Sentences with phrase «republican majority leader»

Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the State Senate, was a featured guest at a Sept. 19, 2012, luncheon of the Real Estate Board of New York at the organization's Art Deco office tower in Midtown Manhattan.

In response, Corbett and Mike Turzai, the Republican majority leader in the State House of Representatives, demanded that the city's legislative delegation vote to weaken public - employee pensions.

Corman, the Senate's Republican majority leader, said he hopes to conclude budget season by June 30 without raising taxes.

«Walter Mahoney from Buffalo was the Republican majority leader of the Senate and he lost that year.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who along with his GOP members has released three different bills, says he supports the concept and believes something can get done in the next few days before the session is scheduled to end.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan last week also pooh - poohed the proposal, saying it would drive high - earners out of New York.

Aides to Republican Majority Leader Jim Steineke, the chief author of the Assembly bill, said he expects to schedule a floor vote sometime this month.

With the future of embattled Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos still unresolved, Democrats plan to try again to oust him during a floor vote on Monday.

Senator Klein says it was «within the law» for the Senate Republican Majority Leader, John Flanagan, to «determine who gets stipends», and to send paperwork seeking authorization to the state's Comptroller.

Three months after the Assembly dealt with its biggest leadership crisis in two decades, the upper chamber in Albany is suddenly facing a similar problem: A leader under arrest, a challenge for the ruling party, and the lack of an obvious successor after Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader, was arrested on Monday, along with his son, Adam, on corruption and fraud charges in Manhattan.

But McCarthy, the Republican majority leader in the House, said tax reform will unleash a new wave of economic growth across the country.

In his press conference unveiling a six - count criminal complaint against Dean Skelos, the Republican majority leader, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was a subdued version of himself, reciting the charges, taking a limited number of questions, and swiftly departing.

Dean Skelos, left, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate, and his son Adam were convicted on corruption charges in December 2015.

Bharara's case against New York's Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos sent the politician to jail for five years.

Even Assembly Democratic Majority Speaker Carl Heastie has echoed those fears, and Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday said in a release that «New Yorkers pay too much in taxes already and raising taxes can not — and should not — be the answer.»

Statement From Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Reported Charges Against the Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos

Republican Majority Leader on the county legislature Brian Marianetti says his caucus passed an amendment to the budget Tuesday which will increase child care funding by $ 52,000 in addition to the $ 100,000 included in the 2017 budget.

Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said his members are free to vote their conscience, even though the Republicans usually vote in a bloc.

There's still a wariness in the air, though, a fear that the whinings of Adam Skelos are not the final embarrassments to be yielded by Preet Bharara's tapes (and new corruption details could arrive as soon as next week, when Skelos and his father, Dean, the former Senate Republican majority leader, are expected to be formally indicted).

Klein said it was «within the law» for Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan to «determine who gets stipends» and to send paperwork seeking authorization to the state comptroller.

Skelos, 68, and Adam, 33, both of Rockville Centre, are scheduled to be sentenced April 13 in Manhattan federal court for conspiring to use Dean's power as Republican majority leader to help Adam get work from a real estate developer, a malpractice insurer and an environmental firm.

Schumer is said to get along well with Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,

«I'm not so sure that they actually meet the test,» said George Weissman, an appointee of state Sen. Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos said his conference would discuss the issue Thursday morning and decide whether to take it up.

That victory effectively removed State Senator Jeff Klein — the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference and a de Blasio ally — from the chamber's coalition leadership, leaving it under the sole control of Republican majority leader Dean Skelos.

In a statement, Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan said the hearings would allow the Senate «to explore the sources of water contamination, examine state and federal oversight issues, and determine how we can prevent this from happening in the future.»

Senator Klein says it was «within the law» for the Senate Republican Majority Leader, John Flanagan, to «determine who gets stipends» and to send paperwork seeking authorization to the state comptroller.

A federal prosecutor said Sen. Dean Skelos «abused his power» to «line the pockets» of his son Adam as opening statements began Tuesday in the closely watched federal corruption trial of the once - powerful former Republican majority leader in Albany.

The office that once belonged to Dean G. Skelos, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate, whose name has been removed from the door.

Amid these struggles, at least one constant seemed to remain in Adam Skelos's life: the support of his father, Dean G. Skelos, the powerful Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate.

Dean G. Skelos, the once powerful Republican majority leader of the New York State Senate who was convicted with his son in December on federal corruption charges, was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who hails from Long Island, wrote in the Times Union in October that «it's only fair to turn our attention to roads and bridges upstate, many of which are severely deteriorating.»

His proposals still face a battle in Albany, which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption - related charges of Sheldon Silver, a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.

When the Democrats retook the majority the following year, Klein refused to reunite the two conferences and instead brokered a side deal with Senate Republicans that allowed him to share authority with then - Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Senator Jeff Klein, Senate President Pro-Tem, who shares leadership responsibilities with the Republican majority leader.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who along with his GOP members has released three different bills, said he supports the concept and believes something can get done in the next few days before the session is scheduled to end.

He says he's heartened by statements from the Senate Republican Majority Leader, John Flanagan, who says he wants to closely reexamine all economic development contracts.

John Testa, the legislature's Republican majority leader, said the bill did more to hurt than protect immigrants in the county.

The proposal is opposed by most business groups and Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who has called the measure a «job killer.»

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan ripped Trump's past vulgar comments about women as «deplorable and inexcusable,» but said he does not believe the controversy will hurt GOP efforts to keep control of the state Senate — even as the Democrats prepare to exploit the issue with ads and mailers.

The corruption convictions of former state Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were overturned by a federal appellate court in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that retooled the definition of an «official act» as it relates to public corruption.

In the interview, Gianaris pointed to Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan's endorsement of Trump at the Republican National Convention, suggesting the embrace of the New York businessman would likely be an issue Senate Democrats raise on the campaign trail.

Dean Skelos, former New York State Senate Temporary President and Republican Majority Leader, was sentenced today in federal court on corruption charges.

Senate Republican Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has said he won't pass a roads funding plan that Walker would veto, and two Republican senators earlier this week spoke out in opposition to raising taxes.

While Democrats would eventually regain the majority if the legal battles over the two seats end in their favor, the GOP hopes it would be too late to reverse a vote making a Republican the majority leader.

Former Senate Republican Majority Leader Joe Bruno's campaign committee took $ 11,500 from Trump between 2001 and 2006.

Days before the April 19 special election on Long Island to replace ex-Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's chief fundraiser procured a publicly untraceable $ 50,000 donation to help Senate Democrats wrest control of the key district.

«It's not over till it's over,» said Sen. John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the deputy Republican majority leader.

After marshaling statements of support from the Legislature's Republican majority leader, Melissa Bonacic, two Republican town supervisors and DeStefano himself, he issued a press release lamenting that Turnbull had «gone negative» and claiming Turbull «has put forth no original ideas during his tenure as a Legislator that have helped the taxpayers of Orange County.»

According to the Albany Times Union, earlier this week the chairman of the state Association of School Business Officials sent a letter to Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, explaining that flat funding due to low inflation could lead to layoffs and program cuts.