Sentences with phrase «years as an elected official»

Jesse Hamilton has spent his entire career helping people, including over 15 years as an elected official in Crown Heights, eight years as President of the School Board and the last eight representing our community as District Leader of the 43rd Assembly District.

Duehay has also served 36 years as an elected official in the City of Cambridge, and during this period was three times elected Mayor.

Not exact matches

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

About 47 percent of white evangelicals were less likely to vote for someone who had served as an elected official in Washington for many years, while 34 percent said it made no difference and 18 percent said such political experience would make their support more likely.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

New York City wants elected and community officials to speak up about potential locations for new homeless shelters in their neighborhoods as it enters the second year of its effort to build 90 citywide.

NYC elected officials rallied behind workers as their strike against Spectrum hit the one - year mark, with some suggesting the company's franchise agreement with the city could be in danger.

At 9:30 a.m., the de Blasio Administration and elected officials will announce that the Department of Homeless Services has ended the use of more than 42 percent of cluster units citywide as part of the its commitment to phasing out the 18 - year - old stop - gap cluster site program, 1146 Ogden Ave., the Bronx.

Statewide elected official would limited to eight years as would new members of the Legislature.

A host of city and state elected officials stood on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall with Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon on Tuesday as she announced that she will seek re-election to represent the 52nd Assembly District for another two years.

He served eight years as a mayoral advisor, mainly as liaison to elected officials and community groups for New York City Mayor Ed Koch.

The highlight each year is the mayor's performance, which serves as a rebuttal of sorts to the reporters» show, which opens the night by skewering the mayor and other city and state elected officials.

«Because as of June 8th of last year, I became the highest - ranking elected official... not because I asked anybody for permission, but because I forced my way into a room that locked (out) Latinos and African Americans for decades.»

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

Bill became a postman in Liverpool in 1974, and after 18 years as a lay union activist before becoming a full time official in various capacities and being elected general secretary in 2001.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

Mangano's inaction, widely expected in political circles, likely means that his eight - year tenure as Nassau's top elected official will end Dec. 31 and ensures that former state Sen. Jack Martins will be the GOP county executive nominee without facing a primary.

«As leaders and advocates, our top priority is keeping New Yorkers safe; that has been my mission as an elected official and as a 22 - year veteran of the New York City Police DepartmenAs leaders and advocates, our top priority is keeping New Yorkers safe; that has been my mission as an elected official and as a 22 - year veteran of the New York City Police Departmenas an elected official and as a 22 - year veteran of the New York City Police Departmenas a 22 - year veteran of the New York City Police Department.

Prior to the vote, GOP leaders said they needed a candidate with significant name recognition, such as an elected official, to run a competitive campaign against Mr. Krupski, who had served in town government for 28 years.

At the Greater New York gala of the Human Rights Campaign — the United States» largest LGBTQ civil rights organization — Gillibrand said that as the year progresses, elected officials, LGBTQ advocates and supporters can advocate, organize and vote to guarantee protection of LGBTQ rights.

«As the end of the job approaches, we thank local elected officials and community members for their patience, which will be rewarded with a more reliable water supply and sewer system, and reconstructed roadways that will serve the public for years to come.»

«I stand here beside you today and every day to reaffirm our friendship, to let you know that as the county's top elected official, that not only are you welcome here, but that the contributions of our Muslim - American community are essential to us,» said Astorino, whose is up for re-election this year and unofficially has said he plans to seek a third term in office.

At 12:15 p.m., elected officials and community leaders hold a rally calling for the addition of the Lunar New Year as a school holiday, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Cuomo, as is custom for statewide elected officials, made public his taxes today, showing he earned $ 218,100 last year and is no longer receiving income from the proceeds of his 2014 memoir, «All Things Possible.»

At 9 a.m., immigrant communities, elected officials, and community supporters and allies will gather to stand in support of Riaz Talukder, a Bangladeshi immigrant who was brought to this country as a minor and has lived and worked here for 36 years, and now faces deportation, 26 Federal Plaza, Federal Building steps, Lafayette Street side, Manhattan.

I spoke this afternoon with former LG Richard Ravitch, who has years of experience as a budget reformer, and he sounded not quite sold on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Tier 6 plan, nor was his thrilled about the demonizing of public sector employees that is taking place as elected officials all over the country struggle with varying degrees of fiscal meltdown.

Cuomo did win ethics legislation in recent years that included new income disclosure laws for state lawmakers and statewide elected officials as well as new crimes for bribery and public corruption.

NEW YORK CITY — Illegal hotel complaints increased 62 percent last year because short - term rental sites such as Airbnb are violating the law, hurting efforts to provide affordable housing and placing the safety of legal tenants at risk, elected officials said Tuesday during a marathon City Council hearing.

