Sentences with phrase «democratic state senate»

Mayor de Blasio added fuel to the fire after saying Cuomo broke his commitment to create a Democratic state Senate.

Last fall, Democratic State Senate insiders claimed Democrats were competitive in nine districts but only need two to flip control of the Senate from GOP to Democratic control.

The political action committee created by an upstate investor who was a victim of child sex abuse has endorsed four more Democratic state Senate candidates.

The Democratic State Senate Committee donated more than $ 200,000 to Avella's 2010 campaign, when he unseated long - serving Republican Frank Padavan.

Such a regression occurred in 2009, when the then - Democratic State Senate held up the renewal of the receivership former Mayor Michael Bloomberg obtained in 2002.

And Queens State Senator Michael Gianaris, a county loyalist who heads the Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee, failed to lead the party into political dominance in the upper chamber of the State Legislature.

Portect Our Democracy PAC, a political action committee founded over the summer by investor / activist Sean Eldridge, husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, to work in coordination with the Cuomo administration on campaign finance reform, is out with its first mailers of the election cycle in support of Democratic state Senate candidate Cecilia Tkacyzk.

Republicans paint their own portrait of Mejias as an overly ambitious politician who will be a vote for the New York City - centric Democratic State Senate majority that they say has done nothing for the suburbs.

The borough president insisted that he did not have all the details on the five probes into Mr. de Blasio's political nonprofits, his funneling cash into Democratic State Senate campaigns in 2014, his administration's decision to lift a deed restriction for a well - connected developer, on his acceptance of cash from potential straw donors in 2013 and into his relationship with animal rights groups dedicating to abolishing horse - driven carriages in Central Park.

The bombshell memo from the state Board of Elections» special enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, outlined how Team de Blasio illegally diverted funds to Democratic state Senate candidates in 2014.

Authorities are investigating allegations that de Blasio solicited «dark money» donations to his since - shuttered nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York, and helped raise money for Democratic state Senate candidates that involved «willful and flagrant» violations of campaign - finance laws.

Questions about the governor's commitment continued last week after he declined to openly endorse Democratic State Senate candidate Marc Panepinto in his campaign against incumbent Republican Mark Grisanti of Buffalo.

The top investigator at the state's Board of Elections asked prosecutors in January to investigate whether the mayor's advisers broke the law by channeling campaign contributions to Democratic state Senate candidates through a committee not subject to donation limits, so as to evade them.

1199 SEIU, which not long ago vowed to fight for a Democratic State Senate, is strangely backing Mr. McGrath.

Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli wasting little time on Tuesday taking Republican incumbent George Amedore to task over his opposition to banning outside income in the Legislature.

* Listed his top priorities moving forward as helping to elect a Democratic Congress and a Democratic state Senate.

So far, only a handful of candidates have secured the ballot line: Cuomo, his running mate, Kathy Hochul, Senators Jeff Klein and Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Democratic State Senate candidate Adam Haber.

Mr. Cuomo, however, promised to work for a Democratic State Senate in order to secure the endorsement of the Working Families Party and he brokered the tentative reunion of the two Democratic caucuses earlier this year.

Mr. de Blasio was questioned in December by investigators with the Manhattan district attorney's office who are examining his role in raising money for Democratic State Senate candidates in 2014.

Authorities are also examining whether fundraising efforts for Democratic state senate candidates violated campaign contribution limit laws by being routed to other committees, which were allowed to rake in huge donations compared to caps on single donors directly to a candidate's campaign.

Wisconsin's largest business association has launched a television ad attacking a Democratic state Senate candidate for proposing a gas tax increase even though the group has supported raising the tax for months.

Jessica Post, executive director of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to win and defend state legislative majorities, added that «the fight for a Democratic state Senate majority is one that should be joined by anyone who claims to care about standing up to the backward policies coming from the Trump administration.»

The Democratic State Senate Committee spent an additional $ 177,950 on the race, records show.

Warner gave away less than $ 75,000 to state parties and Democratic candidates between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 — contributions that included $ 14,000 to the New Hampshire Democratic State Senate Caucus, $ 5,000 to the Iowa Democratic Party and $ 10,000 to the New Hampshire Democratic State Committee.

