Sentences with phrase «victory against the council»

In this case the Commission won yet another victory against the Council.

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Demos worked on Pataki's 1998 re-election campaign — the one in which Pataki cruised to victory against his Democratic opponent, former NYC Council Speaker Peter Vallone, after coming from pretty much nowhere (the back bench of the state Senate) to oust liberal icon Mario Cuomo from the governor's office four years earlier.

As for Sanders, a heated primary battle and victory against state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) has played a part in some of his absences from Council meetings, his office said.

Will she avoid the inevitable second wave of blood letting following their famous coup against their Council leader only weeks after a tremendous election victory in 2006?