The ad also include Roland Burris, Rod Blagojevich, Jim Traficant and William Jefferson - but it's a sign of New York's status over the past two years as a Babylon for politicians that three of its elected officials are featured.

E. O'Brien Murray attacked Astorino for saying he's likely to seek a third term in 2017 as county executive even as he pushed to limit statewide elected officials to two, four - year terms during his gubernatorial campaign.

While local elected officials have fought for years to preserve it, redevelopment of the Red Hook site — potentially as part of a dramatic makeover of the entire neighborhood with new parkland, flood protections and a subway — is now on the table.

The Republican - led Senate approved a broad version of pension forfeiture last year, only for it to wither in the Democrat - dominated Assembly, where some have worried that it could affect members of public - employee unions as well as elected officials.

The Corning Tower Observation Deck in Albany was packed on Jan. 30 as scores of state elected officials gathered for the UFT's annual legislative reception to discuss the union's legislative priorities for the year ahead.

In 2013, he was named as one of the elected officials who was wiretapped by then - State Senator Shirley Huntley, who was sentenced to a year in a prison for embezzling nearly $ 90,000 from a sham nonprofit.

Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who as the city's leading out LGBT elected official had tried to broker an end to the parade's ban, noted that Dolan had in recent years sounded a friendlier tone on the question of participation in the event.

Dear Senator Schumer, As an elected official for over 20 years, I am sure you were around when UN Agenda 21 was adopted and began implementation in the United States.

«Linda's been a tremendous public servant for over 15 years, both as a local elected official in Plainfield and as a Union County Freeholder,» Union County Democratic Chairman and 22nd district Sen. Nick Scutari.

On Sunday, activists, advocates, and a variety of New York elected officials gathered at City Hall as Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood of New York City began to «celebrate turning 100 Years Strong with a press conference to commemorate the opening of the first clinic by Margaret Sanger in 1916 in Brooklyn.»

«He has been an elected official in Suffolk County for 20 years, and voters know him as a man of his word,» said Bellone spokesman Justin Meyers.

As Mayor Bill de Blasio and leaders of the embattled New York City Housing Authority continue to respond to fallout from revelations that NYCHA had failed for years to comply with federal and local laws around lead paint inspections, some elected officials are renewing calls for the state take a more active role in the city's massive public housing system.

Calling the Albany budget crisis and its threat to rob city schools of as much as $ 600 million in state aid «the most dangerous thing this union has faced in 30 years,» UFT President Michael Mulgrew told the April 21 Delegate Assembly that members had to redouble their efforts to get the message out to elected officials that «children can't be made to pay for the mistakes of Wall Street.»

He noted, however, that his years working for elected officials such as Comrie and state Sen. Shirley Huntley (D - Jamaica) have geared him up for this moment and he is ready to take the challenge of leading the community head - on.

Over the course of the following 10 years, no funding was allocated for this purpose, although elected officials went on record during that time to claim that they supported public ownership of the land as a park or historic site.

In her remarks, Brooks reflected on her 12 years in office, collaboration with elected officials across the county, the importance of millennials for the future of the county, and thanks those she worked with as County Executive.

DEMANDS TO CLOSE THE VERNON C. BAIN CORRECTIONAL CENTER REACHES BREAKING POINT AT BRONX RALLY Once Promised as a Temporary Solution to Rikers Overflow, the Jail Barge Remains Open Nearly 30 Years Later NEW YORK — Bronx elected officials and more -LSB-...]

But what it means is that the 62 percent he won against Carl Paladino in 2010 (and Zephyr Teachout in her Democratic primary earlier this year) is the high - water mark for his term in office, and quite possibly for his career as an elected official.

When CBID's flagship elected official, Assemblyman James Brennan, announced his retirement earlier this year after more than two decades in Albany, he swiftly endorsed Carroll as his heir.

The proposed amendment establishes a redistricting commission every 10 years beginning in 2020, with two members appointed by each of the four legislative leaders and two members selected by the eight legislative appointees; prohibits legislators and other elected officials from serving as commissioners; establishes principles to be used in creating districts; requires the commission to hold public hearings on proposed redistricting plans; subjects the commission's redistricting plan to legislative enactment; provides that the legislature may only amend the redistricting plan according to the established principles if the commission's plan is rejected twice by the legislature; provides for expedited court review of a challenged redistricting plan; and provides for funding and bipartisan staff to work for the commission.

«Three years into his first term as Governor, he's the most popular elected official in Florida's history because of his outstanding career as a no - nonsense attorney general, a progressive education commissioner, and a fiscally conservative chief executive who last year led Florida to its largest property - tax decrease ever.

O'Connor, a Republican, doesn't have any experience as an elected official, but is a lifelong city resident and has spent the last 7 years working with City Hall.