Sentences with phrase «assembly seat recently»

Phillip Goldfeder, an aide to Sen. Charles Schumer, was selected to run for the Assembly seat recently vacated by Audrey Pheffer, while Michael Simanowitz, a longtime aide to Assembly member Nettie Mayersohn, was chosen for the race to succeed Mayersohn.

Riverhead Councilman George Gabrielsen — who on Friday expressed interest in running for the state Assembly seat recently vacated by Dan Losquadro — said Monday that he has decided not to run.

Not exact matches

Fog a mirror, and we'll run you,» said Gerry O'Brien, a Brooklyn - based political consultant who recently worked on the campaign of Republican Joseph Tirone, Mr. Cusick's opponent for his Assembly seat.

He recently endorsed Rubain Dorancy for an open Brooklyn State Senate seat and Rodneyse Bichotte for an open Brooklyn Assembly seat.

Rachel McEneny, who recently joined the Cuomo administration, isn't interested in running for her father's Assembly seat, should he retire.

(The seat is currenly vacant, and two of the district's last three assembly members have left office due to bribery charges, including, most recently, Eric Stevenson, who was convicted in January of accepting bribes).

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

Political action committee Fight Back New York recently condemned state Sen. Ruben Diaz (D - Bronx) for his support of ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who is running for a vacant assembly seat in 2010, as well as other Queens senators who voted against gay marriage.

During a brief recess during the voting, Senator Shirley L. Huntley, a Queens Democrat who had only recently come out in support of same sex marriage, strode from her seat to the back of the Senate chamber to congratulate Daniel J. O'Donnell, an openly gay Manhattan lawmaker who sponsored the legislation in the Assembly.