If City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who is white, wins out in the runoff, she could face City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms, an African-American candidate. 11.
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Romney will now face Democrat Jenny Wilson, a city councilwoman.
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He will face Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson (D).
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Royce West, Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards, former Texas Rep.
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Instead, he sent Annabel Palma, a Latina former city councilwoman.
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He sent a surrogate instead, former City Councilwoman Annabel Palma.
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A former city councilwoman, this is her fifth political race.
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The city councilwoman and community leader was arrested and booked.
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Ayesha Hamilton, another Democrat, is a councilwoman in West Windsor.
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Ruben Gallego and his wife, Phoenix City Councilwoman Kate Gallego.
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So, too, did Councilwoman Margaret S. Chin in Lower Manhattan.
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She is reportedly the daughter of former Fanwood councilwoman Karen Schurtz.
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She will be Gastonia's first Black councilwoman in the city's history.
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"We need the system changed," said Rebecca Kaplan, a city councilwoman.
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But then she called her local councilwoman, who knew Leor's landlord.
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"It appeared to be a win-win," said councilwoman Debi Rose.
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Above, Mr. Reed and Keisha Lance Bottoms, a councilwoman and candidate.
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"We normally don't have these types of issues," Councilwoman Gibson said.
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Mr. Dreeben acknowledged that the councilwoman, Nadine Winter, had been terrified.
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But New York City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland hopes to change that.
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"It is a step forward," said Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, a Bronx Democrat.
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"It appeared to be a win-win," councilwoman Debi Rose told me.
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In her case, she supports her city councilwoman, mayor, Congresswoman and senators.
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Harris approached Kimberly Gray, an African-American councilwoman whose district straddles Boulevard.
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This year, she's a councilwoman O'Meara has seen it in her community.
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Salt Lake City Councilwoman Jenny Wilson is running unopposed on the Democratic side.
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Black city councilwoman Ella Jones was running against white incumbent Mayor James Knowles.
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"I don't compare myself to the councilwoman," Mr. Capuano said in an interview.
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City Councilwoman Debi Rose wore a black T-shirt with the group's logo.
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Jim Costa is facing a liberal opponent in Fresno City Councilwoman Esmeralda Soria.
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Victoria Seaman, a Republican Las Vegas councilwoman, lauds the president for it all.
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She filed a police report against the councilwoman, but the police didn't charge Brooks.
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Two of its members are accused of the murder of an opposition city councilwoman.
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Stephanie Chang Detroit City Councilwoman Raquel Castañeda Lopez Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer
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We heard that a councilwoman was killed and [thought], Wow, who could it be?
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"I am humbled to be your first Afro-Latina immigrant woman councilwoman," she wrote.
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Calvin O. Butts III of Abyssinian Baptist Church and City Councilwoman Inez E. Dickens.
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"I haven't gotten a single complaint," said Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, a Queens Democrat.
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It also paid tribute to Marielle Franco, the councilwoman who was killed last year.
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Chris Bell with 7 percent and Houston City Councilwoman Amanda Edwards with 5 percent.
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She and her opponent, Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall, 39, are both Democrats.
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Councilwoman Yuuka Ogata, of Kumamoto City, has also been part of the Facebook network.
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She is also the sole elected councilwoman in Harrison, N.Y. View the discussion thread.
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Councilwoman Rosenthal contends that the zoning does not permit a 775-foot-tall building.
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Although Harvey has a bipartisan prosecutorial reputation, Councilwoman Angela Leet has concerns about his impartiality.
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Beginning in 2004, she served as a Saratoga Springs councilwoman before becoming mayor in 2010.
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Fischer will face Democrat Jane Raybould, a Lincoln City Councilwoman who defeated three primary opponents.
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She has worked for Councilwoman Elizabeth S. Crowley, a Queens Democrat, the last three years.
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Ms. Norwood, an at-large councilwoman, is convinced that black voters will see beyond race.
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"Yes, sometimes it's the common New Yorker," said Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, who introduced the bill.
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"The dynamic is different this time," said Debi Rose, a Democratic councilwoman from Staten Island.
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"The city is in outrage," Councilwoman Sheneika Smith said in a phone interview on Wednesday.
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When Officer Hernandez returned to Ms. Gibson's car, the councilwoman handed the officer her cellphone.
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Upon receiving the money, the councilwoman allegedly booked flights and trips with some of it.
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Casey Camp-Horineck, and she is a tribal councilwoman for the Ponca Tribe in Oklahoma.
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An Oakland councilwoman, Rebecca Kaplan, said fire inspection assignments were not doled out by street.
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Ms. Majewski, a Democrat who at the time was a councilwoman, pushed for the approval.
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Prior to her time in Washington, Roby was an attorney and a city councilwoman in Montgomery.
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Councilwoman Lee Loy, with recently introduced legislation, is certainly moving the Fissure 8 naming process forward.
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PHOTO: Kansas councilwoman allegedly bites corrections officer&aposs thumb hard enough to break it during fight.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal unveiled the new street name on Wednesday.
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Another local councilwoman, Daguimar Rivera, was working to expose corruption when she began receiving anonymous threats.
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Rob Ford bowled down a 63-year-old councilwoman as he rushed to Doug Ford's aid.
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Q: What do you see as the biggest area of daylight between you and Councilwoman Pressley?
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Several carried banners reading "Marielle and Anderson Present Today and Always" and images of the councilwoman.
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It took a city councilwoman nearly nine hours to drive home to the Bronx from Manhattan.
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Debi Rose, a councilwoman from the North Shore, criticized City Hall for not being more supportive.
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But Alessandra Cristina de Oliveira, a Brumadinho councilwoman, said Tuesday that the city was still reeling.
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The ad begins with Edith Childs, a city councilwoman in Greenwood, S.C., speaking into the camera.
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Bolsonaro's own family has been linked to the suspected killers of the city councilwoman Marielle Franco.
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Baton Rouge Councilwoman Chauna Banks-Daniel said, "Alton Sterling's blood calls out for justice," according to Hardy.
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Also honoured was Marielle Franco, a gay Rio city councilwoman who was murdered in March last year.
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"There are absolutely no signs of drugs or alcohol," Honolulu City Councilwoman Heidi Tsuneyoshi told the station.
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Charlotte Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera told WBTV that city council members saw an additional nine minutes of footage.
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In Bolivia, Councilwoman Juana Quispe was pressured to resign after helping female colleagues file complaints of harassment.
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City councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland proposed the bill, and argued for their accessibility ahead of the vote.
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VICE Brazil talked to three political activists from São Paulo who were friends with the fallen councilwoman.
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Romney will now square off against Salt Lake County Councilwoman (D) Jenny Wilson in the general election.
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That includes Ocasio-Cortez in New York and Boston City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley, who defeated longtime Rep.
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Joseph Crowley in a New York Democratic primary and Boston City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley's defeat of Rep.
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"This is one of the most violent practices," New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera told The Times.
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The speakers included a Baton Rouge city councilwoman and members of both the State Senate and Congress.
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His grandmother, Charlene Drew Jarvis, is a prominent neuroscientist and former city councilwoman representing Shepherd Park's ward.
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Councilwoman Inez Barron, whose district includes the church, said the plan was ambitious and had great potential.
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It also paid tribute to Marielle Franco, a black, gay, progressive councilwoman who was assassinated last year.
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Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco was killed on March 14 after assailants fired on her car.
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People who appear to be from Black Live Matter stole the mic from councilwoman Sharon McBride pic.twitter.
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"It might look all right on a computer simulation," said City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who represents Chinatown.
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Officer Michele Hernandez had pulled over City Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson, chair of the public safety committee.
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The FBI arrested a Cincinnati councilwoman Tuesday morning on federal charges, her attorney confirmed to The Hill.
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Whoever wins the runoff will go up against Democrat Jenny Wilson, a city councilwoman, in the general election .
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Margaret Good, Nevada Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui, Madison City Councilwoman Arvina Martin, and New York Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou.
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Councilwoman is currently running for re-election this fall to retain the position she has held since 2002.
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A city councilwoman, Marielle Franco, the first person elected to office from the Maré, was murdered last year.
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"The premise that Philadelphians were incapable of governing our own schools was wrong," said city Councilwoman Helen Gym.
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"We have been told lies, and that's the truth," City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell said, CNN affiliate WVUE reported.
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The website featured photographs of the councilwoman in her underwear at the Burning Man art and music festival.
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He will face Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson and enters the general election as a heavy favorite.
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"The city is in outrage," Councilwoman Sheneika Smith told The New York Times in an interview on Wednesday.
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City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, who worked on the renaming effort, spoke on Monday at the street sign's unveiling.
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One group of Chinatown residents implored Councilwoman Margaret Chin to vote against rebuilding the jail in their district.
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"No one wants to have a jail in their district," said Helen Rosenthal, an Upper West Side councilwoman.
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Lori Trahan, as well as Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera and Boston City Councilwoman Michelle Wu, those sources said.
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Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco was killed on March 14 after assailants opened fire on her car.
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It followed the murder in March of Marielle Franco, an openly bisexual Rio city councilwoman and human rights activist.
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"It's a process that is fairly involved," said Austin Councilwoman Ann Kitchen, whose district includes Robert E. Lee Road.
