Sentences with phrase «on city voters»

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Voters in San Francisco and two other northern California cities, Oakland and Albany, approved similar measures on Tuesday.

What kind of message has our Chief Magistrate passed on to Toronto voters about politics and politicians at City Hall?

Tarrant County voters are among those May 5 who will weigh in on whether to remove elected officials or deny agreements approved by city leaders.

Thank you to Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, Communities and Coal, Ecojustice, and the Cities of Surrey and New Westminster for fighting for what's right.

Jackson and other religious leaders challenged the city on the measure saying the matter should be put to District voters in a ballot initiative.

Certainly when 46 buses carrying 2,500 black passengers from the Woodlawn Organization arrived at Chicago City Hall for voter registration, you could count on getting the desired unbelief and consternation, including police with machine guns.

«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 TV people tell me that DC's going to go for Obama, a not unexpected result — while this may not quite be Chocolate City any more, it sure as hell ain't vanilla either — but Clinton's folks aren't giving up on on Latin voters, who've held strong for her in other areas.

In elections to the City of London Corporation, the governing body of the City of London1, not only are companies and other organisations represented, but the number of voters they receive is dependent on the size of the organisation.

«Without Lazio on the Conservative Party line, Paladino is more competitive in the New York City suburbs and among non-enrolled voters.»

They'll all happen on the same day, at the same time, with the same agenda — our first step towards building the largest person - to - person voter registration and voter contact operation our city has ever seen.

Balls has also run three marathons and learned to play the piano while on the Labour frontbench, as well as becoming chairman of Norwich City FC and turning his hand to writing about cooking since rejection by the voters of Morley & Outwood.

«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.

City voters prefer a millionaire's tax over congestion pricing as a way to fund the MTA, according to a Quinnipiac poll released on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017.

Cuomo leads Nixon of New York City by 68 to 21 percent among registered voters, according to the poll released on Thursday, April 12.

Kinderhook, N.Y. November 1, 2016... With open enrollment for Obamacare beginning today, voters should know that its rates are skyrocketing for New York's struggling middle class: They'll go up another 16.6 percent on average in New York and upwards of 25 percent elsewhere, yet liberal New York City professor and NY - 19 congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout wants to expand the failing program even more, the campaign of fiscally responsible congressional candidate John Faso today noted.

«Buffalo voters also give the mayor a high positive job rating on each specific major issue facing the city.»

Mount Vernon — Voters in the Mount Vernon City School District approved a $ 251,979,860 budget for the 2018 - 19 school year by a 1,051 - 657 vote on Tuesday.

«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.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — «City People and Issues,» a cable television program sponsored by the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle, is offering two new interview programs, broadcast on Cablevision Channel 76 on Mondays at 7 PM, Wednesdays at 9 PM, T

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spent Sunday urging voters to head to the polls on Tuesday, as Sal Albanese, his leading rival in the Democratic primary, pushed back against a widely held belief that the incumbent was a shoo - in to win.

Polanco, a former president of the city's Board of Elections, has long championed reforms to make it easier to register and vote, including having voters check in using iPads to shorten lines on Election Day.

Overall, de Blasio spent almost $ 3 million on voter outreach, according to his filing's with the New York City Campaign Finance Board.

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.

At 8:30 a.m., the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund hosts the third installment of their Getting New York City to 80 × 50 Policy Forum Series, with panels focusing on the waste sector, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, 295 Lafayette St., second floor, Manhattan.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio spent today urging voters to head to the polls on Tuesday, as Sal Albanese, his leading rival in the Democratic primary, pushed back against a widely held belief that the incumbent was a shoo - in to win.

Watch voters from outside of Scotland's big cities, give their take on the independence referendum.

A Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday was a mixed bag for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, with voters there split on the way he is handling his job as mayor.

Also at 2 p.m., Dietl greets voters and discusses issues on City Island, Lickitidy Split, 295 City Island Ave., the Bronx.

Jewish New York Government Outreach (JNYGO or «Jaynie - Go») is sponsoring the event on August 28, at 8:00 PM at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, 150 - 05 70th Road, to give the candidates an opportunity to address issues vital to all New Yorkers in general, and especially matters affecting the city's Orthodox Jewish voters in particular.

While it might be crass, (and reduce all us voters to mindless drones incapable of formulating an opinion based on issues) if we look at this race through the assumption that people tend to vote along ethnic lines, then the largest voting bloc in Queens i.e.the Rockaways and Jamaica will vote for City Councilman Leroy Comrie.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political raCity School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political racity council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

The poll found 60 percent of voters in New York City believe the increasingly bitter rift between the two top Democrats has had a detrimental impact on the cCity believe the increasingly bitter rift between the two top Democrats has had a detrimental impact on the citycity.

MANHATTAN — The fate of the State Senate and several offices likely hinged on two things Tuesday night: voter turnout in New York City and whether voters were willing to split their ballots and cross party lines.

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She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.

City Council Watch attended a debate in the 6th Council District on Columbus Avenue this week, where we observed about four dozen elderly black and Jewish voters munch on cookies and fruit, and murmur amongst themselves about the slate of candidates who would presume to fill the shoes of the beloved CM Gale Brewer, champion of the liberal middle - class.

At an oversight hearing of the City Council's governmental operations committee in February 2014, new DOI Commissioner Mark Peters testified that his office found issues of gross nepotism, pressure on staff to engage in political activities, deficient voter rolls, poorly trained poll workers, and inadequate, inefficient, and outdated procedures.

We have been working on the ground to engage voters in New York City registering and mobilizing nearly 95,000 people over the past three years.

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.»

Kavanagh is hopeful that with the renewed focus on New York City's dysfunctional Board of Elections and Governor Andrew Cuomo's inclusion of proposals for early voting and automatic voter registration in his State of the State address, progress on the long list of voting reform bills in Albany may happen this year.

Reinvent Albany was proud to join lead sponsors Citizens Union and NY Law School, co-sponsors League of Women Voters NYC and NYPIRG, and a sell - out crowd on November 20th where we heard all of the candidates vying to be Speaker of the New York City Council discuss their priorities, proposals and vision for New York City.

«Because everyone's eyes are on election matters right now, we wanted to take this moment to make very, very clear that New York City and all of us here are going to be very, very actively engaged in a campaign to change state law in the coming months to finally make this a state that's voter friendly, to finally make this a state where people can participate and not be disenfranchised.»

This whole discussion might be moot anyway, because in order to build a casino in New York City — or anywhere in the state on non-Indian land — the constitutional amendment expanding gambling would have to be passed for a second time by the Legislature and also pass muster with the voters in a public referendum.

Voters in New York City are opposed to the measure and Mayor Bill de Blasio has backed a tax hike on the wealthy to make long - term fixes to transit.

Forty - nine percent of voters in New York disapproved of how Gov. Andrew Cuomo is handling mass transit in the state, while a plurality also disapproved of a proposed congestion pricing plan that is aimed at raising money for trains and buses in New York City, according to a Quinnipiac University poll on Thursday.

Voters will get a third chance to make their feelings known on term limits after the City Charter Revision Commission voted this month to put the contentious issue back on the ballot in November.

Voters were also split on whether Mr. de Blasio's involvement in national affairs, including his trips this week to Washington, D.C. and California, are distracting from his duties at City Hall.

«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.

Democrat Martin Masterpole was elected Syracuse city auditor on Tuesday, persuading voters he can be a tough city hall watchdog despite his close friendship with Mayor Stephanie Miner.