Sentences with phrase «progressive leaders at»

Mayor Bill de Blasio convened a group of progressive leaders at Gracie Mansion on Thursday to announce a new national effort to force his signature issue of income inequality into the upcoming presidential campaign.

The mayor first convened a panel of progressive leaders at Gracie Mansion in April and announced plans to create an agenda similar to the Republican's «Contract With America» effort of the 1990s but focused more on income inequality.

«Westchester County faces a crisis of housing affordability, and we need a true progressive leader at the helm of county government to fight for working families,» said Michael McKee of Tenants PAC.

Both are minority candidates, a plus for Party Chair Joe Crowley, who is looking to appear as a progressive leader at home while climbing the political ladder in Washington.

Not exact matches

An increasing number of progressive - minded leaders are beginning to consider looking at this «good for the corporate soul» practice as more of a central line to their strategic business planning.

No, the new Progressive Conservative leader isn't buying Premier Notley's scary talk every time anyone even hints at a real reduction in provincial government cheque - writing.

Vancouver, BC — Progressives are coming together today at the Broadbent Institute's first - ever Progress Summit in BC — a sold - out event showcasing key decision and policy makers, leading campaigners, business executives, Indigenous leaders and top academics.

The leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta and our new Premier was elected by a group of members smaller than half of the football fans at Commonwealth Stadium.

I had to watch Prime Minister Trudeau's epic electoral reform meltdown from a distance over the past couple of weeks given my attendance at an international meeting of progressive policy leaders in South Africa.

(CNN)- A handful of progressive Christian leaders are joining the mostly conservative chorus of religious leaders who are criticizing New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for excluding clergy from this weekend's 9/11 commemoration event at ground zero.

«We set the bar on what progressive government and what progressive society looks like and we set that bar for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said at the event, which was also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Prominent among those who have visited him in London at the Abuja House are the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the Interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande.

But Cuomo also sought to reiterate his own 2017 agenda at the event and his own push to have New York be a «progressive leader» in the country.

Is determined to push Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos right of center, in order to make the Republican Party as irrelevant as the Conservative Party; or at the very least unable to support Cuomo's Progressive legislation agenda.

Also at 1:30 p.m., advocates, community leaders, and elected officials will gather to unveil a progressive revenue package that would raise billions for New York, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

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Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lamented that the party «is almost dormant at the grassroots level.»

Ozo - Eson also clarified that the meeting has nothing to do with the peace parley between chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, led by its national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and the leaders of the organised labour at the Labour House on Friday.

Asked about the role of the Democratic party leaders in choosing the speaker, the CM said, «at the end of this process the Progressive Caucus will coordinate with the county organizations to elect Melissa Mark - Viverito as the speaker.»

Or, as one labor leader told me this morning, the «far left progressive agenda» that is driving the party at the moment «does not put one person to work.»

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday opened up on why he did not attend yesterday's national caucus meeting of the APC presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the new Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

«There's been much misunderstanding and grandstanding concerning where the Independent Democratic Conference stands on key progressive issues,» says IDC leader Jeff Klein at the top of the three - and - a-half-minute clip.

Surrounded by progressive and liberal leaders from around the country at Gracie Mansion Thursday, de Blasio compared the effort to the 1994 Republican Contract With America.

Recently, members and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) converged at the Convention Hall of Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, in solidarity with one of their...

Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN)- Acknowledging that he and they don't always see eye to eye, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nevada) on Saturday praised the influence of progressive activists gathered at the annual Netroots Nation convention.

The source who spoke in hush tones also disclosed that leaders of the All Progressives Congress leaders have arrived at the residence from all the way from Abuja.

Governor Solomon Lalong of Plateau state, who chairs the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship Campaign in Ondo State, has declared that the absence of one of the party's national leaders, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and some Southwest governors at the party's mega rally in Akure on Saturday did not make any difference.

This introduction aims at putting Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, the founder, leader, and sole financier of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) on the spotlight for a good reason as we continue to tease out the salient aspects of Ghanaian politics in our time.