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He was wearing a T-shirt commemorating Marielle Franco, a gay left-wing councilwoman who was murdered in March.
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There was an outcry after the murder in March last year of Marielle Franco, a city councilwoman from PSOL.
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Charlotte Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera told WBTV last week that city council members saw an additional nine minutes of footage.
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Councilwoman Anita Bonds is the lead sponsor of the bill, and was joined by four other Democratic council members.
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"There are almost 100 dollar-type stores in a ten-mile radius," said Fort Worth Councilwoman Kelly Allen Gray.
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" Inez Barron, a Brooklyn councilwoman, rebuffed that notion, saying "We're not talking about changing history; we're saying it happened.
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I was there in my capacity as Councilwoman for Terrebonne Parish, and as a member of the parent organization.
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Democrats nominated incumbent Kathy Hochul (D), while Republicans picked former Rye City Councilwoman Julie Killian (R), who ran unopposed.
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There is also his wife, Monica, a former city councilwoman in Detroit who did prison time for accepting bribes.
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Kathy Lambert, a Republican councilwoman in King County, did not respond to a request for comment on the policy.
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"I don't have one planned right now," Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, a Queens Democrat, said when asked about her vacation.
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Seattle City Councilwoman Teresa Mosqueda speaking at the New York headquarters of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.
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He is set to speak on Wednesday in support of the bill, which was sponsored by Councilwoman Kendra Black.
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Ayanna Pressley, a Boston City Councilwoman, has won the Democratic nomination for Massachusetts' Seventh Congressional District, ousting longtime Rep.
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The division was bad for Syria, the local councilwoman said, but she did not know how to end it.
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I have shared my count, my concerns and my demoralization about a once lovely area with Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.
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Lauren Kuby, a liberal city councilwoman in Tempe, emphasized that Ms. Sinema is "a solid progressive" on many issues.
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New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, co-chair of the city's Women's Caucus, supported the call for Vance's ouster.
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And she had a respectable progressive record as both a city councilwoman and a state representative from Fort Worth.
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The councilwoman said it is not the decision of the embassy to determine the name of the street. Sen.
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Ms. Pressley, a former city councilwoman in Boston, is considered a progressive who can lure more first-time voters.
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This failed after getting no respect — er, support — from the Kew Gardens Civic Association or the local city councilwoman.
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Pedigo lost to the incumbent Amarillo City Councilwoman Elaine Hays in the May election, according to The Amarillo Pioneer.
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"The more people that return, it's just going to get in the way," Mexico Beach councilwoman Linda Albrecht said.
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Moskowitz is the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, and previously served as a New York City Councilwoman.
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" Asked about the report, Philadelphia City Councilwoman Helen Gym said she had a simple response to ICE: "Get a warrant.
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But the product is made by force-feeding ducks, an practice that many people, like councilwoman Rivera, have found troubling.
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Ridesharing supporters handed in close to 53,000 signatures needed to recall one of the bill's sponsors, Austin councilwoman Ann Kitchen.
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"We lived within the natural law" generations ago, said Casey Camp-Horinek, a councilwoman for the Ponca tribe in Oklahoma.
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" Councilwoman Amy Murray said since Kyle's death, the members of the Plush family "have been our partners like no other.
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Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, whose district includes the Strand, spoke at the lectern first, arguing in favor of the landmark designation.
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A vehicle drove by Franco's car and shot directly through the window of the backseat where the councilwoman was sitting.
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"People are very happy for him, especially anybody who saw him after what happened," Ms. Tompkins, the Plainville councilwoman, said.
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Marielle Franco, a popular city councilwoman who was critical of Mr. Temer and the federal intervention, was murdered this month.
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She came to the mayor's office with her background as a liberal Democrat and two-term at-large Metro councilwoman.
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They voted the local councilwoman, Elizabeth Crowley, out of office, replacing her with the man who had led their crusade.
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Some residents complain that building and development applications haven't been available via the city's website, Councilwoman Judy Doesschate told CNN.
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In March, Marielle Franco, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and a prominent critic of police killings in shantytowns, was assassinated.
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"Do we refer to you as 'City Councilwoman' or just plain Lisa?" asked one of the restaurant's owners, John Paschal.
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New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera has been one of the strongest advocates of regulation on home-sharing apps like Airbnb.
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"No one in this room believes homelessness is a good thing," Councilwoman Sophie Hahn said, according to the news site Berkeleyside .
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Huron City Councilwoman Carol Fowler, 48, was taken into custody June 29 after failing to appear for a warrant, KSHB reported .
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One person stands in the way: Councilwoman Darlene Mealy, who effectively has a veto over the site of the proposed courthouse.
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The Philadelphia City Council resolves it so, thanks to councilwoman-at-large Helen Gym, who quotes The Verge in the process.
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His cousin Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard) is a councilwoman, a volatile monstress hiding behind impassioned speeches about community, families, and neighborhoods.
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Judge Leslie Ghiz, a tough-talking 47-year-old former Cincinnati city councilwoman, took over as judge for the second trial.
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"No one has the right to make someone remove their flowers," said Stephanie Buhle, a spokeswoman for City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.
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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, a Democrat who represents Maspeth, has criticized the de Blasio administration for its handling of the homeless crisis.
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"Our voice is completely missing from the Council's oversight mission in these key areas," said Carlina Rivera, a councilwoman from Manhattan.
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"Everybody both loves that family and sympathizes completely with the circumstances they've had to deal with," Jenni McCauley, a Wyoming councilwoman.
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Councilwoman Margaret Chin wrote on Twitter that she went to school in the building after her family immigrated from Hong Kong.
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The central character here is Dalhi Meyers, a councilwoman in Richland County, who says she started out as a Biden supporter.
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"The community's painstaking work over four years is being completely pushed aside," said Carlina Rivera, a councilwoman from the East Village.
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"It looks like they make clouds there," the Piketon village councilwoman thought as a child, seeing steam coming out of the stacks.
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And there, by custom but not by law, the councilwoman for the district gets to decide if a project lives or dies.
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Generating 300 emails from constituents to a local assemblyman or state senator or councilwoman can completely change their position on an issue.
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Two former police officers were arrested in Brazil for the murder last March of Marielle Franco, a councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro.
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"It's a bit silly, but magnificent because you have to dare to come here," said Ann Gilles-Goris, a councilwoman in Molenbeek.
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Councilwoman Sherry Dorsey Walker of Wilmington said she had known the victim and her family for some time, The Associated Press reported.
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Citing scheduling conflicts, he missed a debate in the Bronx with Ocasio-Cortez, sending former city councilwoman Annabel Palma as a surrogate.
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But the councilwoman said she has gained supporters from the video and that the response to her move has been fairly positive.
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"I think we have elevated to leadership positions people more attuned with things that actually work," the city councilwoman, Mary Cheh, said.
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For years, Marielle Franco, a popular left-wing city councilwoman, spoke out against extrajudicial killings by police officers in the city's favelas.
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Councilwoman Black, in an interview with Fox 31 in Denver on Monday, said she would consider a medical exemption in the bill.
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The councilwoman had been a vocal critic of Mr. Temer's order, believing it would further exacerbate violence without addressing the main issues.
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Ms. Katz, 53, had the most political experience of all of the candidates, previously serving as an assemblywoman and a city councilwoman.
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Laurie Cumbo, a Brooklyn councilwoman, is expected to be named majority leader for the Council's Democrats, who outnumber Republicans, 47 to 4.
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After Childs' death, Shreveport City Councilwoman LeVette Fuller pushed to overturn the city's saggy pants law, which she considered discriminatory, in May.
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Libby became a councilwoman and served a term as mayor, and Vince moonlighted as Holbrook's parks and recreation director during the summer.
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Costa, an eight-term incumbent and member of the Blue Dog Coalition, faced a liberal challenge from Fresno City Councilwoman Esmeralda Soria.
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His opponent, Councilwoman Elizabeth S. Crowley, conceded the race on Thursday after a count of outstanding paper and absentee ballots on Wednesday.
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D.C. Councilwoman Anita Bonds, former Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Clay Pell and Maryland activist Courtney Watson round out the nine Democratic signatories.
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"People do the temporary because they want to have a public event," said Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president and councilwoman.
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"For our city, it's the right thing to do, and that's why we're doing it," said Councilwoman Kim Bergel, the AP noted.
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Councilwoman Cumbo, however, said the task force would provide a much-needed "extra set of eyes" on sex education in the city.
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"I was considering leaving myself because of the blight of the city," said McBride, who is now a councilwoman in her hometown.
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Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal on the Upper West Side, where towering residential buildings have galled longtime residents, survived a challenge along similar grounds.
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You will find them on one of the interpretive walking tours led by the landscape architect and Aspen city councilwoman, Ann Mullins.
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Earlier this year, Marielle Franco, a Rio city councilwoman who was an outspoken critic of police violence against slum residents, was assassinated.
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When she obtained her DACA permit in 2012, she was able to work as an advisor for then-Phoenix City Councilwoman Kate Gallego.
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Following the deadly incident, Santa Maria City District 3 Councilwoman Gloria Soto paid her respects to the victims in a statement on Twitter.
