Sentences with phrase «pitted against governor»
Newark now finds itself with a mayor whose authority is circumscribed by state control pitted against a governor whose attention is divided between scandal and 2016.
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That pits him against Governor Andrew Cuomo on yet another education issue; the governor has said he hopes to break the public - school «monopoly» by encouraging more competition from charter schools.
Not exact matches
The governor said he is «highly disappointed» with the new law, expressing concern it «may pit neighbor against neighbor, and threatens the fundamental principles on which this country was founded.»
The battle is heating up over a statewide electric rate increase to subsidize upstate nuclear power plants that pits Governor Andrew Cuomo against a coalition of «good - government groups.»
The would - be Democratic contest would pit a two - term governor who has $ 30 million in his campaign account against a first - time candidate who likely would have energetic backing from a progressive wing of the party, which believes the incumbent hasn't done enough for liberal causes.
The governor is widely believed to prefer that the Senate majority remain in Republican hands and the 15th SD race, which pits Addabbo against Republican NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich, is a top priority for the GOP.
Our governor should be uniting our state and spurring economic empowerment statewide, not pitting one group against another.
At the same time, the push against the law showcases an especially New York issue for the governor, pitting him against Republicans in what could be a wave year for Democrats in November.
A civil war has erupted within the Working Families Party over whether to back Cuomo for re-election, with labor leaders who support the governor pitted against party leaders and grass roots activists.
He vowed to reinvent the lieutenant governor role into a public advocate position representing the «people's voice in Albany» and that he would take on the «issues that pit a tiny concentrated interest against the broader interest.»
His comments came while speaking to reporters in Albany about Governor Cuomo's economic development contest that pits seven regions of New York against each other for $ 1.5 billion in state funding.
Still on the table: Education funding — a battle that is again pitting traditional public schools against charters — worker's compensation reforms that the business community and its Senate GOP allies have been pushing, and the governor's ongoing desire for local government consolidation.
The governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed some public employees in Nassau County to receive «step» raises even when county wages are frozen — a measure that pitted public - employee unions against the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state - imposed county financial control board.
Little has changed, however, when the governor is pitted against Rick Lazio, and there is no consensus among voters.
The issue, which came to a boil during a Council hearing on Friday, has pitted de Blasio against the city's uniformed unions and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The first pits the Working Families Party, which grudgingly endorsed Cuomo for governor, against the Women's Equality Party, which Cuomo invented this summer.
«I'm somewhat at a loss, because, you know, you heard the governor be very eloquent about the family of New York and how we all have to share each other's burdens and then in the same speech talk about how he's going to pit very poor regions of the state against each other to compete,» Miner said.
The race for governor pits incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo, against Republican Rob Astorino & Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins is on the ballot again.
When pitted against former New York Governor George Pataki, Pataki edges Gillibrand 48 % to 44 %.
The issue also caused friction between de Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who fashioned himself a champion of charter schools to pit himself against the mayor as the two were locked in a battle of funding for universal pre-kindergarten.
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)- Republican leaders meeting in Des Moines on Saturday were hoping to close the book on a bitter primary battle for governor that pitted conservative - against - conservative in a struggle for control of the Republican Party.
In midterm contests this year, Pennsylvania was an exception where education topped the list of concerns among voters in the governor's race pitting Republican incumbent Tom Corbett against Democratic challenger Tom Wolf.
«One of the more provocative posters is «No business without battle», which pits the portrait of Jan Pieterszoon Coen, one of the most brutal Governor - Generals of the VOC, against a contemporary suited businessman,» explains Design Bridge executive creative director Claire Parker.
The governor's race in Florida is expected to pit Gov. Rick Scott (left), a climate skeptic who has repealed virtually all of the state's climate policies, against former Gov. Charlie Crist (right), a Republican - turned - Democrat who has pledged to make tackling global warming a top priority if he's elected.
Other issues — from an alarming increase in murders to the tough political climate resulting from an unsuccessful gubernatorial recall election that pitted the state's governor against the Milwaukee mayor — threatened to overshadow the project.