At 6:30 p.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Council members Brad Lander and Carlos Menchaca join labor leaders for a panel on the progressive movement in city politics moderated by Fordham's Dr. Christina Greer, 1199 SEIU Auditorium, 310 W. 43rd Street, Manhattan.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

Koku Anyidoho was picked up at the Press Centre in Accra on Tuesday, where he and several other opposition leaders belonging to the Progressive Forces, were holding a news conference ahead of their planned demonstration on Wednesday to express their disapproval of a military agreement between Ghana and the US.

The proposal for the Post Bank will be formally launched at a Parliamentary reception hosted by Jon Cruddas MP this afternoon, with cross-party speakers including Pat McFadden, Minister for Employment and Post Offices, Vince Cable, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Phillip Blond, Director of the Progressive Conservatism project at Demos.

Recall Ayiri Emami, a billionaire and a Niger Delata Youth leader who is known to be a staunch supporter of the PDP led Goodluck Jonathan's administration defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC shortly after the immediate past president lost at the general elections.

But if this new progressive force needs a leader then Nick Clegg may be in the right place at the right time

More than four dozen progressive leaders met in Albany on Saturday to launch a statewide organization aimed at moving the Democratic Party leftward and building support for a candidate to oppose Cuomo in 2018.

«This was not an easy decision given magnitude of issues faced by our community, but I believe we are best served supporting other progressive leaders in this election both at home and across New York,» Miner wrote on Twitter.

«This was not an easy decision given magnitude of issues faced by our community, but I believe we are best served supporting other progressive leaders in this election both at home and across New York.»

That remark caused the governor and the mayor to resume sniping at each other in the latest installment of their never - ending feud over who is New York's most progressive leader.

Answering questions yesterday at the launch of the Progressive Conservatism Project the Tory leader said that there were more and more examples of Brown saying completely unbelievable things.

1) 2012 Democratic Presidential nominee Robert Wexler beats Obama as libertarian / progressive fusion Democrat with 4 wars going and national debt at $ 16 trillion 2) Cory Booker for Lautenberg's seat in NJ; expect retirement soon 3) New House Majority Leader Debbie Wasserman - Schultz 4) Junior Senator Nevada Republican Jon Porter takes care of Reid 5) Jeff Flake moves up to a leadership post among House Republicans, will become # 2 when Cantor replaces Boehner 6) Joe Sestak, Jr, upsets Specter in PA 7) Raul Grijalva beats random Minuteman for retired John McCain's seat 8) Xavier Becerra next Governor of California 9) Bill Thompson next Mayor Of New York City 10) Next Speaker Of The House (2010): Melvin Watt

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu was noticeably absent at the party's governorship campaign rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Saturday.

A former Chairman of the House of Representatives» Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, is in a meeting with the leaders of the All Progressives Congress at the party's National Headquarters in Abuja.

Following up on a resolution adopted by the State Committee of the Green Party at the party's nominating convention in Troy on Saturday, May 17, Green Party leaders sent a letter today to the Executive Board of the Working Families Party suggesting a joint meeting to discuss cooperation in opposing Governor Cuomo's conservative agenda and supporting their common progressive policy goals.

Following attack by thugs on Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and others at a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna, the...

A National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu was noticeably absent at the party's governorship campaign rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital...

Cameron will then quit in 2015, at which point a new leader will have to be selected to fight the Progressives (who will result from the merger of the Liberals and Labour).

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of the 2015 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as democracy at gunpoint.

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Leader and Founder of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) said at the weekend that the country needs competent and visionary leaders who could turn the dwindling fortunes of the nation around.

It also presented a chance to double down on his credentials and position himself as a progressive leader for New York — and perhaps the nation — as he faces a primary challenge from the left and a crescendo of voters across the country, at least within his own party, who seem to have little appetite or patience for moderates.

If the next Labour leader hopes at some point to lead a truly progressive administration and break with orthodoxies that have shaped Britain since the 1980s, he will need help from other parties.