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New York City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, who spoke at the NYC Anti-Violence Project event, reminded the crowd why TDOR is so important.
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"We have no idea who it could be," Smook, a councilwoman in the town of more than 200 people, told CNN late Tuesday.
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Flávio was the only Legislative member to vote against granting the late councilwoman the award, claiming that her ideology didn't align with his.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A controversial North Carolina councilwoman is coming under more criticism for a Twitter post that compares law enforcement officers to terrorists.
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Lacey Councilwoman Carolyn Cox said she testified against an almost identical ordinance when it was proposed in 2017, when she was a candidate.
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Portland City Councilwoman Jo Ann Hardesty on Thursday released a statement saying she is "not surprised" at the revelation made in the newspaper.
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This week's performers include Vanessa Hollingshead, Saurin Choksin, Mark Demayo and Vlad Caaman, as well as the comedic debut of Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal.
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Councilwoman Cheh insisted that residents with "NIMBY" attitudes — an acronym for not in my backyard — were "just a slice" of the whole community.
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Last year, the murder of Marielle Franco, a rising political star and black councilwoman in Rio de Janiero, sparked public outcry and protests.
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He is facing a challenge from Sandra Ruiz, a Democrat and popular Mexican-American councilwoman who moved here years ago from San Diego.
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"There's nothing unique about Seattle, or Amazon," said Kshama Sawant, a Socialist city councilwoman in Seattle who has sparred with the company there.
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Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass called for Coulter's resignation Tuesday, saying she sent a letter to Mayor Jim Kenney (D) asking for the same.
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King's daughter, Erin King Sweeney, a Hempstead town councilwoman, was long thought to be a possible successor for her father's seat in Congress.
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Democratic Councilwoman Tamaya Dennard was accused of wire fraud, bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and attempted extortion, her attorney, Erik Laursen, said.
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The councilwoman was reportedly scheduled to chair a committee meeting Tuesday morning, but did not show up, prompting the meeting to be canceled.
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Ms. Rivera, 60, whose niece is City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, used to live in the area, on Suffolk Street, but left years ago.
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Instead, the railroad will now use the money obtained by Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, a Democrat who represents the area, to repair the bridge.
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The move followed passage of a bill sponsored by City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz that Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law in June.
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Councilwoman Margaret Chin, who represents the district where the garden is, supports the project, which is currently undergoing the city's public review process.
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According to the Federal Election Commission, the field includes five other people, including a Salt Lake City councilwoman and a Marine Corps veteran.
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But the location could be suitable for a new jail, said Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, a Queens Democrat who voiced support for the speaker's vision.
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The event will be hosted by film director Samuel Greisman, whose mother is Sally Field, and West Hollywood Councilwoman Lindsey P. Horvath, among others.
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In 19893, his wife Monica Conyers, a Detroit city councilwoman largely elected on the strength of her husband's last name, pleaded guilty to bribery.
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Jenny Wilson, a councilwoman in Salt Lake County, is the leading Democratic candidate in a state that has had only Republican senators since 1977.
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" Steyer received another South Carolina endorsement last week when Greenwood City Councilwoman Edith Childs -- who coined former President Obama's popular campaign slogan "Fired Up!
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Carlina Rivera, a Manhattan councilwoman who sponsored the foie gras legislation, said her bill "tackles the most inhumane process" in the commercial food industry.
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A city councilwoman here, the most populous city in swing state Pennsylvania, said Asian-American issues reflect the broader problems in American urban centers.
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Veterinarian Aubrey Lavizzo, the Paw Project's local leader, was the driving force behind the ban and convinced Denver Councilwoman Kendra Black to spearhead it.
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The general&aposs address came on the same day as demonstrations demanding justice for Marielle Franco, a black councilwoman who was slain in March.
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"Time and time again their actions have revealed them to be the antithesis of corporate social responsibility," Councilwoman Cindy Bass said in a statement.
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Others hope to entice Minneapolis City Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins, the first openly transgender African-American woman elected to public office in the United States.
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His daughter, former Hempstead Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, resigned from office earlier this year and was replaced by another Republican in last week's election.
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Virginia Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and local councilwoman, won the Italian capital's mayoral race in a landslide this week, Al Jazeera reported.
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The councilwoman, Marielle Franco, was headed home from an event when a car pulled up and someone opened fire, killing her and her driver.
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Ten days before the primary, Mr. Crowley skipped a debate against Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, and instead sent a surrogate, a Latina former city councilwoman.
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For five years, Amanda Farias worked for Councilwoman Elizabeth S. Crowley, writing legislation, working on the budget and helping to manage the Women's Caucus.
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He said he made an effort to recruit community groups for the facility at the beginning, but was blacklisted by the then-Councilwoman Lopez.
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Councilwoman Margaret Chin wrote on Twitter that she went to school in the building after her family came to the country from Hong Kong.
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A former city councilwoman in Boston, Pressley, who is 45, was the first African-American woman to win a seat in Congress from Massachusetts.
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She's a town councilwoman, she's a part of the local a cappella group Jazzagals, and she's visibly improved her relationship with her own children.
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"That's more than one a minute," said Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a Democrat who represents parts of Manhattan, including the neighborhood around the Williamsburg Bridge.
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Cottonmouth's cousin is Black Mariah, a local city councilwoman who likes to look past her cousin's dirty dealings and believe their family is completely legitimate.
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In Columbus, Ohio, Councilwoman Elizabeth Brown wants restrooms at the city's recreation centers and community swimming pools similarly supplied, as well as the public schools.
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She has never held political office, while Preckwinkle, 72, was a city councilwoman for almost 20 years before becoming Cook County board president in 2010.
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The alleged shooter, Robert Bowers, 46, surrendered to the police and was taken to the hospital, a local councilwoman told the The New York Times.
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"Time and time again their actions have revealed them to be the antithesis of corporate social responsibility," Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass said in a statement.
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Last month, the councilwoman introduced a package of bills that would make tampons and pads free and accessible in public schools, shelters, and city jails.
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She said one building, churned through the tax sales, particularly rankled her because, as a city councilwoman, she had fielded complaints from tenants about conditions.
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"The families are in a constant state of unrest," said Wildaliz Bermudez, a Hartford councilwoman who visited families staying at the Red Roof Inn downtown.
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This year, Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, a Bronx Democrat, said she plans to reintroduce a bill that would force the police to disclose their surveillance tools.
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Councilwoman Alicka Ampry-Samuel, the chairwoman of the public housing committee, said the plan would work only if there are strong tenant protections in place.
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"New Jersey is certainly leading the pack, but there have been Sikhs being elected across the country," such as a city councilwoman in Kent, Wash.
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In Massachusetts, which has an all-white congressional delegation, Representative Mike Capuano faces a primary challenge from an African-American councilwoman in Boston, Ayanna Pressley.
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At the time of the auction, she was the newly elected councilwoman representing the district, having only been in office for roughly half a year.
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On Wednesday, Carlina Rivera, a councilwoman who represents Mr. Riley's district, introduced a bill that would limit construction work to no earlier than 6 a.m.
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Councilwoman Christy Weir told CNN that after an earlier ban on single-use plastics and plastic straws, the Styrofoam ban was a natural next step.
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"It helps bring the community values to important places and helps to weave together the community," Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said, according to WJZ.
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Councilwoman Margaret S. Chin, who represents part of Lower Manhattan, said the Lunar New Year was an opportunity for the Chinese community to show resilience.
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"It was a good and productive meeting," said the bill's primary sponsor, Councilwoman Margaret S. Chin, a Democrat whose district is primarily in Lower Manhattan.
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A local city councilwoman, Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, said Ms. Pfoser Darby was promoting hatred and ignorance and did not deserve to remain a board member.
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" Councilwoman Carlina Rivera added that "we need to end the culture of exclusion that tells women to wait their turn when they aspire to lead.
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As Hyperallergic previously reported, the proposed legislation was initially struck down in 1987 by Mayor Ed Koch after its introduction by then-councilwoman Ruth Messinger.
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"It's a new day," said Yvonne Clayton, a city councilwoman who grew up in Asbury Park, relocated to Manhattan in 19803 and moved back in 21980.
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In March, New York City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland announced an initiative to expand a pilot program that installs free feminine hygiene product dispensers in schools.
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Mary Norwood conceded the Atlanta mayoral race to fellow City Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms in an online video late Wednesday, two weeks after the election runoff.
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Cantrell, a city councilwoman, got 60% of the votes over her opponent, former municipal court Judge Desiree Charbonnet, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's office.
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In the aftermath of Franco's death, protests have been planned in numerous cities to fight against black genocide and to celebrate the life of the councilwoman.
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A year later, Mr. Luthmann created another fake social media account for City Councilwoman Debi Rose, a Democrat representing the island's northern neighborhoods, Mr. Nelson said.
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He was a jazz studies major, the son of an Oakland councilwoman and an active member of the university's Center for Black Cultural and Student Affairs.
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If that was the case, asked one councilwoman, Elizabeth S. Crowley, why had the Department of Investigation requested that Mr. Kuczinski be removed from his position?
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By noon, it was serving food and providing information to residents who had fled, said Amy Peck, the councilwoman who represents the district of about 288,000.
