstate cities last year and she says they continue to talk on a regular basis.

In January, Cuomo ordered city subways shut down ahead of a big snowstorm without giving the mayor notice; in October, the governor ordered a quarantine at city airports for health workers when Ebola struck in Africa.

Among the questions asked by the press: whether the city is working with Mexican government officials to encourage any eligible Mexican nationals to register with the city for assistance, whether all victims have been located and identified, what is the biggest remaining challenge at the site, whether there are continuing concerns of gas leaking at the site, whether there is any evidence of illegal gas connections in the basements of the destroyed buildings, what damage or evidence the FDNY will look for, the number of people needing housing assistance, whether any victims asked about the investigation when meeting with the mayor, the number and location of apartments being made available by REBNY to temporarily house victims, what the mayor would say to any employer not granting time off to a victim and whether the mayor is concerned about the pace of gas main replacements.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

«No one should doubt the mayor's strong support for the brave men and women of the NYPD who put their lives on the line everyday to protect our neighborhoods and keep New York the safest big city in the world,» de Blasio spokesman Phil Walzak said.

Bo Dietl campaigns for votes as he runs for mayor of New York City on his own independent line, an uphill battle to unseat Mayor Bill de Blasio, whom Mr. Dietl refers to as «Big Bird.»

Mr. Cuomo's first term lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy, served as an understated master of ceremonies and the biggest celebrities in attendance were members of the governor's family, Chris Cuomo and Sandra Lee, and the mayor of New York City.

In one of the biggest surprises of the day, independent candidate George Ferguson won the race to become mayor of Bristol, beating Labour's Marvin Rees when the result was announced at the University of the West of England in the city

City mayors had the potential to attract big new talents to the leadership of Britain's great cities and deliver a decentralisation of economic and political power.

CIVIC CENTER — The city's biggest private and public sector labor unions have rallied behind Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign after being splintered during the primary race, in the hopes of electing the first Democratic mayor in two decades.

By now, education observers are aware of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's incursion on the Big Apple's charter sector.

But if the next mayor of New York City calls you on the day after his / her election and said simply, «Jean - Claude, the Big Apple has the largest school district in America, and that system educated you and then employed you for two decades.