Sentences with phrase «york assembly seat»

After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1974, he was elected to a New York Assembly seat from Brooklyn at age 23.

He has decided to instead run for a New York Assembly seat.

Not exact matches

«I think we're going to be anywhere's from 49 to 51 seats, but I think the significance of being that close, especially in this environment, I think there's going to be some Assembly Democrats across the state that'd be a little reluctant just to vote in lock - step with the leadership and the New York City - dominated Assembly majority.»

As expected, Western New York political operative Kristy Mazurek will run in a democratic primary for New York's 143rd Assembly seat.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

Earlier this month, it came to our attention that the New York City Board of Election might have some difficulty holding a special election for the three open Assembly seats in the city on the same day as the Republican and Democratic Presidential primaries, which is April 19.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday will endorse Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle for the Rochester - area House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

Democrats are hopeful that their national momentum since the election of President Donald Trump will carry over into New York, where they're trying to wrestle away from Republicans the state Assembly seats previously held by Steve McLaughlin and Pete Lopez.

There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.

The group has hired Camille Brandon, a state Assembly candidate last year for disgraced former Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak's seat and considered a fixture in western New York politics, for its Buffalo office.

Canvassers plan to speak to New Yorkers in targeted state Senate and Assembly districts in Saratoga, Troy, Syracuse, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Yonkers, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, New York City and Long Island (several of those areas — especially western New York and Dutchess County — are considered by Democrats as ripe for picking up at least one or two seats next year).

-- New York State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morrelle was announced he will run for Slaughter's vacant seat.

Schumer embarked on his political career by winning a New York state Assembly seat in 1974, the same year he graduated from Harvard law school.

Experienced pol Charles Barron is on his way to retaking the family seat in the 60th Assembly District (East New York), with 64 percent of the vote vs. Chris Banks, who gathered 36 percent.

ALBANY - More than 25 candidates vying for State Senate and Assembly seats on Long Island were omitted from a government reform survey led by former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch, records show.

Assemblyman Dennis H. Gabryszak's seat is empty during the opening prayer at the New York State Assembly opening session Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

The Republican primary for New York's 115th Assembly district seat is too close to call with the final result dependant on outstanding absentee ballots.

He also failed in a 1996 bid for the New York State Assembly seat that was held by Democrat Paul A. Tokasz.

This past Election Day, all three statewide incumbents were easily re-elected, the Assembly's Democratic majority got bigger, but consistent with the overall Republican political tsunami seen across the nation, the Republicans took back control of the state Senate and picked up some New York Congressional seats.

Elsewhere in New York, Democrats held on to three Assembly seats in New York City, Democrat Steve Stern pulled of an upset in an Assembly seat on Long Island that Republicans held for more than three decades, and the GOP Republicans defended two other Assembly seats on Long Island.

A version of this article appears in print on July 15, 2010, on Page A29 of the New York edition with the headline: Monserrate Seeks Seat In Assembly.

She has run dozens of campaigns throughout Queens, New York City and the state and is currently working on Democrat Steve Behar's bid for the 26th state Assembly District seat in northeast Queens and consulting for incumbent Assemblywoman Democrat Catherine Nolan, who is up for re-election in the 37th Assembly District in western Queens against Republican John Wilson.

Mr. LaValle said Governor Andrew Cuomo put in a certificate of necessity for a special election in New York City, but not on Long Island, so it would seem that there will be no special date for the Assembly seat and the election will be held in November.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he'll call special elections for several vacant Assembly seats on April 19, the day of New York's presidential primary, and the assumption is he will put the Long Island Senate race on the ballot at the same time.

ALBANY — The number of women serving in New York's Legislature will hit a record high in January, with women occupying 55 of the 213 seats in the Senate and Assembly.

It appears New York City attorney John McManmon has the support he needs to run for the state Assembly seat vacated by Republican Dan Losquadro last year.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

Last November, Pamela Harris became the first African - American to win a majority - white seat in New York City when she captured the Assembly district covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and her native Coney Island.

Visitors to the website for the 79th New York State Assembly District are met not by the smiling face of the district's assembly member, but by the simple outline of contact information for the seat's district and Albany Assembly District are met not by the smiling face of the district's assembly member, but by the simple outline of contact information for the seat's district and Albany assembly member, but by the simple outline of contact information for the seat's district and Albany offices.

Democrat Pamela Hunter, who is currently a Syracuse Common Councilor At - Large, defeated Republican challenger John Sharon by about 15 percent to win a seat in the New York State Assembly.

Adam Bermudez, an aide to New York City Councilman Andy King who previously ran for the Assembly seat in 2012, has registered a campaign committee with the Board of Elections.

The governor said the lower Manhattan Assembly seat Silver held for four decades before his conviction will likely be filled in a special election on April 19 — the day of New York's presidential primary next year.

The New York Times endorsed Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in the April 19 special election to fill former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat, and also backed Working Families Party candidate Yuh - Line Niou in the race for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's seat.

The number of women serving in New York's Legislature will hit a record high in January, with women occupying 55 of the 213 seats in the Senate and Assembly.

Also at 6 p.m., the four candidates running in the special election for the seat vacated by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver participate in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the City of New York, The Villager, The Downtown Express and the Downtown Alliance, LMHQ, 150 Broadway, Manhattan.

A special Federal Statutory Court declared the New York apportionment formulae for both the State Senate and the State Assembly unconstitutional, and the State Legislature was ordered to re-apportion the seats by April 1, 1965.

With the elections of Senator Eric Adams to Brooklyn borough president and Assembly members Vanessa Gibson, Inez Barron, Alan Maisel and Rafael Espinal to the New York City Council, there will be at least five vacant seats without representation come January in the city alone.

Speakers on hand Tuesday night included former GOP mayoral candidate Jesse Calhoun, who is now challenging Democrat Pat Fahy for her state Assembly seat, Deputy Police Chief Brendan Cox and Alec Slatky, who authored a AAA study on how other New York municipalities have used red - light cameras.

In the 65th District of Manhattan, one of New York's most ethnically diverse, six candidates are vying for the Assembly seat that Mr. Silver had held for nearly four decades.

As of Wednesday, so do 76 New York State Assembly members (of 150 seats) and 32 State Senators (of 63 seats), a bare majority in each house.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a special election to fill state Assembly and Senate seats vacated after corruption convictions will take place on April 19.

In 2002, he had already served two terms in the County Legislature when he won a State Assembly seat at 28, becoming the youngest state lawmaker in New York.

Though women in New York make up nearly 52 percent of the population, out of the state legislature's total of 213 seats, only 43 women currently hold office in the Assembly and 11 women in the Senate.

Former New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has lost his court case and his legislative seat representing lower Manhattan.

There were also nine races for open state assembly seats: Two in the Capital Region, three on Long Island, one in Buffalo, and three in New York City.

Meanwhile, sources say the Assembly and Senate have re-started talks about trying to reach a deal on the House lines (recall that they agree on eliminating retiring Rep. Maurice Hinchey's district, NY - 22, but diverge on how to deal with the second seat New York must lose).

He noted that Democrats control 108 out of 150 seats in the Assembly, calling that «the true nature of New York State.

There are also nine races for open state assembly seats: Two in the Capital Region, three on Long Island, one in Buffalo, and three in New York City.

Mr. Banks said he plans to challenge Charles Barron, the avowedly radical former East New York councilman, for the open State Assembly seat vacated by Ms. Barron after she won Mr. Barron's City Council race last year.