Sentences with phrase «minority leadership posts»

I guess the right - wing snipers here will just have to content themselves with watching the bickering over the GOP MINORITY leadership posts.

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The bill would require eight - year caps on leadership posts in the Assembly and Senate — applying to the temporary president of the Senate, speaker of the Assembly and the minority leaders of both houses.

Skelos had his minority counsel's office draw up a resolution that seeks to strip Parker of his leadership post (majority whip) and its lulu ($ 12,500), which has been quietly restored to him by Sampson in recent months despite the fact that Parker's felony assault case is still pending.

According to my source, they're very concerned about losing the leadership post, which has gone to a black senator since November 2002 when David Paterson ousted then - Senate Minority Leader Marty Connor (a white Brooklynite) became the first non-white elected to lead a legislative conference in New York history and the highest - ranking black elected official in New York.

Paterson also gave a shout - out to Smith, who lost his majority leader post in the coup, saying the Queens Democrat, who succeeded Paterson in the Senate minority leader post in 2006, doesn't get sufficient credit for showing leadership by denying a member item to Espada, even though that made him angry enough to join the the GOP.

Democratic Sen. Daniel Squadron said he hopes both Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and her deputy, Sen. Mike Gianaris of Queens, continue on in their leadership posts.

Ciotti's many legislative leadership posts included deputy presiding officer, chairman of budget review and chairman of minority affairs.

With a leadership vote set for Wednesday, Klein insisted he has no designs to challenge Sampson for the minority leader post.