Gifford Miller
Gifford Miller
A. Gifford Milleris the former Speaker of the New York City Council, where he represented Council District 5. Barred from seeking reelection due to term limits, the Democrat ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the opportunity to run against incumbent Republican Mayor, Michael Bloomberg in November 2005...
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You never know until people vote. It's discouraging to see the polls where they are. But we're still holding out hope.
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I think the first thing we have to do is grieve, ... We lost a colleague and a friend. And I think all the members of the council, our staff and his staff, have to join with the members of his family and the rest of the city in mourning his loss. It's a terrible, terrible loss.
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New Yorkers are getting killed with parking ticket after parking ticket.
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My kids are more important to me than my campaign. I'm not going to make it a campaign issue or a campaign promise.
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Look all we want is some guidance on what the rules are and they seem to be changing the rules in the middle of the process and we would just like to know what the rules are.
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Our young people who have asthma will not be exposed to the same sorts of toxic substances in our schools,
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I basically committed two years of my life campaigning for candidates, building relationships and supporting people all over the city.
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It is not pandering to do something that people want, ... This is a responsible step to give a little relief to New Yorkers, and that is known as good government.
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From passing the city's first earned income tax credit to launching the structural unemployment initiative, Gifford has been a forceful advocate in getting results for the most vulnerable New Yorkers,
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We need to focus on schools; the overcrowding issues that are a big problem here in Queens, and the lack of supplies and teachers, but also take responsibility for the children outside the public school system, ... We need to make nurses available for parochial schools, yeshivas and other secular institutions, as well as provide funding for computers and software.
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What I've learned from working in New York politics is that the race is either really obvious, or too close to call, ... And this race is too close to call.
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When you look at the priorities he has put forward you have to ask the question: Is that it? ... I believe there are more important issues facing the city.
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The reduction from 21.6 to 21.3 is not a reduction that means much of anything. It's glacial. I've never met .3 of a child. We need to reduce the class size from approximately 22 down to 17.
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We've complied with every rule and regulation of the Campaign Finance Board, and we've documented and disclosed every nickel that we've spent — unlike this mayor.