Sentences with phrase «push of a progressive agenda»

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but basically a lot of «progressive» activists are trying to push an agenda that «hate speech» is incredibly harmful to the fabric of society and certain buzz words that could be interpreted as derogatory will land you in a lot of hot water with them (i.e. you can't say faggot because its offensive to gays).

A nonprofit launched by the mayor to push his progressive agenda nationally got all of its money ($ 480,000) from one source last year: another of his nonprofits, records show.

«New York has a legacy of progressive activism that extends all the way back to its founding and we can not allow Republicans in the State Senate to use such heavy - handed, draconian measures as they work to push an agenda completely out of touch with the mainstream,» Gillibrand writes.

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.

Koppell had been pushing for a more progressive agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion agenda including a higher minimum wage and public financing of campaigns, passage of the Dream Act, which would allow students in the country illegally access to state financial aid, along with all 10 points of the Women's Equality Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion Agenda, which includes a contentious abortion plank.

Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

The mayor has aggressively pushed his progressive agenda in the state capitol in the past, and the potential overlap of interests concerned reformers.

«We will push forward a pro-parks legislative and budget agenda in the City Council, which is part of what constituents voted for when they cast their ballot in favor of a progressive city government,» said Councilmember Levine in a statement.

In exchange, Cuomo agreed to address the WFP convention and to commit to helping Democrats take over the state Senate, and promised to push for a rash of progressive agenda items.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

As my colleagues, Dana Rubinstein and Laura Nahmias, wrote on Tuesday, de Blasio has been frustrated by the politics of Albany when he's tried to push his progressive agenda at home and is attempting something of an end run.

«It's an example of the Strasbourg court... trying to push their progressive agenda via the back door.»

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

Some close to City Hall say de Blasio will push a progressive Albany agenda in 2018 but is prepared to accept modest results while aggressively going after Cuomo and working to help the Democrats win control of the Senate.

Mayoral control of city schools expires in only one week, but that didn't stop de Blasio from pushing his progressive agenda at swanky beachfront hotels and eateries as part of the 85th - annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors.

Bill Lipton, state director of the progressive Working Families Party, on Monday called Cuomo's refusal to push for a unified Democratic conference «a stark reminder that despite his accomplishments, he remains deeply committed to a fiscal policy and agenda supported by his billionaire donors at the expense of working families.»

In May he announced the launch of national campaign to further his «progressive agenda,» to push policy makers further to the left on issues like minimum wage, paid leave and universal pre-kindergarten.

After months of focusing on members of Congress, protesters with the CNY Solidarity Coalition are shifting their attention to the New York State Legislature to push their progressive agenda.

With the national spotlight on New York City, de Blasio would have a chance to push his progressive agenda and influence the future of the Democratic Party, say political observers.

Micah Lasher's Democratic primary opponent says Lasher talk of pushing a progressive agenda is hooey given that his former group, StudentsFirstNY, just spent $ 1.5 million on behalf of the Republican candidate against Democrat Todd Kaminsky in last week's special Senate election on Long Island.