Sentences with phrase «assembly seat vacated»

Republican Marco DeSena (l.) is running against Democrat Michael Simanowitz to replace the state Assembly seat vacated by Nettie Mayersohn in April.

In the biggest primary race in Onondaga County, enrolled Democrats will pick their party's candidate for the state Assembly seat vacated by former Assemblyman Sam Roberts.

The Manhattan Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, who was convicted on federal corruption charges in November, will also be determined in a special election on April 19, the day of the New York presidential primary.

(The governor has indicated he was likely to set an election for the Assembly seat vacated by Mr. Silver, the Manhattan Democrat and former speaker, in April, perhaps coinciding with New York's presidential primary.)

ALBANY, N.Y. — A special election on Tuesday will fill the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Democrat Anthony Seminerio, who faces sentencing in October for defrauding the public.

The Assembly seat vacated by Persaud was filled by Jaime Williams in an April special.

Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's City Council race last year.

Jeff Toback will run for the South Shore Assembly seat vacated after Todd Kaminsky's Senate victory but may face a crowded Democratic primary.

Former Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback will run for the South Shore Assembly seat vacated after Todd Kaminsky's Senate victory but may face a crowded Democratic primary.

It appears New York City attorney John McManmon has the support he needs to run for the state Assembly seat vacated by Republican Dan Losquadro last year.

Democrat Pamela Hunter, who was campaigning to fill the Assembly seat vacated by Sam Roberts in June, won a three - way race with 51 percent of the vote.

In East Harlem, front - runner Robert Rodriguez, former chairman of Community Board 11, won the state assembly seat vacated by Powell with 36 percent of the vote.

Fernandez won 1,622 votes, or about 81, sailing into the Assembly seat vacated by Mark Gjonaj, who was elected to the City Council in November.

The candidate in question is Phillip Goldfeder, currently the intergovernmental affairs director for Sen. Chuck Schumer and a former aide to Mayor Bloomberg, was tapped this week by the Queens Democrats to run for the Assembly seat vacated by Audrey Pheffer (now the Queens County clerk).

Democrat Christine Pellegrino ran against Conservative Tom Gargiulo, 59, a retired BOCES special education teacher from Babylon, for the 9th District Assembly seat vacated by Joseph Saladino, who resigned in January to be appointed supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay.

SEIU 32BJ is throwing its support behind Francisco Moya's effort to land the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Jose Peralta after his special election success in blocking the return of expelled ex-Sen.

The Working Families Party has endorsed Yuh - Line Niou to fill the Assembly seat vacated by former Speaker Sheldon Silver who was convicted of federal corruption last year and forced to resign.

Monserrate has been speculated to be a potential candidate for the 39th Assembly seat vacated by his successor, Sen. Jose Peralta.

Not exact matches

In 2010, Caller started running in the race for the seat Felder vacated, but dropped out of the running after a chat with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was backing another candidate, Joe Lazar.

The Queens Democratic Party met this morning to designate candidates for the fall Assembly and Senate races, selecting, among others, Queens Community Board 11 Chairman Jerry Iannece for the 25th AD seat being vacated by Assemblyman and congressional hopeful Rory Lancman.

Linares this week announced his candidacy for the Assembly seat Espaillat plans to vacate to run for the Senate.

She won the 143rd Assembly Seat in 2014 after it was vacated by Democrat Dennis Gabryszak, who retired amid allegations of sexual harassment against a number of female staffers.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union on Thursday unveiled its endorsement of Democratic candidate Harvey Epstein, who is vying for the seat vacated in the Assembly by Sen. Brian Kavanagh.

Ryan is still considering whether it's worth it to vacate his comfortable assembly seat in Buffalo to run in the pivotal Senate district against popular Republican Chris Jacobs.

But hopes that Assemblyman Jim Skoufis would run against Bill Larkin haven't worked out, and Assemblyman Sean Ryan of Buffalo has also opted not to leave the Assembly to run for the seat being vacated by departing Democratic incumbent Marc Panepinto.

