Sentences with phrase «island state senator»

Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino, one of the four members of the Independent Democratic Conference, sat down with us to talk about the the delicate balance needed to govern effectively in the new IDC partnership with the Republicans, the IDC's goals, and recent scandals including former IDC member Malcolm Smith.

Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein heads the splinter cell, and its other members include Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino, Queens State Senator Tony Avella — now challenging Mayor Bill de Blasio in the Democratic primary — Rockland County State Senator David Carlucci and Syracuse State Senator David Valesky.

ALBANY — A Long Island state senator running for Suffolk County sheriff gave the wife of one of his longtime political bosses a $ 25,000 raise this year.

Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino has repeatedly mocked the proposal as a «half - assed, feel - good, limousine liberal» approach to the problem, and suggested expanding recycling programs or banning carry - out bags entirely.

ALBANY - A Staten Island state senator said Thursday that the drug fentanyl kills far more people on average every day than the recent Las Vegas mass shooting, yet doesn't generate nearly the same outrage.

Menawhile, Long Island State Senator John Flanagan succeeded Mr. Skelos as the head of the State Senate.

After the state budget was passed, she and other IDC staff members, including Klein and Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino — who were reportedly a couple at the time — went to Justin's, which is now Savoy Taproom, in Albany, the Huffington Post reported.

Both Klein and Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino, also an IDC member — who was dating Klein at the time — denied the incident took place.

Meanwhile, during the mayor's testimony, the Republican controlled Senate voted to pass legislation from Staten Island State Senator Andrew Lanza to enact a cap in the city.

With nuclear capabilities, America is handing a fundamentalist regime the tools of Armageddon,» said Long Island State Senator Thomas Croci, a former commander in the U.S. Navy and chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs.

Monday morning, the New York Daily News reported that Cuomo was poised to veto a $ 22.2 million upgrade of SUNY Stony Brook's Kenneth P. Lavalle stadium (named after a sitting Long Island state senator) that was slipped into the new state budget.

The IDC's members — Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino, Rockland County State Senator David Carlucci, Queens State Senator Tony Avella and Syracuse State Senator David Valesky — also got to hold onto their chairmanships.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, a Staten Island Republican, is another contender said to be interested in replacing Mr. Grimm, as well as Staten Island State Senator Andrew Lanza.

The proposal has attracted criticism as elitist: Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino derided the idea on her Facebook page as a «half - assed, feel - good limousine liberal approach.»

Both voted for Long Island state Senator John Flanagan in 2015, helping him secure the position of majority leader by a narrow margin over John DeFrancisco from Syracuse.

«I've been pretty vocal about this policy since it was introduced,» said Staten Island State Senator Diane Savino.

Recently Clarke had a conversation with Jasmine Robinson, an Afro - Cubana legal secretary and community activist challenging Staten Island state Senator Diane Savino (a former breakaway Democrat) at an event.

Todd Kaminsky, a South Shore Long Island state senator and long - time advocate for LIRR customers, said that Nowakowski's resignation is helpful, but not necessarily important to commuters.

Maybe the NY Daily News should be careful about slander as well: check the Monday, March 15, 2015 Headline that states: «Veteran Long Island State Senator John Flanagan voted on bills that benefitted clients at law firm.»

Rhode Island state senators serve two - year terms, with all seats up for election every two years.

Worried time is running out, several Long Island State Senators are urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to intercede in the stalled contract negotiations between the MTA and Long Island Rail Road workers.

Not exact matches

In another example of the institutional powers - that - be lining up behind Sen. Lee Zeldin's congressional run in NY - 1, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long — UPDATE: and state GOP Chairman Ed Cox — have issued statements in support of the Republican Long Island senator's effort to oust Demcoratic Rep. Tim Bishop.

If a reunification of the fractured state Senate Democrats is to happen, the mainline Dems must manage expectations of a progressive free - for - all, according to IDC member and Staten Island senator, Diane Savino.

«I am honored that my neighbors have elected me to deliver for Long Island and clean up Albany as their State Senator,» Kaminsky said in a statement.

In an email blast to supporters Paladino suggested New York State Senator Cathy Young and most of her «Republican colleagues from Long Island» are blocking a change in leadership.

«If Todd Kaminsky can't run for political office without neglecting his official legislative duties, how can we expect him to handle the myriad of issues facing Long Island as a State Senator?»

«With the certification of John's election, Senate Democrats have gained two Senators on Long Island in less than a year and once again a majority of the State Senate are Democrats.

With no challenger of his own this past election, state Senator Tim Kennedy, D - Buffalo, spent some of his time this fall, helping out with a handful of competitive races on Long Island.