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In June, City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo renamed a street corner in Brooklyn after Christopher Wallace, the rapper better known as Notorious B.I.G., who died in 1997.
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The bill is sponsored by Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a Democrat whose district included Rivington House, and is supported by the Manhattan borough president, Gale A. Brewer.
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As applause rang out, the councilwoman "realized that this was cultural, this was serious, this was an unusual environment and an experience to repeat," recalled Mota.
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Columbia, S.C., City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine, who also serves as mayor pro tem, held and participated in events with several candidates over the past year.
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In Tennessee: "We're seeing homes in neighborhoods turned into party houses with police having to be called out every week," said Nashville City Councilwoman Gloria Hausser.
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Months after Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's victory, Ayanna S. Pressley, a Boston city councilwoman endorsed by the group, successfully toppled Michael Capuano, a 10-term Massachusetts congressman.
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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, a Democrat of Queens, has been among the program's biggest advocates, pressing officials at City Council meetings and securing funding for it this year.
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"We&aposre going to see a lot of court cases coming before us," Councilwoman Mirabai Nagle said despite voting for the ordinance, according to Colorado Public Radio .
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Nannette Barragán (D-Calif.), a former city councilwoman and lawyer who fought for environmental causes, to run for the seat, and Gallego took on the mentorship role.
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"It's been a brutal, hellish three days for the city of Thousand Oaks," City Councilwoman Claudia Bill-de la Peña said at a news conference on Saturday.
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"This is a step of progress in the right direction," said City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson, a Democrat from the Bronx and chairwoman of the public safety committee.
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This paternalistic, rhetorical twist appears to be unconvincing; Philadelphia Councilwoman María Quiñones-Sánchez estimates that in her urban district "95 percent of the residents hate" the tax.
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"It's been a pretty wholesome experience," said Tom Wissler, 21, who had come from Rochester to work for Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a Democrat who represents Lower Manhattan.
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When pressed for why Hartford was at the center of this trend toward predictive policing, Councilwoman Bermudez, too, pointed to demographics and the portrayal of local crime.
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Romney is not expected to face a primary challenge, and is heavily favored over his presumptive Democratic opponent, Salt Lake City councilwoman Jenny Wilson, according to polls.
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Ms. Houston, the city councilwoman, said she now occasionally feels unwelcome in restaurants in the east side neighborhoods where she grew up, and which are becoming whiter.
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Parties have long undermined quotas by asking women to resign once elected: Juana Quispe, a councilwoman in Bolivia, was beaten to death for refusing to do so.
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"It helps bring the community values to important places and helps to weave together the community," Baltimore Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke said, according to CNN affiliate WJZ.
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In the South Bronx, where the courthouse is, one local councilwoman, Vanessa L. Gibson, supports closing Rikers, but hedged on building a new jail in her district.
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The seat's Democratic primary sets up a rematch on June 7 between Cedar Rapids City Councilwoman Monica Vernon and former Speaker of the Iowa House Pat Murphy.
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He's not expected to pull a serious primary challenger and polls have him defeating the top Democrat in the race, Salt Lake City councilwoman Jenny Wilson, handily.
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He ignored that advice and is challenging Ms. Clarke, part of a local dynasty, the daughter of the former longtime New York City Councilwoman Una S.T. Clarke.
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We meet the bride (Tess Frazer) and her parents, City Councilwoman Evy Arlen-Stahl (Margaret Colin) and Joseph Stahl (Frank Wood), who is the billionaire's disinherited son.
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Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera did actually have a lot of assets, including a career as a local councilwoman and a strong record of helping other women run for office.
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In a statement, the authorities said Mr. Lessa opened fire on a car in which the councilwoman, Marielle Franco, was riding in downtown Rio on March 14, 2018.
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"The councilwoman wants all New York City public schools to have the free dispensers because when New York City leads, others follow," says Lillian Zepada, Ferreras-Copeland's spokesperson.
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So after Councilwoman Sharon Green Middleton addressed a rally one day, Mr. Bryant approached to ask if she might donate the anti-violence T-shirt she was wearing.
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"Everybody's going to come out of the woodwork for that!" said Laurie A. Cumbo, a city councilwoman from Brooklyn who has been a strong supporter of Ms. James.
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Krystyna Sliwinska, a Law and Justice councilwoman in Klodzko, said that the writer "slanders Poles" and is lying about their history and should not receive such a distinction.
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"(Abe) pushes women into the labor force because there is a shortage in labor," said Yuka Ogata, a councilwoman in Kumamoto, a city on Japan's southern Kyushu island.
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"He could have been behind any door anywhere, quietly living with this hatred when it burst out," said Mary Pat Clarke, the city councilwoman whose district includes Hampden.
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Melissa Mark-Viverito, the City Council speaker, sported a green winter hat with a white "H" on it as she addressed volunteers alongside Elizabeth Crowley, a councilwoman from Queens.
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Administrators at Immaculata Catholic School in Durham, North Carolina, heard "a number of groups" planned to demonstrate after they invited Councilwoman Vernetta Alston to speak, the Herald Sun reported.
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In a surprising turn, one Colorado councilwoman admitted that she disagreed with the ordinance "in many ways," saying it would invite a flood of litigation -- despite voting for it.
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Monica Conyers, a former Detroit city councilwoman, was sentenced in 2010 to 37 months in prison for accepting bribes from a waste management company trying to win city business.
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"After Katrina, there's a heightened sense we keep losing things that were in our childhood, that were in our lives," New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer told MUNCHIES.
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Jay Barrett began palliative care for his cystic fibrosis last week at the home of his sister, West Haven city Councilwoman Bridgette Hoskie (D), The New Haven Register reports.
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Indeed, the town-hall event in Brooklyn was boycotted by Assemblyman Charles Barron and his wife, Councilwoman Inez Barron, whose districts encompass the area where the event was held.
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Mary Davis, the owner of Mary Davis Real Estate and a borough councilwoman, describes $400,000 to $1653,000 as a "good range for a nice starter home" in River Edge.
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When the Democratic party was in power in the local municipality, a councilwoman, Cristina Maltese, supported an initiative that transformed Mr. Parrello's studio into an "urban museum," she said.
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One Councilwoman, Mary Sheffield, who is up for re-election, initially voted in favor of the proposal, but then considered recanting after her constituents expressed disappointment in her decision.
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Meanwhile, the former councilwoman Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard), having escaped charges in the murder of her cousin Cottonmouth, prepared to ascend the throne as the crime lord of Harlem.
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"It will send a message quickly to New York City employees that we take it seriously," said Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal of Manhattan, the chairwoman of the committee on women.
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"When you let the market dictate, that's how you end up with poor, disenfranchised communities," says Vanessa Hall-Harper, a councilwoman representing this largely black area of the city.
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Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, who represents the district, told CNN her office received photographs from a resident in the apartment building next to the school and immediately informed the police.
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Vanessa L. Gibson, a councilwoman from the Bronx, called the commanding officer of the 44th Precinct in 2014 after she was pulled over for using a cellphone while driving.
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An audience of a hundred and fifty invitees—students, lawyers, a city councilwoman, Bronx Defenders staff and clients—waited in a nearby reception area for the Q. & A. session.
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" Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, a co-chair of the Council's Women's Caucus and proponent of the funding, said news of abortion bans cropping up across the country made her feel "helpless.
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KANSAS COUNCILWOMAN ALLEGEDLY BITES CORRECTIONS OFFICER&aposS THUMB HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK IT DURING FIGHT "I didn't have time to react, to push her away," Tatiana told the news station.
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Local councilwoman Miranda Cox also felt the 2011 tremors, and has since taken action to oppose fracking, including being arrested after chaining herself to the gates of the Cuadrilla site.
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City Councilwoman Erika Strassburger said the suspect was barricaded by police in the building prior to surrendering and that he was taken to the hospital, the New York Times reported.
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Now one councilwoman wants to get rid of a 2007 law that made it illegal for people to wear pants below the waist, which triggered confrontation in the first place.
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And thanks to Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, the city of Philadelphia, PA, has taken a stance in favor of gender equality by officially declaring May 10th as 50/503 Day.
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The councilwoman opened the link to a now-disabled website, called "Rachel Hundley Exposed," that included photographs of Hundley in her underwear at the Burning Man art and music festival.
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Previous attempts to rename the street failed in 1993 and 2003, with City Councilwoman Kim Gray, whose district includes part of the street, successfully advancing the name change this year.
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Orlando has been one of the country's most gay-friendly cities, with progressive anti-discrimination laws and aggressive advocates in Mayor Buddy Dyer and Patty Sheehan, an openly gay councilwoman.
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Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, a Democrat who represents the Upper West Side, helped get a set of new LEDs on 86th Street switched off because they were beaming into residents' windows.
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" And one of Ms. Norwood's most formidable opponents, Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms, an African-American, has been running TV ads that declare Ms. Bottoms to be "The Democrat for Mayor.
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The suit, which failed, got Evy and Joseph written out of the old man's will but in the process made Evy's career; she's now a crusading New York City councilwoman.
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"In my district, 222 percent of the residents hate it," said Councilwoman María Quiñones-Sánchez, who has introduced legislation that would study the tax and come up with possible alternatives.
