Sentences with phrase «assembly majority leadership»
However, according to this source, Heastie and Wright presented the Assembly majority leadership with a deal last night in which Rangel's district would get about 300,000 voters from each of their boroughs with another 100,000 from Westchester County.
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«I think we're going to be anywhere's from 49 to 51 seats, but I think the significance of being that close, especially in this environment, I think there's going to be some Assembly Democrats across the state that'd be a little reluctant just to vote in lock - step with the leadership and the New York City - dominated Assembly majority.»
UPDATE: A spokesperson majority says that the Assembly leadership is conducting a final review and will have a decision shortly.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said the legal mess surrounding Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is a «horrendous situation,» but he declined to opine on whether the embattled Bronx Democrat should step down from his leadership post.
«We are disappointed the Senate and Assembly majorities, both with new leadership, have expressed no willingness to reform longstanding inequities in New York's Freedom of Information laws, or adopt uniform email and document retention policies,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
We call on the Assembly Majority to hold a public leadership vote so that their constituents can see where they stand and that they take seriously the leadership and staff's abrogations of responsibility.»
«We are basically going to keep the staff in all of the staff leadership with their existing responsibilities,» said Regent Jim Tallon, former Assembly majority leader who chairs the board's state aid committee.
Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca, who broke with the majority of his party in supporting a $ 3 billion tax incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group and has been in charge while Democratic seats dropped to their lowest levels in 60 years, announced Thursday he is leaving his leadership post at the end of the month.
Those complaints have, of course, taken down two of the state's most powerful politicians: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who both resigned their leadership positions after coming under fire.
The Senate Republicans have been using the Heastie - Wright fight as an explanation for why they were unable to come up with a House redistricting deal with their majority counterparts on the other side of the Capitol, and the Assembly Democratic leadership has done nothing to dispel that.
Still, Cuomo said there are differences with the Legislature, too, when asked about negotiating under the legislative leadership of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, both of whom were ousted amid corruption convictions.
California's Assembly speaker has played a classic legislative leadership role as the bridge between a Republican governor and a strongly liberal majority Democratic caucus, helping to forge and shepherd through a long list of impressive legislation over the past couple of years.
Anonymous sources quoted by the NY Post's Fred Dicker bashed the leadership of both Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in the wake of a lackluster end of session.
The Assembly Speaker and Senate Majority Leader control the assignment of committees and leadership positions, along with control of the agenda in their chambers.
Klein entered a new pact with the Republican leadership which stripped him of many of the perks and perquisites he previously enjoyed, although he has taken part in budget negotiations, a privilege previously reserved for the governor, Assembly speaker and State Senate majority leader.
· Republican Assembly leadership has no plan for gaining the majority in the near or long term.
Or money for a housing development fund, a priority of Assembly majority leader Joe Morelle, who lost the chamber leadership to Speaker Carl Heastie.
Before any vote, leadership should lay out a clear course of action for the upcoming session and beyond including a comprehensive policy agenda, communications strategy, and long - term path for the Assembly Republicans to attain a majority in the chamber.
«We are disappointed the Senate and Assembly majorities, both with new leadership, have expressed no willingness to reform longstanding inequities in New York's Freedom of Information laws, or adopt uniform email and document retention policies.
The coalition is calling for Assembly majority leader Joe Morelle of Rochester — a Silver loyalist who is one of the five members of the proposed leadership group — to become interim speaker.
«I want to thank Speaker Heastie and the Assembly majority for their leadership on so many issues — from school funding and workplace protections to tax policy and women's equality — that are critical to the lives of average New Yorkers,» UFT president Michael Mulgrew said in a statement.
I also want to take a moment to acknowledge our leadership here in Albany, including Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Three months after the Assembly dealt with its biggest leadership crisis in two decades, the upper chamber in Albany is suddenly facing a similar problem: A leader under arrest, a challenge for the ruling party, and the lack of an obvious successor after Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader, was arrested on Monday, along with his son, Adam, on corruption and fraud charges in Manhattan.
«In addition to the Governor, we thank Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos for making this a reality; Assemblymembers Amy Paulin, Karim Camara and Joseph Lentol, who first introduced legislation and led the way in Albany on this critical issue; and Senators Diane Savino, Martin Golden, Andrew Lanza and Steve Saland, who provided thoughtful leadership during budget deliberations.