Sentences with phrase «profile verbal battles»

Wiesenfeld, a conservative Democrat who worked briefly for the Pataki administration, is a controversial figure who has engaged in some high - profile verbal battles over the years, including an effort to block the playwright Tony Kushner from receiving an honorary degree.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Amid high - profile verbal battles over the Syracuse Inner Harbor and other issues, Mayor Stephanie Miner has quietly hired a $ 175 - an - hour political consultant from Albany to bolster her administration's public relations team.