Sentences with phrase «acting speaker»

Majority Leader Joseph Morelle of Rochester will serve as acting speaker until Silver's successor is chosen.

Majority Leader Joseph Morelle of Rochester will serve as acting speaker until the Assembly picks a new leader.

Late Monday, people following the jockeying said majority leader Joe Morelle — who, by the chamber's rules, becomes acting speaker if Silver resigns — and Carl Heastie, the Bronx County Democratic Chairman, were top contenders.

He took over as acting speaker just last week when his predecessor Eduardo Cunha — who launched the impeachment process — was removed by the Supreme Court on corruption charges.

Majority Leader Joseph Morelle of Rochester is set to become acting speaker until all 150 Assembly members vote on a permanent replacement, now as early as Tuesday given Heastie's quick consolidation of support.

Morelle will serve as acting speaker until a new one is elected by Feb. 10.

Excluding those serving as acting speaker, Majority Leader Joe Morelle's 82,977 words led all assemblymembers.

Members presiding over the chamber as acting speakers spoke 8.3 percent, led by Jeff Aubry (112,090 words as acting speaker), Michael DenDekker (2,204), and Nily Rozic (1,685).

Mr. Heastie is up against Queens Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol and Rochester Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, the majority leader and soon - to - be acting speaker.

But Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, set to become the acting speaker next week, is also competing for reformers and could look to scoop up the Assembly's 44 Republicans.

The affable Rochester Democrat has a head start over his rivals because he will already be an acting speaker, giving him a chance to lobby colleagues and show what he can do during his brief time in the spotlight.

Per the chamber rules, Silver's resignation would make Assembly majority leader Joe Morelle the acting speaker.

A longer tenure would provide stability for the budget process, but also offer more of a leg up if the acting speaker sought to stay in the role permanently.