Sentences with phrase «capitol after the assembly»
So dramatic has the upheaval been at the state Capitol after the Assembly transitioned from Silver to Carl Heastie that even public information brochures identifying Silver as speaker have been discarded.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer paid a rare visit to the state Capitol today and spent some time reminiscing about the three terms he served in the state Assembly (from 1975 to 1980, after which he went on to the House).
Atop the list is the revised revenue legislation that he tried to send to the Assembly and Senate — and saw summarily rejected — after the Senate departed the Capitol for the July 4th holiday weekend without passing the final piece of the two - way legislative budget deal.
The New York Civil Liberties Union chose a busy corridor in the Capitol between lawmakers» offices and the Senate and Assembly chambers to hold a contest featuring a brightly colored wheel styled after the one on the iconic television show.
The governor reiterated his threat to drag the Legislature back to the Capitol before the November general election — most likely in October, which is after the Sept. 14 primary — in hopes of getting the Assembly to take up the property tax cap bill passed with bipartisan support this week by the Senate (eight Democrats voted «no»).
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) walks through the Assembly Chamber after leaving Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's office at the Capitol on Monday, March 28, 2016, in Albany.
Talk of reform returned to the Capitol after the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.
The New York Civil Liberties Union chose a busy corridor in the Capitol between lawmakers» offices and the Senate and Assembly chambers to hold a contest, featuring a brightly colored roulette wheel styled after the one on the iconic television show.
ALBANY — U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's warning to «stay tuned» for more corruption arrests after he bagged Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has sent a big chill through the state Capitol.
After being told by her Assembly leadership she could not screen the Academy Award - winning film «Spotlight» in a legislative hearing room during a May 4 lobby day on child sex abuse issues, Assemblywoman Margaret Markey has found a new location within the Capitol complex.
(L - R) Senate co-leader Jeff Klein, D - Bronx, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R - Rockville Centre, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, leave a news conference after announcing legislation to combat the rise of heroin use in the state in the Red Room at the Capitol on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Albany.
Candidates for the General Assembly will get their hands on nearly 12 million taxpayer dollars to reach voters in 2016, as planned, after public financing advocates fought back a threat at the state Capitol.
Assembly Democrats are meeting again at the capitol this afternoon to try to resolve what's become a leadership crisis after Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested and charged with engineering a major corruption scheme.
Newly - elected Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx, waves to the Assembly after his election at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Albany, N.Y. Heastie is the first African - American Speaker.
ALBANY - Assembly Democrats rallied behind Speaker Sheldon Silver after he was arrested last week, but they will return to the State Capitol Monday with lingering questions about whether he can lead them in upcoming budget negotiations, experts and lawmakers said.
Morelle, who represents parts of Rochester, announced the decision with dozens of his Democratic colleagues crushed behind him in the marble - clad hallway near the Assembly chamber on the Capitol's third floor after over seven hours of private discussions.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx, talks to media members after a budget meeting at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office at the state Capitol on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. Time is growing short as increasingly frustrated New York lawmakers appear deadlocked one day before a key budget deadline.