Sentences with phrase «democrats run the chamber»

Cuomo has openly feuded with de Blasio over the last year, while Senate Republicans have been deeply critical of the mayor, who in turn has made little secret of his desire to see Democrats run the chamber.

Not exact matches

The Massachusetts Democrat ran afoul of the chamber's arcane rules by reading a three - decade - old letter from Dr. Martin Luther King's widow that dated to Sen. Jeff Sessions» failed judicial nomination three decades ago.

Morris is the lone Democrat running against Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans and gives the GOP its needed 32nd vote in the chamber to maintain its narrow majority.

But the arrest has expanded the map for Senate Democrats, who hope to run competitive races on Long Island in order to gain control of the chamber this year.

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

The latest state legislator who appears to be eyeing a run for the New York City Council is Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, a Brooklyn Democrat and high - ranking member of his chamber.

But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.

Currently, the New York State Senate is run by the Republicans despite having more elected Democrats in the chamber.

«We just ran into a problem with getting a bill done with those terms,» said Assemblyman Joe Lentol, a Democrat from Brooklyn who chairs the chamber's codes committee and was a principal negotiator on the issue.

«It sounds like what we're headed towards is a glorified extender which keeps the government running, but takes all the major issues out of it,» said Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Queens Democrat who is the deputy leader in the chamber, in a Capital Tonight interview.

One strategy for Democrats to win back the majority in the chamber has been through Long Island where they are currently running Todd Kaminsky to fill the seat once occupied by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Republicans currently have a precarious hold on the Senate; Democrats would need just four more seats to gain control if Mrs. Clinton wins the presidency, giving the chamber's tiebreaker vote to her running mate, Tim Kaine.

And Cuomo continues to maintain a strong relationship with the State Senate Republicans, declining to offer even a gesture of help to the Democrats hope to re-take control from the current coalition running the chamber.

A source tells the paper that he's worked out a deal to let five veteran Assembly Democrats — Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, Herman «Denny» Farrell, Joseph Lentol, Cathy Nolan, and Carl Heastie — run the chamber in his stead.

The peer and novelist, who boasts on his website that he has «never had a proper job», will attempt to win support for the bill in the upper chamber, where it may run into trouble as it is opposed by both Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

Currently, they partner with Valesky's Independent Democrat Conference to run the chamber.

And while the Senate Democrats say their leadership is different than the last time they controlled the chamber during a disastrous run in 2009 - 10, Flanagan contends that «their positions are ideologically more liberal than they were then.»

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer today is set to endorse four Democrats running in key Long Island Senate races that could help flip control of the chamber.

The endorsement from Gillibrand comes the same day as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to stump for Democrats running in key Senate races on Long Island — a major battleground that could sway control of the narrowly divided chamber this election cycle.

Earlier this month, though, most Democrats in the chamber ended a long - running feud, which has left a degree of doubt over long - term control of the body.

1199 / SEIU has taken a practical approach to its endorsements in the narrowly divided chamber, sprinkling its support to both Republicans and Democrats running in key swing districts.

The ad spending from the NYSUT independent expenditure committee is the latest effort from the PAC that has invested heavily in Democrats running in key battleground districts that could ultimately decide control of the narrowly divided chamber.

Astorino, who is contemplating a second run for governor in 2018, urged Republicans in the chamber to take a more assertive posture on policy with Cuomo and Democrats in Albany writ large.

Well at least the Democrats don't control the chamber and let's hope they never do, I would've run someone against Valesky.

Last time I checked the Democrats who control 2 chambers of government were running the show so her statements should be redirected to Cuomo and the Assembly.

Republican former Erie County Clerk Chris Jacobs is nearing a decision on whether he will run for the state Senate seat held by Democrat Marc Panepinto, setting up a potentially key battleground race for control of the chamber.

