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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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 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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Clearly when you're going to run against someone's that's spending $100 million, you're going to have to raise money to be competitive, and I think I've done that, ... I don't worry or focus on what my opponents are doing; I focus on what needs to be done to get my message out of real accomplishments, of real results for real New Yorkers.
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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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You never know until people vote. It's discouraging to see the polls where they are. But we're still holding out hope.