Sentences with phrase «while public advocate»

Nine percent gave their support to current City Comptroller John Liu while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio garnered 8 %.

Borough President Melinda Katz called it a hub for free speech, while Public Advocate Letitia James hailed the plazaas a «safe and accepting place for New Yorkers of all religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations and genders» to gather without fear of bigotry or hatred.

For example, former city Comptroller Bill Thompson was endorsed by State Sen. Adriano Espaillat and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has captured key local Latino lawmakers in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn, for instance, shares some of Mr. Weiner's penchant for direct talk and outspokenness, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is trying hard to win the outer - borough ethnic white voters that used to be part of Mr. Weiner's base.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg can not run for re-election because of the city's term limits law, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Comptroller John Liu are both running for Mayor rather than seeking re-election to their current offices.

While Public Advocate Bill de Blasio anxiously awaits the results of Saturday's recount to determine whether he will be forced into an October 1 runoff against former City Controller and 2009 Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Thompson, at least one of de Blasio's lesser - known opponents in -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

While it's possible the terms of his employment agreement with (and departure from) Facebook could prevent him from taking an active role at a competitor (or any company in the virtual reality space) for several months (or even years), he could reassume his public presence as an advocate for VR technology and its larger potential.

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

While terms like «patent protection» and «public domain» were clearly part of the IPR debate, it also stretched to the cost of drugs and the availability of medicines, encompassing terms like «health advocates» and «pharmaceutical companies.»

A Christian social policy in favour of freedom can not simply consist in advocating freedom and tolerance while trying to abolish all compulsory ordering of social life and public opinion because these are felt to threaten freedom.

While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

The public discussion at ICAN 2011 demonstrates two things: MANA is appallingly cynical in its willingness to boast about a low C - section rate while refusing to acknowledge how many dead babies CPMs left in their wake, and homebirth advocates are pathetically gullible.

While Schakowsky's bill was welcomed by school cafeteria managers and food - safety advocates, industry officials said the dissemination of safety records could stoke unnecessary public fears and prove difficult for cafeteria managers to interpret.

I am not advocating that mothers avoid going out in public while breastfeeding.

While I was reading some of the comments I came across one that I am a big advocate on... breastfeeding in public.

Often when I post about a woman who has been harassed while breastfeeding in public or a blog post advocating for the fair treatment of breastfeeding women I see comments such as these:

HUMAN Everywhere's mission is to leverage the power of social entrepreneurship to improve the nation's collective health by increasing access to nutrition education and healthful foods while advocating for public policy that contributes to these goals.

While tooling around the Internet one day I stumbled upon the story of Sara Salo, a public health advocate in Bend, Oregon who is going to be biking across the country to bring attention to school food reform.

Similarly, James Weill, president of Food Research & Action Center, a leading anti-hunger group, referred to the bill in a press release as «ill conceived» and «deeply flawed,» while Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, stated that the bill «would roll back key progress that schools, health advocates, and the Administration have worked so hard to achieve over the last six years.»

Cuomo then left the stage while greeting Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and various union members.

While discussing his «no» vote on Intro 182, Councilmember Jumaane Williams, a vocal critic of the compromises made to the bill, continued speaking after his two minutes of allotted talk time had expired, as Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito and Public Advocate Letitia James urged him to stop.

While he has spoken to the above trio, along with former Comptroller Bill Thompson, he said that Public Advocate Bill de Blasio had yet to return his message.

While they did pretty well in predicting the NYC public advocate and comptroller primaries last year, it's really early — eight weeks to go — in the AG primary season, and most voters won't be focusing until the final weeks of the campaign.

While the Senate Democrats and HIV / AIDS advocates are slamming Gov. David Paterson for vetoing a rent - cap bill that would have limited the amount people on public assistance who are suffering from the disease can pay for housing, Mayor Bloomberg is voicing support for the governor's decision.

