Sentences with phrase «on city politicians»
Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.
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UK politicians watched on uneasily as May was pictured hand - in - hand with Trump in Washington, whose contentious travel ban and controversial remarks triggered huge protests in London and cities across the country.
There was a wave of public resistance from those who feared American - style retailing on this scale would pulverize smaller players, and politicians in Vancouver also lobbied to keep the retailer outside of city borders, citing environmental concerns.
What kind of message has our Chief Magistrate passed on to Toronto voters about politics and politicians at City Hall?
As my colleague Steve Lohr wrote recently, Mr. Case and Mr. Vance have been barnstorming various cities in a painted bus, holding entrepreneurship competitions as if they were politicians on the campaign trail.
Ms. Leibovici is a long - time local politician who was first elected as a Liberal MLA for Edmonton - Meadowlark in 1993 and served on city council from 2001 to 2013.
The number is virtually unchanged (71 %) from when Ipsos / World Vision asked the same question in October, before the City of Lights experienced tragedy and American politicians began debating state bans on Syrian refugees in response.
Hundreds of people attended and even more stood at the gates waiting to get in — a 300 person limit had been placed on the gathering — as politicians, city officials, interfaith leaders and activists spoke from the steps telling Mayor Bloomberg why he should change his mind.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke on Tuesday about the plan and criticized politicians he claims are using the issue for political gain ahead of mid-term elections in November.
On this particular weekend the Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Brooke, appeared on the scene to tell the Tories of Newcastle that Labor would lose the election, that Newcastle was a city of character and history and that the people who lived along the Tyne had hearts of gold, proving once again that electioneering politicians speak an international languagOn this particular weekend the Home Secretary, Mr. Henry Brooke, appeared on the scene to tell the Tories of Newcastle that Labor would lose the election, that Newcastle was a city of character and history and that the people who lived along the Tyne had hearts of gold, proving once again that electioneering politicians speak an international languagon the scene to tell the Tories of Newcastle that Labor would lose the election, that Newcastle was a city of character and history and that the people who lived along the Tyne had hearts of gold, proving once again that electioneering politicians speak an international language.
Beyond this, the way in which City Deals have been put on the agenda seems only to reinforce the idea that devolution in the North has little to do with democracy, and more with the needs and wills of politicians.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says that more women politicians on the state and local levels would lead to better government accountability, especially during a time when men are behaving badly in both New York City and Albany.
A 61 - year - old cab driver posted on Facebook early today that city and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities scity and state politicians were to blame for his financial ruin — then pulled up to the gates of City Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities sCity Hall and shot himself dead with a shotgun, authorities said.
And James isn't the only politician thinking about taking on de Blasio, even though experts say it's extraordinary for a New York City mayor to be defeated after only one term.
On Tuesday, some of the city's most prominent Democratic politicians celebrated the State Senate victory of Marisol Alcantara, a former Bernie Sanders delegate.
Mr Cable concluded by calling on politicians to «put the whingeing of the City to one side», instead concentrating on rebalancing the UK economy towards higher education, creative industries, advanced manufacturing and professional services.
Mr. Obama taught Mr. Blake and his peers the organizing skills the politician had learned in inner - city Chicago — knocking on doors, coordinating events, writing fund - raising appeals.
City Council Watch has previously covered the nexus of Latino politicians, including Espaillat, Melissa Mark - Viverito, and Julissa Ferreras, all of whom in apparent conjunction with their political consultant MirRam Group, wrote letters demanding federal action on Herbalife.
In 2004, two years after Mr. Gentile's vote on SONDA, lawyer Thomas Shanahan claimed to have had an affair with the politician in 1994, and told the Gay City News he was coming forward because Mr. Gentile's had «turned his back on the community» with his vote.
To New Yorkers, he's the man who grills local politicians on NY1's Inside City Hall.
The New York Times» piece on Herbalife yesterday, which details how billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman is waging a PR campaign to destroy the supplement company for his own profit, buries the role of three of the city's most prominent Latino politicians in a massive campaign to cast Herbalife as a pyramid scheme targeting minorities.
«I was on the City Council with him, and he's just another career politician — he's basically got some additional quirks. . .
While politicians and activists had pushed for an urgent care center to fill the void left by the hospital's closing, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn emphasized on Monday that the measure was merely temporary.
Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at dueling rallies on education at the State Capitol that highlighted the two politicians» differences over education issues.
HARLEM — Dozens of New York City politicians and leaders vowed on Sunday to lobby on behalf of the community that reelected Rep. Charles Rangel, demanding the shamed Harlem politician not be censured.
