Sentences with phrase «democratic state assembly»

On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, -LSB-...]

Democratic state Assembly candidates Philip Goldfeder (l.) and Mike Simanowitz (r.) get support from U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley (third from l.), City Councilman Mark Weprin (fourth from l.) and forme Aseemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn (front) during the kick - off to their campaigns at Queens Borough Hall.

Democratic State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie calls the agreement «an ill - advised end run» around the legislation.

Brindisi, a Democratic state Assembly member from Utica, had considered running for the 22nd Congressional District seat in 2016 but ultimately decided to run for a third term in the state legislature.

At noon, there will be a swearing - in ceremony for new Democratic state Assembly members, Assembly chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

If the case moves forward, the next stop would be Albany, where the Republican - controlled state Senate would hammer out the details with the Democratic state Assembly.

Back in January, at a press conference detailing charges against Democratic State Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver, the crusading United States Attorney teased reporters with those words, an unmissable hint that more big corruption cases were in his pipeline.

On Sept. 13, Democratic and Working Families candidate Nily Rozic, of Fresh Meadows, bested Iannece, the Independence candidate, in the Democratic state Assembly primary with roughly 500 more votes, according to official results from the city Board of Elections.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) endorsed Democratic state Assembly candidate Michael Simanowitz in the special election to replace former Assemblywoman Nettie Mayersohn, who retired in April after 28 years in Albany.

Democratic state Sen. Bob Hertzberg and Democratic State Assembly member Marc Levine have both introduced legislation that would require social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to identify automated accounts — essentially, a sort of sticker that says, «I'm a bot.»

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Racine Mayor Cory Mason, who helped pass the compact through the Wisconsin Legislature as a Democratic member of the state assembly, said he believes the application meets the compact standards.

Ekklesia, the Greek word for church, describes the democratic assembly of full citizens responsible for the welfare of the city - state.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly already approved a measure that would increase the state's minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.50 and then tie future increases to inflation.

The measure has been approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in recent years, but has stalled in the closely divided state Senate, led by Republicans.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver does not seem terribly perturbed about the prospect of having three separate primaries — federal, state and presidential — despite the fact that he and his Democratic colleagues have indicated a preference for moving the state contests up to conform with Judge Gary Sharpe's mandated June 26 date for the House and US Senate races.

Mayer, a member of the state Assembly, is running in a key Westchester County Senate district next Tuesday that could shift control of the chamber to the Democratic Party.

John Duane is an attorney who served in the state Assembly for a single two - year term in the 1980s, and, as he put it, «was beaten by President Ronald Reagan in 1984, who swept the Democratic district.»

Both the city and statewide bar associations on Thursday backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have legal clients of state lawmakers disclosed — a proposal backed by the Democratic - led Assembly, but not Senate Republicans.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver made a non-publicized trip to Washington, D.C. yesterday to meet for the first time with Democratic members of New York's congressional delegation, who are growing increasingly concerned about the state's redistricting process — a process that will reduce their number from 29 to 27.

Democrat Jen Lunsford in a statement pointed to the measures backed by the Democratic - led Assembly that, among other things, banned bump stock devices from being possessed in the state and a bill that would make it easier for those deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others to lose their firearm through a court order.

For minority lawmakers, especially in the Democratic - dominated Assembly, a change in the state constitution, or a complete overhaul of the document, could lead to more equity in how things get done at the Capitol.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver insists Democratic gubernatorial designee Andrew Cuomo isn't running against the Legislature, but rather against Albany, writ large, and a general feeling of frustration with state government as a whole.

Kellner lost his Democratic primary for city council last year and did not run for re-election to the state Assembly this year.

Former Town of Greece Democratic Leader Dave Garretson replaced State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle as county chairman last year, and has never seemed to be in a rush to find a county executive candidate.

«If he is defeated by the Democratic candidate, Todd Kaminsky, who now serves in the Assembly, Democrats will control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in New York State,» the paper wrote.

«When the State Assembly, the State Senate, and the Governor's office were all occupied by Downstate New York City centric people from the same party, in this case the Democratic Party, there was tremendous dysfunction,» Gallivan said.

He is not, unlike many of the state's Democratic elected officials — including NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — going to Puerto Rico for the Somos el Futuro conference.

Both Cuomo and the Democratic conference in the Assembly back an extension of mayoral control for Mayor Bill de Blasio in the state budget.

Acting as the de facto head of the state Democratic Party, Andrew Cuomo this weekend personally convened a meeting with representatives of all the statewide campaigns as well as the state Senate and Assembly committees in hopes of presenting a united front in the final weeks of the general election campaign.

When in the Course of New York State Governmental events, it becomes necessary for a Governor to dissolve the political ideas and assumptions which have connected him with Democratic and Republican Members of the Assembly and the Senate, and forced him to assume among this executive powers, the right to assemble a Mooreland Commission, to reinstitute the rule of law in NYS; keeping in mind a decent respect for the opinions of New Yorkers requires that he should declare the causes which impel him to such dramatic action:

Republicans in the state Senate are being urged to hold a hearing on the Child Victims Act, which passed the Democratic - controlled Assembly earlier this week.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie insisted on Thursday he was not concerned with the investigation into his tenure as Bronx County Democratic chairman, saying such attention comes with hold a prominent post in state government.

The race had hinged in large part on two different visions: Faso was knocked by Teachout for his work as a lobbyist and tenure as a state lawmaker in the Democratic - led Assembly.

The Independent Democratic Conference and Assembly lawmakers are touting $ 2 million in funding for specialized high schools that was included in the state budget.

The Democratic - led Assembly over the next two days will take up a package of a dozen bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system in the state.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl heastie this month will begin another tour of the state, his office on Monday announced.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Republican Harry Wilson is hitting the man he's trying to unseat, Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, for his ties to his political mentor, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, saying it's a conflict of interest for DiNapoli to use the powerful Manhattan Democrat to help him raise campaign cash.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.

, an incredibly crowded Democratic attorney general primary and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's battle to keep the seat to which he ascended in 2007, thanks to a combination of Alan Hevesi's Chauffergate and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's power.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a radio interview on Friday doubted whether there was enough support in the Democratic conference for the approval of the education - tax credit, a controversial measure opposed by the state's teachers unions.

A panel of members of the state Senate and Assembly will gather today in Albany for a hearing on the state's tax code and Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for $ 1 billion in new taxes and fees.

Say what you will about the bag fee legislation approved by the City Council last month, It's probably fair to say no one expected the Democrat dominated New York State Assembly to even consider overturning the will of the also overwhelming Democratic New York City Council.

Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.

The Republican - led state Senate, for the fourth consecutive session, passed legislation to crack down on violent gangs — but Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie shot it down.

A version of the Senate's anti-sanctuary city bill has already been approved last year, with votes from moderate mainline Democratic lawmakers, including Sens. Todd Kaminsky, George Latimer, Kevin Parker and Tim Kennedy (Democrats from upstate and suburban districts in the Assembly opposed the sanctuary state bill).

«Speaking for the Assembly Democrats we are looking forward to having partners in our government to carry out the Democratic vision for New York state.»

The Seneca Nation of Indians donated $ 25,000 to the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee as disputes with the state continue over a variety of issues facing the nation, including the expansion of casino gambling in New York.