mayor
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The victims included a former mayor, civil servants and business people from other parts of the state.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
To expand the program’s reach, the city will need to move away from expensive hotels and motels and toward high-quality homeless shelters, the mayor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Mastro, who served as a deputy mayor under former Mayor Eric Adams, said that in its attempt to identify the luxury pieds-à-terre in the city, the Department of Finance cast too wide a net.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I don't have, as unbelievable as it is as mayor of this region, any power to fix this problem, but it doesn't mean I haven't shoved my nose in," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Ninety percent of Durham’s black voters cast their ballots for Grabarek, handing the new mayor his slim margin of victory with their 2,418 votes.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Steven Keener, a professor of criminology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia, said residents can meet with city council members or mayors to convince them to cancel their contracts with the surveillance company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
Tom Copley, one of London's deputy mayors, said the bid will demonstrate why London "remains a beacon of inclusivity and diversity around the globe".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The rich complained, but mayors from Rudy Giuliani to de Blasio courted the city’s most successful to help keep the city in the black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The decision was a break in custom from previous mayors who had attended the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In some cases, blacks have forged alliances with whites and Latinos to elect black mayors, senators, and congressmen.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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