Politicians advocated for an immigrant rights bill, Intro 656, Sunday ahead of a City Council hearing on the matter Monday.
Both concerned citizens and prominent politicians were able to ask questions and voice opinions at last night's debate on merging Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse.
A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday, where he doubled down on his criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio and other New York politicians.
The Markowitzes have spread their generosity far beyond Monsey and all the way to Queens, donating thousands of dollars to Smith and City Councilman Dan Halloran, the politicians who were arrested on Tuesday.
The laws that cap rent increases on 1 million city apartments expire in June, and landlord groups, tenant advocates and politicians all agree that...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at dueling rallies on education at the state Capitol, highlighting the two politicians» differences over education issues.
The advocacy group Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park set up a countdown clock, camped out overnight with local politicians and rallied on the steps of City Hall to draw attention to the cause.
Politicians from areas as far - flung as Denver, Austin and Chicago had converged on Borough of Manhattan Community College to attend City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito «s two - day conference on combatting President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, a meeting in part through billionaire George Soros's Open Society Foundations.
Politicians and activists in Buffalo widely derided him, calling on Paladino to resign from the city school board.
Since then, he's doted on a city that has long griped about being an afterthought to Albany politicians.
Cumbo then went to the mayor's side of City Hall and demanded that de Blasio put the squeeze on the Speaker to get rid of Ede Fox, or else she would oppose the controversial Bedford - Union Armory affordable housing plan, which is already under attack from local politicians.
The next citywide election is three years away, but in the first campaign filing of the 2017 election cycle, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is sitting on the largest campaign war chest of any politician in the city.
Clinton joined local politicians and immigrants at the famed Jackson Diner in Queens yesterday on her continued tour throughout the city — and made sure to take some of the Indian restaurant's legendary buffet to go.
In Albany, where a number of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school sysCity Mayor Bill de Blasio's policy priorities have succumbed to resistance from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Republicans, documents suggest that de Blasio has turned to the real estate industry's chief lobbying group in New York as an intermediary to press politicians on a matter beyond its traditional scope: the city's public school syscity's public school system.
A day after trading barbs with New York City officials, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz held his own rally in Midtown Manhattan yesterdayy, where he doubled down on his criticism of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and other local politicians.
Notwithstanding his superlative boast earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday described his relationships with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in almost clinical terms, offering all - is - well claims that belie the current frostiness between the Democratic politicians.
California's history of infringing the fundamental right to bear arms has, since 1923, centered on the principles of local control, giving local elected politicians and city bureaucrats the power to decide, on a subjective, case - by - case basis, which law - abiding people can exercise their fundamental Second Amendment right to self - defense outside their home.
Politicians including City Councilman Brad Lander and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz sent a letter to Seth Diamond, the commissioner of the Department of Homeless Services, on Tuesday, demanding that the agency answer community concerns regarding the plan.
A group of activists, residents and politicians also plans to march around Park Slope on Monday night to call for safety improvements to all streets in the city after three children were killed by drivers in the borough so far this year.
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito received a wealth of support from fellow politicians Monday for her decision to announce personal health complications on Twitter.
HARLEM — The city's Franchise Concession Review Committee has authorized SPORTIME to enter into negotiations with the Randall's Island Sports Foundation to expand the number of courts on the island — but a local politician says the tennis center shouldn't be granted additional space unless neighbors of all income levels are guaranteed access to it.
New York City politician Ydanis Rodriguez, who was roughed up and arrested during the NYPD raid on Zuccotti Park, has requested permission from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to donate his latest $ 5,000 leadership stipend to Occupy Wall Street, which he calls «the best thing to have happened in our city for the last couple of decades.&raCity politician Ydanis Rodriguez, who was roughed up and arrested during the NYPD raid on Zuccotti Park, has requested permission from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to donate his latest $ 5,000 leadership stipend to Occupy Wall Street, which he calls «the best thing to have happened in our city for the last couple of decades.&raCity Council Speaker Christine Quinn to donate his latest $ 5,000 leadership stipend to Occupy Wall Street, which he calls «the best thing to have happened in our city for the last couple of decades.&racity for the last couple of decades.»
Steamed politicians slammed Mayor de Blasio Friday as he moved to make good on a campaign promise to require even the city's smallest businesses to foot the bill for employees»...
The politicians» report also called for the city to pass a bill sponsored by Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. requiring NYCHA crime statistics to be made public on its website.
A group of prominent LGBT New York City politicians will endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, along with three city - based LGBT rights groups, the NY Daily News repoCity politicians will endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, along with three city - based LGBT rights groups, the NY Daily News repocity - based LGBT rights groups, the NY Daily News reports.