58 % of respondents think he is doing a
good job as mayor, with 34 % thinking he is doing a bad job.
Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy, who has emerged as the leading defender of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate relief proposals for struggling upstate cities, told Alan Chartock in an interview to air Friday that he would more than pleased with the pension smoothing proposal if he held his old
job as the mayor of Rochester.
In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his
new job as mayor of Yonkers.
Newly - minted LG Bob Duffy gave an impromptu press gaggle after the Cuomo administration's first cabinet meeting and pledged to continue to act as a champion of upstate interests in his new role — much as he did in his
old job as mayor of Rochester.
48 % give him high marks, including 12 % who say Bloomberg is doing an
excellent job as mayor and 36 % who say he is doing a good job.
Just 40 % of Democrats citywide think Weiner would do an excellent or
good job as mayor.
«My focus is on doing
the job as mayor and continuing the great progress that we're seeing in the city ofBuffalo,» Brown said.
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.
De Blasio shouldn't get taxpayer money to pay his legal bills until the city controller certifies he racked them up as part of
his job as mayor, according to civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.
A majority of voters by a margin of 51 percent to 42 percent disapprove of
his job as mayor, while half of voters, 50 percent to 42 percent, do not believe he deserves to be re-elected.
Miner, who sat down for an interview with public radio and TV, has just over three months remaining in
her job as mayor and she said she's focused on finishing up there.
Brown said he's prepared to work 22 hours a day, if necessary, to do
both his job as mayor and his new job as chairman.
Do
your job as mayor first!
De Blasio said he misses the family time he was able to spend in private life, and wants to do «better» in
his job as mayor.
Duffy, who filed jointly with wife Barbara, reported $ 193,134 in income, with $ 122,879 from
his job as mayor of Rochester and $ 70,255 from his police pension.
59 % of registered voters citywide report Bloomberg is doing either an excellent or good
job as mayor.
«Duffy is continuing in
his job as mayor during the campaign, and questions have been raised about how much time he is spending campaigning and how much time he is spending on the job at City Hall, a job he is being paid for... A Cuomo spokesman says the Duffy campaign schedule is being held day by day to balance it with his mayoral schedule.»
Miner said the move is natural outgrowth of
her job as mayor as she already travels throughout the state talking with elected officials and party leaders about Democratic objectives.
«The recommendations don't benefit the people in the city of Syracuse and that's
my job as a mayor: To stand up and to say what I think benefits them and don't think benefits them and why,» Miner said.
«Two - thirds think he's doing an excellent or good
job as mayor.
(CNN)- A new poll suggests that New York City voters approve of the way Michael Bloomberg is handling
his job as mayor, even if they oppose the extension of term limits that allowed him to run for a third term.
And I believe that until they do, it's
our job as mayors to point the way forward.