Sentences with phrase «with running for mayor»

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It's a cause that Perry, a former L.A. councilwoman who has served in leadership positions with the city for nearly 25 years and ran for mayor in 2013, has long championed.

During his time at City Hall, where he sat back to back with the mayor, he says, they discussed the company for a total of perhaps one hour before Mike asked him to run it.

(Mello was a Catholic state legislator running for mayor of Omaha who, despite making the local Planned Parenthood folks happy with his evolving voting record, was deemed insufficiently pro-abortion.)

Laura Lavine, the Republican candidate for Syracuse mayor, split with her local campaign manager, Danny Fitzpatrick, and is bringing in a consultant from New York City, Michael Lawler, who ran Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's 2014 gubernatorial bid.

We know this because Doe Fund founder George McDonald, a Democrat - turned - Republican who is running for NYC mayor next year, tweeted a photo of the governor with said cake, and a message that he had «a wonderful time» celebrating with Cuomo last night.

During his visit, he was introduced to Klein for the first time by the IDC's newest member, Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who just so happens to be spending a lot of time with the NYC GOP leaders as he courts them in his long - shot bid to run on their ballot line in the upcoming mayor's race.

Now he's hanging out with Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps, helping the Tories in their hour of need, and hinting that he is in the running to be Conservative candidate for London mayor.

UPDATE: Buffalo - area bloggers and writers have been commenting about the anti-Grisanti machinations of «The Committee to Save the Eric County Republican Party» for a few months now, with multiple people connecting the «committee» to Matthew Ricchiazzi, a Cornell University graduate who ran a failed campaign for Buffalo mayor.

Perez Williams ran away with the Democratic nomination for mayor, giving her a huge leg up in November.

The 73 - year - old financial information industry billionaire, who earned a reputation as a social liberal with strong Wall Street ties during his time as New York City mayor, has considered a White House run for years.

It's been widely reported in the press that the Erie County Republican Party is not happy with the prospect of having a Republican running for mayor in November.

Letitia «Tish» James, the public advocate for the city of New York, has told people in recent days that she intends to run for New York City mayor in 2021, according to two sources familiar with the communication.

Actor Kelsey Grammer — one of showbiz's most outspoken conservatives — has flirted with the idea of running for public offices ranging from mayor of New York to president.

The city's argument is in part based on a ruling from the city's Conflict of Interests Board that granted waivers to two de Blasio advisers to continue working with the mayor after leaving City Hall to go work for Hilltop, which ran the Campaign for One New York and associated groups, despite a one - year ban on doing so.

One day after de Blasio won reelection as mayor, and with Cuomo preparing to run for reelection next year, there is speculation that both want to call 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. home.

On a conference call with reporters, Cuomo had this to say: «And on people who may not — mayor or may not run for governor, on both sides of the aisle, that's up to them, and we'll deal with it as the campaign progresses,» said Cuomo.

Jeffrey Graham, who served for 20 years as the mayor of Watertown, the district's largest population center with 27,000 residents, now runs a local political blog and supports both Trump and Stefanik.

A source with knowledge of the mayor's plans put all that speculation to bed, insisting that Brown is definitely planning to run for re-election this fall, although the mayor's team would only say — officially speaking — that his focus right now is on continued progress in the city.

After lunching today with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, former Staten Island BP Guy Molinari says the so - called GOP «dream» candidate for NYC mayor won't be running in 2013, explaining: «He has been in the public sector for a very long time.

Hogan, with support from Denno and Joy, ran against Miner for mayor in 2013.

Harlem pastor Calvin Butts says he's considering running for mayor — and would consider forming an alliance with the Republican Party against Mayor de Blasio.

With no oversight or subpoena power, «it is clear by now that the public advocate position has just become a taxpayer - funded method to run for mayor of the city of New York,» Sliwa said.

Lhota also gave a detailed look at his decision to run for mayor and his related discussions with Governor Cuomo.

Comptroller Scott Stringer — who in 2012 flirted with the possibility of running for mayor — announced this week he's auditing the city's much - maligned Build It Back program.

Moskowitz, a former City Council member who ran for Manhattan Borough President in 2005, has long had an interest in being mayor and she's been deeply engaged with New York City and State government in her current role.

But now, the former congressman is reportedly talking to friends about a 2013 comeback, possibly running for mayor or public advocate and the friends are making the idea public to see how it flies with New Yorkers.

