Sentences with phrase «public speaker candidate»

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Other potential Democratic candidates include real estate mogul Don Peebles, NYC comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and Christine Quinn, the former council speaker now working for Gov. Cuomo.

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

In a dizzying year that saw the public corruption convictions of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and Skelos at the hands of Bharara's office, what better candidate to run in Skelos» old district than a former prosecutor with a record of fighting corruption like Kaminsky?

But Rodriguez, who is currently running for his third and final term, as well as City Council speaker, defended his endorsement, writing that he is «currently and will continue to stand behind LGBTQ candidates for public office.»

Public Advocate Letitia James, a rumored 2021 mayoral candidate, argued Johnson is an «imperfect person» — a quality she called necessary for a speaker.

Torres, a Bronx Democrat and the youngest candidate in the race for speaker, raised $ 264,819 this election cycle, but he was also a public funds participant and ended up spending $ 108,851 for his reelection.

Also at 6 p.m., National Organization of Women New York City hosts a forum for New York City Council speaker candidates, focusing on women's issues, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, Hunter College, 47 - 49 E. 65th St., Manhattan.

Thursday May 9, 2013, 6:30 PM *, Endorsement Meeting St. John's Lutheran Church 83 Christopher Street ● Mayor (Speakers: VID members) ● Public Advocate (Speakers: VID members) ● Borough President (Speakers: VID members) ● Civil Court Judges (Speakers: candidates + VID members)

While they did not play a decisive role in the Democratic primary for mayor, the WFP spearheaded the elections of the City Council speaker, comptroller, public advocate and various City Council candidates across the city.

Unlike the New York City Council's speaker's race of 2013 and early 2014, there were no forums for the candidates to state their positions to the public.

They say in private that they are looking for an alternative to the well - known roster of candidates who have begun to jockey for position, among them the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, and the public advocate, Bill de Blasio.

The councilman, who is running for his third term and speaker of the city council, filled out a questionnaire prior to receiving his endorsement from the club in June 2017, where he replied «no» to whether he had or will «in the future endorse or financially support any candidate for public office or current elected official with a track record of working against LGBT equality.»

While all of the Democratic candidates have proposed reforms to the policy, frontrunners Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker: and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sparred over the substance of how the controversial policy would change under their watch.

Seven of the eight speaker candidates say they support Queens Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer's proposed measure to mandate audits of the city's workforce, including the gender, race and sexual orientation of public employees.

Several mayoral candidates — including Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker; Bill de Blasio, the public advocate; John C. Liu, the comptroller; and William C. Thompson Jr., a former comptroller — were quick to voice support for the workers.

«The incoming class includes some exceptionally talented public servants,» Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres, a speaker candidate, told Observer.

One sure sign that the City Council speaker is chosen by the members, not the public: All eight candidates for the job support extending the limit on council terms from...

A Shakespeare scholar, a Carnegie scholar, a doctoral candidate, a conference speaker, and a published author, Nellen has twice been named teacher of the year for the NYC public schools.

And then [CEO of Green Dot] Marco Petruzzi and [onetime school board candidate and Parent Revolution Executive Director] Ben Austin got up to the microphone, the first public speakers that day, and introduced Public School Choice [a mechanism for low performing schools to gain greater autonomy from the district, sometimes through becoming charter schpublic speakers that day, and introduced Public School Choice [a mechanism for low performing schools to gain greater autonomy from the district, sometimes through becoming charter schPublic School Choice [a mechanism for low performing schools to gain greater autonomy from the district, sometimes through becoming charter schools].