Sentences with phrase «office against the mayor»
Former Bloomberg adviser Ester Fuchs is defending the NYC public advocate's office against the mayor and other critics.
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Not only does the mayor's office work with an agency that «can't be trusted,» the agency's penchant for doling out tax breaks doesn't stop the mayor from going on a tear against, well, tax breaks.
There were as many as five complaints of sexual harassment made against employees in the mayor's office during the de Blasio administration, City Hall officials said, but they refused to say how the perpetrators in those cases were disciplined.
At noon, Queens Republican Councilman Eric Ulrich, who considered — but decided against — a run for NYC mayor, will endorse Bob Dietl's run for that office, City Hall steps, Manhattan.
City Council lawyers have yet to determine the potential penalties that could be levied against Airbnb hosts that fail to provide the mayor's office with the required information.
A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bahara declined comment on the claims against the mayor or the ongoing probe from their office into de Blasio's fundraising practices.
But the election campaign is long over, and the fight to make a key piece of the mayor's liberal vision a reality has just begun — a fight that will pit him against some of the very people who put him in office.
«If you're going to run for office, you should focus on the office you're running for, not running against the mayor.»
Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.
Last week, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced his office, working with the FBI, had brought charges against state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Hollis), City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) and Queens Republican Party Vice Chairman Vince Tabone, alleging they had orchestrated a plot to bribe Smith's way onto the GOP ticket in the race for mayor.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio launched a lawsuit against five major oil companies, but records show cars used by the mayor's office are buying gas from the same companies.
Ms. James spent her first year in office largely cheering on the mayor's progressive initiatives — a sharp break from the combative tack against former Mayor Michael Bloomberg that Mr. de Blasio took when he was public advocate.
Both prosecutors have impaneled grand juries to consider charges against the mayor and / or his top political aides, but de Blasio's office today insisted that his meetings with them were not part of any sort of deal.
Schneiderman would not consent to an interview, but his office notes he has prosecuted Democrats as well as Republicans for election law violations, as recently as earlier this month against the Democratic mayor of Mount Vernon.
The mayor's office said that the committee has already raised $ 6.5 million toward advancing New York's bid against its competitors, Philadelphia, Penn. and Columbus, Ohio.
Jona Rechnitz, the federal government's star witness in its case against former corrections union boss Norman Seabrook, testified on Monday that he pressured the mayor to oppose SL Green Realty's plans for its office tower, One Vanderbilt.
Most importantly, players head to the mayor's office to bid against their competitors on plots of land and to buy town shares at auction.