Sentences with phrase «assembly speaker race»
«If they try to meddle in the Assembly speaker race that would not be good for any candidate they support right now.
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Four years ago there was another speaker race, and Crowley was also aligned with the Bronx, although at that time the Democratic chair in the borough was current Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Crowley is back from his overseas travels with President Obama and called a noon meeting at party HQ of the borough's Assembly delegation to discuss the speaker race.
Yuh - Line Niou, the WFP candidate in the race to replace Sheldon Silver in the state Assembly, lost to Alice Cancel, who was supported by the disgraced former speaker's allies in lower Manhattan.
These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.
Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.
Heastie's ascension to the speaker's chair — he would become the first African - American to hold the post — was all but assured Friday when Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle (pictured), a Democrat from the Rochester area, dropped out of the race and threw his support to the Bronx Democrat.
Representative Joseph Crowley, the chairman of the Queens committee, and State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie, the power behind the Bronx committee, are still irked over the outcome of the last Council speaker race, when their candidate, Mr. Garodnick, was defeated by the liberal coalition and the mayor's maneuvering.
There is the Lower Manhattan race to replace Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker, in which the Democrat, Alice Cancel, would be a lock for the solid - blue district were it not for an unexpectedly well - organized challenge from a third - party candidate, Yuh - Line Niou, who has accused Ms. Cancel of owing the Democratic nomination to Mr. Silver's hidden hand.
Sheldon Silver's chosen successor, Democrat Alice Cancel, has won a tight race in a special election to fill the shamed former speaker's Assembly seat — beating back a strong challenge from Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party ballot.
The race to fill Sheldon Silver's open Assembly seat is already beginning to take shape, the former Assembly speaker was forced to resign his seat Monday after being convicted on seven counts of federal corruption.