Given the LGBT community's commitment to winning a Democratic State Senate this November, Governor Andrew Cuomo's headlining of a fundraising event this week for the party's candidates ---- his first such appearance ---- was a welcome sign.

As the two investigations diverged, the U.S. attorney's office focused almost exclusively on potential quid pro quo arrangements with de Blasio donors from the 2013 campaign, while Vance's office remained focused on complaints referred by the state Board of Elections over whether the mayor violated contribution limits in steering money to Democratic State Senate candidates in 2014.

As Democratic State Senate candidates rode toward their doom last year — or rode into the ranks of the Republican - aligned Independent Democratic Conference — the man in charge of filling their collective warchest raked in almost $ 275,000 for his own, as - yet undeclared statewide run.

«-- Democratic State Senate Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (Westchester) to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of favoring the Independent Democratic Conference.

When the Observer pressed him earlier this month about whether a Democratic State Senate would be better for New York, worse or make no difference, he prevaricated and pointed to the chaotic period of 2008 until 2010 when his party controlled the body.

Democratic state Senate candidate Terry Gipson earned a small amount of income last year working for the same consulting firm used by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, according to a recently filed financial disclosure form.

New Jersey's teachers union is supporting Fran Grenier, a Republican who is challenging Democratic state Senate President Stephen Sweeney in what has become the most expensive legislative contest in state history.

Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli in a fundraising email last week pledged to support and strengthen women's rights if elected to the chamber.

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan will lay out a women's rights agenda that includes a plank pledging to call out sexual harassment in the state Legislature.

Jim Gaughran, a Democratic state Senate candidate, is calling for changes in ethics laws to address scandals in Oyster Bay town government.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. on Tuesday gave his nod to Democratic state Senate hopeful Marisol Alcantara as she vies for the district being vacated by Adriano Espaillat.

Now - former Democratic state Senate candidate Steven Glickman is hoping to find his way back on the ballot.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has recorded robocalls for two Democratic state Senate candidates running in potentially pivotal races.

A prominent LGBT Democratic organization on Wednesday endorsed Democratic state Senate hopeful Micah Lasher, who faces a hotly contested primary for the seat being vacated by Adriano Espaillat.

Democratic state Senate candidate Marisol Alcantara is being endorsed by a labor group that represents cafeteria and other service industry workers in her bid for the seat being vacated by Adriano Espaillat.

As a state panel considers the question of whether to give state lawmakers a hefty pay hike, Democratic state Senate candidate Sara Niccoli and several of her fellow candidates are offering an answer: «a resounding no.»

Democratic state Senate candidate Amber Small on Tuesday was given the backing of the Communications Workers of America, a labor group that has deep ties to the union - aligned Working Families Party.

Democratic state Senate candidate Simcha Felder won a write - in campaign for the Conservative line.

«There is a lot I think we could do better if we had a Democratic state Senate majority,» he said.

The state's highest court on Tuesday disqualified Democratic state Senate candidate Steven Glickman from the race for the 55th district, leaving Republican incumbent Rich Funke unopposed.

Schaffer said he stayed neutral in the race because of a past contribution from NYSUT meant for a Democratic State Senate candidate that Schaffer said is under investigation.

A Hartford Courant investigation revealed that, in 2014, the state Democratic Party paid about $ 280,000 in «organizational expenses» for Ted Kennedy Jr.'s Democratic state Senate campaign.

«The work we did was by the law, appropriate, above board to win pre-K, affordable housing, a Democratic state senate, and those were the right things to work for.

Cuomo is able to avoid the potentially sticky position of having to spend his summer being put on the spot in various primaries, each instance of which would be a reminder for voters that his only unqualified statement in support of a Democratic State Senate came as a condition for securing the nomination of the liberal Working Families Party.

May has been an activist for years and launched True Blue NY - 53, a group that backs progressive Democratic state Senate candidates.

One of the concurrent probes into the mayor and his team concerns his efforts to get developers and unions to donate to Democratic county committees across the state, which in turn funneled money into Democratic State Senate contenders.