Sentences with phrase «leaders of the legislature do»

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With a divided legislature in 2017, some of the most controversial proposals did not get passed despite the majority leaders supporting them including legalizing marijuana and installing tolls on state highways.

For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that's led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. attorney's investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs.

«But it's to direct my words and exhortations to the ears of the of the vast majority of people, in any institution whether it's a school, or a bank, or it's a hedge fund, or it's a Council leader's office, or it's a legislature, who are good and honorable and honest and decent and want to do the right thing.»

As senate minority leader since 2007, John was a highly qualified state - government - experienced social moderate and fiscal conservative who was intimately knowledgeable about the inner workings of our state legislature and eminently qualified to get things done.

«He does have leverage, but I think the legislature has to start pushing back, even on some of the bills that have been vetoed by the governor,» said Republican Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

For the second month in a row, the Siena College poll reports that nearly 100 percent of those surveyed want something done about the corruption in Albany that's led to both former leaders of the legislature sentenced to prison and the U.S. attorney's investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs.

On ethics, the governor made no direct mention of the scandals that led to the arrest and conviction of both leaders of the legislature on corruption charges, though he did say 2015 was a «tough, ugly» year on many levels.

Donaldson, minority leader of the legislature, contended that Quigley, 21, a college student in Connecticut until May 10, did not live at 60 Orchard St. in the legislative district but rather at his parents» home in the Town of Ulster at the time he circulated nominating petitions during June.

Cuomo said local government leaders do have the power to override the cap, if a 60 percent supermajority of the members of a city council, town board, or county legislature agrees to override it.

«These are structural issues that impact a whole variety of constituencies, and everybody is anxious for the state to help solve these problems, the commission — I had one leader of a county legislature say to me, we don't need a commission to tell us what our structural problems are.

And he says at a time of rising corruption convictions, which include the indictment of both leaders of the legislature in 2015, JCOPE's number of actual investigations has been low, and with the exception of a $ 300,000 fine against former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, accused of sexual harassment, the fines have been «meager» and often directed at small community organizations that don't have the money to pay the fines.

The Senate leader insists that the governor must go through the legislature to take this kind of action, but he did not rule out another wage increase.

Three quarters say the governor hasn't done enough to try to stem corruption in the state, in a year where both leaders of the legislature have been arrested for running fraudulent scams, and the second in command in the Senate is currently on trial, accused of lying to FBI agents.

House Republican leader Larry Cafero of Norwalk said he is not sure if the Democratic - controlled legislature will move in lock - step to approve Malloy's agenda in the same way that it did in 2011.