Sentences with phrase «against the county legislature»

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Matthew Masterson, legislative liaison for the county legislature, said that the body had no comment on the sexual harassment allegations against McLaughlin.

Fritz has run twice for county legislature, and in 1993 ran against former GOP Islip Supervisor Peter McGowan.

Dyer's departure from the legislature follows a hotly contested race for Beekmantown's top slot, the county official facing off against newcomer Norman Davis.

Local community parents, advocates, and leaders spoke out against any further county legislature delays in approving the resolution for funding, voicing their support for the opening of the drug treatment facility.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — The Rockland County legislature approved a motion calling on Albany to reject United Water's planned rate increase and surcharge in the latest blowback against the utility's plan to finance its proposed desalination plant and other plans.

Meanwhile, nobody expects Dave Donaldson's grandstanding move to have the county legislature force Hein to drop his lawsuit against CMRR to reach the legislative floor.

But Assemblyman Nojay says for now, they aren't going to promote any specific candidates, though they hope primary challengers will emerge to run against incumbents in the state legislature all the way down to offices for local county sheriff and county clerk.

County legislatures around New York state have been mulling over the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act - or SAFE act - some taking up resolutions against it.

The Oswego County legislature has declined to comment on the charges against Doyle or the investigation.

The Legislature's Public Safety Committee voted 5 to 3 against a motion to move the bill to the full county legislature for a vote.

Both are supporting Democrat Laura Hartmann against incumbent Republican Jim (not Joe) Maloney in the Town of Ulster - Town of Kingston county legislature race.

Rensselaer County Sheriff Patrick Russo will be asked to speak before the legislature next month about his office's intent to partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Chairman Stan Brownell told The Alt Wednesday night after a public forum where nearly a dozen residents spoke against the prospective agreement.

It's not good news for the American Chemistry Council, which had sent a representative to a Putnam County legislature meeting to lobby against the ban.

This had everything to with the trash tax, and I'm really glad that the county legislature took a stand against it.»

How this new 23 - member legislature matches up against the powerful county executive will of course be a work in progress.

Quigley's son John was nominated to run for county legislature in Kingston District 6 against eight - term incumbent Democrat Dave Donaldson.

The county legislature approved it by a 10 - 5 vote, with five Democrats voting against it.

Republican County Executive Edward Mangano and the county legislature's GOP majority say an investigations commissioner who is hired, and can be fired, by Mangano is an appropriate safeguard against contracting County Executive Edward Mangano and the county legislature's GOP majority say an investigations commissioner who is hired, and can be fired, by Mangano is an appropriate safeguard against contracting county legislature's GOP majority say an investigations commissioner who is hired, and can be fired, by Mangano is an appropriate safeguard against contracting abuse.

For the county legislature, the party held a hard line against incumbents who approved a raise for Mahoney, parting ways with some they formerly endorsed.

During that time members voted down contracts offers three times and the union filed an improper labor practice charge against the county last month after the legislature voted to impose a three - year contract on workers

For county legislature, the town went with two Democrats running against nominal opponents.

However I believe the County Executive's heart is in the right place; he is not against the poor as his first priority was budgetary and staying within the 2 % total property tax Cap which he and the County legislature did.

His first election in partisan politics wound up as a tie against an 18 - year incumbent...»... who was the majority leader of the county legislature and the committeemen - even though it takes place in a very public forum it's actually a party election, and so the committeemen broke the tie, gave it to the incumbent, and I wound up being elected in a write - in election with over 3,000 votes cast, just on a county legislative district, so, you can beat city hall.»

County Legislature Chairman John Parete thanked Hein «for supporting the work of the legislature's Ulster Coalition Against Narcotics by recognizing and funding the coalition's recommendation for an ombudsman.