Working Families Party officials have been subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating the party's ties to a company that provided campaign assistance to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Staten Island Council Member Debi Rose and
other city candidates, court records show.
Glenwood's Charles Dorego bundled $ 149,900 in donations for him that year — far more than for
any other city candidate.
Not exact matches
In 1981, when he was acting as adviser to then New Jersey gubernatorial
candidate (later Governor) Tom Kean, the RNC assembled a ballot security force consisting of off - duty law enforcement officers wearing armbands that read «National Ballot Security Task Force» that was alleged to have engaged in voter intimidation in minority neighborhoods of Newark, Camden, Paterson, and
other cities.
Attacking
cities» power grids, transportation arteries or
other critical infrastructure, while leaving rural areas untouched, could result in a significant advantage for one
candidate over another.
But the East - leading Celtics made that move from a position of strength: Not only did they receive 6» 9» combo forward Jeff Green and 7 - foot center Nenad Krstic from Oklahoma
City, but they were also optimistic that they would replenish their front line with 6» 11» Troy Murphy and a couple of
other potential buyout
candidates.
The
city also has been chosen as the site of the first - ever Triple A All - Star Game, scheduled for July 13, 1988.1 do not mean to knock Denver or any of the
other expansion
candidates, but Buffalo deserves a franchise too.
At 7 p.m., New Yorkers for a Human - Scale
City and East Harlem Civic Alliance host a 2017
candidates forum featuring
candidates from both parties including Tony Avella, Sal Albanese, Bo Dietl and
others, P.S. 108, 1615 Madison Ave., Manhattan.
Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, Jacobs sided with Curran over Lavine and several
other interested
candidates, including Republican - turned - Democrat George Maragos, the county comptroller; and Long Beach
City Manager Jack Schnirman.
But sources say the strongest potential
candidate is the one guy who has ruled it out publicly, and that is Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a former assemblyman who told Errol Louis during an «Inside
City Hall» interview on Aug. 5th: «I've got no interest in running for mayor or holding any
other job
other than the one I have now.»
At 1 p.m., Brooklyn Councilman and LG
candidate Jumaane Williams and
other council members honor the president of African American Women in Cinema, Terra Renee, and
other members of the organization,
City Hall, Council Chambers, Manhattan.
Other potential Democratic mayoral
candidates include
city Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former
city Comptroller Bill Thompson.
The report, «By the People: The New York
City Campaign Finance Program in the 2013 Elections,» shows, among
other things, that: the number of
candidates participating in the public - funding system in 2013 remained high; more than two - thirds of all New York
City contributors gave $ 175 or less; and more than 90 percent of the total raised came from individual contributors, rather than from PACs or unions.
The finance chairman and a finance committee member of Gene Locke's mayoral campaign helped bankroll the conservative political action committee that sent out an anti-gay mailer targeting
City Controller Annise Parker and
other municipal
candidates earlier this month, according to Texas Ethics Commission documents.
We support
candidates who are best suited to advance the causes of the
city and state like any
other taxpayer,» said George Arzt, spokesman for Extell Development Corp when asked if he thought its contributions helped get these abatements signed into law.
A Quinnipiac poll released Oct. 5 had de Blasio with huge leads over the three
other candidates vying for
City Hall, with 61 percent of likely voters in his corner and just 17 percent for Malliotakis.
Furthermore, several
others listed describe instances where
candidates attempted to violate the rules of New York
City's public financing system, but were caught by the city's enforcement agency and fined or denied public fu
City's public financing system, but were caught by the
city's enforcement agency and fined or denied public fu
city's enforcement agency and fined or denied public funds.
«Through an entirely volunteer grass - roots effort, Scott Stringer collected more than 100,000 signatures from every neighborhood across this
city — more than any
other candidate running for office this year,» the statement said.
City Councilman Eric Gioia (D - Sunnyside) joins
other public advocate
candidates to agree to disagree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The unprompted remarks came at the end of the spirited forum, during which
other candidates pounced on front - runner
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Virginia's Republican nominee for governor Bob McDonnell and New York
City mayoral
candidate Mike Bloomberg are both running Google blasts, where their geo - targeted ads pop up on blogs,
other websites, and Gmail.
City Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) says she is the no - nonsense candidate for city comptroller, and when asked what separates her from the other candidates in the four - way Democratic primary, that attitude comes thro
City Councilwoman Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) says she is the no - nonsense
candidate for
city comptroller, and when asked what separates her from the other candidates in the four - way Democratic primary, that attitude comes thro
city comptroller, and when asked what separates her from the
other candidates in the four - way Democratic primary, that attitude comes through.
This could, of course, change when de Blasio — like all
other 2013
candidates for any
city office — file disclosure forms later this month that will cover any money received in the first half of this year.
New York
City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the
city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the
city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and
other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for
city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jT
city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of
candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ
For the two
other candidates in the race, Democratic
City Councilwoman Liz Crowley and GOP Councilman Dan Halloran, the congressional election represents a free shot of sorts, as neither is up for reelection until 2013 and their day jobs would not be directly affected by a loss in any way.
Other rumored 2021 mayoral
candidates are
City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton wants presidential
candidates to talk more about race issues, terrorism and cyber-security «instead of sabotaging each
other,» the
city's top cop said on morning radio Sunday...
