Sentences with phrase «after assembly minority»

He is competing for the party's official designation against Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse state lawmaker who entered the race in February and appeared to be the frontrunner after Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb ended his campaign.

Not exact matches

Not surprisingly, the number of first time candidates outnumber the incumbents (10 to 7; the full list appears after the jump), and the highest - level elected to sign on is Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who has been calling for many of these changes for some time and probably stands to gain if redistricting is indeed taken out of the hands of elected officials.

After the show, a few members in the crowd were heard comparing Lazio's performance to the rebuttal by then - Assembly Minority Leader John Faso, who also had trouble with his lines.

When the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, after four months of work, had delivered its bill to Parliament, the minority in Parliament used unprecedented filibuster against the bill for months.

After Molinaro said he wasn't running in January, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb of Canandaigua dropped out of the race last month.

as per Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb) insisted after the meeting that he'll have no trouble getting the 32 votes he needs.

Later, during a question and answer session with former Port Authority Executive Director George Marlin, Paladino said «there's a complete lack of transparency» in Albany, and said Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb was «brave» after Cuomo leaned on him and the conference during the tax code debate.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending proposal, which was due to be voted on last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of Budget.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who is not seeking re-election after two terms, said control of Congress and the General Assembly is crucial to preserve values protecting women, minorities, immigrants and working - class families, as well as public safety.

After losing the GOP's top contender, Harry Wilson, Cox specifically mentioned Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who went on not 24 hours later to announce he's no longer considering a run; Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco; and — with a little prodding — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. — New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb (R — Canandaigua) today announced he is withdrawing from the race for New York governor, less than two months after throwing his hat in the ring.

Faso, who rose to minority leader in the Assembly after five terms, has now been on the sidelines for almost a decade, but has a wide circle of contacts, financial and political.

With the current Welsh Government being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Conservatives.

He stepped aside to avoid a primary with former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso after failing to receive sufficient support at the state convention in Garden City to prevent one.

DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, emerged this weekend as the leading contender for the designation after his chief rival, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, abruptly dropped out of the race.

Over the weekend, Assembly Minority Leader Republican Brian Kolb of Rochester ended his gubernatorial bid after just two months, saying he didn't want to spend the time away from his family.

Almost immediately after news of the arrest was reported, the speaker's regular Republican critics were joined by Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and State Senator Brad Hoylman, a reformist Democrat from the West Side of Manhattan, in calls to step down.

After the 2007 Assembly elections, the Welsh Labour Party led by Rhodri Morgan initially formed a minority government in the Welsh Assembly.

After calling on then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down after he was arrested in January, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is staying out of the fight over whether Senate Republicans should oust their majority leader, Dean SkAfter calling on then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down after he was arrested in January, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is staying out of the fight over whether Senate Republicans should oust their majority leader, Dean Skafter he was arrested in January, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb is staying out of the fight over whether Senate Republicans should oust their majority leader, Dean Skelos.

Kolb, the Assembly minority leader, pointed to his opposition to the new bridge being named after the current governor's father when listing a litany of policy measures where he's broken with Cuomo.

The lead for Faso, a former Assembly minority leader and candidate for governor in 2006, comes after a poll last month showed him in a virtual tie with Teachout, a Fordham Law school professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination in 2014.

Minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from the Bronx, said, «arrest after arrest has shattered the public's faith in good government,» and that the Legislature should act to avoid «another session of empty promises in the wake of yet another scandal,» referencing the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The Assembly Minority Task Force on Heroin Addiction & Community Response sponsored the report after holding seven meetings throughout the state, considering how best to alter protocol for addressing the heroin epidemic.

Tague officially joined the Assembly minority after being certified last week.

State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb recently dropped out of the race for governor, soon after state Senator John DeFranciso launched a bid.

Labour's initial attempt to re-nominate Carwyn Jones as first minister of a minority administration after the 2016 assembly poll election failed, when opposition parties united to back Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood instead.