Sentences with phrase «speaker candidate debate»

Moments after the most recent speaker candidate debate took place on the evening of November 21, gay Councilman - elect Corey Johnson of Chelsea, one of the caucus» new members, said the progressives will be meeting with all seven declared candidates and added he «look [s] forward» to bringing up issues regarding LGBT rights during those discussions.

Not exact matches

At 6:30 p.m., AARP and Telemundo host a debate among the candidates for New York City Council speaker, 92nd Street YMCA, 1395 Lexington Ave., Manhattan.

Many of the members hailed the unity the Council showed as it lined up unanimously behind the new speaker, and amid the swell of agreeability Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens)-- who was a candidate for the position early on — stood out when he said debate should not be taboo.

The plan was for Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle to serve as interim speaker while a field of candidates debated their ideas for reforming Albany's culture of corruption before a Feb. 10 election.

Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum and Richard Corcoran continue to spar over immigration policies and in the latest — the Tallahassee Democratic mayor has challenged the Republican state house speaker to a debate.

De Blasio has widely divergent relationships with the seven speaker candidates — the most distant being that with Harlem's Inez Dickens, whose opponent he endorsed in the September primary — but in debates each has been careful to acknowledge the «mandate» he earned in his sweeping 50 - point victory over Republican Joe Lhota.