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"Lakruwana was one of the highly suggested ones," Councilwoman Debi Rose, a Democrat who represents the North Shore, said of an artifact-packed Sri Lankan restaurant in the Stapleton neighborhood.
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"We're not set up to be a very tree-minded city," Councilwoman Angie Henderson, the lead sponsor of the new bill (and my former student), told The Tennessean last summer.
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Kate Harrison, the councilwoman who introduced the Berkeley ban, said that dozens of public officials from around the country had contacted her for advice about how to enact similar legislation.
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Bozena Bierylo, a Law and Justice councilwoman from the Bialystok County, said that the legislation was a response to "provocations" from L.G.B.T. minorities and their "demands" for sex education classes.
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Councilwoman Angelique Ashby said he reached out to her a decade ago when police were trying to solve a homicide in the Creekside neighborhood, where she headed the neighbors' association.
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"Many schools are overburdened with testing," said Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, one of the sponsors of the task force bill, which is expected to come to a vote later this year.
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Felisha Reyes-Morton, a Camden councilwoman, said that she was tired of hearing Ms. Altman blame George Norcross and the tax breaks for everything that was wrong with the city.
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With such high rents, "there is no way for low-income working families to be able to truly have housing stability on their own in many cases," said Councilwoman Teresa Mosqueda.
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Helen Rosenthal, the city councilwoman who represents the area, said her office had received many complaints about bad behavior by vendors on the block and about the tables becoming unsightly encampments.
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In addition to reportedly making the comments during a closed-door council session on March 4, Councilwoman Hope Weeks said the mayor repeated them in the parking lot following the meeting.
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The description of the event on social media encouraged others to attend and join the councilwoman, along with other female activists, in discussing how to empower young black women in Brazil.
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At least 1,000 people marched in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to protest the recent killing of Marielle Franco, a city councilwoman and human rights activist, according to The Associated Press.
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For example, one of the city council candidates who received the most vouchers, Councilwoman Lisa Herbold, was the sponsor of some of the most radical anti-landlord laws in the country.
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But Councilwoman Quiñones Sánchez, who is close to both the commissioner and the district attorney, said it was important for Krasner to show that he understands the police perspective, their reality.
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In Nebraska, the Democrat Jane Raybould, a city councilwoman in Lincoln, won the primary and will face Senator Deb Fischer, a Republican seeking her second term in a comfortably red state.
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Earlier this year, a councilwoman in Rio De Janeiro was murdered, and, in May, campaign buses hired by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were shot at in southern Brazil.
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Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson, a Bronx Democrat who oversees policing as the chairwoman of the Committee on Public Safety, said she would seek more information as part of the budgeting process.
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In 2015, a Cobb County councilwoman who is black accused a county police officer of harassment and intimidation when the officer followed her home, aggressively she said, in an unmarked car.
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Three seats were held by Hispanics and one of the new at-large seats was won by a white candidate who had the support of Hispanic voters, Councilwoman Pat Van Houte.
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Last March, Ms. Franco, a councilwoman for the city of Rio de Janeiro, was shot and killed alongside her driver while returning from an event focused on empowering young black women.
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In what might seem an unlikely match, the city councilwoman and human rights attorney is mentoring the media mogul as Kardashian West undertakes a course of study to pass the California bar.
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The money will go to the New York Abortion Access Fund, according to City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, a Democrat from Manhattan, and Jennifer Fermino, a spokeswoman for the Council speaker, Corey Johnson.
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Greg Glassman, the CEO of the company behind the cultlike high-intensity workout regimen, has become a high-profile surrogate for Nanette Barragan, a Democratic city councilwoman running to replace US Rep.
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Allies of Ms. Franco have long suspected that such groups, known as militias, may have targeted the councilwoman in retaliation for her activism against police brutality and her defense of human rights.
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The Staten Island borough president, Jimmy Oddo, said in a tweet that the idea was "dopey," and Councilwoman Debi Rose pointed out on Twitter that Staten Island doesn't even have a subway.
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Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley struggled to hold off Robert F. Holden, whose campaign was energized by opposition to a proposed homeless shelter and to the city's practice of housing homeless people in hotels.
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And despite the outburst from a small group of parents last week, the Upper West Side plan has broad support, from the local superintendent and principals, Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal and other parents.
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Early on Saturday, the Tom Maior samba school paid homage during their performance to Marielle Franco, a black, lesbian Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman whose 2018 assassination triggered protests throughout the country.
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One councilwoman, Marianne MacQueen, 72, who is white, was not arrested that night, but the authorities later charged her with two misdemeanors, saying she interfered with an arrest and obstructed official business.
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Founder of the extensive Success Academy charter-school chain, former New York City councilwoman, mother of three, Moskowitz has famously made a virtue — one might even say a brand — of her defiance.
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PSL candidates in Mr Bolsonaro's home state of Rio de Janeiro who smashed a sign paying tribute to Marielle Franco, a left-wing councilwoman murdered in March, went on to win their races.
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Councilwoman Helen Gym, a Democrat who has worked for community organization Asian Americans United for two decades, said profiling, immigration difficulty and economic inequality have hit Asian-Americans just like other minority groups.
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Councilwoman Ann Kitchen, who led the effort to tighten the regulation of ride-hailing companies, said in an interview on Monday that the city was open to continuing talks with Uber and Lyft.
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"I was really surprised by the steps that they had taken without bringing any concerns to the board or giving us any prior notification that this was a possibility," councilwoman Cara Letendre said.
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Citing animal cruelty concerns, the bill from New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D) would impose fines of up to $85033,000 and one year in jail for selling the fattened goose liver pâté.
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Other Democrats eyeing a potential bid for the mayor's office include City Councilwoman Barbara Bry and state Assemblyman Todd Gloria, who previously served on the city council and is a protégé of Rep.
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So far, such challenges have been successful in progressive Congressional seats, beginning with Ocasio-Cortez and more recently, Tuesday's upset by Boston city councilwoman Ayanna Pressley over longtime incumbent U.S. Representative Michael Capuano.
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"Asheville has an issue where we place value on certain people and we devalue other people based on their race, their politics, their economic situation or their placement within Asheville," Councilwoman Smith said.
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When Democratic Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca expressed solidarity with this tweet: "For the record, if I do get the coronavirus I'm attending every MAGA rally I can," she received a swift rebuke.
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"At the end of the day, we all just want to make sure we can prosper and raise our families," said Holly Jibben, a local councilwoman, a former rig worker and a mother.
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Councilwoman Laurie A. Cumbo in Brooklyn fended off a tough challenge that centered on a contentious affordable housing proposal for a city-owned armory (she supported the plan before coming out against it).
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We interviewed Desley Brooks, a councilwoman from Oakland who passed an affirmative action-like legislation through city council that would give dispensary licenses in areas that were over-prosecuted during the war on drugs.
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Suozzi, a former Nassau County executive, ran against North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Suffolk County legislator Steve Stern, former North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman and attorney Jonathan Clarke for the Long Island-area seat.
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I covered that gathering for The Los Angeles Times, and while walking the convention floor I encountered Rosario Marín, a Mexican immigrant and a Republican city councilwoman from a Los Angeles suburb, Huntington Park.
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Hartford City Councilwoman Wildaliz Bermudez, of the Working Families Party, said the visceral nature of reporting from the border during the height of the family separation crisis pushed the movement toward a tipping point.
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"I didn't think about those other million people out there," Edith S. Childs, the South Carolina councilwoman whose mantra "Fired up, ready to go!" was adopted by Mr. Obama as a campaign rallying cry.
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In late October, Buttigieg's campaign released an article published in the HBCU Times praising the plan, citing an open letter on behalf of Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Devine, Rehoboth Baptist pastor and state Rep.
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The Daily News reports City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland put this change in motion when she had a single tampon and pad dispenser installed at the High School for Arts and Business in Queens.
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In the coming weeks, Councilwoman Ferreras-Copeland, along with City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, will introduce legislation that would make her initiative a citywide program, serving students in need across all school districts.
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If approved, a local Council member — Councilman Corey Johnson and Councilwoman Margaret Chin represent parts of the block — would then have to propose the co-naming to the full City Council for a vote.
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"This bill has one clear priority in mind: protecting our affordable housing stock for the millions of New Yorkers who could not live here without it," said Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, who introduced the bill.
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Romero, Tucson's first Latina mayor, is joined by freshman councilwoman Lane Santa Cruz in asking the city to withhold funding for the parade if the Confederate flag is displayed as part of the ceremony.
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After a Globo investigation last month revealed the Bolsonaro family's links to the 2018 assassination of City Councilwoman Marielle Franco, the president made good on his pledge to cut off public funds to Globo.
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Tuesday's ceremony follows a unanimous vote last month to rename the plaza, a vote that the bill's sponsor, Councilwoman Mary Cheh, told The Associated Press was not related to allegations of Russian election interference.
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City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, citing an unconfirmed report in The New York Post, said the attacker "saw himself as some kind of savior" after watching a film that depicted Asian men abusing Asian women.
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But the three leaders — Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Devine, Rehoboth Baptist pastor and state Representative Ivory Thigpen, and chair of the state party's Black Caucus Johnnie Cordero — said they did not officially endorse Buttigieg's campaign.