Yeah, I don't think the group that keeps Democrats out of the leadership, run by the guy who chaired the DSCC when they re-lost the chamber, gets to throw the «destroy the Democratic party» thing at a party that 99.9 % of the time cross-endorses Democrats.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

ALBANY — While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rebuffed the suggestion that he's seeking the 2020 presidential nomination, news that the state Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference has provisionally agreed to reunite with the chamber's mainline Democrats has renewed speculation about a White House run.

The independents seek recognition as a permanent third conference and a bipartisan governing coalition, in which Republicans and Democrats would jointly run the chamber.

Assembly Republicans pitched a wild scenario in which they would back one of the upstate Democrats to be speaker — likely Morelle, who comes from Rochester — and thereby gain a say in how the chamber is run.

The chamber is run by Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference, or the IDC.

Senate co-Leader Jeffrey Klein, who heads a group of dissident Democrats that jointly run the chamber with the Republicans, said afterward he delivered on his promise to bring the bill to the floor.

But it's relevant again now that he's making a second attempt at running for the Senate at a time when the chamber remains closely divided and the Republicans and Democrats are preparing to duke it out (yet again) over the majority.

«We believe deeply in the dignity of work,» said Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican from Long Island who chairs the chamber's labor committee, occupies a swing district and, Democrats hope, may seek a seat in Congress this year rather than run for re-election.

Buffalo Assemblyman Mark Schroeder, a frequent — and often lone — critic of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver among his fellow Democrats, is trying to depart the chamber by running for local office back home in Buffalo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on Wednesday he would support Democrats running for the state Senate this fall, a day after he sidestepped a question about whether he back a full takeover of the chamber by his party.

She said, however, that she will offer to help Democrats running for state Senate in their effort to secure Democratic majority in the chamber.

The agreement between the state Senate Democrats could substantially weaken Republicans in New York, who now run the chamber with Valesky's Independent Democratic Conference.

«He must resign,» said Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, a Democrat from the East Side of Manhattan, of the often - inscrutable man who had run the chamber for 21 years.

Within a day of announcing his run he was seeking support from New York City's large Democratic bloc; he spent the rest of the week and weekend making his pitch to more of the 106 Democrats in the chamber — including recently elected members of a «reform» bloc that had formed to press for Silver's ouster.

The senator is referring to the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of four Democratic lawmakers, including Valesky, who didn't like how downstate democrats ran the senate when they gained control of the chamber in 2010.

But the vote marks a key political maneuver for the small group of breakaway Democrats - including Sen. David Valesky, D - Oneida - who have faced criticism for joining with Senate Republicans to run the chamber.

Krueger has been more than willing to admit that her conference made mistakes during its brief stint in the majority, although she continues to insist the Democrats are better suited to run the chamber than the GOP — if only from an ideological standpoint — in her opinion.

Senate Republicans, who run the chamber in a power sharing agreement with a few Democrats, say they won't put the abortion provision on the floor for a vote.

So far, few Democrats in the Assembly have called for Mr. Silver to resign his leadership post — but last night several newspapers reported that Mr. Silver would step back from his duties, while not resigning his post, and allow five veteran Democrats to run the chamber during critical budget negotiations.

Running underneath the Sunday evening debate was the longstanding tension between the chamber's 23 mainstream Democrats and the eight - member, GOP - allied Independent Democratic Conference.

Alcantara's candidacy is also backed by the Senate Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, which she has pledged to join if elected, a scenario that may enable Senate Republicans to keep control of the chamber in a year when mainline Democrats believe they have the best chance to take power and see all major parts of state government run by the party.

Some of Valesky's IDC colleagues are facing more push - back — such as losing key political endorsements — from fellow Democrats who are angry the breakaway group forged a coalition with Senate Republicans to jointly run the upper chamber.

Sen. Simcha Felder, who ran on the Democratic, Republican and Conservative lines, was first elected as a Democrat in 2012 but has conferenced and voted with Republicans as the two major parties slugged it out for control of the chamber.