Sentences with phrase «minority leader andrea»

Hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb criticized New York State Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, saying in a Facebook posting that Ms. Stewart - Cousins was worse for minorities than «anyone who has ever donned a hood» because of her support for teachers» unions.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has hesitated to take a formal position on the issue, and did not respond to a request for comment.

In a headed session on the Senate floor, Democratic conference members, led by Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, objected to the unprecedented change in procedure, and expressed dismay that most of their policies were not represented in either the majority or IDC budget proposal.

The list of attendees includes Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Yonkers and Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx, the leader of the Senate's Independent Democratic Conference.

While Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has blamed the Senate Republican majority for blocking ethics reform, she should ask Assembly Democrats why they sabotaged the pension bill in favor of a watered - down version.

Among those also addressing the group were state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, state Sen. Jeff Klein and Cathy Nolan, the chair of the Assembly education committee.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (at right) speaks with (from left) Brandon Melendez of PS 143 in Queens, Jory Stark of HS of Applied Communication and Anna White, of PS 110 in Queens.

In a press statement State Senator Ruben Diaz congratulated New York State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie for declining to attend Governor Andrew Cuomo's six regional State of the State Addresses next week.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, right, with State Senator Michael Gianaris.

Pointing to the recent nationwide focus on sexual harassment and her own experiences in Albany, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins — the first woman to head a state legislative conference in New York — says «it's clear that we have reached a turning point.»

She also directly pointed to how that's not currently happening in Albany, where New York senate minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins was recently excluded from talks about sexual harassment.

On Wednesday, the group disbanded and united under the leadership of Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers).

Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins faced harassment when she was a rank - and - file lawmaker.

Yesterday, King attacked Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins» calls for party unity yesterday, and praised the IDC as «successful.»

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers), the Legislature's only female conference leader, said sexual harassment measures should «absolutely» be part of the budget.

Both Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins have decried being left out of negotiations and assailed this budget season as the least transparent in memory.

«There is so much to do,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, D - Yonkers.

Sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers) and Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan), the bill would be the most comprehensive in the Legislature in making it easier for victims and law enforcement to go after predators.

Rumors swirled on Twitter that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who brokered the unity deal between Klein and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins last week, will speak at Thursday's event.

ICYMI: Newly - elected Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins was in Albany yesterday to meet with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and assure him that her conference plans to work together «as partners» with their fellow Democrat in the coming legislative session.

(Albany, NY) Bronx - Westchester Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins recently saluted the women of the New York State Board of Regents.

«Studies have proven that states, like New York, with stronger firearm safety laws, have fewer gun - caused deaths,» said Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

With Cuomo touting the new budget as progressive, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins disagreed.

The list includes: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Public Advocate Letitia James, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, former Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate Democratic minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday called for an investigation into the practice of paying stipends for jobs lawmakers don't hold; Senate Republicans maintain the process is legal.

«There is no reason not to let this bill come to the floor,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins.

Minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from the Bronx, said, «arrest after arrest has shattered the public's faith in good government,» and that the Legislature should act to avoid «another session of empty promises in the wake of yet another scandal,» referencing the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Mainline Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and liberal activist and Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout will headline an anti-Independent Democratic Conference event on Nov. 12.

«I would like to see a strong statement, definition and policy,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, D - Yonkers.

If successful, source said he'd caucus with Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins (l).

For Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the latest conviction of a state lawmaker is deja vu all over again.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, along with state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Friday participated in a roundtable discussion to address how to crack down on gun trafficking.

At 3:30 p.m., Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffee and actress Jane Fonda speak out on the low wages and rampant sexual harassment across America's restaurant industry, Hunter College's Roosevelt House, 47 - 49 E. 65th St., Manhattan.

At a news conference, Stavisky and her allies — including Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins — blasted the remarks.

The mainline Senate Democratic conference isn't to blame for the failed effort to see lawmakers have their first salary increase since 1998, Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday said.

«My opinion has not changed,» Senate Minority Leader Andrea - Stewart - Cousins said earlier this moth.

Last month, Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins was skeptical of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's initial paid family leave proposal.

Charter - school foes have pounced on Success Academy Chairman Dan Loeb's racially insensitive criticism of Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins as a pretext to drain their resources, the school group's CEO said in a statement.

There has been a push to include Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in the top - level leaders meetings with the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader, all of whom are men.

«I always look at the bigger picture, because I represent a conference that represents half of New York,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Thursday blasted a measure proposed by a Republican assemblyman that would block state funding of Planned Parenthood.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins this week endorsed Democratic mayoral candidate Juanita Perez Williams in the race for mayor of Syracuse.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins sought to make the case before the delegation — and before Cuomo himself — the slog of negotiating with Senate Republicans would not be as much of a problem should Democrats gain control of the chamber.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins blamed the coalition of Republicans and four independent Democrats for the failure to pass an ethics package in 2013 as well as a compromised version of the minimum wage.

Adding to the discord over the negotiations was a push to have Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from Yonkers, included in the top - level leaders meetings to discuss the changes.

«It really does feel a bit dysfunction,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins after meeting with Cuomo.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins will make appearances outside of the Albany Hilton, less than a block from the state Capitol building, where hotel workers have been demonstrating for better wages and benefits.

The yacht exemption, along with a sales tax break for those who own private airplanes, was quickly pounced on by liberal watchdog groups like the Fiscal Policy Institute and Senate Democrats, including Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

This, as Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins suggested Tuesday night, portends a blue wave coming next year for marginal Republicans running down ballot — a wave that never materialized for Democrats running under Hillary Clinton in 2016.

«We have to find the best way,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.