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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I basically committed two years of my life campaigning for candidates, building relationships and supporting people all over the city.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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When New Yorkers return to their cars on Sunday and don't find a parking ticket, they can thank God... but they shouldn't thank Mike Bloomberg,
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We have a president and a federal government that have abandoned our cities.
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We can do a lot better in this city. We need leadership that's going to stand up and fight for urban areas across this country.
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Unless he wants to make Portland the sixth borough, this seems to be the opposite of bringing jobs to middle-class New Yorkers,
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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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You never know until people vote. It's discouraging to see the polls where they are. But we're still holding out hope.