Sentences with phrase «race for speaker»

New York State Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, a Rochester - area Democrat, is pulling out of the race for speaker.

Nolan, the chair of the education committee, told host Susan Arbetter that she's received the support from women in the Democratic conference as the race for speaker heats up.

«He has run an excellent race for speaker,» the mayor said.

Capital is keeping track of statements and alliances in the race for speaker in the spreadsheet below, which will be regularly updated as matters evolve.

De Blasio lost his own race for speaker to Quinn when he was a councilman, but has now effectively installed her successor.

Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan is the only one of Heastie's four original opponents who hasn't dropped out of the race for speaker despite her own Queens County Democratic committee backing her rival.

«Eight years after losing a race for speaker of the City Council, Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio is determined to win one.»

The retirement of Julissa Ferreras - Copeland is said to have «upended» the race for speaker, but that argument gets everything backward.

«It is because of him that the race for speaker has become so heated this early.»

When Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced in June that she would not seek re-election, the surprise decision threw an early wrench into the notoriously unpredictable race for 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.

Lawyers for City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito have reached a settlement with the city's Conflict of Interest Board following an investigation into free political consulting services that Mark - Viverito accepted during the race for speaker in 2013.

Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan remains in the race for speaker, but at this point appears to have little support to defeat Heastie.

Not exact matches

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House after taking a scorching from speakers at the Democratic National Convention.

She ran for Congress in 1952 and lost to a popular Democratic incumbent (she lost another congressional race under similar circumstances in 1970), but by then she was already a popular public speaker and formidable debater whose passions were unyielding anticommunism and a strong nuclear defense in the Cold War.

Since then, she has worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice and race.

My own panel, «How to Act Like Obama Online When You DO N'T Have a Billion in the Bank» (which will talk about applying Obama 2012 lessons to this year's advocacy and electoral campaigns), is coming together nicely — we just signed up Ethan Roeder, Obama's chief data manager for the presidential race and who's now gone back over to the New Organizing Institute, as a speaker.

Mr. de Blasio has been criticized for his unprecedented involvement in the speaker's race.

Mark - Viverito's 2017 account started as a way to raise money for the 2014 speaker's race, when she was trying to woo the support of her colleagues.

Republicans in local races are making an issue out of the Lopez scandal, either calling on Silver to resign as speaker for concealing more than $ 100,000 in settlement money paid to two of Lopez's victims, or challenging their Democratic opponents for not calling on him to step down.

While a vast majority of New York Democrats support both, the issue is especially problematic for Mr. Williams because he is a member of the council's Progressive Caucus, which includes many LGBT and pro-choice advocates, and is hoping to play a significant role in the speaker's race.

A Queens Democratic source said Mr. Weprin was growing «frustrated» in the Council, especially after losing a heated race for City Council speaker in 2014.

When Mr. de Blasio took office as mayor in 2014 and Mr. Heastie was the Bronx Democratic county chairman, they found themselves on opposite sides of the race for City Council speaker.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

The council speaker, who has been locked in a tight battle for the top slot since Weiner entered the race, said the election has to be about ways to improve the city.

Bloomberg lauded Quinn, an early front - runner in the race who came in third place in the polls, for her work as council speaker.

Earlier this month, he opted to travel to Albany to attend Cuomo's State of the State Address the day of the vote for the next speaker — he was one of two candidates left in the race — and conceded in a statement.

As mayor - elect de Blasio jumped into the race for city council speaker, lobbying council members and pushing his preferred choice of Melissa Mark - Viverito to an anticipated victory well before the scheduled city council vote.

But the poll also found that, while most disagreed with Quinn's stance against poultry, the speaker was still dominating the early race to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with 39 percent of Democrats wanting her as their candidate for 2013.

Another black candidate for speaker, Jumaane D. Williams, has yet to concede the race.

She was widely regarded as a strong contender for the speakership and her exit from the Council left the speaker race dominated by men.

Mr. Johnson, who is white, prevailed in the eight - way campaign for speaker despite the prominence of race in the contest.

She had helped get out the vote for de Blasio's Democratic primary victory in the 2013 mayoral race and supported his failed bid to become City Council speaker a decade ago.

At the last public forum in the race to become the next speaker of the City Council, seven of the eight men contending for the Council's top leadership spot took turns making their argument for why they would be the right person to continue Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's legacy of protecting and promoting the cause of women, transgender, and gender non-conforming New Yorkers.

Her announcement also led to concerns among some members that the crowded race could yield a white male speaker from Manhattan, a possibility that was once considered unlikely for a body that boasts a majority of members of color, and which is currently led by Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, an outspoken Latina and the first Puerto Rican to hold the post.

That includes $ 38,307 owed to the law firm Ballard Spahr Stillman & Fried for legal assistance in an ongoing Conflicts of Interest Board investigation into her speaker's race, and another $ 16,135 due to her political consulting firm, Pitta Bishop Del Giorno Giblin.

«I have interests in the (New York) City Council speaker's race and who gets it is crucial for me.»

De Blasio is holding sit - downs with several candidates vying to be the next City Council speaker this week, in a race where there is still no clear front - runner, and hopefuls for the position are striving to show their independence from the mayor.

With rumors racing and no clear evidence anyone had amassed the 76 votes needed for his ouster, the speaker began to reach out with his plan.

«If they try to meddle in the Assembly speaker race that would not be good for any candidate they support right now.

Alison Hirsh, the political director and a registered lobbyist for the building workers union 32BJ, is now the lead negotiator in the speaker's race for the council's Progressive Caucus, which Mark - Viverito co-chairs — and which is expected to emerge as a power broker in the speaker's race.

At the time, de Blasio was negotiating on behalf of Brooklyn members in a race to pick the next speaker, and was able to secure committee chairmanships — and the $ 15,000 stipends that came with them — for himself and two other members.

In New York City, the Hotel Trades Council spent nearly $ 100,000 in the city's 2017 election cycle, and its consultants worked on Corey Johnson's successful race for Council speaker last year.

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.

It may seem like campaign season is over in the city, but one is just getting started; Election Day was the unofficial start of the race for city council speaker — and some of the candidates are heading out of town to kick it off.

There is the Lower Manhattan race to replace Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, in which the Democrat, Alice Cancel, would be a lock for the solid - blue district were it not for an unexpectedly well - organized challenge from a third - party candidate, Yuh - Line Niou, who has accused Ms. Cancel of owing the Democratic nomination to Mr. Silver's hidden hand.

Van Bramer is one of eight councilmembers running for speaker, a race lacking any female candidates.

«I think right now everybody's suspect of which side somebody's on vis a vis the speaker's race and I think it's damaged the camaraderie of the body,» said Vincent Ignizio, a Staten Island Republican who supports Garodnick for speaker.

One of the city's leading consulting firms is quietly aiding Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito in her quest to become the next speaker of the City Council — yet another sign that the race for the city's second-most powerful position is revving up.