Sentences with phrase «ranking black elected official»

Cuomo was in the Democratic doghouse after his failed long - shot 2002 primary challenge to then - state Controller Carl McCall - at the time New York's highest - ranking black elected official and first black major party gubernatorial candidate.

Public Advocate Letitia James, the city's highest - ranking black elected official, said this afternoon she is «incredibly disappointed» that Philip Banks, the NYPD's chief of department and highest - ranked uniformed officer, abruptly resigned today.

According to my source, they're very concerned about losing the leadership post, which has gone to a black senator since November 2002 when David Paterson ousted then - Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor (a white Brooklynite) became the first non-white elected to lead a legislative conference in New York history and the highest - ranking black elected official in New York.

Early this week, according to a knowledgeable Democratic source, members of the state Senate's black caucus held a private meeting to discuss the ongoing leadership crisis in their chamber, which — even if it resolves in favor of the Democrats — could result in the ouster of the highest - ranking black elected official in New York.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Not exact matches

When Eric Garner, a black Staten Island man, died in July after police placed him in a chokehold, Ms. James — now the highest - ranked African - American elected official in the city — did not lead the charge of critics decrying the alleged police brutality.

If this week's arrests lead to more charges and convictions, they could further thin out the ranks of black and Latino elected officials around the country.

The letter came as de Blasio was facing criticism from black elected officials and law - enforcement leaders over the abrupt resignation of Chief of Department Philip Banks III, who was the force's highest - ranking black official.