"ally" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Mrs. Gresser has lately sought to mend fences with the Chancellor, who has emerged as a potent political player and valuable mayoral ally.
- But the law limits him to two consecutive terms, a complication that has sent mayoral allies in search of legal loopholes and nuance, which they have found.
- "I think Mike has done a pretty good job," said one highly regarded chief executive and mayoral ally, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to alienate City Hall.
- "When it comes to the mayor you cannot function with blinders on," said Jerry Cammarata, the board member from Staten Island and a mayoral ally.
- And there is the Yonkers City Council, where a veto-proof majority of mayoral allies has long stood in the way of more equitable spending.
- You cannot afford to hire a lobbying firm of a mayoral ally like Raymond B. Harding, so what is a community to do?
- When Mr. Kiley emerged as a candidate on Friday, mayoral allies began pressuring Ms. Thomson to back him, a board official said.
- They are already deeply familiar with the record of Gifford Miller, who has alternately been a mayoral ally or foe as speaker of the City Council.
- There were investigations into cronyism and kickbacks, and two convictions of mayoral allies for fraud.
- Yet he acknowledged that one of the reasons he gave then - the possibility that a mayoral ally would secure more city money for public schools - had not materialized.
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