Sentences with phrase «running for mayor»

«I looked at the candidates running for mayor and I said, «You know what?

Laura Lavine, who made headlines when she agreed to become LaFayette schools superintendent at a $ 30,000 annual salary, said today she is «very interested» in running for mayor of Syracuse.

The questions included favorable / unfavorable feelings for Weiner as well as for the five Democrats already running or assumed to be running for mayor — NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Comptroller John Liu and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson.

State Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson tells us she's officially running for mayor of Mount Vernon.

The leader of the Women's Equality Party sets out why she is running for mayor of London and the changes she wants to see in the capital.

John Zaccaro Jr., 52, is running for mayor of Saltaire, LI, a vacation village on Fire Island with just 400 homes.

Erie County Republican Chairman Nicholas A. Langworthy also notes that no member of the GOP has yet approached him about running for mayor this year.

I've gotten to know Kearns from his time on the Council and running for mayor against Brown in 2009.

The mayoral run will come in 2015 and if Thompson is reelected this November to her Senate seat, she could still hold on to it while running for mayor of the Westchester city of 68,000 souls.

Nicole Malliotakis holds a press conference at the City Hall steps to announce that she is running for mayor, Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin, also running for mayor, commented on the report on NewsChannel 13: «There are a number of suggestions that we have got to educate the community on.

After months of speculation, former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner announced in a YouTube video posted to his campaign website late Tuesday that he is running for mayor of New York City.

Nicoletti has made several unsuccessful attempts at running for mayor before, but he has insisted that just shows his commitment to Syracuse.

John Catsimatidis, the wealthy founder of the Gristedes grocery chain, is running for mayor as a Republican.

When I read of state Sen. Malcolm Smith's interest in running for mayor as a Republican, Nena's «99 Red Balloons» played in my head: «99 red balloons / Floating in the summer sky / Panic bells — it's red alert.»

MANHATTAN, Mont. — There's one person running for mayor of Manhattan, Montana, and he only needs to vote for himself to win.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Ask Rep. Hakeem Jeffries if he's running for mayor against Bill de Blasio in 2017 and his answer couldn't be any more final.

Tabone, 46, is also an aide to Republican John Catsimatidis, the wealthy Gristedes owner who is running for mayor this fall, working on the campaign and as a lawyer in the real estate department of Red Apple Group since 2008.

Talk to Democrats, and most speak with affection for Hogan - although many quietly wish he weren't running for mayor.

Eight other independents are running for mayor as well, but most have little or no money to their name.

With current Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin running for mayor in tomorrow's pivotal primary, three Democrats are vying to replace her.

Ulrich, a Council Member from Queens who's running for mayor and long a critic of Mayor de Blasio, organized the rally and press conference to «protest Mayor de Blasio's failed homeless policies.»

And in what appeared to be a critique of Bill Thompson, who re-emerged recently after running for mayor four years ago, de Blasio said there were others candidates «who practice a politics of the moment, who are heroic in election years but not engaged in the day to day fight to save our neighborhoods when their names aren't on the ballot.»

Most of the proposed corridors on Fifth and Sixth avenues go through Community Board 5, led by district manager Wally Rubin, and City Council District 3, represented by Speaker Christine Quinn, who is vacating her seat and running for mayor.

«The question is whether the people running for mayor believe that, because the job of any mayor is to continue to invest in the facilities and training and continue to support the leadership that make our Finest the finest police department anywhere,» he said.

He must resign from the MTA because city law prohibits him from running for mayor while holding the position of chairman at the transit agency.

«Kelly has always said that being mayor or running for mayor wasn't in his DNA.

But now, the former congressman is reportedly talking to friends about a 2013 comeback, possibly running for mayor or public advocate and the friends are making the idea public to see how it flies with New Yorkers.

Isay worked as a spokesman for Hevesi, who was running for mayor in the 2001 Democratic primary against Bronx Borough President Freddy Ferrer and Mark Green.

«I have no interest in running for mayor of the City of New York.

Comptroller Scott Stringer — who in 2012 flirted with the possibility of running for mayor — announced this week he's auditing the city's much - maligned Build It Back program.

But Sergio Rodriquez, running for mayor of Buffalo as a Republican, said in a televised interview taped March 18 that unnamed GOP operatives dangled a job offer in front of him as an enticement for bowing out of the campaign.

Maxwell will first have to take on the other Democratic candidates running for mayor including Alfonso Davis and City Auditor Marty Masterpole for the party's nomination.

«She's running for mayor of the city of New York.

Now he's running for mayor as a Democrat, challenging an incumbent who Gangi charges is «no longer a credible progressive.»

She's running for mayor of Rochester this year against incumbent Democrat Lovely Warren.

Both LICH and Interfaith became magnets for «Shame on Cuomo» chants, and rallying cries for de Blasio, who was then running for mayor.

Jimmy McMillan, political activist and founder of the Rent Is Too Damn High party, ran for governor in 2010 and is running for mayor next year.

Frank Commisso, Jr., an Albany common councilman who is running for mayor this year, has pledged to spearhead his own «audit of the tax - exempt status of SUNY Poly,» adding in a blog post that «the many private and profitable companies being sheltered under the tax - exempt status of SUNY Poly [must] finally pay their fair share toward the cost of city services.»

The state contended that before running for mayor of North Tonawanda, the Army veteran who won a Bronze Star in Afghanistan participated in an illegal scheme to pad his taxpayer - funded salary.

Harlem pastor Calvin Butts says he's considering running for mayor — and would consider forming an alliance with the Republican Party against Mayor de Blasio.

Running for mayor of Buffalo on the Republican line has become a heavy lift.

Quinn, a front - runner among the handful of Democrats running for mayor, said that the revelations about her previous struggles were not part of a campaign to soften her image.

«I see some of the candidates running for mayor, and I wonder what kind of a city they want to create,» he said.

Additional Note: Comptroller candidate Michel Faulkner endorsed Paul Massey for mayor shortly after Faulkner switched from running for mayor to running for comptroller.

Although Diaz Jr. would not say whether he is running for mayor for sure, the borough president did not hesitate to take jabs at de Blasio and his administration during the forum.

Markowitz has not expressed interest in running for mayor.

She's prevented by term limits from running for mayor again.

Although she has not indicated whether she is running for mayor, she seemed to position herself for a possible bid at her inauguration ceremony in January, where she gave a long speech outlining her achievements while in office.

Sal Albanese, a Democrat running for mayor, says the deal is part of a pattern for his opponent, Mayor Bill de Blasio.