For the county committees, contributions from unions, businesses, and
other New York
City donors were passed through directly to the
candidate committees, the report says.
The delegates voted to back Ruben Diaz Jr. for re-election as Bronx borough president and to support eight
other candidates for
City Council in the primary [see box].
In the coming months, Sweeney and
other DID members will meet with about 20
city candidates to determine who to endorse.
There is speculation
other candidates in the race could be U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D - Forest Hills), Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan).
What's more, they are enforced by an energetic and independent Campaign Finance Board, which oversees a carefully constructed system that combines generous public matching funds with limits on contributions to political
candidates, limits that are especially strict for lobbyists and
others doing business with the
city.
Maxwell will first have to take on the
other Democratic
candidates running for mayor including Alfonso Davis and
City Auditor Marty Masterpole for the party's nomination.
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.
As for
other developments — former
City Council speaker, one - time mayoral
candidate, and former Cuomo employee Christine Quinn slammed Nixon as an «unqualified lesbian» on Tuesday, while law professor and 2014 gubernatorial
candidate Zephyr Teachout heartily endorsed her run.
Bloomberg dismissed that criticism and slammed the
other expected
candidates, which include Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, his 2009 challenger Bill Thompson and
City Comptroller John Liu.
Three
other possible
candidates,
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and former comptroller Bill Thompson, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot
candidates running to unseat New York
City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every
other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind contribution to his own campaign.
The
other declared GOP
candidates in the district are former Atlantic County Freeholder Seth Grossman, Somers Point
City Councilman James Toto, former FBI agent Robert Turkavage, defense and aerospace contractor Brian Fitzerhert and activist Mark McGovern.
«I don't see how [
city Comptroller] Bill Thompson, whom I respect, or I could have come out of a hard fought primary and still be able to win against the mayor, who's on his way to spending more money than any
other municipal
candidate in history.»
By contrast,
City Council Speaker Quinn — who has raised more funds than any
other candidate — drummed up just under $ 20,000 and Public Advocate de Blasio raised a mere $ 12,730 from real estate donors in the same period.
The mayor's most recent haul far exceeds that raised by any
other candidate in the race, Democrat or Republican, contributing to a growing sense among the
city's political observers that the mayor will have a relatively easy road to reelection this year.
BRONX, NY — Nos Quedamos, Bronx Chronicle, Bronxnet and
other community organizations are sponsoring a 17
City Council District
Candidates Forum on Wednesday, January 27 at Pregones Theater (575 Walton Avenue), 5:30 — 9:00 PM.
As Gotham Gazette has reported, several of the speaker
candidates have donated heavily from their campaign accounts to those of
other City Council members and
candidates, in apparent effort to win favor ahead of the speaker vote, which will occur in January.
(3) Neither the Executive Committee nor the County Leader shall designate, nominate or propose any
candidate for judicial offices which are to be elected county - wide in New York County, or which are to be proposed for appointment by the Mayor of the
City of New York or by the Governor of the State of New York, exclusive of recommendations for interim appointment by the Mayor or the Governor, unless such
candidate shall have been approved in that calendar year for such office by the independent panel., except that once a
candidate for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court has been reported as highly qualified by at least two of the last four independent screening panels for that office, that
candidate shall be considered as having been approved by the panel for such office during each of the four calendar years after the year in which the
candidate shall have last achieved such status, (not counting a year in which there are no vacancies for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court
other than a vacancy resulting from the expiration of the term of office of a justice eligible for and seeking re-election to that office, or a vacancy which has been filled by an interim Supreme Court justice seeking re-election who has been appointed by the Governor and who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 4 (b), provided in each case that such justice has been determined by the independent panel to merit continuation in office), and such
candidate shall not make application to the panel during any of such years unless the Committee on the Judiciary shall require the
candidate to make such an application.
Proposals to ban horse carriages and
other animal rights issues surfaced at a forum for Democratic
candidates during the New York
City mayoral election campaign.
They succeeded: 80/20 is a higher margin than any
other Jewish group managed to secure for their endorsed
candidate in New York
City.
Timmons v. Twin
Cities Area New Party, 520 U. S. 351, 354 - 355, n. 4, 359 (1997)(recognizing party's right to select its own standard - bearer in context of minor party that selected its
candidate through means
other than a primary); id., at 371 (STEVENS, J., dissenting); Eu v. San Francisco County Democratic Central Comm., 489 U. S. 214 (1989); Democratic Party of United States v. Wisconsin ex rel.
Other candidates for the AG job include
city Public Advocate Letitia James, City Councilmember Dan Garodnick and Queens state Sen. Mike Giana
city Public Advocate Letitia James,
City Councilmember Dan Garodnick and Queens state Sen. Mike Giana
City Councilmember Dan Garodnick and Queens state Sen. Mike Gianaris.
Other declared
candidates in the race include
City Councilman Glenn A. Choolokian, a Democrat, along with Republicans John G. Accardo and Jim J. Szwedo.
Other candidates for the nomination include former
City Council member Alan Gerson, LMCC executive Diego Segalini and former Brooklyn prosecutor Eileen Naples.