Sentences with phrase «other elected officials on»

(This week's arrest of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and several other elected officials on corruption charges will not lessen that cynicism.)

Not exact matches

In a press conference later on Friday, however, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine expressed frustration with Scott and the state's health department for keeping him and other elected officials in the dark about the island - city's five locally transmitted Zika cases.

Congressman Tom Emmer, on the other hand, fired shots at «elected officials who don't have any concept of what we're dealing with here and how exciting it is talking about, «Oh my gosh, we've got to run in and regulate and create more government infrastructure.»»

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

In the past, governors and other elected officials have kept a low profile on the anniversary of the attacks, usually just reading lines of poetry.

In particular, local media attention matters: it's often easier to get than national coverage, it lets you leverage your local activists and it can lead to much broader distribution of your story if it gets on a newswire (even local blogs can help, since they may be disproportionately read by elected officials and other opinion leaders and can also serve as a source for national blogs — see this article for details).

Also at 11 a.m., sanitation workers, NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso and other elected officials call on the Council to regulate the private sanitation industry through legislative action, NYC Business Integrity Commission, 100 Church St., Manhattan.

Along with the ShareBetter ad this week, New York Communities for Change is hosted a tele - town hall on Tuesday with Stringer and other elected officials, including Assemblyman Walter Mosely and Assemblywoman Carmen de la Rosa.

Grand Island supervisor Nate McMurray is standing with many other elected officials from Western New York, calling on Cuomo to either remove the tolls or make them cashless, to ease traffic congestion.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on BP Adams and other elected officials demanding the City stop dredging at a trash plant site in Gravesend.

Governors and other statewide elected officials can have a powerful effect on turnout in presidential elections.

One doesn't have to agree with the Bloombergian technocratic principle that a businessman will always make the best elected official to find it weird that so many people run for office on the basis of having carried water for other elected officials.

Ditmas Park Corner article on BP Adams and other elected officials joining COPO to pray for the victims of a South Asian earthquake.

Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D - Howard Beach) on Monday announced that he has joined fellow elected officials who represent other so - called racetrack communities in sending a letter to Cuomo, calling on him to get behind the new NYRA restructuring plan — which the NYRA Board voted in favor of earlier this month.

He bullies other elected officials, he bullies anyone who criticizes him,» Nixon said at the Hilton Albany and on Twitter.

The two candidates have split support from the local Democratic party machines and elected officials, and have overshadowed two other Democrats on the primary ballot, community activist Tamika Mapp and former State Assemblymember Israel Martinez.

«Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the elected officials of these other municipalities, whose taxpayers are abused by Mt Vernon on a regular basis, should refuse to provide mutual aid to Mt Vernon (except in the most extreme emergencies) until Mt Vernon learns to respect OUR firefighters and OUR taxpayers.

COL Live article on BP Adams and other elected officials decrying recent violence against Jews in Crown Heights.

Kink said his group plans to continue to keep pressure on the state's top politicians to return the Loeb donations and will «bird - dog» Cuomo and other elected officials at public events this fall.

In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.

At 7 p.m., state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sen. Todd Kaminsky, Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and other elected officials attend a forum on providing diploma options for students, South Side High School Auditorium, 140 Shepherd St., Rockville Centre.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the presumptive GOP NYC mayoral candidate, isn't the most beloved among other Staten Island elected officials, no matter what's said in the coming months on the campaign trail.

On Tuesday, Genova testified that Venditto used a conference room in the basement of what once was Singh's flagship restaurant in Bethpage, H.R. Singletons, about a half - dozen to a dozen times a year for meetings, primarily with other elected officials, Genova said.

An elected official from Onondaga County said Howe often appeared with Aiello and other COR executive during private and public meetings, and helped to arrange meetings on COR's behalf.

«If I had employed a Russian spy to work on my staff — or if any other elected official has employed someone for his or her staff — for 22 minutes and he or she were arrested by the FBI, El Diario's headlines would be screaming,» Diaz Sr. wrote in his statement.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Mr. de Blasio's office and other elected officials held a town hall on the growing problem on Monday night, just days after declaring the disease was «no reason for alarm.»

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil - based as well as other community - driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy...

While some officials who took part in the meeting voiced support for Schumer afterward, others said they would consider it a strike on his record if the provision is left out, noting that he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and was the last of New York's major elected officials to voice support for gay marriage.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, along with James and other uptown elected officials, penned a letter to the MTA last week and said he plans to hold a press conference about the elevators on Tuesday.

The names of former Supervisor Frank Petrone and other elected officials were displayed on signs in past administrations.

«Typically the closer you get to home, the better opinion you have of your institutions and your elected officials unless there's some active scandal or other trauma going on locally ``

Greeted warmly by an intimate gathering of friends, family, staff and other local elected officials, David Buchwald announced his candidacy for re-election to the state Assembly on the morning of May 9 in Turnure Park in White Plains.

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, right, stands with Mayor Bill de Blasio, and other local elected officials and transportation advocates, as they urge increased federal transportation investment in vital infrastructure in New York, on Nov. 24, 2015, under the Amtrak Rotunda at Penn Station in Manhattan.

As Mr. de Blasio prepared to take off - topic questions — on stop and frisk, raises for elected officials and other thorny topics — Ms. Quinn simply bowed out.

He added in what appeared to be a veiled dig at prior AGs, «I think it's critically important that the next attorney general focus on fighting crime and keep running the government and the other issues to the other elected officials.»

The meeting, organized by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez and other elected officials, will focus on the current status of the redevelopment of the terminal, after years of delays and challenges including concerns of the small businesses slated to open on the site.

Assemblyman Losquadro and other North Fork elected officials are encouraging residents to voice their concerns at a Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment public hearing at 11 a.m. next Thursday, February 9 at the W.H. Rogers Legislative Office Building in Happauge.

Miner and other groups are lobbying state elected officials to sign on to the measure.

Earlier this month, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz convened a coalition of elected officials, healthcare and business leaders and other interested people urging action on Puerto Rico's debt crisis.

However, the travel ban, which is currently on hold because of a decision by the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, has other elected officials in the county, specifically Democrats, worried about Astorino's support for the ban and that it does in fact unfairly target Muslims.

On Thursday, Cuomo and Garcia Padilla assembled at the convention center with other elected officials as they prepared for the march.

NEW YORK CITY — Moses «Mark» Stern, the cooperating witness who played a pivotal role in the arrests of state Sen. Malcolm Smith and five others, is a well - connected upstate powerbroker who kept dirt on politicians for a «rainy day» and had ties to many elected officials, including state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, sources said.

I challenge every elected official to take on other candidates head on; competition keeps things interesting and fair.

A white paper issued by the Community United for True Affordable Housing, a coalition of Upper Manhattan elected officials and community leaders who took part in Sunday's rally near a vacant lot on West 172nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, said the city should provide the area with the same level of housing provided in other Manhattan communities.

In a statement, Oddo said, «We have intentionally structured the party so that no one or two GOP elected officials can dictate anything, and we continue to attempt to work as a unit, so «blaming» decisions on me or any other individual is silly.»

She said that unlike other elected officials, CMs «are on the streets!»

Also at noon, Uber, joined by Mayor Richard David and other local elected officials will make a «major announcement» about its potential future economic impact on the local economy, Terra Cotta, 81 State St., Binghamton.

At 2 p.m., de Blasio hosts elected officials and other leaders for the first Global Mayors Summit on migration and refugee policy, Grand Hyatt New York, ballroom, lobby level, 109 E. 42nd St., Manhattan.