Sentences with phrase «of city voters say»

31 percent of city voters say they disapprove of the job he's doing, and 19 percent say they are not sure.

More than half of city voters say the mayor has lost focus after taking office for the third time in 2010, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday.

De Blasio's approval rating dropped 10 percentage points from February to 48 percent, with 31 percent of city voters saying they disapprove of the job he's doing, and 19 percent say they are not sure, according to a NY1 / Baruch College poll.

Thirty - seven percent of city voters said they had a favorable view of de Blasio.

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And while Premier Alison Redford has been cold towards the idea of granting cities more financial power, saying she's «satisfied with the way things are,» her party should not forget that city voters are who they owe for their narrow re-election to government in 2012.

«I think because it is in New York City and because we are in the process of the budget hearings, the budget negotiations are overshadowing this trial by a longshot,» said League of Women Voters Legislative Director Jennifer Wilson.

In a press statement made available to news men in Benin City Thursday, the National Commissioner in charge of voters Education and Publicity, Mr. Soyebi Solomon said the decision to postpone the election was reached at a security meeting held with security agencies.

«While a bare majority of Democrats think the country is on the right track, as do a plurality of New York City voters, more than three quarters of Republicans and roughly six in ten independents, downstate suburbanites and upstaters say the country is headed in the wrong direction.»

The same poll found that NYC voters approve 56 - 37 percent of the job Cuomo is doing, and say 58 - 22 percent that he would be better for the city than Cynthia Nixon.

«Sex and the City» star Cynthia Nixon says she has a simple response to voters who question whether she has the experience necessary to run for governor of New York.

«While most of Desperate Dan's stunts, like his post office art legislation or shameless flip - flopping on sanctuary cities, are simply embarrassing, in this case he has allowed his failing campaign to cross the line into outrageous voter intimidation,» the statement went on to say.

They say Markowitz's enormous popularity in Brooklyn — whose 2.6 million residents are the most of the city's five boroughs — and among minority voters are good starting points.

While downstate suburbanites are evenly divided, a majority of upstaters and New York City voters are pessimistic,» Greenberg said.

«Millionaires are more likely riding to work in Escalades or Town Cars than on the No. 6 train, but New York City voters say that's all the more reason they should pony up funding to make commuting easier for the rest of us,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll.

Cuomo said he will push for a November ballot referendum, even after expressing concern that the lack of a statewide election could skew the turnout, with scores of city voters casting mayoral ballots.

The former governor surprised many when he said Sunday that he'll ask voters for «forgiveness» and seek the job of the city's top fiscal officer and auditor.

26 % of suburban voters say he is doing an above average job, and 30 % of New York City voters share this position.

If this week is any indication, expect a late - December blizzard of studies, reports and surveys predicting doomsday scenarios for New York's schools, cities and other government entities if a tax cap goes through — despite a poll saying that voters clearly want the mechanism.

Sixty - four percent of registered voters who were surveyed said they support a proposal to increase taxes on the city's wealthiest earners, while only 21 percent favored tolling motorists entering Manhattan, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll released on Friday.

«This is really important so there's consistency for voters in New York City, and so that we have a voting process that, well before the September primary this year, we know how we'll administer and when we would administer the run - off if it was necessary for any of the offices,» Carroll said.

«We do understand legislators have concerns and questions about New York City's bill,» said Marcia Bystryn, the president of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman last week announced he was launching an investigation into the removal of the voters from the rolls, which was city Board of Elections officials now say was done through a clerical error.

Joined onstage by surrogates and her parents, Malliotakis said she ran because she thought that not all voters were being represented in City Hall and she saw the quality of life going downhill.

Among New York City voters overall, 58 % of responding voters said Cuomo would be better compared to 22 % who said Nixon.

Onida Coward Mayers — director of voter assistance for the New York City Campaign Finance Board — said in New York, groups are trying to «build back our culture of voting.»

Masterpole, the city's auditor and owner of Masterpole - Murphy Insurance Agency, wants voters to know he's one of them, he said.

However, a substantial proportion of Latino voters, 53 %, up from 37 %, say de Blasio is improving the city.

Update: A Malliotakis spokesman declined to provide any information on the amount she's raised recently, saying only that «we are making all our fundraising projections with near daily events and we will have the money needed to bring Assemblywoman's Malliotakis» message to all the voters of New York City.»

48 % of registered voters, compared with 43 % in April, say the city is moving in the right direction.

Two - thirds of the voters said the state's Buffalo Billion investment — which both men have championed — has resulted in positive change for the city.

Many Labour candidates, particularly in northern seats away from the major cities, say Corbyn's leadership is still problematic among some groups of voters, and the most pessimistic believe May could still secure a much - increased majority of 80 to 100.

In February, for example, the Siena Research institute asked voters whether lawmakers should get a pay raise if they enacted ethics reforms; New York City residents said yes by a 50 percent to 48 percent margin, while only 34 percent of upstate residents agreed.)

In addition to the many undecided voters, just 39 % of New York City Democrats say they strongly support their choice of candidate.

«CIDNY is calling for systemic changes to ensure that voters with disabilities are no longer disenfranchised by lack of training on disability access and voting technology, locked doors and blocked pathways, and lack of coordination by City agencies charged with providing facilities for voters,» CIDNY executive director Susan Dooha said in a statement.

Sheehan's campaign manager Steve Napier said those numbers were a reflection of voters» satisfaction with Sheehan's job performance and improvements to the city ranging from the installation of new stairs and wheelchair access at Lincoln Park to playing fields and bathrooms at Arbor Hill Park, and larger advances such as more equitable hiring practices.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

«The fact that all three of my opponents for the Democratic nod have been in power during this time should be something every voter in the city of Albany considers as they plan to place their support in this election cycle,» he said.

«This is a turnabout in voters» views of how the city is doing,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Although she starred in the hit «Sex and the City» series, 60 percent of voters said they didn't know enough about Nixon to form an opinion.

Lhota was one of a host of voters who had trouble with the old lever machines — which were resurrected for fear the new touch - screen voting machines would be too unstable for the primary — as problems popped up across the city, election monitors said.

Sonia Ossorio, president of the National Organization for Women's New York City chapter, said Wednesday that voters need to think about Spitzer's business with the sex trade, which she said enslaves and abuses women.

For instance, 22 percent of suburban voters said they support a metropolitan government that merges the city and county governments and 24 percent said they oppose that.

«Amanda Farias is a friend to the animals of NYC, and we are proud to endorse her candidacy for City Council,» said Allie Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of Empire State Humane Voters.

Fifty - five percent of voters said they were either somewhat or very dissatisfied with the way things are going in the city, while 45 percent said they were satisfied.

And a Marist poll released Tuesday also indicates that a majority of New York City voters say Weiner deserves a second chance.

Though Mayor Michael Bloomberg's support from Queens voters dwindled this year compared to the last election, he still carried the borough — in part buoyed by individuals who came out to vote for the three Republicans who won City Council seats in Queens, Executive Vice Chair of the Queens GOP Vincent Tabone said.

Twenty - six percent of New York City voters polled said Cuomo was the politician who best reflected their politics, while 30 percent said they more closely identified with de Blasio's.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

Fran Lysonski, election warden for Pittsfield's Ward 5A, located near the downtown of the Berkshire's largest city, said voter turnout has been «slow but better than last time.»

Let's do some [statistical] analysis of some cities, and then mobilize some voters for the center and the left [parties],» he said.