Billionaire Republican Ken Langone told CNBC that it would be «wonderful» if Bharara ran for either office, while New York's liberal public advocate Tish James was even less circumspect: «Run, Preet, Run» she tweeted after he announced he had been fired.

But during a recent CapTon interview, the Adirondack Council's Willie Janeway said he and other advocates are are trying to remain optimistic, while continuing to press for their preferred classification in advance of the public hearings.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio receives 10 % of the Democratic vote while current Comptroller John Liu has the support of 9 %.

While the language of the ballot measure has yet to be determined, the commission passed a resolution for voters to decide whether terms for mayor, public advocate, city comptroller, borough presidents and Council members should revert back to two terms.

Mayor Bill de Blasio first created the list in 2010 while serving as the city's public advocate.

He also slammed de Blasio for staying silent on the independent expenditure while railing against the flow of corporate money in elections for years in his role as public advocate.

In a statement, the Public Advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate said, «Companies like Cerberus profit from the sale of deadly assault weapons and the NRA's obstruction of commonsense gun control — all while our communities are victimized.

While other elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joined Sharpton, Cuomo participated by phone.

Lhota and de Blasio differ sharply on charter schools: de Blasio, the city's public advocate, wants to charge them rent while Lhota has called for doubling the number of charters.

The Public Advocate noted that 50,000 New Yorkers, including children, presently live in homeless shelters, while many others have been displaced by soaring rents.

While the budget allocated $ 146 million to early childhood education and after - school programming, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said city officials had missed a chance to restore cuts from previous years.

Similarly, Public Advocate Letitia James has refunded $ 3,912.82 to taxpayers, while City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito has given back $ 4,274.13.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn has slipped into third place among the Democratic candidates for mayor, while New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio leads the field and former Comptroller Bill Thompson is within striking distance, according to an amNewYork - News 12 poll released Thursday.

endorses Assemblywoman Grace Meng, who is vying to take Ackerman's spot once he retires, while former Public Advocate Mark Green stands with Assemblyman Rory Lancman to endorse him and call for campaign finance reform.

While a majority of Moreland Commission members backed a recommendation in a preliminary report to create a public financing system, seven members joined a dissent that argued against the proposal, which is backed by labor groups and good - government advocates.

Jonathan Lippman, who was chief judge of the state Court of Appeals from 2009 through last year, has joined the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he will provide expertise on state law and appellate matters while remaining a high - profile advocate on the public policy issues.

NYC Public Advocate Tish James channeled her inner Tina Turner during a holiday party this weekend, belting out a surprisingly impressive rendition of «Proud Mary,» while the Queens Democratic leader, Rep. Joe Crowley, jammed alongside her on electric guitar.

While others have discussed the likelihood that they will run, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) and city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Weiner is the only one who filed paperwork July 15 with the city for his bid to become the city's head honcho.

While in law school, he served as a student advocate at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, an intern at Cardozo Beth Tzedek Legal Service.

Both Mr. Squadron and former Deputy Public Advocate Reshma Saujani raised roughly $ 1 million while spending close to $ 200,000.

While they did not play a decisive role in the Democratic primary for mayor, the WFP spearheaded the elections of the City Council speaker, comptroller, public advocate and various City Council candidates across the city.

While it's true that, as Public Advocate, James stands first in the line of succession to New York's mayoralty, we didn't realize that it was on the forefront of her mind.

The arrests came one day after those of Public Advocate Bill De Blasio and City Councilman Steve Levin, cuffed while protesting outside the SUNY State College of Optometry for protesting the anticipated closure of the beleaguered Cobble Hill hospital on Wednesday.

Nine percent of Democrats say they would support Public Advocate Bill de Blasio while 4 % would back Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

While serving as Supervisor and in working with Public Advocate, Delgaudio has remained a vocal activist for conservative causes.

The legislation would allow three terms for the Council, while keeping the max at two for the mayor, public advocate, controller and borough presidents.