Sentences with phrase «senate cities committee»

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Manchester Police Chief Enoch Willard of New Hampshire testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the recent spike in heroin and prescription drug abuse and deaths in his city in 2016.

Acting District Attorney Michael Flaherty, D, opened the investigation after an article in the Daily News detailed allegations that organizations, connected to New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio, were skirting campaign finance limits by funneling money through county committees for State Senate races in 2014.

Policy issues such as limiting Airbnb advertising, regulating daily fantasy sports wagers and allowing Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City were left to Assembly and Senate committee chairs.

And New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is under investigation for his role in aiding Senate Democrats in 2014, when his political allies sought to funnel money through county party committees in an apparent effort to help individual candidates.

A state Board of Elections memorandum made public last week details allegations of a complex partnership between New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a number of political consulting firms and labor unions and also county Democratic committees to influence contested state Senate races in 2014.

The City of Niagara Falls Republican Committee endorsed Niagara Falls School Board Member, John Destino over incumbent Republican, George Maziarz in the 62nd Senate District.

At 6 p.m., the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee holds its annual New York City Spring Reception, New York Sheraton Hotel, 811 Seventh Ave., Manhattan.

The investigation stemmed into de Blasio's efforts to help elect Democrats to the state Senate in 2014 using county Democratic committees to aid candidates running in key swing districts outside of New York City including the Hudson Valley and in Monroe County.

Former New York City Councilman Robert Jackson has formed a state Senate campaign committee to raise money for an imminent campaign against freshman state Sen. Marisol Alcantara, state Board of Elections records show.

The committees collection and distribution of money factor into a growing criminal case against New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration, and upstate Senate races in 2014.

Avella, first elected to the State Senate in 2010 after eight years in the City Council, is a member of the Senate's Transportation Committee.

More recently, Bill Perkins» victory in a City Council special election created a vacancy in the State Senate, which was filled by Brian Benjamin, who won the Democratic nomination by virtue of a county committee vote.

It's about educating kids in the city of New York,» insisted senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan (R - Suffolk).

De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

Extending mayoral control of New York City schools is «in flux» two days before the scheduled end of the legislative session, Senate Education Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino said earlier on Tuesday.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $ 1 million to the Senate Republicans» housekeeping committee, a contribution that continues his support for the last lever of power controlled by the GOP in the state.

State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Thursday he is no closer to extending mayoral control of New York City schools following Mayor Bill de Blasio's testimony before the Senate education committee Wednesday, a blow to the mayor's efforts to win a seven - year mayoral control extension.

She teamed up with Senator Kemp Hannon (R, Garden City), chairman of the Senate's Health Committee, to introduce four bills that they hope will better address the diseases.

«The bottom line is that the city is awash in money right now,» said Sen. Cathy Young, a Republican who chairs the Senate's Finance Committee.

New York City Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Farina speaks during a state Senate Education Committee hearing as Mayor Bill de Blasio listens.

State Sen. Carl Marcellino (R - Syosset), co-chairman of the Senate transportation committee, said Monday he hopes Cuomo's nominee will understand the LIRR's needs differ from those of the New York City subways.

Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City), chairman of the Senate Health Committee, noted that Mylan Pharmaceutical has raised the price by more than 75 percent over the last year, bringing the cost of a two - pen set to $ 600.

Squadron's bill sits in the Senate Committee on Cities, where Chair and former Councilmember Andrew Lanza of Staten Island is making sure it rests comfortably.

He is also a former secretary to the Senate Finance Committee and former New York City budget director.

It's not even May but already Republican State Senate candidate Diane DiDonato Roth is attacking Republican State Senate candidate Bob Cohen for attacking Democrat State Senate candidate George Latimer over his personal relationship with New Rochelle City Judge Susan Kettner while Republican State Senate candidate Bob Cohen is ignoring Republican State Senate candidate Diane DiDonato Roth attacking him while renewing his attacks on Democrat State Senate candidate George Latimer for failing to explain $ 17,000 in credit card receipts paid by Latimer's Campaign Committee as Democrat State Senate candidate George Latimer says little and New Rochelle City Judge Susan Kettner says less.