Among the questions: what is working, and not working, in the Build it Back program, the mayor's reaction to a report that a family he visited in the Arverne section of Rockaway is «getting close» to losing faith in the mayor, the scope / number of people still directly affected by Sandy, whether his weekend trip to Pennsylvania involved a meeting with the consultants running the Build it Back program, whether he stands by statements he made during a September visit to Far Rockaway's St. Mary Star of the Sea, whether the Bloomberg administration allocated enough money to housing from the first tranch of federal assistance, whether he agrees with Oddo's idea of acquiring land for redevelopment, the role of Michael DeLoach in Build it Back, whether New Yorkers should be concerned that they may lose desirable options under Build it Back after de Blasio completes his review and issues on elevation of existing structures v. new construction.

Weiner, who previously ran for mayor in 2005, entered the race less than four months before the Democratic primary and with a $ 4.8 million campaign war chest.

Though Tabone accepted the envelope filled with cash, his legal team argued that he remained a firm supporter of John Catsimatidis, who also ran for mayor in 2013 and employed Tabone as a lawyer for his company, the Red Apple Group.

With current Albany Common Council President Carolyn McLaughlin running for mayor in tomorrow's pivotal primary, three Democrats are vying to replace her.

It comes in the case against state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D - Queens), who stands accused of scheming with officials in New York City and Rockland County to raise funds for his one - time attempt to switch parties and run for mayor as a Republican.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has his own grand jury contemplating evidence the mayor and his team ran a corrupt pay - for - play scheme with rich donors to his now - defunct political nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, exchanging government favors for cash.

Also, amusingly, Smith — whose leadership four years ago was rendered embarrassingly ineffectual by his conference's defectors, and who is no longer in a meaningful leadership position — is now rumored to be flirting with a party switch, after having floated his own name to run for mayor of New York City next year as a Republican.

Talk to Democrats, and most speak with affection for Hogan - although many quietly wish he weren't running for mayor.

The borough presidency — a high - profile position with very limited powers — will become vacant next year because the incumbent, Scott Stringer, is planning to run for mayor.

The mayor, armed with a $ 15 billion fortune, publicly denies in the most emphatic terms — death, incapacitation — any interest in cutting short his third term to run for higher office.

John Zaccaro Jr., 52, is running for mayor of Saltaire, LI, a vacation village on Fire Island with just 400 homes.

In a recent interview with TV Biz, the comedian said, «If you play gigs, you earn money, which is good for someone who wants to run for mayor».

John Liu, a former city comptroller, was hit Thursday with a hefty fine in connection with his 2013 run for mayor.

During a meeting with some of his top staff this week, NYC Councilman Rory Lancman announced he is mulling a run for mayor, surprising staffers who then attempted to talk him out of considering the possibility.

Ian Hunter, a conservative Republican, filed 680 signatures with the Onondaga County Board of Elections to put his name on the November ballot to run for mayor of Syracuse.

In 1961, with no other political experience, he was encouraged to run for mayor.

Malliotakis, a 36 - year - old Republican who represents parts of Staten Island and southern Brooklyn and is so far the only woman out of more than a dozen people registered to run for mayor, formally registered a committee to run with the state's Board of Elections on Monday.

He suggested the Quinn, who is hoping to run for mayor in 2013 with at least tacit support from Michael Bloomberg, saw the bill through to win favor with the adminisration.

Republican Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is planning to run for mayor of New York City, with at least the short - term goal of injecting a little bit of «excitement» into a mayoral race that she says sorely needs it.

Dadey said he is still actively recruiting candidates for the mayor's race and has not had serious talks with anyone, including former Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, about running for the congressional seat.

It's not immediatley clear what Menin will run for: possibly a Council seat or, with Stringer likely to run for mayor, the borough presidency.

The judge noted that Ortt said in his grand jury testimony that he was approached in 2008 by Maziarz, then a politically potent GOP senator, along with Bill Patton and Wojtaszek about running for North Tonawanda mayor.

«I honestly don't know how you can sit here with a straight face after blowing billions of dollars and ask the City Council for more money when you can't even met your own deadlines that the mayor set forth,» said Ulrich, a Republican publicly weighing running against de Blasio next year.

He cited homelessness, the criminal justice system and mental health care as issues that The Bronx continues to struggle with, and although he criticized the city for its handling of the homelessness issue, his overall tone was milder than in his 2016 speech, when he hinted at a run for mayor and said the city had «failed» the borough during its outbreak of Legionnaires» disease.