Sentences with phrase «appointed lieutenant»

Two years ago he was appointed lieutenant governor for the province of Manitoba and became responsible for eight Kiwanis clubs.

The political dispute over New York's appointed lieutenant governor is headed to a Brooklyn appeals court.

(For example, the possibility of an appointed lieutenant governor was not earlier contemplated.)

Last week, the Buffalo Police Department appointed a lieutenant to head the accreditation seeking process.

John Faso, a lawyer and former Assembly minority leader who has had fund - raisers at the track, strongly disagrees with Paterson on the legality of appointing a lieutenant governor.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

What did you think of Governor Paterson's decision to appoint a lieutenant governor despite the constitutional murkiness of doing so?

Simply put, he believes that Paterson's power to appoint a lieutenant governor «ought to be more explicitly granted by the Constitution for its exercise to be legitimate.»

Though he noted that «difficult times require innovative approaches,» Schimminger, like Benjamin, pointed out that no other governor in this situation felt they had the power to appoint their lieutenant governor.

Espada's move comes after Democratic Gov. David Paterson's shocking decision to appoint a lieutenant governor to preside over the Senate, giving his party the upper hand in a chamber that has been divided 31 - 31.

To end the chaos of a deadlocked Senate, he cleverly defied custom and presumably the state constitution to appoint a lieutenant governor — who provided the tie - breaking vote — and imposed order on the legislative process.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A judge will decide whether it was legal for New York Gov. David Paterson to appoint a lieutenant governor.

«There clearly is no basis in the constitution or the law that gives any governor the power to appoint a lieutenant governor and the judge's decision to restrain the governor from proceeding with this action was the right decision.»

Not exact matches

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

When asked what would happen if the Legislature wanted to appoint her, Hochul repeated that her focus is on the lieutenant governorship.

A month after the coup began, Paterson appointed Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, and with a tie - breaking vote in place over the 62 - member chamber, Espada relented.

He briefly considered appointing himself — the previous governor, Eliot Spitzer, had enlisted Paterson to be lieutenant governor with an understanding that he might be appointed to the Senate if Clinton were elected president.

Gov. David Paterson has appointed former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, hoping to break the Senate stalemate.

And technically, even then Christie could not appoint himself: He'd have to resign with the understanding that his lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, would ascend to the governorship and then send her mentor to Washington.

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.

Paterson defied legal precedent and appointed Ravitch as his lieutenant governor at Silver's urging last July.

As one of Tony Blair's closest lieutenants, Mandelson knows the attraction for prime ministers of creating a big tent by appointing political opponents to high profile jobs.

At this session, the lieutenant governor was a member of the minority party, and the Democratic majority voted to appoint the committees by ballot.

The committees had usually been appointed by the lieutenant governor (who is ex officio President of the Senate).

After a month of Senate gridlock brought the legislative process to a grinding halt, Gov. David Paterson appointed former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor Wednesday night in an...

Governor Paterson announced that he's appointing former MTA chairman Dick Ravitch as lieutenant governor in a press conference this afternoon.

In 2006, she was considered for a few months to be the top contender to be Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant governor pick, and her name entered the conversation when Gov. David Paterson appointed a replacement for Clinton two years later.

With the Aloha State Democratic primaries just a week away, it's increasingly possible Schatz, the former lieutenant governor appointed by Abercrombie in December 2012, could win the Senate nomination, even as the governor loses his own re-nomination.

Schatz, previously lieutenant governor, was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Gov. Neil Abercrombie in 2012 after the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Daniel Inouye.

Schimminger has, since 1985, pushed for a constitutional amendment that would allow the governor to appoint a new lieutenant governor during a vacancy.

If there are problems between people who are in government manning different institutions of State and you have difficulties, but can not refer your case to the appointing authorities or (lieutenants) the appropriate agencies... is not to the credit of the system.

President Trump accepted Flynn's resignation letter and appointed Keith Kellogg, a decorated retired Army lieutenant general, as acting national security adviser.

While the title suggests he'll be a top lieutenant to newly appointed SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson, it's a good bet that much of his time will be spent in an effort to right the tilted ship that SUNY's ambitious nanotechnology initiative has become.

A key lieutenant of David Davis in his leadership bid, Mitchell was appointed shadow secretary of state for international development after the election (more information at They work for you)

So we end up with a bill that would guarantee a fairly large number of students — a number that would be larger than the number of professors, larger than the support staff (because they're not there), and that would decrease as well the number of members appointed by the lieutenant governor in council, i.e., the government.»

The governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the House have until March 6 to each appoint three volunteers to the new Charter School Commission for four - year terms.

Star alumni: Founding partner John Black Aird, who was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada, a senator, and Ontario's 23rd lieutenant governor; David Miller, former Toronto mayor and president and CEO of World Wildlife Fund Canada; former Canadian minister of External Affairs Barbara McDougall; Tim Hortons Inc. vice president and assistant general counsel Meredith Michetti, and Gilbert S. Bennett, CEO, director, and / or chairman of many Canadian public and private companies, including Canadair Ltd., Canadian Tire, de Havilland Inc., Air Nova Inc., Algoma Steel Inc., Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., and Enbridge Inc..

Simcoe was appointed as Ontario's first lieutenant - governor in 1791.

F.J. Carew (born 1888), son of John Carew, became managing director of the family business and served overseas from 1916 to 1918 as lieutenant colonel with the Canadian Forestry Corps in France and in July 1917 was appointed the commanding officer of the # 1 Military District in France.