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TV Globo reported that a doorman in a Rio de Janeiro gated community -- where then-Congressman Bolsonaro owned a home -- linked Bolsonaro's name to the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco.
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Erika Strassberger, the city councilwoman who represents the area, said the suspect was barricaded by police in the building prior to surrendering and that he was taken to the hospital, the New York Times reports.
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"I want to keep an open mind, but I'm not feeling in a great place of comfort," said City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, who represents the East Village and attended one of the meetings on Thursday.
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"Housing Court is a weapon that unscrupulous landlords use to displace tenants," Councilman Mark D. Levine, who along with Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson, a fellow Democrat, sponsored the legislation, said in an interview on Monday.
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This year, the race took an early turn in the spring when Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, a Queens councilwoman seen by many as the front-runner, unexpectedly announced that she would not run for re-election.
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Councilwoman Gibson said she was working to get more money to improve the southern section of the park, near where the body parts were found, by repairing courts in the area and adding more cameras.
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The councilwoman herself has said that the Tuscon Rodeo Parade Committee has "fed into Confederate revisionism," which she argues pushes the narrative that the Civil War was a battle over state rights rather than slavery.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's top public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered five people indicted over sabotaging efforts to investigate the assassination of a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, and said federal investigators would take over the case.
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The shootings persuaded the 46th Precinct commander, Inspector Philip P. Rivera, to place the RV-style truck on East 183rd as a visible deterrent, said Vanessa Gibson, a city councilwoman who represents a neighboring district.
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"I see this as Walmart 2.0 and we're going to continue to fight because we object to the process that has brought us to [this] point," said Councilwoman Inez Barron, a Democrat, at the December hearing.
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"This is a cowardly betrayal of the needs of the working people," Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a leading proponent of the tax who voted against repeal, said to thunderous applause moments before the council completed its vote.
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When the city decided to accept the grant, Hartford Councilwoman Wildaliz Bermudez explained in an interview, she supported the move, but only as long as the city adopted strict regulations around the use of the drones.
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"The community put the line in the sand: no luxury condominiums," said Councilwoman Laurie A. Cumbo, who prevailed in a tough re-election fight in the Democratic primary in which the project was a central issue.
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Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo of Brooklyn, expected to be named the majority leader, said the failure of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucus to agree on a consensus candidate hurt the chances for having a black speaker.
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A South Carolina councilwoman that former President Obama credits for coming up with a popular campaign slogan endorsed billionaire Tom SteyerTom Fahr SteyerPoll: Most Democratic voters say billionaires are out of touch with average American Hill.
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On this swing through South Carolina, Buttigieg also brought South Bend City Councilwoman Sharon McBride, who is African-American and wanted "to be a witness" to the Buttigieg's work with people of color in South Bend.
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Mr. Drezin himself worked as an aide to Maria del Carmen Arroyo, a former city councilwoman who, along with Mr. Carrión and two other elected officials, helped broker the community benefits agreement that established the fund.
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During the Tuesday meeting during which Coulter made her remarks, Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cindy Bass said she had written to Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney calling on the acting commissioner to "step down immediately," The Inquirer reported.
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On Tuesday, former Rio de Janeiro police officers Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Vieira de Queiroz were arrested in connection with the killing of city councilwoman Marielle Franco and her driver, the Rio de Janeiro state government announced.
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And she is in favor of building new jails in New York City and has been known to boast about coercing councilwoman Diana Ayala to do her bidding which includes voting in favor of building new jails.
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"We're all very concerned about an individual who presumably wanted to take it upon himself to disturb or dismantle a person camping in our public space and that's just totally unacceptable," Oakland City Councilwoman Lynette McElhaney said.
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A Wisconsin councilwoman is fighting for her right to breastfeed during legislative sessions after her fellow elected officials voted to ban all children — which includes her baby — from sitting in on meetings because she tried to nurse.
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To the councilwoman this is a subject that hits close to home; she came to this country as a refugee after losing her home during the Sri Lankan civil war, which took place from 1983 to 2009.
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Janet Gullvaag, a councilwoman in Notteroy, Norway, an island municipality of about 21,000 people, reached out to Ashton Hayes about nine years ago after her political party decided to include reducing carbon dioxide emissions in its platform.
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In September, the fifth-term Boston councilwoman unseated 10-term incumbent Michael CapuanoMichael (Mike) Everett CapuanoInside the progressive hunt for vulnerable House Democrats Progressive mayor launches primary challenge to top Ways and Means Democrat Ex-GOP Rep.
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And their city councilwoman says their grassroots campaign could serve as a blueprint for how other communities in Atlanta -- whose slogan is "The City Too Busy to Hate" -- might rename their own streets that honor the Confederacy.
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Rising political star Marielle Franco, a black Rio councilwoman, had been instrumental in bringing the two candidates under the banner of her Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL), but did not live to see them start their campaigns.
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"Nitrogen from waste was leaking into the pond," said Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, deputy supervisor of East Hampton, referring to Fort Pond, the 181-acre body of water behind the lodge where the concertgoers on kayaks sometimes congregate.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Law enforcement officials on Tuesday morning arrested two former police officers suspected of executing a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman — a breakthrough in a brazen political assassination that has haunted Brazilians for nearly a year.
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The smaller settings allowed for "a really good dialogue" with voters so "they can get to know her," said Tameika Isaac-Devine, a Columbia city councilwoman who endorsed Warren this month and attended several of these meetings.
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"The feedback that I've gotten from my residents in District 4 has been almost overwhelming against the proposed change in our charter," said Councilwoman Mary C. Cook, who noted that her husband and brother were naturalized citizens.
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The next two hours would amount to a rhetorical neck massage—from, among others, a klezmer violinist, a scientist, a jazz vocalist, a family therapist, a fifth-grade teacher, and a city councilwoman—with occasional self-recrimination.
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BRASILIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's top public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered five people indicted over sabotaging efforts to investigate the assassination of a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, and said federal investigators would take over the case.
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The outburst, which included a threat to cancel TV Globo's broadcast license, followed Globo's report that a witness cited Bolsonaro's name in the ongoing investigation of the murder of a high-profile human rights activist and city councilwoman.
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"But I have to ask you about this, councilwoman, law enforcement sources have told CNN that the victim in this case, she was drunk, combative, and bit a police officer and that she initially refused treatment," Brown said.
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"I've been asked to not come off as outraged or angry for fear of being labeled as an angry black woman," Pressley, a Boston city councilwoman who is running to represent Massachusetts's 85033th Congressional District, told the crowd.
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It's a top Democratic priority, but before the general election kicks off, a crowded Democratic primary field has emerged, which includes 2014 nominee Pat Murphy, Cedar Rapids Councilwoman Monica Vernon, and SNL alum and political newcomer Gary Kroeger.
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After holding roundtables in June, New York City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland discovered youth across the city have to navigate a capricious web of school staff to get a pad or tampon, compromising their education in the process.
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"Councilwoman CdeBaca made a sarcastic tweet on Twitter to call attention to the Trump administration's downplaying of the coronavirus as a 'hoax,' no more dangerous than the common flu," the statement said, according to ABC affiliate Denver 7.
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With such high stakes, the Democratic challenger, Shelley B. Mayer, an assemblywoman from Yonkers, is now engaged in a heated clash with Julie Killian, a moderate Republican and former councilwoman and deputy mayor in the City of Rye.
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Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz, who represents the Queens district where the schoolyard was vandalized, told CNN on Sunday that her office received photographs from a resident in the apartment building next to the school and immediately informed the police.
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Captain Travis Wright of the Atchison County Sheriff's Office tells PEOPLE that Huron City Councilwoman Carol Fowler, 48, first encountered officers last Friday when they tried to serve a warrant for a court appearance stemming from a 2017 conviction.
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The payout, to be paid from the city's coffers, comes after more than two years of legal battles, in which the city rejected the ex-Black Panther leader's request for $1 million following her confrontation with councilwoman Desley Brooks.
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New York stepped up its enforcement of building safety codes following the 1990 Happy Land fire, which killed 87 people in an unlicensed dance club, said City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who represents Queens and chairs the council's fire committee.
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Then there's his cousin, Mariah (Alfre Woodard), a local councilwoman who is hoping to revitalize Harlem with legitimate enterprises like new housing and job initiatives, but isn't above taking money from Cornell's illegal operations to help speed things along.
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Williams is the Councilwoman for Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government District 2, the Chair of the National Association of Democratic County Officials, Second Vice Chair of the Louisiana State Democratic Party, and a Delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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On Monday, Councilwoman Ferreras-Copeland announced that, in partnership with the New York City Department of Education, her pioneering initiative will expand throughout two school districts across the city: District 9 in the Bronx and District 24 in Queens.
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City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal, a Democrat from the Upper West Side, said the goal should be to increase the academic and economic diversity in every school, though she also understood the concerns raised by some white, middle-class parents.
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The city shaped the law — named in honor of a longtime councilwoman, Fannie Lewis — to avoid the constitutional objection to treating out-of-state contractors differently: The residency preferences applied only to construction hours worked by people from Ohio.
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"For some, it's his age, and for others, he's a mayor of a small city and they don't feel like he has the experience," said Tameika Isaac-Devine, a Columbia city councilwoman who has not endorsed in the primary.