That was three days after the date which, according to the Daily News, the board's enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman, sent a memo to the board's commissioners recommending a criminal referral over New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's organization of fundraising on behalf of Senate candidates through county committees in Ulster and Putnam.

Killian announced that she plans to seek the New York state Senate seat for the 37th District currently occupied by Latimer, a Democrat, at a Rye City Republican Committee meeting last month, the Review has learned.

• First lady Michelle Obama travels to Connecticut for Democratic Senate nominee Richard Blumenthal and then heads south to New York City for a Democratic National Committee fundraiser.

It is part of a larger probe over allegations that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio funneled large donations through several county Democratic committees to help upstate State Senate contenders.

State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City), the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, will hold a legislative roundtable discussion in Albany on Tuesday that will focus on expanding access to naloxone.

«We need balance in state government between New York City and the rest of the state,» said Young, the chairwoman of the Senate Republican campaign committee.

The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow New York City to use state funds to pay for rental subsidy programs for the homeless.

«Without a detailed and thoughtful exchange, it is difficult to craft an extension that is in the best interests of New York City's students and teachers,» said Senate Education Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino (R - Nassau County).

There shall be district committees for each of the following political districts within the County of New York: Congress, State Senate, Assembly, City Council and Civil Court (where the District is smaller than the County).

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A major fall fundraiser for the Senate Republican Campaign Committee is scheduled for next week in New York City.

At 10 a.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Cities will be holding a hearing to examine the issue of taxes and fees on carry - out merchandise bags, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

Senate Republican Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cathy Young in a statement on Friday blasted «New York City Democrats» for heading to Rochester to help fundraise for Sen. Ted O'Brien's re-election effort.

The latest filings with the state Board of Elections show the independent expenditure committee backed by New York City landlords has spent $ 323,782 on key upstate Senate races.

«Rather than allow our entire state government to be controlled by extreme New York City Democrats who don't care about Upstate, Long Island or the Hudson Valley, hardworking New Yorkers are speaking loudly and clearly that they want Senate Republicans to have a seat at the table to help deliver meaningful tax relief, create new jobs and continue to move this state forward,» said Senate Republican Campaign Committee Chairwoman Cathy Young in a statement.

Jobs for New York spent $ 8 million on New York City's 2013 elections, and recently registered a new state - level campaign committee to benefit three GOP Senate candidates: Amedore; Yorktown Councilman Terrence Murphy, who is running against Democrat Justin Wagner for the seat vacated by retiring GOP Sen. Greg Ball; and Dutchess County Legislator Susan Serino, who is trying to unseat freshman Democratic Sen. Terry Gipson.

The political action committee backed by wealthy New York City landlords has spent another $ 35,805 in two key Long Island state Senate races.

At 8 a.m., City & State holds a «Changing the Minimum Wage» forum where speakers will include Senate Labor Committee Chair Sen. Jack Martins, and Empire Center for Public Policy President E.J. McMahon, New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan.

It's going to be another interesting day in Albany as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is due to be questioned before the Senate Education Committee on mayoral control of city schools and the future of the progCity Mayor Bill de Blasio is due to be questioned before the Senate Education Committee on mayoral control of city schools and the future of the progcity schools and the future of the program.

Byron Brown, chairman of the New York State Democratic Party; former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, vice chairwoman of the New York State Democratic Party; Rep. Joseph Crowley (D - Bronx / Queens), House Democratic Caucus chairman; and Hector Figueroa, president of 32BJ SEIU and at - large member of the Democratic National Committee, sent a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and Klein on Monday.

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

In testimony at the federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook, Rechnitz told how he bought the key to the city for some $ 160,000 in donations to de Blasio and the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, plus tens of thousands of dollars more in gifts to NYPD brass.

New York Sen. John Flanagan, center, with Sens. John DeFrancisco and David Valesky, attend a state Senate Education Committee hearing about education reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on October 1, 2013.

«I don't understand why the city can't contribute more,» said Sen. Catharine Young, R - Olean, the chairwoman of the Senate's budget committee.

Sen. John Bonacic, chair of the Senate Racing and Wagering Committee, predicted that the outcome of a referendum this fall that would expand casino gambling outside Atlantic City in New Jersey could have a dramatic impact across the Hudson River.