Sentences with phrase «republican upstate areas»

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Despite Astorino's loss to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, Senate Republicans swept three upstate districts in the Hudson Valley and in the Rochester area.

A reader forwarded this fundraising appeal from Sen. George Maziarz in which the Buffalo - area Republican's campaign committee slams the Democrats for «an astounding level of Albany dysfunction» and accuses them of forgetting upstate New York.

But state Republican Chairman Ed Cox said the race will be a referendum on Cuomo, and said persistent problems with the New York City subways, uneven economic recovery in upstate areas and ongoing corruption trials involving Cuomo's close confidants are all working in the GOP's favor.

Before his fall, Skelos and other Republicans said the fund was going to be used for projects in their Long Island base — which they would help designate — and privately explained that they inserted it into the budget to offset $ 1.5 billion that Gov. Andrew Cuomo was directing to an economic development competition for upstate areas.

Demographically the state overall has shifted more Democratic, but the upstate region remains heavily Republican, save for pockets of Democratic strongholds in urban areas and college towns.

New York is a historically blue state in presidential and gubernatorial election years, though Republicans from predominantly white areas of upstate and Long Island have often controlled the State Senate.

Most Republicans in the state Senate come from the upstate area.

Those seats include two seats on Long Island, one open and one held by a Republican incumbent, and three upstate seats in the Hudson Valley, Capital Region, and Rochester area held by first term Democrats.

The Republican conference has seven freshman members, five of whom come from upstate areas.

The six Republicans being targeted by Mr. Cuomo are Lee Zeldin of Long Island and five from upstate: John J. Faso, from the Hudson Valley; Elise Stefanik, from an Adirondack district; Claudia Tenney, in Central New York; Tom Reed, who represents a swath of Western New York; and Chris Collins, an early Trump supporter from the Buffalo area and a frequent foil of Governor Cuomo's.

The provision was pushed by Senate Republicans, many of whom represent upstate areas where younger people have moved away to other states.

The measure voted on today in the chamber was sponsored by Sen. James Seward, an Oneonta - area Republican whose upstate district includes the headquarters firearms manufacturer Remington Arms, which had threatened to displace workers following the passage of the SAFE Act.

President Donald Trump in a Wall Street Journal interview this week seemingly suggested residents in struggling upstate communities abandon their homes and move to more prosperous areas in order to get jobs — drawing concern from Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney.

Inmates are, generally, from urban downstate areas that elect Democrats but are incarcerated in rural upstate areas that elect Republicans.

An administration source on Friday also said Cuomo would like to see legislation allowing car - hailing services like Uber to operate outside of New York City, a measure that has been popular among Senate Republicans, particularly those who represent upstate areas.

Even if the Flanagan deal helps Republicans hold the Skelos seat, his support for the higher wage could cost the GOP Senate seats in financially struggling upstate areas, where opposition is strong.

The first issue activists and mostly Republican legislators point to is the SAFE Act, the 2013 gun control bill that split voters and lawmakers from rural upstate areas from their brethren in New York City and its suburbs.

As a compromise, Republicans have suggested a slower phase - in to a lower figure, perhaps $ 12 or $ 13, in upstate areas.

While Clinton won out over Trump in Onondaga County in the primary elections, upstate and central New York had a more mixed voting record, according to Politico, with the rural areas providing much of the Republican support.

And his recent plan to expand college education programs in state prisons has gone over very badly in conservative - leaning areas upstate, giving the Republicans choice election - year base - rallying material.

It is the Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader Dean Skelos of Long Island and fronted on redistricting matters by upstate lawyer and Finger Lakes - area senator Mike Nozzolio, who treat this process like mother's milk.

In a statement, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D - Rochester) said the amendment is «a gimmick, and nothing more than pure political cover for wavering New York Republicans that know the Republican healthcare plan would devastate our state, especially upstate rural areas.»