Sentences with phrase «who run the council»

Birmingham City Council has traditionally been dominated by Labour, who ran the council between 1984 and 2004.

Elections are closely contested and who runs the Council really does make a difference.

Ms Ward has a 1,151 majority over the Liberal Democrats (who run the council with an elected mayor), but the Conservatives are in a very strong third place - less than 1,000 votes behind the Lib Dems with 29.6 % of the vote.

She said there had been no discussions with the Lib Dems, who ran the council up until 2014, with whom she remains «diametrically opposed».

Not exact matches

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.

«The most excited group out there are big CEOs, about our tax plan,» says ex-Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn, who runs the National Economic Council in the Trump White House, in an interview with CNBC's John Harwood.

«I'm not the kind of guy who ran for student council as a kid,» says the married father of three.

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.

Sanders, an independent who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, said the bill aimed to hold opioid manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic and force them to help pay for the crisis, which the White House Council of Economic Advisers has estimated cost more than $ 500 billion in 2015..

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.

Cohn, who runs the National Economic Council, is not leaving for one particular reason, officials told the Times.

The consultant, Matthew C. Freedman, who is also a former lobbyist for foreign governments, runs his own corporate advisory firm and is treasurer of the American Australian Council, a group that helps promote business for American - based companies in Australia.

Donald Trump, who says he will announce next month whether he will run for president, called the Family Research Council's Perkins last week to chat for the first time, even though the thrice - married Trump isn't exactly known as a «family values» Republican.

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

Since none of the New Testament was written while Jesus was allegedly alive, who's to say that Saul (and later the Council of Nicaea) simply just didn't remove all reference to Jesus» wife, because it conflicted with how they wanted their church to be run?

Khoo, who represented the Council of Churches of Malaysia in the long - running «Allah case,» explains how it affected Malay Christians, as well as the overall religious freedom situation under current Prime Minister Najib Razak.

For those of you who don't know, I am running against @JordanSpieth for Chairman of the @PGATOUR Player Advisory Council.

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.

Allies of convicted felon and former state senator Hiram Monserrate, who is now running for the NYC Council, say they will file a lawsuit against NYC Board of Elections for moving polling sites from his stronghold in LeFrak City in Queens.

Last year Politics.co.uk followed the long - running legal battle between Manchester city council and rough sleepers who were camping out in the city centre.

But, it sounded to me like the younger Giuliani, who is currently working for NYC Council Minority Leader Jimmy Oddo, might be mulling a run closer to home sometime in the not - so - distant future.

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).

Sen. Tom Duane's brother, John, has created a campaign committee to run for the NYC Council in the 19th CD in Queens — a district currently represented by Dan Halloran, who is the sole Republican running for Congress in the newly - drawn NY - 6.

Manhattan Democratic Party Chair Keith Wright, who abdicated his Assembly seat last year to unsuccessfully pursue retired Rep. Charles Rangel's post, confirmed he's interested in running to replace Sen. Bill Perkins, who is expected to win a special election to fill the NYC Council vacancy created when Assemblywoman Inez Dickens was elected to Wright's old seat.

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

One of the most high - profile campaigns was run by the Focus E15 mums who had their own battle with Newham council over its housing policy.

The latest state legislator who appears to be eyeing a run for the New York City Council is Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Brooklyn Democrat and high - ranking member of his chamber.

Adam McFadden, a Democrat who currently serves as the vice president for the Rochester City Council, has announced his plans to run for the NY - 25 seat formerly occupied by the late Rep. Louise Slaughter.

Also running are: former NYC Council member Alan Gerson; Diego Segalini, a Lower East Side resident who's executive vice president of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; and former Brooklyn prosecutor Eileen Naples.

While I was doing that, Chris Quinn was using a corrupt slush fund to park taxpayer dollars in phony charities to buy political support and running the City Council budget in a way that rewarded her friends and punished those who disagreed with her.»

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.

Instead, he'll hand over the reigns to his close ally Kalman Yeger, who had been running for Council against Yeger's cousin - in - law Chaim Deutsch.

Voter participation in the council run - off election last weekend, counting everybody who mailed in a ballot or voted early, was 4.21 percent of the people who were registered to vote.

Vanessa Gibson, Council District 15, Bronx (Incumbent)-- Gibson, who's running for a second term representing the West Bronx, chairs the Council's Public Safety Committee.

Margaret Chin, Council District 1, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Chin, who's running for a third term representing Lower Manhattan, has been an outspoken advocate for pedestrian safety and placard reform.

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.

Behar, a progressive reformer who ran unsuccessfully for City Council and State Assembly, has been quietly building a coalition of community and civic leaders, which are already expressing encouragement.

Brad Lander, Council District 39, Brooklyn (Incumbent)-- Lander, who's running for a third term, has been as true a champion for safe streets and better transit as there is in the City Council.

At the same meeting the club endorsed by unanimous voice vote Council member Mary Cheh (D - Ward 3), who's running unopposed in the primary.

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.

Rodriguez, who has been a member of the State Assembly since 2011, is running for the open seat held by the City Council's term - limited Speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito.

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

Corey Johnson, Council District 3, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Johnson, who's running for his second term, distinguished himself as a vocal proponent of the Times Square pedestrian plaza when an uproar erupted over costumed characters and desnudas in 2015.

It is not a sure thing, however, as Chris Banks, the man who ran a tough primary race against Inez Barron in 2012, is seeking the Council seat this year.

Helen Rosenthal, Council District 6, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Rosenthal, who's running for a second term, won a primary rematch with the very capable Mel Wymore.

Oliver Rosenberg's campaign says that days after he filed papers to run in the June 28 primary, he was contacted by a Nadler ally who offered to raise thousands of dollars in campaign funds if Rosenberg instead ran for a City Council seat.

Garodnick is a former securities lawyer who ran for speaker of the City Council against Melissa Mark - Viverito five years ago and at one point considered running for city comptroller in 2013.

He also endorsed City Council candidate Bob Holden, who's running against incumbent Liz Crowley in the district that includes Middle Village.

Dennis Saffran, who lost a bid for the same Council seat in 2001 when he ran against Tony Avella, who is now a state senator, said he would be filing for another run at the spot within the week.