Sentences with phrase «other borough parties»

Not exact matches

The Queens Democrats voted last Friday to nominate candidates in all of the borough's other districts, but Ackerman's abrupt retirement announcement Thursday night caused party leaders to delay the decision on NY - 6 until tomorrow.

But she couldn't get a quorum after party leaders from the other boroughs — in solidarity with Wright — advised their council members not to show up, sources said.

Mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis, a grocery store tycoon, opened a campaign office in Whitestone Sunday with a large barbecue that drew in Republican Party regulars and other supporters from across the borough.

Senator Avella on the other hand, who once ran for Mayor will not likely receive the Party nod, but he has experience and borough wide name recognition.

Other parties to field candidates in the borough were the Greens, Socialist Labour Party and TUSC.

Not particularly known for its prowess, the Richmond County (Staten Island) party organization is backing de Blasio for a variety of hyperlocal reasons, including the mayor's work to repave the borough's roads, implementation of 24 - hour ferry service, expansion of electronic waste removal, and other factors, according to Chair John Gulino, who called de Blasio «a true champion of Staten Island» in an endorsement statement that also touches on broader themes like crime reduction.

However, Manhattan's Democratic Party is relatively weak and the borough's Assembly delegation divided, and Mr. Wright appeared to be having difficulty garnering support in other sections of the city.

In 2005, the Democratic former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer won 59.8 % of the borough's vote against 38.8 % (35.3 % Republican, 3.5 % Independence Party) for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who carried every other borough in his winning campaign for re-election.

Despite the two wins for the northeast Queens Democrats and the party's other senators in the borough, it appeared the Republicans may have wrested control of the state Senate chamber back from Democrats.

DeBlasio and others said new B.P. Diaz and new Bronx Democratic Party leader Assemblyman Carl Heastie had made great strides in uniting the borough's historically - fractured gaggle of elected officials.

The borough party did not back down from the primary when the IDC announced plans to align with mainline Democrats to run the Senate, unlike other borough Democratic machines that ended up?

The Bronx Democrats, unlike party machines in other boroughs, could finally boast a united front on most issues, even if they didn't quite turn out «as many bodies as they used to,» in the words of Mr. Kappstatter.