Sentences with phrase «island assembly seat»

Geoff Berman, the executive director of the state's Democratic Party, said the flipping of the Long Island Assembly seat, the margin of Ms. Shelley's victory (the widest in memory), and the narrowing of Republican wins upstate forecast a positive outlook for the midterm elections this fall.

Morano said the «final straw» came when MacKay reneged on a promise to back Nicole Malliotakis for a Staten Island Assembly seat and switched support suddenly to Democratic incumbent Janele Hyer - Spencer.

Democrat wins Long Island Assembly seat.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, who was boosted in his 2014 run for a Long Island Assembly seat by robocalls from his legendary relative, may now deliver the State Senate into Democratic control next month by winning a special election that will reverberate heading into the November elections.

Ronald Castorina, Jr., a Republican, ran unopposed for a Staten Island Assembly seat.

Political scientist Dr. Gerald Benjamin says there are some indications beyond the Mayer win that Republicans could be in trouble in November, pointing to a Long Island Assembly seat that flipped to a Democrat and two Assembly races in the Capital Region with Republican candidates leading, but too close to call.

Not exact matches

The wave crashed on Long Island last spring when Democrat Christine Pellegrino won an Assembly seat in a district that had been in Republican hands for decades, and had voted overwhelming for Trump in 2016.

Canvassers plan to speak to New Yorkers in targeted state Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island (several of those areas — especially western New York and Dutchess County — are considered by Democrats as ripe for picking up at least one or two seats next year).

ALBANY - More than 25 candidates vying for State Senate and Assembly seats on Long Island were omitted from a government reform survey led by former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, records show.

The Republican primary for a state Assembly seat on Staten Island's South Shore last year was especially nasty.

While de Blasio is popular on his Park Slope home turf, his failure to follow through on his campaign promise to preserve Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill has caused deep - seated dissatisfaction in LICH's catchment area — which happens to overlap Assembly District 52.

The party also touted wins by its endorsed candidates running for open Assembly seats, including: lawyer and play producer Robert Carroll, who won the Park Slope seat being vacated by retiring Assemblyman Jim Brennan; and community board chair and coffee shop founder Tremaine Wright (NYC), who landed the Bed - Stuy seat currently represented by retiring Assemblywoman Annette Robinson; Anthony Eramo (Long Island), who was victorious in the fight for now - Sen.

Democrats fared better downstate, flipping an Assembly seat on Long Island and cruising to victory in a hard - fought state Senate race in Westchester County.

Elsewhere in New York, Democrats held on to three Assembly seats in New York City, Democrat Steve Stern pulled of an upset in an Assembly seat on Long Island that Republicans held for more than three decades, and the GOP Republicans defended two other Assembly seats on Long Island.

STATEN ISLAND — A Democrat who supports Donald Trump is tossing his hat into the ring for the state Assembly seat currently held by Nicole Malliotakis.

Mr. LaValle said Governor Andrew Cuomo put in a certificate of necessity for a special election in New York City, but not on Long Island, so it would seem that there will be no special date for the Assembly seat and the election will be held in November.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he'll call special elections for several vacant Assembly seats on April 19, the day of New York's presidential primary, and the assumption is he will put the Long Island Senate race on the ballot at the same time.

In an interview this week, Mr. Behan said the only positive aspect of the redistricting plan is that Long Island would gain another seat in the Assembly.

Long Island Democrats appeared to lose one open seat in the State Assembly but maintained another, while incumbent Assembly members in both major parties Islandwide appeared headed toward victory, according to precinct returns Tuesday night.

Last November, Pamela Harris became the first African - American to win a majority - white seat in New York City when she captured the Assembly district covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and her native Coney Island.

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

On Long Island, voters there will get to fill an Assembly seat that opened up with Republican Joe Saladino was appoint Oyster Bay town supervisor.

At a Staten Island Republican County Committee meeting at the Grand Plaza in Great Kills Thursday, Councilman Joe Borelli (R - South Shore), whose former Assembly seat Castorina will be running for, nominated his friend and colleague, with former councilman and assemblyman, Vincent Ignizio, seconding the nomination.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With the blessing of some of Staten Island's most popular Republican elected officials, lawyer Ronald Castorina Jr. was selected Thursday evening as the GOP candidate to run for the vacant South Shore AssemblyISLAND, N.Y. — With the blessing of some of Staten Island's most popular Republican elected officials, lawyer Ronald Castorina Jr. was selected Thursday evening as the GOP candidate to run for the vacant South Shore AssemblyIsland's most popular Republican elected officials, lawyer Ronald Castorina Jr. was selected Thursday evening as the GOP candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat.

Cusick, who has served on the state Assembly since 2002, said he would not seek the Democratic nomination to run against District Attorney Dan Donovan for the seat vacated after Grimm pleaded guilty to tax fraud, the Staten Island Advance reported.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While there's no election date set to fill the South Shore's vacant Assembly seat, Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. is preparing for a run, and resigned his position as Staten Island's GOP commissioner for the Board of Elections effective last FISLAND, N.Y. — While there's no election date set to fill the South Shore's vacant Assembly seat, Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. is preparing for a run, and resigned his position as Staten Island's GOP commissioner for the Board of Elections effective last FIsland's GOP commissioner for the Board of Elections effective last Friday.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. now has support from a fourth political party in his bid to fill the vacant South Shore Assembly seat.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Before the Staten Island Republican Party has selected a candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, Borough President James Oddo has endorsed GOP frontrunner Ronald CastorinISLAND, N.Y. — Before the Staten Island Republican Party has selected a candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, Borough President James Oddo has endorsed GOP frontrunner Ronald CastorinIsland Republican Party has selected a candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, Borough President James Oddo has endorsed GOP frontrunner Ronald Castorina Jr..

There were also nine races for open state assembly seats: Two in the Capital Region, three on Long Island, one in Buffalo, and three in New York City.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In her campaign for the East Shore / Brooklyn Assembly seat, Republican Nicole Malliotakis has slammed incumbent Janele Hyer - Spencer, a Democrat, for taking campaign contributions from «special interests.»

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 70 supporters came out to Tompkinsville to rally with Bobby Digi, who announced his candidacy for the North Shore Assembly seat on Saturday.

There are also nine races for open state assembly seats: Two in the Capital Region, three on Long Island, one in Buffalo, and three in New York City.

At the same time, the PAC has endorsed Democrat Jeff Toback, who is running for the 20th Assembly District seat on Long Island that was vacated by Sen. Todd Kaminsky.

After a contentious backroom battle, the Brooklyn Democratic Party last night nominated a black Coney Island civic leader to run for the predominantly white Assembly seat Alec Brook - Krasny vacated in July.

The moves by Castorina and Titone mean that half of the Island's four Assembly seats will be open this fall.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — South Shore civic leader Janine Materna announced Saturday she would run this fall as a Republican candidate for the South Shore Assembly seat.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis is running an uphill campaign for mayor, a challenger has emerged to run for her Assembly seat when the Republican's term is up next year.

Another independent candidate, Blake Filippi, won an upset victory for a seat in the Rhode Island assembly earlier tonight.

On Long Island, for instance, where three Assembly seats were vacated by Republicans, the special election kept two of those districts red.

Additionally, Governor Andrew Cuomo has said he will set a special election date to coincide with the presidential primary on April 19 to fill four vacancies in the state Legislature, including former Assembly Speaker Silver's seat, and the Staten Island seat of former Assemblymember Joe Borelli, who won a City Council seat.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Republican Ronald Castorina Jr., who received GOP support Thursday in his bid for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat, picked up both Conservative and Independence Party backing on Saturday.