Sentences with phrase «top pols»

The 23 - term Democratic veteran said Wright has support from several top pols from The Bronx, which includes half the district, and predicted he would continue Harlem's «political success» in Washington.

The list of top pols convicted or ushered out of office under a cloud of charges — Eliot Spitzer, Malcolm Smith, Pedro Espada, Alan Hevesi — only seems to grow.

This group, roughly 100 strong, consists of some of the world's top pol...

Human activities are the principal cause,» declared the UN's top pol, citing the IPCC report.

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Topping the list: Pols like Assemblyman / Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez, Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council's founder.

And they are both widely seen as top contenders for their respective parties» nominations in 2016, and so consequently need to differentiate themselves not just from each other but from every other like - minded pol in America.

The East 91st Street project — which residents fear will bring bringing vermin, noise and a host of health and traffic - safety problems to the area — was recently propelled from being a primarily neighborhood controversy to a top talking point both for mayoral contenders and pols across the city.

Thursday's bust of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is the pinnacle of a growing series of convictions of shady pols, and is another feather in the cap for the prosecutor who is quickly becoming known as one of the country's top lawmen.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and other top lawmakers are working on a budget provision that would establish a pay commission for state pols, who have not had a salary raise since 1999.

A voluble, Bloomberg - bashing pol when she served in the City Council, Ms. James was strikingly mum as Mr. de Blasio drew criticism for placing a phone call to police after a top ally was arrested early this year.

James, a licensed attorney with a law degree from Howard University, wanted her fellow pols to call Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - The Bronx) and tell him they back her for the job of top law - enforcer in the state, sources said.

Limiting how long members may serve in top leadership posts would help prevent any single pol from becoming another Silver, who reigned for 20.

Now we know what it takes for Gov. Cuomo to sacrifice from his campaign war chest: a parade of other top local pols letting go of gifts from a donor suddenly in the news for decades of alleged sexual harassment.

Sheldon Silver was so eager to get his hands on legal fees paid by asbestos victims that a top lawyer at his firm had to personally deposit the checks into the pol's bank account to speed up the process, a witness testified at the former Assembly speaker's corruption trial Tuesday.

The pols allegedly formed an alliance built on cash payments and fraud to get Smith — one of the state's top Democrats — placed on the GOP mayoral ballot, sources said.

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