Sentences with phrase «running public battle»

The two men, engaged in a long - running public battle that has even affected public policy, both spoke about achieving a higher minimum wage, and then shook hands and hugged at the end of the one - mile trot from 145th Street to 125th Street.

Not exact matches

While the Republicans are holding a very public battle over who they'll select to run in Grimm's stead, the Democrats have been fairly quiet.

The long - running battle between the Working Families Party and the NY Post continues this morning with an e-mail from the labor - backed party's executive director that uses the tabloid's latest anti-WFP editorial as a rallying cry for a statewide public campaign financing system.

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

Fahey has never run for public office, but he's a sharp guy, the brains behind much of the research Higgins used to do battle with the state Thruway and Power Authorities.

These are the «open» seats, as are those in three other races: District 21 Council Member Julissa Ferreras - Copeland announced she would not be running for reelection, opening up her seat for a competitive battle; in District 44, Council Member David Greenfield made a relatively late announcement that he will not seek reelection, but he is expected to be replaced by his chosen successor and close ally Kalman Yeger; and in District 28, Ruben Wills was recently removed from office when he was convicted on federal public corruption charges — there is a crowded competition to replace him.

Battle of the Books is part of the overall Summer Reading initiative run by the 37 - site Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System where school age children are encouraged to read during the summer months in an effort to advance their academic performance.

Something the public loves to hate in its political cabals battling to run the country from the thick of Westminster's guerrilla territories, and something our war - painted politicos on all sides perennially condemn as an obstruction to policy - building, while sharpening their poison darts in the undergrowth.

The mayor and comptroller have engaged in bitter public relations battles going back to their first year in office — giving rise to rumors that Stringer will challenge de Blasio in this September's Democratic primary instead of running for re-election.

The newly formed group recently ran television ads in Wisconsin supporting Scott Walker, the new Republican governor whose battles with the state's public sector unions made national headlines.

The district and Ms. Johnsen are currently locked in a long - running legal battle whose outcome could have consequences for other nurses working in public schools.

Furthermore, in accepting public funds, religious schools run the risk of being mired in political debates, battles over regulation and accountability, and disruptive inquiries into their school standards in admission, curriculum, and hiring practices.

As parents and public school advocates join teachers and their unions in this historic battle to ensure our public schools are run for the benefit of the public and not corporate America, we should be just as loud and clear that our schools need far more IAs and that IAs deserve far better pay.

Since the internet first took hold of public consciousness the very question of content piracy and what piracy means has been distorted by two notable and related running battles featuring factions that I don't respect.

In the latest development in the Apple vs. Samsung worldwide legal battle, Apple has received a significant wrist slap from Britain's Court of Appeal, requiring that Apple run a public apology for bringing the action against Samsung.