A separate incident with curious timing involves the filling of the Common Council seat vacated a year ago March by Mickey Kearns when he won election to the state Assembly.

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who wa...

Democratic Assembly Member Shelley Mayer defeated Republican Jillian Killian in a special election Tuesday for the state senate seat in the 37th district vacated by George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County Executive.

NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn has endorsed a bid by former Councilman and ex-Bloomberg administration official Guillermo Linares to return to public life by running for the 72nd Assembly District seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Adriano Espaillat.

My downstate colleagues have been doing a pretty thorough job covering what might be the most interesting of the six Assembly special elections to be held Sept. 13: The three - way Democratic battle for the Brooklyn seat vacated by Darryl Towns, who is now Gov. Andrew Cuomo's housing czar.

Bailey, a Bronx district leader who has ties to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, is running for the seat that is being vacated by Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who is leaving the chamber for a post in the Cuomo administration.

Gibson declined to take sides in the GOP primary battle for his seat, which he is vacating at the end of the year, but has since endorsed the winner of that fight, former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

Kaminsky vacated the 20th Assembly District seat after winning a seat in the State Senate in April.

Santabarbara lost to Amedore in the 2010 Assembly race for the seat vacated by now - Rep.

Kenneth Blankenbush, a Republican running for the Assembly seat Dede Soczzava is vacating is considering running on Carl Paladino's Taxpayers line.

The party also touted wins by its endorsed candidates running for open Assembly seats, including: lawyer and play producer Robert Carroll, who won the Park Slope seat being vacated by retiring Assemblyman Jim Brennan; and community board chair and coffee shop founder Tremaine Wright (NYC), who landed the Bed - Stuy seat currently represented by retiring Assemblywoman Annette Robinson; Anthony Eramo (Long Island), who was victorious in the fight for now - Sen.

For open seats or seats being vacated, winners include Marisol Alcantara in Senate District 31; Jamaal Bailey in Senate District 36; Clyde Vanel in Assembly District 33; Robert Carroll in Assembly District 44; and Tremaine Wright in Assembly District 56.

He is a former U.S. Marshall that is now running for the 134th State Assembly district seat that was vacated by Bill Reilich when he became Greece Town Supervisor.

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.

Persaud, who is running to fill the seat vacated by the July felony conviction of Sen. John Sampson, has been a member of the state Assembly since beating Ferretti by 47 points in 2014.

Plus Michael Benjamin might be looking to get his old assembly seat back (he vacated that seat just last year, saying he wanted to pursue other projects), State Senator Jeff Klein is raking in the campaign cash and why J.Lo and her pending divorce doesn't deserve our sympathy.

Marisol Alcantara will occupy the seat Espaillat vacated in the Senate, and Carmen de la Rosa will take over the seat Linares once held seat in the Assembly.

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.

Interestingly, there are only two Assembly candidates — former Assemblyman Nelson Denis, who is running for the seat Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV is vacating, and Hector Ramirez, a district leader who is challenging Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro — on the enemies list, and four Senate candidates.

Also at 6 p.m., the four candidates running in the special election for the seat vacated by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver participate in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the City of New York, The Villager, The Downtown Express and the Downtown Alliance, LMHQ, 150 Broadway, Manhattan.

He had been rumored as a City Council or state Senate candidate after he lost in a June Congressional primary and subsequently vacated his Assembly seat after declining to seek reelection.

Cusick, who has served on the state Assembly since 2002, said he would not seek the Democratic nomination to run against District Attorney Dan Donovan for the seat vacated after Grimm pleaded guilty to tax fraud, the Staten Island Advance reported.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a special election to fill state Assembly and Senate seats vacated after corruption convictions will take place on April 19.

Borelli will have to run again in 2016 to keep the council seat and will vacate his assembly seat as soon as he's sworn in.

Sikora, a contender for the 52nd Assembly District (Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Park Slope), ran a hard - fought campaign against Jo Anne Simon and Doug Biviano for the seat being vacated by Joan Millman.