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Both have made it their mission to memorialize the vital role that New York played in shaping the early American government, and they finally persuaded Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a Democrat who represents Lower Manhattan, to formally propose the new name.
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It's all well and good to see Kim interacting with organization-approved women with on-narrative stories, but it's far more affecting to see the millionaire walking an actual Burbank tent camp with local councilwoman Nury Martinez, a vocal homelessness advocate.
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If you are ever at a loss to respond to victim-blaming, the act of assigning responsibility to the victim of a crime (especially sexual assault), rather than its perpetrator, take a page from New York City councilwoman Laurie Cumbo's book.
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The effort wasn't particularly successful—their candidates failed to win a majority—but the company may have succeeded in toppling some of their loudest opponents, including socialist councilwoman Kshama Sawant, though many ballots that may tip in her favor remain uncounted.
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Obama, who made a similar appearance at a dance class at her former high school in Chicago last month, shocked young women at the Lower Eastside Girls' Club on Saturday according to video posted by New York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.
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Clinton, accompanied by State Assemblyman Walter T. Mosley; Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York; and New York City Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, shook hands with mostly black New Yorkers at Junior's, the iconic cheesecake hub on Flatbush Avenue in downtown Brooklyn.
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The Brazilian people have been mobilizing against hate, taking to the streets following the assassination (along with her driver) of Marielle Franco: a gay, Afro-Brazilian city councilwoman who had been a vocal opponent of Brazil's rampant and racist police violence.
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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that he has asked the top public prosecutor to investigate a statement by a Rio de Janeiro doorman that links President Jair Bolsonaro to suspects in the murder of a councilwoman.
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A large group of community members, led by local Councilwoman Rosie Mendez, spoke at the event, including imams, rabbis, members of the LGBTQ community, high school students, and leaders of minority groups who feel directly targeted by the Trump administration.
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RIO DE JANEIRO — On the eve of her killing on a downtown street on Wednesday night, a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman suggested that the death of a young man earlier in the week had been the latest act of police brutality.
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"I ask you a question: do you think that we can bend our political revolution by folding up our movement's stance and rallying behind Hillary?" asked Kshama Sawant, the socialist Seattle City councilwoman and outspoken Sanders surrogate, during Sunday's rally.
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In September, New York City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland made what many see as a radical move: She launched a program to give students at one Queens high school access to free tampons and pads, the first of its kind.
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"I am strongly of the belief that this bill does two thing that should be of the utmost priority in St. Louis County: Curb gun violence and also helping to curb intimate partner violence," Councilwoman Lisa Clancy said at Tuesday's meeting.
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"If the Trump administration moves forward with their interests, they are taking us backward 100 years, rupturing trust once again between the federal government and Indian people," Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, a former councilwoman from the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, said.
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"We don't mind doing something to honor Dr. King, but we don't want you to take Paseo away from us to do it," said former City Councilwoman Alissia Canady, who represented much of the area until her term ended in August.
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Tameika Isaac Devine, a Columbia, S.C., city councilwoman — and one of the people who sought clarification that she had endorsed Buttigieg's policy plan but not his candidacy — said Buttigieg's "biggest issue is that people don't know him" in South Carolina.
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Salt Lake County Councilwoman Jenny Wilson is considered the front-runner in the Democratic primary, but a Democratic victory in the state would be a long shot: A Democrat hasn't won a Senate seat in Utah in nearly 50 years.
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"I'm very surprised that Cory and Kamala are so behind everybody else," said Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine, who added that she'd been hearing a lot more about Warren and Sanders in South Carolina than she thought she would.
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But after Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's upset victory, as well as that of Ayanna S. Pressley, a Boston city councilwoman who toppled Michael Capuano, a 10-term Massachusetts congressman, members are also more aware of the potential potency of a primary challenge.
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"For me, the issue is still the culture," says Luciana Boiteux, a pre-candidate for city councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, professor of law at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and lawyer, who participated in the protest Monday evening in Rio.
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The Republican, Julie Killian, a former Rye City councilwoman, is moderate enough to support "common-sense gun laws," although she is hesitant about bail reform and her fight to lower property taxes is a more local issue than one for the Senate.
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The councilwoman also believes when women aren't involved in politics, their exclusion leads to the enactment of laws that limit access to affordable contraception and women's rights to make decisions over their own bodies, and it becomes acceptable for blatant expressions of sexism.
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BRASILIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Wednesday that he has asked the top public prosecutor to investigate a statement by a Rio de Janeiro doorman that links President Jair Bolsonaro to suspects in the murder of a councilwoman.
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"As a lifelong advocate for animal rights, I am excited that the Council has voted to pass this historic legislation to ban the sale of these specific force-fed animal products," New York Councilwoman Carlina Rivera (D), the bill's author, told CNN.
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"People would say they were sorry for what happened to him and he would say, 'Thank you very much; I'm running for representative,'" recalled Deborah Tompkins, a Plainville councilwoman who knocked on doors with Mr. Petit, a Republican, in the fall of 20163.
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Eric Nelson, a special prosecutor appointed in 2016 to handle the matter, said on Friday that Mr. Luthmann had impersonated three local politicians on social media: the Staten Island district attorney, a Republican candidate for the State Assembly and a Democratic city councilwoman.
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Councilwoman Inez Barron of Brooklyn, comparing herself to Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first black to run for president on a major-party ticket, said she was fighting for a "paradigm shift" in how leadership was chosen.
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In Massachusetts, it has stayed out of a primary between Representative Michael E. Capuano and Ayanna Pressley, a Boston city councilwoman, even though Ms. Pressley was the 2000 recipient of the Emily's List "Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award," named for the former congresswoman.
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Councilwoman Diana Ayala, who voted in favor of building a jail in her Bronx district, said she cast her vote in honor of a younger brother who, she said, struggled with mental illness and has been in and out of jails, including Rikers.
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"He will be up there all alone," said Melissa Mark-Viverito, a former speaker of the New York City Council and current candidate for a House seat in the Bronx, who often criticized Mr. Bloomberg's City Hall as a progressive Democratic councilwoman.
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Gale Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, who dealt extensively with Mr. Bloomberg's administration in her previous role as a city councilwoman, suggested that the former mayor was missing out on something if he de-emphasized the hugs-and-handshakes portion of a campaign.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his son on Tuesday hurled criticism at state authorities investigating the death of an alleged hit man who was suspected of involvement in the murder of a well-known Rio de Janeiro councilwoman.
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"All the Democrats, they want to focus the attacks on the President and impeachment, to avoid talking about the fact that nothing has been done on kitchen-table issues," said Peggy Huang, a Yorba Linda city councilwoman who's among the Republicans challenging Porter.
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Divisions over homelessness led to a tough race for Councilwoman Elizabeth S. Crowley in Queens, who held onto her seat despite a challenge from Robert Holden, a City University professor who opposed the use of hotels in the district to house the homeless.
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Jacobia Dowell, a councilwoman who sponsored the resolution, said it was passed against the backdrop of criminal law reforms in Tennessee, and cited increased awareness about the impact of sex trafficking of children and the way that the state handled such cases.
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Missick Newly strong, Luke escapes from jail and returns to his home in Harlem, where Detective Misty Knight (Simone Missick) is attempting to tie club owner Cornell Stokes (Mahershala Ali) and his cousin, Councilwoman Mariah Dillard (Alfre Woodard), to a series of neighborhood crimes.
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" In a statement initially explaining the bill, Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown noted that while Philadelphia as a whole has some of the worst blood pressure statistics in the country, "African-American Philadelphians have even higher rates of hypertension (48%) and premature death from heart disease.
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When the Reds' asking price dropped low enough, the Yankees swooped in to acquire Chapman on the cheap, a bit of opportunism that General Manager Brian Cashman readily acknowledged, even as it drew criticism from some domestic violence experts, fans and a city councilwoman.
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In late October, amid efforts to win support among the black community, his campaign released an article published in the HBCU Times praising his Douglass Plan, citing an open letter on behalf of Columbia City Councilwoman Tameika Devine, Rehoboth Baptist pastor and state Rep.
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While Ferreras-Copeland is still calculating costs, the councilwoman said the city could spend about $100,000 to $250,20173 annually per school district — or, between $3.1 million and $7.75 million a year for over half of the 1.1 million student population learning across 31 districts.
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In Lower Manhattan, Councilwoman Margaret Chin survived a challenge from Christopher Marte, a first-time candidate whom she had defeated in the Democratic primary by a 222-vote margin and who ran against her again in the general election, drawing on anger over development.
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" Philadelphia placed barricades and guards around a statue of Mr. Rizzo, loathed by some African-Americans for his harsh tactics toward blacks in the city, after protesters surrounded the bronze edifice and a city councilwoman, Helen Gym, wrote on Twitter, "Take the Rizzo statue down.
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Michele Massey, a former Jersey City councilwoman who is the executive director of an organization that oversees a commercial corridor along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, said Hasidim had opened a synagogue on the avenue despite a recent zoning change forbidding new houses of worship.
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"I'm still struggling with the fact that a neighbor called, concerned about a neighbor, and this is the result that came from that care and concern," Kelly Allen Gray, a city councilwoman who represents the neighborhood where Jefferson was killed, told the New York Times.
