Sentences with phrase «senate liberal advocates»

But Cuomo is also facing a challenge from his left this primary season from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and public education advocate who has criticized the governor's record of compromise with Republicans in the Senate liberal advocates contend has led to watered - down results and half - victories.

Not exact matches

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

Liberal advocates are skeptical Cuomo has ever wanted a Democratic state Senate so he could effectively triangulate against weak Republicans.

The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, which remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

Lamont, a wealthy businessman from Greenwich who rose to prominence with his insurgent U.S. Senate campaign against Joe Lieberman in 2006, says he is uniquely positioned to advocate for liberal ideals.

But liberal advocates have become increasingly frustrated over the bottling up of key bills in the Senate — including the public financing of political campaigns and the DREAM Act.

Obama also called for indexing future minimum wage increases to the rate of inflation — something liberal advocates, as well as Democrats in the Senate and Assembly, have called on Cuomo to do, too.

The statement comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who liberal advocates have accused of not doing enough to help his own party take control of the Senate, begins a push to elect a pair of Democrats ahead of an April 24 special election, triggering a unity plan that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

Trust between Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has pledged to help bridge the divide among Democrats in the Senate since 2014, and liberal advocates and fellow Democrats in the Legislature who are increasingly anxious about Republican control of the chamber.

Liberal advocates have long pushed Cuomo to do more on key issues and have expressed dismay at what they see as his willingness in the past to compromise with Republicans in the narrowly divided state Senate.

Rather than any question of how much longer he can hang on — a question which, as recently as this April, Fred Dicker was raising in print — the test for Silver is how effectively he'll be able to advocate for the liberal priorities of his members with Cuomo campaigning as a centrist, and the State Senate in the hands of coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

Democrats in the Senate as well as liberal advocates have questioned Cuomo's liberal bonafides in part because of his hesitance to support a full takeover of the chamber by his won party.

Liberal advocates have suggested in recent weeks that Koppell's challenge could disintegrate if Klein and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are successful in getting the Senate Republicans to agree to a more robust public campaign finance program than the comptroller - only pilot included in the 2014 - 15 budget.

But Senate Democrats this year have taken a more assertive posture with Cuomo, who was criticized by liberal advocates for not doing more to help his own party take control of the Senate.

Cuomo's take on the election comes as liberals and progressive advocates are blaming the governor for Democratic defeats in state Senate and congressional races.

Liberal advocates remained frustrated with Cuomo since last year after Democrats came up short in the legislative elections against Republicans, who gained a firm, 33 - seat majority in the Senate chamber.

That defeat means an end to the longtime liberal advocate's political career, which has included two losses for Senate nominations, as well as failed runs for the U.S. House and New York City Mayor.