Sentences with phrase «over the mayor»

The decision not to prosecute clears what was a black cloud over the mayor's re-election campaign.

At the same time, the poll found Cuomo had a higher job approval rating than de Blasio and a plurality of voters sided with the governor over the mayor.

Negotiations between the de Blasio administration and the City Council over the mayor's controversial housing plans are intensifying, with both sides hoping to reach a deal by the end of next week.

After a final, unsuccessful attempt to win over the mayor during a Jan. 3 meeting, Mahoney abandoned the Kennedy Square proposal, at least for this year, Mahoney said.

Boris Johnson has seen his poll lead over the mayor dip ahead of May's London election although he still enjoys a firm advantage.

Bloomberg biographer Joyce Purnick is surprised there's so much upset over the mayor's failure to show, writing: «We know him.

Noble has held the post since 2002 when his predecessor, James Sottile, took over the mayor's office following T.R. Gallo's death.

Hayes attended a meeting days before to go over the mayor's security detail, according to the suit.

They will get done because Uncle Vladimir, from his prospect over the mayor's shoulder, never blinks.

For what it's worth, Spitzer and Bloomberg are again disagreeing — this time over the mayor's warning that NYC could very well go the way of Detroit if his successor fails to control the city's rapidly rising health care and pension costs.

Apparently Senate Repubs still have some very raw feelings over the mayor's involvement in the 2014 elections, even though one could fairly argue that his involvement actually contributed to Repubs PICKING UP seats in swing districts.

There the governor reopened the rift with de Blasio over the mayor's plan to amend 421 - a.

Good government group Common Cause filed a complaint earlier this year over the mayor's now defunct nonprofit Campaign for One New York, which was set up to advance his priorities at City Hall, but allowed de Blasio to bypass donation limits imposed through the city's campaign finance system on donors who have business before the city.

The debate over the mayor's tax break proposal is just the latest in an ongoing feud between Mr. Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio, but marks a turn toward harsher discharges of rhetoric between the two men, who have always claimed to be friends.

The feud between Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio took a new turn Tuesday over the mayor's decision to join a Republican — Cuomo's election foe in 2014 — at a bipartisan event seeking more federal transportation funding.

NEW YORK CITY — Bill de Blasio and other leaders will march in a parade up Fifth Avenue on Monday to honor Christopher Columbus amid backlash against over the mayor's review of city monuments that some call as symbols of hate, including statues of the Italian explorer.

My priorities, or the state's priorities, or Syracuse University's priorities for the city don't take precedence over the mayor's priorities.»

Troopers pulled over the mayor's car twice, one each way during the trip, but didn't issue him tickets.

Gov. Cuomo, in his January budget address, proposed only a 3 - year extension, while Senate Republicans, many of whom still harbor resentment over the mayor's efforts to elect a Democratic majority in the Senate in 2014, haven't taken a position yet.

It was fueled by public broadsides — Mr. de Blasio, fed up, issued his sharpest criticism to date of the governor — and private resentments, including Mr. Cuomo's pique over the mayor's choice for a new press secretary.

It's the latest escalation in a war of words between Cuomo and de Blasio after an inspector general report determined a memo recommending criminal prosecution over the mayor's fundraising activities in support of Senate Democrats was leaked by a Republican appointee at the board.

The report was never released and Christie's former top aides are now on trial for ordering the lane closures out of revenge over the mayor of Fort Lee not endorsing his re-election bid.

Cuomo went as far as to step into the Uber debate, siding with the company over the mayor.

In a statement due to be sent later this morning, state Republican spokesman David Laska fired a preemptive shot over the mayor's bow, knocking his recent travels to midwestern states to push progressive measures (The New York Post has reported de Blasio is considering a bid for the White House; de Blasio allies and other political observers aren't buying it).

The feud between Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio took a new turn yesterday over the mayor's decision to join a Republican — Cuomo's election foe in 2014, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino — at a bipartisan event seeking more federal transportation funding.

CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer went toe - to - toe with NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's press secretary Karen Hinton over the mayor's refusal to take off topic questions from the City Hall press corps.

De Blasio has praised Seabrook as a «friend» and «great leader» in the past, but the two have battled more recently over the mayor's proposed reforms at Rikers Island.

There was tension in the room over the mayor's assertion that certain details could not be revealed so as to not compromise Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's criminal investigation into the case, with First Assistant Corporation Counsel Georgia Pastana in attendance.

During negotiations over the mayor's first budget, the Council did not push especially hard for its proposed increase in the NYPD headcount, and members settled for a free - lunch pilot program for middle schoolers, after asking for a universal free lunch program for all public school students.

More than 70 percent of voters approve of Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to not arrest people caught with 25 grams or less of marijuana, but the racial gap over the mayor's performance continues to widen, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

The city's self - storage industry is knocking off the dust as it prepares for a battle with City Hall over the mayor's proposal to regulate...

Miner has feuded with Cor for more than a year, since the company obtained tax breaks on the Inner Harbor project from Onondaga County over the mayor's objection.

The level of agita over the mayor's role in campaigns outside the city underscores the uncertainty over the Senate: The Republicans, who have ruled the chamber for most of past 50 years, are clinging to power only by dint of an alliance with a Democrat, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn.

Kassandra Frederique, DPA's New York State director, expressed frustration over the mayor's reluctance to accept the facts.

Privately, members of NYCLASS — led by parking garage magnate Steve Nislick — have grumbled about the mayor's deliberative pace: with the ability to unload six figures on television ads, as they did a year ago, and to deploy dozens of unusually ardent protesters at the gates of Gracie Mansion and elsewhere, the group has at least some leverage over the mayor.

The next day, common councilors questioned Miner's authority to fire Davis, who was hired by an independent board that is supposed to act as a watchdog over the mayor's police department.

The federal investigation into de Blasio's campaign finance practices also means Stringer could hold onto his fundraising lead over the mayor for a while longer.

A compromise may be within reach in the difficult negotiations between Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York and state lawmakers over the mayor's wish to have greater control of the nation's largest school district.

It was a position that won them considerable public sympathy and, ultimately, with the help of a large and successful rally in Albany, won them both private space for all three Success schools and a clear victory over the mayor, who appeared utterly unprepared to handle the consequences of the fight he started with the sector.

I was going to raise the question as to whether or not our readers thought that decision was a good call considering the controversy that was erupting over the mayor's decision to proceed with it.

But a plurality of voters — 42 percent — side with the governor over the mayor.

Negotiations between the de Blasio administration and the NYC Council over the mayor's controversial housing plans are intensifying, with both sides hoping to reach a deal by the end of next week.

School space conflicts have also provided charter leaders with their biggest win over the mayor — the sector roundly defeated de Blasio in a months - long battle over space sharing agreements for New York's largest charter network, Success Academy, in early 2014.

Despite Bloomberg's huge media campaign, voters in the areas of Queens that went to Thompson said they were upset over the mayor's move to extend term limits last year and chose the comptroller because they wanted change.

Over the mayor's second two years, she more than quadrupled her participation in internal meetings and public events to 343.

«I see this as a tremendous opportunity for the whole region, but I don't want to do it over the mayor's objections,» Mahoney said.

December 7: The leader of the Labour Group on the London Assembly, Len Duvall, files a formal complaint with the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) over the mayor's contact with Mr Green.

ALBANY — Having secured a victory in the streets of New York City and over its mayor, the ride - sharing company Uber announced a legislative and public relations push on Tuesday to expand its business to taxi - and job - challenged cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Albany.

Over the mayor's and Flores's vocal objections, the board awarded just four schools to charter organizations.