Sentences with phrase «as an assemblyman from»

The governor again insisted that those findings were just DiNapoli's opinions, opinions which are open to debate given the comptroller's history as an assemblyman from Long Island.

This was the first re-election for both Democrats: A former state senator, Schneiderman won the office in 2010; DiNapoli was serving as an assemblyman from Long Island when he was appointed in 2007 by the Assembly to his current post after the resignation of Alan Hevesi amid scandal.

Not exact matches

trader from whom Captain Maxwell Mahama bought snails, was the one who informed the assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi that the young military officer was an armed robber, after she had seen the sidearm of the now deceased officer as he took money from his pocket to pay for the snails, police have told journalists at a joint press conference with the Ghana Armed Forces at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Friday, 2 June.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

Rob Walker, a former Republican state assemblyman from Hicksville who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.

It has been a determined and successful road to the top for Schumer, who was elected as a 23 - year - old state assemblyman from Brooklyn in 1974 before going to Washington as a congressman.

Mr. Schumer has been ravenously ambitious since his days as a pothole - filling assemblyman from Brooklyn.

Richard Brodsky, a former assemblyman and frequent Cuomo critic, has spoken out against what he sees as interference from the governor in the PSC.

It is «illogical» to suspend an organizer and assemblyman in a rival party's stronghold, Afoko fired the top hierarchy of the party, even though as Chairman he sacked a Deputy Communications Director of the NPP, Perry Okudzeto, who also hails from the Volta Region.

THE BRONX — A New York State assemblyman from The Bronx says police used excessive force against him as he tried to soothe a tense situation between officers and community members in Morrisania and then lied about it to the press.

A former New York state assemblyman has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after he was caught in a sting operation accepting bribes from a carnival promoter and two undercover FBI agents posing as out - of - town real estate investors.

[Silver's] office held on to one claim of mistaken identity: The «Sheldon Silver Esq.» identified as counsel to United Jewish Council on the group's letterhead from all those years was not the assemblyman, but the other Mr. Silver.

Vito Lopez, the former assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic boss who was forced from office after being accused of sexually harassing his staffers, filed petitions to run again for his position as a district leader and state committeeman, according to Board of Elections documents.

After all, the former assemblyman's staff is still getting paid, as it works to field calls from constituents who have no elected representative.

Even if Silver loosens his grip on the legislature, it looks like he's a long way from letting go; there's no talk of him resigning as assemblyman for Manhattan's Lower East Side.

He began as a state assemblyman in 1975, just after graduating from law school, and then moved to the House in 1981 and the Senate in 1999.

While Long did not come anywhere close to defeating Gillibrand — the incumbent Democrat broke a statewide record held by Schumer when she secured 72 percent of the vote — she is the highest profile Republican candidate to emerge as a potential challenger for Schumer, a former assemblyman from Brooklyn who is in line to become the Democratic leader of the U.S. Senate.

In 1994, the «obscure» and «soft - spoken» assemblyman, as the Times Union described him at the time, took over as speaker from Saul Weprin, who suffered a stroke in January of that year and died weeks later.

Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver heard from the defendant for the first time on yesterday, as the government introduced into evidence audio recordings between the assemblyman and various political reporters — including yours truly.

As told by Amedore, his is a record that would make even braggadocios like former assemblyman John Guerin (1995 - 1998) blush, Even Tom Kirwan, the sadly remembered mouth from the south (Newburgh), couldn't have topped it.

Kremer draws from extensive history back to the convention of 1894 and three others after that for his damning analysis, but also from witnessing as a young assemblyman our last con - con in 1967, which accomplished absolutely nothing yet cost taxpayers $ 47 million ($ 336.5 million in 2016 dollars).

Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, drew scathing reactions from good government groups and reformers after he announced on Friday he was going to work for Hilltop Public Solutions, a campaign and public relations firm closely tied to Mr. de Blasio, while serving in the Assembly.

In addition to dumping $ 25,000 into the campaign directly through his own leftover campaign cash from his political days, and through an environmental PAC which lists him as the contact, Karben also helped LaCorte attract some major donors that had helped the former assemblyman in the past.

Silver's action immediately led to calls for Lopez's resignation as chairman of Brooklyn's Democratic Party from Lincoln Restler, a state committeeman and longtime opponent of the assemblyman.

Assemblymen want to stop elected officials and state employees from cashing in on frequent flier travel miles, free hotel stays gained as a result of taxpayer - funded official state travel

The endorsement celebration was a boisterous affair featuring speeches from top Rangel allies like former Mayor David Dinkins and Manhattan Assemblymen Denny Farrell and Daniel O'Donnell, as well as a bevy of electeds from the Bronx.

David Weprin, a New York state assemblyman from Queens, will run as the Democratic candidate in the upcoming Sept. 13 election, according to The New York Times.

NEW YORK --- A Bronx state assemblyman showed up late for the start of his New York bribery trial Tuesday and then shook his head repeatedly as a prosecutor described him as a politician who sold his office for thousands of dollars in cash from four businessmen.

He was, for the record, collecting more from his pension that he was in state salary, but I think the point here is that taking away his pension that dates back prior to his crime (recall that he was an assemblyman and also NYC comptroller prior to his election in 2002) strikes some people as unfair.

He served as a state assemblyman from 1979 to 1990 and as the New Windsor town supervisor from 1976 to 1978.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Assemblyman Al Stirpe, D - Cicero, fended off a challenge from Republican lawyer Rob DeMarco Tuesday to win his fourth term as a state assemblyman in the 127th District.

The 27 - member team (oddly, the executive order that formed it says Cuomo would appoint up to 25 voting members, and it's not clear who won't be voting), includes four state lawmakers — Assemblymen Richard Gottfried and Joe Giglio and Senators Tom Duane and Kemp Hannon — as well as representatives from all over the health care sector (Ken Raske of GNYHA, 1199 — both current president George Gresham and his predecessor, Dennis Rivera, Dan Sisto of HANYS etc..)

Many of the comments from the mayor and his administration appeared aimed at Mr. Stringer: even the selection of Ms. Brewer as a speaker seemed to serve as a shot across the bow at the comptroller, a former Manhattan Borough president and Upper West Side assemblyman.

As weather improves and outreach grows, CDTA bus tours — both educational, school and family — will run from the center to tourism sites, including those in the Utica / Rome area, the assemblyman said.

The change in the law, as well as an extension of the CPF from 2030 to 2050, was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo after state Sen. Ken LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) and Assemblymen Fred Thiele (I — Sag Harbor) sponsored the legislation earlier this year.

Mr. Kolb, a Republican assemblyman from Canandaigua, N.Y., was elected by his colleagues on Monday as the new minority leader of the State Assembly, and pledged to bring a higher level of visibility to the position.

The 69 - year - old served as assemblyman for the downtown Flushing area from 2005 - 06 and has remained an influential political force ever since.

DiNapoli, a former assemblyman from Long Island, was appointed comptroller in 2007 after his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, pleaded guilty to using state workers as chauffeurs for his wife.