Sentences with phrase «senate leadership coup»

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Hoylman's tweet storm came a day after Cuomo derided the two years Democrats held the majority in the state Senate, a period that was marred by the upheaval of a leadership coup and late budgets.

If Felder and the IDC do flip, it could lead to chaos in the final session weeks reminiscent of the 2009 Senate coup, when leadership of the chamber remained divided 31 - 31 for a month.

Espada, as you'll recall, obtained his leadership post in last summer's Senate coup.

Hell, your cat probably doesn't like being compared to Espada, the disgraced former majority leader of the Senate who brought New York's government to a standstill during the leadership coup of 2009 and was later found guilty of bilking the federal government for the funding of his health clinics.

Senate Democrats had turned to Sampson at the conclusion of the fractious leadership coup in 2009 as a unifying figure, installing him as their defacto conference leader.

Paterson also gave a shout - out to Smith, who lost his majority leader post in the coup, saying the Queens Democrat, who succeeded Paterson in the Senate minority leader post in 2006, doesn't get sufficient credit for showing leadership by denying a member item to Espada, even though that made him angry enough to join the the GOP.

A little creative splicing of video from that fateful day reveals Padavan standing and applauding after the coup took place and then later standing with Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and Espada after Espada was sworn in to his leadership role.

Espada became known statewide in 2009 after taking part in a coup against party leadership shortly after the Democrats gained a narrow majority in the Senate.

In return, the top official at the state Democratic Committee released a statement — and photo — linking DeFrancisco to the ill - fated 2009 leadership coup in the state Senate.

In 2009 Senate Republican leadership and rogue Democrats launched a coup that paralyzed state government for weeks.

That happened in 2009 when an attempted leadership coup in 2009 shut down the Senate for a month.

Espada was a key figure in the June 8 leadership coup that deadlocked the Senate for a month.

But it was not until 2009 that Mr. Espada became known throughout the state, when he took part in a coup against the party leadership shortly after the Democrats gained a narrow majority in the Senate.