Sentences with phrase «other state legislators»

Information from witnesses and other state legislators who were under investigation sparked the initial federal investigation, prosecutors said.

Other state legislators on both sides of the aisle were surprised by the amount of public money spent on the settlements.

Reinvent Albany joined civic groups, Brooklyn Democrat Senator Dan Squadron and Manhattan Democrat Brian Kavanagh and dozens of other state legislators in calling for the closure of the infamous «LLC Loophole.»

«And it's my hope that [EPA] Regional Administrator Lopez will adhere to his own exhortation of June of 2015 when he joined with other state legislators, New York state legislators, in calling on Governor Cuomo to do all in his power to direct GE to perform additional dredging.»

Prosecutors had sought to make an example of Silver and asked that he get a harsher sentence than other state legislators convicted of corruption.

In March 2015, he joined several other state legislators in publicly calling for more state regulation of charter schools, although none of the three bills he was backing have come to a full vote by the legislature.

Others in Albany could be in trouble soon: Mr. Bharara's prosecutors are involved in unrelated investigations focused on more than a half - dozen other state legislators, based on inquiries that had been conducted by the Moreland Commission, an anticorruption panel that Mr. Cuomo created last July and shut down at the end of March.

Other state legislators reacted to Delta's Saturday tweet like Rick Jeffares, a candidate for lieutenant governor and former state senator, who tweeted that he is «leading the charge to let Delta know their attack on the NRA and our 2nd Amendment is unacceptable.»

Besides his highly publicized tug - of - war with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cuomo has also spatted with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and with numerous other state legislators from his own party.

No questions were allowed at Tuesday's event and reporters were kept secured in the room until an audience that included other state legislators and VIPs was permitted to leave.

Sources said that the investigation stemmed from information provided by other state legislators who were under investigation as well as cooperating witnesses.

But the letter is sign that Cuomo knows that previous votes have cost other state legislators political standing.

Other state legislators recently debated the merits of allowing paraprofessionals, meaning adults without teaching licenses, to supervise students working online and thereby allow credentialed teachers time to pull aside clusters of students for small - group face - to - face instruction.

The emails were obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute via a series of public records requests to Ohio House Majority Floor Leader Bill Seitz and other state legislators involved in campaigns to roll back Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, as well as bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants.

Mr. Wright — along with several other state legislators — came under criticism last year after he sponsored a bill that created tax exemptions for luxury developers that donated to his campaign.

The local offices for constituent outreach in their district and the capitol offices for coordinating with other state legislators.

Skelos» pension, like those of several other federally convicted New York lawmakers, could be the subject of punitive action by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara, whose office prosecuted both Skelos and Silver, plus a host of other state legislators in recent years.

The other state legislators who signed the the letter to Cuomo were: Sens. Fred Akshar, James Seward and Pamela Helming, and Assemblyman Gary Finch.

An environmental group has given Senate Independent Democratic Leader Jeff Klein its 2013 Oil Slick award, claiming the Senate Co-leader has done more than any other state legislator to harm the environment.

Prosecutors in former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's public corruption case have asked for him to be sentenced to prison for longer than any other state legislator guilty of public corruption.

When the commission began to investigate public corruption in 2013, including outside income earned by Silver and other state legislators, «Silver took legal action and other steps to prevent the disclosure of such information,» the complaint said.

He has vastly greater name recognition than first - time candidate Klueg — during his more than three decades in the Assembly, he's likely appeared on Capital District television news more than any other state legislator.

Like several other state legislators, Rodriguez is making a run this year for City Council, attempting to leave behind the many commutes to Albany and to boost his base salary by nearly 100 %, from the $ 79,500 of a state legislator to the $ 148,000 of a City Council member.

Two other state Legislators are also running for «open» City Council seats, though no apparent complaints have been lodged against either.

I am calling on all other state legislators to fight this proposal at every turn and protect Rockland's already overburdened commuters.»