Sentences with phrase «as an assemblyman in»

Like Mr. Heastie, Mr. Diaz voted against same - sex marriage as an assemblyman in 2007.

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As you can see, the creators of this mailer have taken some liberties with the Democratic assemblyman's face, Photoshopping it onto the body of a Revolutionary War - era soldier clad in a Redcoat with the headline: «Meet the Benedcit Arnold of Westchester County Property Taxes: George Latimer.»

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.

«William F. Boyland Jr., the four - term assemblyman representing the 55th district in Brooklyn, went on what for him might be described as a bill - drafting binge during the legislative session earlier this year — introducing a total of three measures in Albany.»

And yet Gillibrand in a statement on Monday praised Stringer's time as borough president and earlier tenure as a state assemblyman.

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., who is reportedly mulling a primary challenge to his fellow Bronx Democrat, Rep. Jose Serrano, is using the modern - day targeting of the Puerto Rican Day Parade by AG Eric Schneiderman to re-visit what he says was the «selling out» of the Latino community in connection with the same event by the congressman back in his days as an assemblyman.

Also at 10 a.m., state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, state Sens. Jeff Klein, Leroy Comrie and Martin Golden as well as Assemblymen Luis Sepulveda and Felix Ortiz participate in the 14th annual Charter School Advocacy Day, Empire State Plaza, Convention Center, Empire State Plaza Concourse Level, Room 130, Albany.

Her father, real estate millionaire and 3 - term assemblyman Lloyd E. Dickens, began buying and selling property in upper Manhattan, by some accounts as early as the 1920s, when blacks began moving in great numbers to the area.

A majority of assemblymen, as well as the Senate Co-leader Jeffrey Klein have come out in favor of comprehensive reform with a voluntary public financing option.

It is funny: back in August of 2011 when Micah Kellner was making the case for his compromise bill, a spokesman for Mayor Bloomberg said, «we didn't realize that [Kellner] had quit his job as an assemblyman and become a spokesman for the medallion owners.»

Farrell also challenged Cuomo's desire to kill member items for good, noting the governor has plenty of economic development cash to dole out on his own — or, as the assemblyman put it: «The governor has people who walk around with money in their pockets.»

Rehabilitating the line would ease the commutes of those in southern Queens, Assemblymen Phil Goldfeder (D - Ozone Park) and Mike Miller (D - Woodhaven) said Friday as they stood in -LSB-...]

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.

After receiving 58.5 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election, Braunstein will replace fellow Democratic Ann - Margaret Carrozza as the assemblyman, based on unofficial results with all precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, NY1 said.

Weprin campaigned on his experience both in his two terms on the City Council, where he served as chairman of the Finance Committee, and his short tenure as an assemblyman since he was elected to that office in a special election in February.

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

A source close to the assemblyman tried to paint Ackerman as the interloper in the newly - drawn district, insisting the Long Island resident long ago lost his Queens cred.

Levy noted he has been in public service for «25 of my 51 years,» serving 15 years as a Suffolk County legislator, three as a state assemblyman and seven as county executive.

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.

We are so grateful to have such strong leaders as Assemblymen Tedisco and McLaughlin who recognize the precarious state of our aging underground and forgotten infrastructure, and who understand how we can incorporate cost effective, new technologies — such as UV cured - in - place pipe lining — to provide New Yorkers with safe solutions to what is possibly the greatest challenge to our life - sustaining underground infrastructure that we have seen in generations,» said Mara Killburn, Managing Member, Precision Trenchless.

As DiNapoli seeks his first full term this fall — the former Democratic assemblyman was picked for the post in 2007 — his party's leaders have made divestment a political issue.

Pataki, a career politician, went on to tar Weprin repeatedly as a «career politician,» a phrase that's been bandied about quite a bit by the Turner campaign in its bid to contrast the a longtime cable TV executive with Weprin, an assemblyman and lifelong Queens Democratic Party apparatchik whose father was the Assembly speaker.

The assemblyman has a high profile as a would - be reformer and came into the race with a built - in narrative thanks to his prosecuting past.

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.

