Sentences with phrase «york lieutenant governor»

A former New York lieutenant governor slammed Hillary Clinton for her Beyoncé admiration.

If Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul loses to New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for the office of New York lieutenant governor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo could be forced to run with an adversary in November.

Democratic candidate for New York lieutenant governor Kathy Hochul spent the day in Dutchess County.

Not exact matches

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as the lieutenant governors of New York and Washington states, have told the Atlanta - based carrier that it can move its headquarters to their states if Delta no longer feels welcome in Georgia.

Hochul, elected lieutenant governor alongside Cuomo in 2014, hails from the opposite end of the state in western New York.

The New York Times reported last week that Quinn is seen as a possible candidate for lieutenant governor, replacing Kathy Hochul on the ticket.

At 11 a.m., the New York Progressive Action Network announces its endorsement of Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

The pro-Bernie Sanders advocacy group People For Bernie on Tuesday endorsed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams in his Democratic primary bid for lieutenant governor.

At 10 a.m., former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout and New York Communities for Change announce their endorsement of Brooklyn Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

«Jumaane's track record of justice seeking activism and solidarity with impacted communities and working people is what makes him the perfect candidate for lieutenant governor of New York,» said the group's co-founder, Winnie Wong.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

The lieutenant governor, who has criss - crossed the state since joining with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014, has added another level to her portfolio: pitching New York to foreign companies.

A day before the primary, Governor Andrew Cuomo swept through Western New York late Monday afternoon to rally the troops and stress the importance to the region of having Kathy Hochul as lieutenant gGovernor Andrew Cuomo swept through Western New York late Monday afternoon to rally the troops and stress the importance to the region of having Kathy Hochul as lieutenant governorgovernor.

New York's lieutenant governor blasted disgraced former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for betraying women across the state after he was accused of beating four women.

The formation of the committee was announced less than a month before Republicans gather in New York City to designate candidates for statewide offices, including governor and lieutenant governor.

The New York Progressive Action Network, an activist group that grew out of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, recently endorsed Cynthia Nixon for governor and Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor.

«You have stood up,» Nixon said as supporters swarmed her and New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams, a lieutenant governor candidate and Nixon's likely running mate.

Two officials who are proudly to Cuomo's left — New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito — gave formal nominating speeches for the governor and lieutenant governor, respectively.

(Under New York election law, candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, even if they're informally allied as Cuomo and Hochul are, run in separate primaries.)

NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York DaiGovernor Andrew Cuomo will nominate former lieutenant governor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Daigovernor candidate Dennis Mehiel to become the Battery Park City Authority's next chairman, according to the New York Daily News.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

To that end, he wrote a column in Monday's New York Times that took a backhanded swipe at his own lieutenant governor's borrowing proposal.

-LRB-... A day after declining to endorse either Gov. Cuomo or his Democratic challenger, Zephyr Teachout, in the primary, The New York Times has thrown its support to Teachout's running mate, Tim Wu, in the race for lieutenant governor.

The New York Times endorsed Zephyr Teachout's running mate, Columbia Law Prof. Tim Wu, over former Rep. Kathy Hochul for lieutenant governor, saying: «Albany needs an independent voice, someone who can bring fresh ideas to a very stale and often corrupt political culture.

Kathy Hochul claimed this afternoon that she is «not sensing» the momentum of Tim Wu's campaign for lieutenant governor, despite the New York Times and several unions endorsing Mr. Wu over herself.

Richard Ravitch's latest job in a distinguished career attending to public affairs in New York has him calling, as a lieutenant governor in his final months in office, for an overhaul of the state's Medicaid system that could be the foundation of a true legacy.

Not only has he established the Buffalo Billion and installed Zemsky atop the ESDC, but he selected former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul — a native of the Western New York city — as his lieutenant governor when running for re-election in 2014.

Being lieutenant governor of New York is a laid back gig.

In Capital New York, Blake Zeff explores the possibility that net neutrality campaigner Tim Wu could give Kathy Hochul, Governor Andrew Cuomo's handpicked lieutenant governor candidate, a real scare in the September Governor Andrew Cuomo's handpicked lieutenant governor candidate, a real scare in the September governor candidate, a real scare in the September primary.

Steve Levy rapped Rick Lazio's choice for lieutenant governor as «bland» and «safe,» but the Democrat who's vying to get on the Republican line for the top job in New York has been turned down by at least three of his own prospects, according to multiple sources.

Citizen Action also endorsed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor.

Three years ago Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Ben Lawsky, one of his longtime top lieutenants, to run a new agency, the Department of Financial Services, which was charged with regulating banking and insurance companies doing business in New York.

The Working Families Party also endorsed Jumaane Williams, a New York City Council member representing a Brooklyn district, for lieutenant governor over incumbent Kathy Hochul.

Cuomo chose former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul, of Buffalo, to be New York's next lieutenant governor.

Former gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout and leaders of the progressive group New York Communities for Change (NYCC) have endorsed Brooklyn Councilmember Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor.

New York's lieutenant governorship, however, has far more power in theory than reality, with a huge percentage of the position's time spent promoting the governor and his agenda.

Cuomo, as has been widely discussed, has picked former Western New York congresswoman Kathy Hochul to be his lieutenant governor.

New York history buffs will recall that Mario Cuomo was stuck with Al DelBello as his lieutenant governor back in 1983, when he really wanted Carl McCall.

Rochester native Bob Duffy has been a busy and versatile man over his career, going from Rochester police chief and mayor, to lieutenant governor of New York state, and now head of the Rochester Business Alliance.

The Working Families Party also endorsed New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor.

Mr. Paterson, meeting publicly in Albany with leaders of the Legislature, also said he would not sign any budget that relied on borrowed money to close New York's $ 9 billion budget gap, a decision that would essentially kill a proposal crafted by his own lieutenant governor, Richard Ravitch, to use short - term borrowing to offset some cuts to government programs.

While governor and lieutenant governor candidates run separately in primaries under New York law, they are merged into one ticket in the general election.

If you are a registered Democrat in the state of New York, I urge you to make time to get to your local polling place this coming Tuesday, Sept. 9 and vote for Zephyr Teachout for your party's nomination for governor and Tim Wu for your party's nomination for lieutenant governor.

«You can't suddenly dump that additional expenditure on the city,» said Richard Ravitch, former lieutenant governor of New York and an expert on city and state finance.

Prior to becoming lieutenant governor, Paterson was a New York State senator and before that he worked in the Queen's County district attorney's office.

A lifelong governmental and political figure, Paterson was the first African - American governor of New York, rising to the post from lieutenant governor after Eliot Spitzer became embroiled in a scandal and resigned in 2008.

As lieutenant governor, Cuomo had chaired the Carter - Mondale effort in New York's 1980 Democratic primary, and he'd signed on early with Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, helping to deliver the former V.P. an important primary victory over Gary Hart.

Former New York Gov. George Pataki, shown here with Bridgeport resident and former lieutenant governor candidate David M. Walker at the No Labels convention in southern New Hampshire, is being excluded from the Republican debate on November 10 due to low poll numbers in the presidential campaign.

Former New York State lieutenant governor Betsy McCaughey delivered a breakfast speech this morning to the Connecticut delegation at a hotel in Cleveland.

And the New York State election law has another quirk: the lieutenant governor runs on a separate ballot from the governor.