Sentences with phrase «running the council on»

Richard Haass, a former aide to both presidents Bush who now runs the Council on Foreign Relations, recently wrote an essay declaring «Liberal World Order, R.I.P.» due to Trumpism and other threats.

Labour were running the council on a minority basis before this election after a decade - long spell when no one party has had an overall majority.

Not exact matches

After an unsuccessful run for Calgary's city council in 2011, he decided to embark on a far more unlikely venture — to help bring manufacturing back to Detroit.

The global consulting giant makes its living telling other companies, governments and organizations how to be more innovative, and right now McKinsey is run by a Canadian, Dominic Barton, who also heads Ottawa's Advisory Council on Economic Growth.

One of Facebook's prominent advertisers, Swiss food and drink company Nestle SA, is already on board, Everson said, and the council should be up and running by early 2017.

Councils depend on cookie earnings to run their programming, which supports incredible experiences for girls, and girls decide how to invest their troop's portion of the earnings in impactful community projects and personal enrichment opportunities.

Uber hosted a «jobs event» for prospective and current drivers to showcase how many New York residents» jobs would be cut if the vehicle cut were to take effect, and also ran TV ads, bought banner ads on websites, sent out direct mailers to constituents of City Council members who are proponents of the proposed legislation, and even reportedly tried to persuade the Rev. Al Sharpton to oppose the for - hire - vehicle cap.

UNITED NATIONS, United States — Germany on Wednesday rejected claims that it violated a supposed decades - old agreement to let Israel run unopposed for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

From 2006 to 2007 he served as a director on the Lacombe Economic Development Board and ran unsuccessfully for Lacombe municipal council in 2007.

Mayor Bill Smith had only run for elected office once before his win and Mayor Mandel served only one - term on Council before being elected as mayor in 2004.

North Korea also ran a near - record trade deficit of $ 1.96 billion with China in 2017, the NIS reportedly informed the National Assembly on Monday, owing to United Nations Security Council sanctions banning exports of goods including coal, marine products and garments.

Actually, many of the public shelters are run by a church group or a council of churches on contract to the city.

Grassley «is not just asking them to come in and talk, he is asking them for everything,» Kenneth Behr, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, told The Tampa Tribune, which in May ran a lengthy investigative report on the Whites» Without Walls church and its finances.

Most metropolitan councils in fact have been essentially conservative, white - dominated, establishment - run organizations that engaged in nothing more radical than sponsorship of the training of clergy in hospital visitation or publication of a hesitant statement on some controversial issue.

When here and there in draft decrees of the Council stress was laid on this role of conscience as irreplaceable even in practice, anxious voices could be heard in the aula, pointing out in alarm that in earlier days the Church used to lay down clear and unmistakable norms, whereas now even at the Council appeal was being made to the individual conscience, so running the risk of slipping down into an arbitrary, subjective situation ethics.

«We are talking to the city council about how much money they spend on prison, schools, hospitals — places the city runs — and how much money it spends on food in those areas.

The Sun Herald reported on December 20 that the Australian Beverages Council had threatened to run attack advertising against the Baird Government during the March election if cabinet voted in favour of a container deposit policy.

You'll find information on all the council run Resident Camps - Bothin near Marin, Skylark Ranch near Santa Cruz, and Sugar Pine near Arnold.

Highland Park — At an unusual joint meeting this week of the City Council and Park District Board, park commissioners called on the city to give up running the city - owned Highland Park Country Club.

Some residents are also upset about comments some members of the citizen - run Haas Park Advisory Council, which makes recommendations to the Park District based on community input, made at a meeting in June concerning the possibility of all - night basketball at the new park.

His onstage theatrics — a very liberating experience for boys — did nothing to prevent him from being the first out on the play yard at recess for kickball, running successfully for class representative to the student council or being a sometimes goofy but articulate class participant.

According to Queens and Albany sources, the Senate Democrats had been working on Avella's behalf to smooth feathers he ruffled with local Democrats thanks to his handling last year of a local NYC Council race and his short - lived run for borough president.

Interesting that Cuomo is wading in on behalf of Fahey, who is facing a fellow Democrat, Common Council Member Michael «Mickey» Kearns, who is running on the GOP line.

