Sentences with phrase «majority leader malcolm»

New York Governor David Paterson appeared to dial back his rhetoric yesterday on New York's marriage equality bill, which has been full - throttle since he announced he was reintroducing it, in a public gesture of handover to Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith.

He said later he was merely trying to rally supporters, not end a signal that the bill won't pass this year, despite the fact that the 32 votes Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has said he needs before moving the measure to the floor have yet to materialize.

As the dust began to settle after the surprising vote to oust state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

According to the source, Shelly didn't fare any better working with former Senate majority leader Malcolm Smith, who is a Democrat — even though he was reported to be running power rings around Malcolm.

[NY Post] Embattled Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

Former — or current, depending on who you believe — Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith appeared weak and scattered.

- Former Sen. Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - Queens) was convicted in 2015 on charges he tried to bribe his way on to the GOP's 2013 mayoral ballot.

Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, who was not present at yesterday's press conference, released a statement shortly after the presser: «I have been and continue to be a strong supporter of marriage equality and remain steadfast in my commitment to passing the marriage equality legislation submitted today by Governor Paterson.

Though Monserrate and Espada were absent from Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, embattled Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

Former Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith of Queens, who lost power in the wake of the Senate coup of 2009 — a scheme organized in part by Skelos — was convicted last year of trying to bribe his way to the 2013 Republican nomination for New York City mayor.

The NYT yesterday ran a piece on New York Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and the pressure cooker he's in on marriage equality — on one side he's got Governor David Paterson pressuring him to move the marriage equality bill forward, and on the other a spiritual «mentor» he has known for more than two decades, Reverend Floyd Flake.

The NYT yesterday ran a piece on New York Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and the pressure cooker he's in on marriage equality — on one side he's got Governor David Paterson pressuring him to move the marriage equality bill forward, and... Read

«Just give it to me in writing that you will not bring the gay marriage to the floor and you got me,» Diaz told the Post, presumably addressing incoming Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith.

Then there was former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, a Queens Democrat who inexplicably tried to buy his way on to the Republican line for New York City mayor and instead is now serving seven years in prison.

STATE Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith believes that Gov. Paterson's administration is «a sinking ship,» as simmering tensions between two of the state's most powerful Democrats have reached the boiling...

The story is that Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith spent a meeting with Golisano texting on his Blackberry.

Of course, we still don't know what deal the three renegade Democratic state senators forged with new Majority Leader Malcolm Smith.

Bronx state senator Pedro Espada Jr. — a borough bigwig and a member of the «Gang of Three» that threatened to defect from the Democratic caucus during an Albany tangle with new majority leader Malcolm Smith — doesn't list contact information on his website.

Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has said already he won't let the measure hit the floor unless the votes are there.

But Pigeon said Golisano would also help Bloomberg with his relationship to newly named Democratic Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, after the mayor backed the Senate GOP in its quest to keep the majority in the 2008 elections.

Parker received a lump - sum payment last month for his $ 22,000 leadership stipend, forcing Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - Queens) to scramble Monday for a way to get at least some of the the money back.

On June 8, 2009, Democrats Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada, Jr., joined the 30 Republican members of the State Senate to attempt to issue a motion to replace current Majority Leader Malcolm Smith with Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

Embattled Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

Feeling Slighted, Rich Patron Led Albany Revolt [NYT] Ousted Majority Leader Malcolm Smith fiddled with BlackBerry while Senate burned [NYDN]

McKee said that he is sure the Democratic Senate, especially Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, realizes tenants» issues are «life and death» to them.

A federal judge sent former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith away for seven years» hard time on Wednesday — and Judge Kenneth Karas» explanation of that sentence is a warning to New York's entire political class.

Despite Gov. Paterson's call for Albany leaders to get back to work, state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

The seven - year prison sentence imposed on crooked ex-state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was a shot across the bow of his former Albany associates, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos — ...

Disgraced former state Senate majority leader Malcolm Smith was scheduled to turn himself in last week so he could begin his seven - year jail sentence on corruption charges, but he got...

Disgraced former state Senate majority leader Malcolm Smith was scheduled to turn himself in last week so he could begin his seven - year jail sentence on corruption charges, but he got his surrender date pushed back more than six weeks by claiming that he must be checked for prostate cancer by his own doctor before prison, court papers show.

Former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith of Queens was convicted last month for conspiring to funnel $ 500,000 from a transportation account to a developer, who promised to bribe Republican Party officials to deliver Smith the GOP line for mayor in 2013.

A federal judge sent former state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith away for seven years» hard time on Wednesday — and Judge Kenneth Karas» explanation of that sentence is a...

State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - St.

Disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith surrendered to prison today in rural Pennsylvania after a failed bid to stay out of jail pending appeal of his corruption conviction.

Meanwhile, former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, of Queens, was convicted last week on charges that he sought to bribe his way onto into the 2013 NYC mayor's race on the GOP ballot line.

Last summer's refusal by state Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith to attend a Rivera - sponsored event in the city — even though he was to have been the guest of honor — spoke volumes.

In 2008, Democrats won 32 seats but spent two months bickering, extorting and cajoling each other to fall in behind Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith.

He cites disgraced former State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith who told a government informant, «that's politics in New York.

Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Leader Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (all Democrats) reached an agreement behind closed doors to repeal much of what is left of the draconian drug laws that govern the state — ones that were passed in the seventies during a heroin epidemic in urban areas and are commonly called the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Parker was stripped of his leadership post by then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith in the wake of the incident.

John Sabini, then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith and NYC Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, Zulunova served last fall as the campaign manager for NYC Council hopeful Albert Cohen the city's first Bukharian candidate for office.

The Republicans have been beating the drum for Silver's resignation for some time now, and are even using their on - line petition as a fund - raising tool (although party leaders appeared to confuse Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith in their last missive).

Shafran came to the conference after a stint in Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf's shop, which made sense, since then - Majority Leader Malcolm Smith — also a Queens guy — was close to Sheinkopf.

He was surprised with a cake from then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (this was pre-coup, remember), and all the leaders sang for him.

If former Democratic New York State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith's harebrained scheme to bribe himself onto the GOP line for the 2013 race for NYC mayor wasn't ridiculous enough for you, the details, the players, the secret video and audio recordings, and the rather novel defense offered by Smith's attorneys — ...

He's clearly Bharara, who initiated the successful prosecutions of Silver and Skelos as well as of former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - Queens), former Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous (R - Binghamton) and a long roster of other crooked pols.

Former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was found guilty of promising to dip into such a fund as part of a bribery scheme.

Another former legislative leader, ex-Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, is considerably further along down the corruption pipeline than ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Golisano played a role in the Senate coup last year, saying his efforts were due in part to the fact that then - Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith has disrespected him by BlackBerrying during a meeting.