The Staten Island burden is insurmountable enough that Republican State Senator Andrew Lanza called the Fix NYC proposal «riduculous» and «discriminatory.»

The once powerful «Long Island Nine» Republican state senators» power has weakened to become the «not - so - solid seven,» with the reuniting of mainline Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference just the latest setback.

Republican efforts to keep control of the state Senate took another hit when two popular GOP senators — the Hudson Valley's Bill Larkin, 90, and Tom Corci of Long Island — refused to say if they would run for re-election this fall.

«This alleged incident did not happen — period,» said Klein, who was joined on a conference with reporters to pre-empt a Huffington Post story on this issue by another state senator, Staten Island Democrat Diane Savino, who is in a long - term relationship with Klein.

Donations went to State Senator John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican who's now the majority leader, State Senator Mark Grisanti, a Western New York Republican who lost reelection, and the Kings County Democratic County Committee, among many others.

he was not on track for greatness as a national leader, not on track to upset the national scene,» wrote State Senator Diane Savino, a member of the Republican led Independent Conference whose district includes parts of Staten Island.

He was referring to his main competitor, Adriano Espaillat, a state senator from the Washington Heights section of Manhattan who would be the first from the Caribbean island in Congress if he wins the four - person race (there's no Republican running).

The Carey Institute is headed by former New York state Senator Seymour Lachman (D - Brooklyn / Staten Island), author of «Three Men in a Room: The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse» (2006) and the upcoming «Hugh Carey and the New York Fiscal Crisis: How America's Empire State Avoided Bankruptcy,» scheduled for release this summer by SUNY Pstate Senator Seymour Lachman (D - Brooklyn / Staten Island), author of «Three Men in a Room: The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse» (2006) and the upcoming «Hugh Carey and the New York Fiscal Crisis: How America's Empire State Avoided Bankruptcy,» scheduled for release this summer by SUNY PState Avoided Bankruptcy,» scheduled for release this summer by SUNY Press.

Garry said Martins» experience as Mineola mayor, a state senator and longtime lawyer for his family's concrete business «gives him a unique perspective to advise clients in strategically navigating their operational challenges on Long Island and across New York State.&rstate senator and longtime lawyer for his family's concrete business «gives him a unique perspective to advise clients in strategically navigating their operational challenges on Long Island and across New York State.&rState.»

Almost every one of the state's 63 senators receives a stipend, ranging from the extra $ 41,500 given to the chamber's leader, John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, to the $ 9,000 bonuses given to ranking minority members of committees overseeing things like insurance, labor and — yes — ethics.

The funding unveiled by Cuomo is part of $ 500 million secured by Long Island's nine state senators in the 2015 - 16 state budget for «transformative projects.»

Republican state senators on Long Island, where Cuomo is relatively popular — as opposed to upstate, where he is not — are planning to use the governor's image in campaign materials attacking de Blasio.

Gentile first entered public office as a state senator representing parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island in 1997, but lost his seat to then - Councilman Martin Golden in 2002.

Martins, a former Mineola mayor and three - term state senator from Old Westbury, and Curran, a second - term Nassau County legislator from Baldwin, took questions for 30 minutes at News 12 Long Island's studios in Woodbury.

CITY HALL — Attorney general candidates Eric Schneiderman and Dan Donovan butted heads again Monday, with Donovan slamming the Democratic state senator as an Albany insider while Schneiderman painted the Republican Staten Island district attorney as Wall Street's puppet.

Kronin is a Democrat running to replace Long Island Senator Kemp Hannon in the sixth State Senate district.

Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. and Senator Kenneth P. LaValle introduced state legislation last Thursday that would require the Long Island Power Authority's board of trustees «to protect the economic interests of its ratepayers and the service area» when proposing rate increases.

State Senator Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and Assemblyman Michael Cusick of Staten Island joined a host of other Albany legislators to propose a measure that would bar any municipality in the state from imposing an impost on carry - out sState Senator Simcha Felder of Brooklyn and Assemblyman Michael Cusick of Staten Island joined a host of other Albany legislators to propose a measure that would bar any municipality in the state from imposing an impost on carry - out sstate from imposing an impost on carry - out sacks.

News this week that the FBI raided the offices of yet another New York State lawmaker has pushed into the limelight a little known piece of legislation authored by a Long Island senator.

«Senator Hannon has been an exceptional Senator and leader for Long Island and New York State who eliminated the GEA and supported far - reaching reforms that provide more disclosure than ever about a lawmaker's outside income, and that's why all his opponent can do is attack, attack, attack,» Reif said.

Rhode Island's state senators are elected to a two - year term that begins on the first Tuesday in January.

Bloomberg News mentions Todd Kaminsky, a state senator from Long Island, as «another strong candidate who is sure to enjoy support in Albany.»