Today, for instance, I can only find five ad campaigns running: one for drug company Novartus, one for a prescription benefit plan (also running in the Post's political section), a CATO Institute ad for a book, an ad from the American Council of Life Insurers and an Environmental Defense ad on global warming.

Democratic Sen. Ruben Diaz on Tuesday announced he will run for the New York City Council, making him the latest in a string of Albany lawmakers looking for work that is closer to home and with better pay.

Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).

The NYT calls on Brooklyn residents to reject Vito Lopez's NYC Council candidacy if he makes good on his threat to run.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo's hand - picked LG running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, was relentlessly on message following his comments at the Business Council's annual meeting yesterday, stressing repeatedly that the campaign needs to «get back to the issues.»

Concannon was thought to have been courted by the Bloomberg administration to run for City Council — part of the mayor's attack on the community safety act.

Mascia, who's now 70, is running for a seat on the Common Council as a Democrat in a three - way primary.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

NYC Councilman David Greenfield is asking the Manhattan Democratic Party to boot a Council candidate running on his opposition to «greedy Jewish landlords» off the party rolls.

«I read that he is against marriage equality and that he is against a woman's right to choose, and as a progressive Democrat that troubles me tremendously,» said Melissa DeRosa, the secretary to the governor, in response to a question in an interview on WCNY's The Capitol Pressroom, while also noting Williams unsuccessfully ran for City Council president.

David Axelrod, the chief strategist for Obama's presidential campaigns, is among the big - name alumni pitching in to raise cash for NYC Council candidate Ronnie Cho, himself a former Obama White House and campaign vet who is running for an open seat on the East Side.

Ydanis Rodriguez, Council District 10, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Rodriguez, who has distinguished himself as the outspoken chair of the City Council's Committee on Transportation, is running for his third term.

«The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents workers in New York and New Jersey, on Monday will begin running a television and digital ad campaign against the referendum.

Brad was elected to the City Council in 2009, and reelected in 2013, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, to represent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington.

Syracuse Democratic Councilor Khalid Bey is looking to expand his influence by running for an open at - large seat on the Common Council in November.

Lander was elected to the City Council in 2009, and reelected in 2013, running on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines, to represent the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, and Kensington.

«What they are doing at Rikers is running an alien program rather than a criminal alien program,» said Daniel Dromm, Chair of the NYC Council's Committee on Immigrant Affairs.

And yet, by the time he threw himself into the crowded field of candidates running for mayor of New York in 2013, he had spent more than a decade honing his political skills, serving two terms on the City Council and one as public advocate, and he managed to outmaneuver higher - profile opponents like Christine Quinn, the New York City Council speaker (and Mayor Bloomberg's all - but - anointed successor).

City Council candidate Mujib Rahman, a Democrat running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines, speaks to reporters in Jackson Heights.

Antonio Reynoso, Council District 34, Brooklyn / Queens (Incumbent)-- Reynoso, who's established himself as a leader in the City Council on matters of pedestrian and cyclist safety, is running for a second term.

Simon Hughes attacks Labour - run #Southwark council for «wasting extraordinary amounts» on #freeschoolmeals pic.twitter.com/P4Zw6 2pZTu

The speaker, who is term - limited from running for re-election, has been one of the most prolific fundraisers on the Council this year, including a $ 15,000 haul over the last filing period.

The council, which relies heavily on public cash, pays big bucks to Lopez's girlfriend and campaign treasurer, who run the place.

Conservative - run Richmond Council is holding a referendum on the expansion of Heathrow Airport.

Gay rights activists slammed Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman who is a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for making a $ 1,000 donation to state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s NYC Council run because Diaz Sr. voted «no» on same - sex marriage.

In the wake of Staten Island DA Dan Donovan's announcement yesterday that he would take a pass on seeking Row C in light of a likely investigation by his office into new reports of a $ 10,000 business loan by a failed NYC Council candidate from Staten Island to MacKay's wife, I asked Wilson spokesman Bill O'Reilly if his candidate was concerned about running on Row C.

Assemblyman Alex Brook - Krasny has signed on with fundraiser Cindy Darrison and is eyeing a NYC Council run.