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He added that while residents and a local councilwoman, Debi Rose, had long pushed for a new community center, it was not until he met with Ms. Rose, a Democrat, during his Staten Island sojourn that he decided to commit the money to the project.
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Though Ms James was lambasted as a machine candidate, she in fact amassed a strong record as a councilwoman and New York's Public Advocate—and it helped that she is also poised to become the first black woman to win state-wide office in New York.
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On Tuesday, January 22, two suspects were announced in the murder case of Marielle Franco—a Brazilian councilwoman recognized for her advocacy against police brutality, racial inequality, and her championship of women's and LGBTQ rights—who was shot dead in Rio de Janeiro in March 2018.
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"Compared to some of the proposals they had, with a whole boardwalk and everything — like this was the Jersey Shore — I think they worked really hard to come up with the best solution for us," said Julia Prince, a third-generation entrepreneur and former town councilwoman.
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"This has been so taboo for so long, that no one even thought about it," said Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, who led local efforts with a pilot project providing free pads and tampons at a high school in Queens that is being expanded to include 25 schools.
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As local Councilwoman Rosie Mendez wrote in a statement last week, the controversy comes down to an issue of free speech—and while Yassky might be able to boot Green from the apartment for violating his lease, legally, he can decorate his windows however he likes.
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" Carlina Rivera, the councilwoman from Manhattan who proposed the current ban, declined to be interviewed for this article, but in an earlier interview with The Times, she called the force-feeding "the most inhumane process" in the commercial food industry, done "for a purely luxury product.
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Alvarez, who moved to the United States from Mexico as a child and went into local politics as a city councilwoman, went door-to-door in Bell one morning last week, speaking to residents mostly in Spanish, urging them to turn out and vote for Sanders.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he could cancel the license of Brazil's largest TV network Globo after it reported an allegation connecting him with a former police officer accused of the killing of a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman last year.
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"What was especially disturbing in this era of #MeToo was the attempt to 'slut shame' me for celebrating my body and for my attendance at Burning Man — an internationally renowned arts and culture festival and an event I proudly and openly attend," the councilwoman says in the video.
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"We were just shocked when we heard that this Allure Group, that gave us the understanding that they were going to run it as a long-term care facility, turned around and sold it," said Councilwoman Margaret Chin, a Democrat, who advocated keeping some sort of nursing home there.
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The vote, in January 2014, was expected to be so close, recalled Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, a Queens councilwoman, that on the morning it was held, the liberal coalition gathered at a downtown restaurant to walk with Ms. Mark-Viverito to City Hall — out of concern for last-minute defections.
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It's hard to say who will ultimately emerge as the Democratic nominee, but right now the three frontrunners appear to be Naperville Councilwoman Becky Anderson Wilkins, breast cancer survivor Kelly Mazeski, and congressional aide Carole Cheney, with self-funding clean energy exec Sean Casten as a dark horse.
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On the Republican side, the endorsement from the Miami Herald could propel former Doral councilwoman Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, who claims to have been abducted by aliens, to a stronger-than expected finish as she and several other Republicans try to catch front-runner Maria Elvira Salazar, a former TV reporter.
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In a Phoenix City Council meeting on Wednesday, things took a turn for the, um, at-least-very-uncomfortable, as a man who shot then Phoenix Councilwoman Mary Rose Cox in the pelvis in 1997 over her support for a proposal for the Arizona Diamondbacks's publicly-funded stadium made an appearance.
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The 5-cent fee will "ensure that clogged storm drains, polluted waterways and parkland riddled with nonbiodegradable bag waste will be a part of New York City's past," Councilwoman Margaret S. Chin, a Democrat who represents Lower Manhattan and was one of the bill's primary sponsors, said in a statement.
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The two candidates debated twice; on two other occasions Mr. Crowley said he could not attend because of scheduling conflicts, and on one of those he sent a surrogate, Annabel Palma, a former City Councilwoman, which left the impression that the girls ought to just work things out among themselves.
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Councilwoman Brianne K. Nadeau gave birth to a girl last year, and Robert C. White Jr., an at-large councilman, has a 21-month-old daughter — which he cited as a reason for declining to run against Ms. Bowser this year, despite being seen by some as a strong contender.
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Seated on a raised wooden dais during a hearing on the L train shutdown at City Hall, Councilwoman Chin looked visibly stunned as city officials unveiled their plans, including the decision to deploy 70 buses every hour over the Williamsburg Bridge — and into the streets of Chinatown, which she represents.
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It's expected to be a close primary between Murphy and Vernon, but the city councilwoman, who was runner-up in 6900's Democratic primary, had an early entry into the race and has earned the endorsement of EMILY's List, the national group that typically backs female Democratic candidates who support abortion rights.
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"In Seattle you see the majority of the population that was living who were low-income working families have been pushed out," and are now commuting one or two hours to their jobs in a city which saw its housing costs soar to 113-percent over the national average, the councilwoman stated.
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"He can be a governor for the masses," said Felicia Robinson, a councilwoman in the predominantly black city of Miami Gardens, where schoolteachers at a rally for public education last week greeted Mr. Gillum with excited shrieks, frenzied selfies and the sound of the late Aretha Franklin belting out "Respect" over the loudspeakers.
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Bernice Scott, a former Richland County councilwoman and the founder of the activist group Reckoning Crew, which has endorsed Biden, said that the former vice president's support in South Carolina owes in part to years of politicking in the state, even before former President Obama tapped him as his running mate in 85033.
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It's so loud that in 2014, a city councilwoman authored a bill designed to flag areas that consistently saw noise levels above 65 decibels; about the level you'd have to raise your voice to carry on a typical conversation—and enough to pose an actual health issue to those continually subjected to the din.
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"There is a historic union between first Americans in Canada and Native Americans in the United States," Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca councilwoman, told the AP. "Long before a border ever existed on a map, a fictitious line on a map, we were a united peoples in our approach to care of Mother Earth," she said.
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"There is a historic union between first Americans in Canada and Native Americans in the United States," Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca councilwoman, told AP. "Long before a border ever existed on a map, a fictitious line on a map, we were a united peoples in our approach to care of Mother Earth," she said.
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His father, S. Robert Molinari, was an assemblyman in the 1940s, and his daughter, Susan Molinari, became a city councilwoman, succeeded her father in Congress from 1990 to 1997, and, after a short-lived career as a television journalist, became a lobbyist, a member of Mr. Giuliani's law firm and vice president of public policy for Google.
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"I was just amazed that when you first came out here, Senator Warren, that you ran up those steps the way that you did, and all this energy and stamina that you have," Nikita L. Jackson, a Rock Hill, S.C., city councilwoman, said as she praised Ms. Warren to a crowd at a town hall event on Saturday.
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In College Park, home to the University of Maryland's flagship campus, the City Council is debating a measure introduced by Councilwoman Christine Nagle that would give noncitizens — a broad category that includes green card holders, students with visas and undocumented immigrants — the right to cast ballots for the city's mayor, council members and other local officials.
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Already, the influential union for hotel workers, the Hotel Trades Council, has announced its intention to do so, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in spending in support of candidates including Laurie Cumbo, an incumbent Brooklyn councilwoman who is in a hard-fought race, and candidates running for open seats in Manhattan, including Keith Powers and Carlina Rivera.
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"Often times, women would miss appointments with either a DA, or miss appointments at the police precinct, or, unfortunately in cases, had to go and serve orders of protection, they had to go themselves and weren't able to do that because they weren't able to take the time off work," Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, said at a press conference according to Jezebel.
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A California city council member referred to the QAnon conspiracy theory during her goodbye address this week, marking what appears to be the first time an elected official has brought up the far-ranging "deep state" theory during official business, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday San Juan Capistrano councilwoman Pam Patterson read a QAnon post at a meeting with lawmakers.
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A Democratic city councilwoman in Denver said Tuesday she was being "sarcastic" with a retweet appearing to call for anyone with coronavirus to attend rallies for President TrumpDonald John TrumpAs Biden surges, GOP Ukraine probe moves to the forefront Republicans, rooting for Sanders, see Biden wins as setback Trump says Biden Ukraine dealings will be a 'major' campaign issue MORE.
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"In New Orleans, you could see the remnants of Katrina by the markings of FEMA spray paint on people's homes, and you could see those waterlines," said Amanda K. Edwards, a Houston city councilwoman who has led an effort to identify and knock on the doors of low-income flood victims who have stopped answering phone calls from those trying to assist them.
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He and his predecessors had been lobbied to consider Ms. Clark's transformation from unrepentant radical to model prisoner by supporters who included volunteer lawyers, Catholic nuns in prison ministries, a former chairman of the state parole board, 13 past presidents of the New York City Bar Association, the former Bedford Hills prison superintendent and Ronnie Eldridge, a former city councilwoman from Manhattan.
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We Don&apost Need to &aposPause&apos Police Use of Face Recognition—We Need to Ban It ForeverFacial recognition experts called to testify before a congressional hearing on Wednesday found…Read more ReadThe ordinance, written by Oakland's Privacy Advisory Commission and sponsored by Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, bans the city and any of its staff from obtaining, retaining, requesting, accessing, or using face recognition technology or any information gleaned from this tech.
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