In his endorsement, Weiner described Miller as an assemblyman who in tough financial times makes sure that while the budget is tight, he cuts only the excess and not important serviceIn his endorsement, Weiner described Miller as an assemblyman who in tough financial times makes sure that while the budget is tight, he cuts only the excess and not important servicein tough financial times makes sure that while the budget is tight, he cuts only the excess and not important services.

The woman said the argument on the audio recording in which she accuses McLaughlin of roughing her up took place later that day as she and the assemblyman drove back to his Troy office on Hoosick Street after lunch.

During this year's negotiations over 421 - a renewal, the assemblyman introduced legislation that would have required recipients of the tax break to pay these contractors a prevailing wage, a proposal critics derided as unnecessary and counterproductive in an industry where workers are already paid substantially more than an average worker's salary.

He is a former state assemblyman in New York, who was elected by the state legislature as New York State Comptroller on February 7, 2007.

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.

Mr. Englebright, as a Suffolk legislator and a state assemblyman, has been in the forefront of getting other environmental initiatives passed.

In 2005, a task force I appointed (as Rockland's state assemblyman) reported that casinos then proposed for the Catskills would dramatically increase traffic passing on Rockland's portion of the Thruway — with real consequences for air quality, traffic safety and law enforcement activity.

In a shocking twist, the feds used a state assemblyman, who was indicted in The Bronx for multiple felonies, as a snitch to help take down Stevenson, a former legislative researcher for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to the complainIn a shocking twist, the feds used a state assemblyman, who was indicted in The Bronx for multiple felonies, as a snitch to help take down Stevenson, a former legislative researcher for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to the complainin The Bronx for multiple felonies, as a snitch to help take down Stevenson, a former legislative researcher for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to the complaint.

Since the moment I was sworn in as your assemblyman, the one topic that seems to come up in just about every conversation is the implementation of Common Core.

In fact, Staten Island has no problem electing Democrats on the local level, as State Senator Diane Savino and Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Matt Titone could attest.

«As the assemblyman representing the largest population of any district in New York State, I understand the new district lines would result in my district becoming smaller.

Bharara once again condemned the «pervasive corruption» of Albany as he announced that Bronx Assemblymen Eric Stevenson had been charged with selling the most basic functions of his office in exchange for envelopes stuffed with cash.

The next chairman of the Bronx Democratic Party could be a 34 - year - old assemblyman long regarded as a rising star in the borough.

«I've been involved in New York state politics as an observer and a participant for 50 years,» said Tony Casale, a former assemblyman and current adviser to the state GOP.

In September, Behar will face off against three Democrats in the primary election, including Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio ForcinIn September, Behar will face off against three Democrats in the primary election, including Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcinin the primary election, including Edward Braunstein, who works as a legislative assistant for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan); John Duane, a former assemblyman in the district and brother of Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcinin the district and brother of Sen. Tom Duane (D - Manhattan); and Whitestone attorney Elio Forcina.

Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), who spent over 20 years in Albany as an assemblyman, voted along with legislators Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore) against the county Legislature's budget — pointing to past bailouts in New York City and Nassau County as evidence the legislation would not be much of a risk at all.

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.

Putting aside that new state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk trounced GOP assemblyman George Amedore in Ulster County by an official 8,804 on major - party lines, the hard - working Working Families Party came out a clear winner, its line providing the Democrat almost twice as many votes as the Conservative Party and Independence Party lines (for Amedore) combined.

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 lateIn 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 latein January of that year and died weeks later.

ALBANY - A former assemblyman is the latest top - level Cuomo administration staffer to leave for a job in the airline industry as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans a $ 4 billion overhaul of LaGuardia Airport.

As a state assemblyman, he drew criticism in the community for voting to pass the same - sex marriage bill in New York.

«Westchester families pay the highest property taxes in America because of what George Latimer did as a county legislator and as an assemblyman.»

As I reported yesterday, two Assemblymen — David Weprin and Rory Lancman — have emerged as frontrunners for the Democratic nod in NY - As I reported yesterday, two Assemblymen — David Weprin and Rory Lancman — have emerged as frontrunners for the Democratic nod in NY - as frontrunners for the Democratic nod in NY - 9.

Eliot Spitzer in 2007 (a move widely seen as designed to get Grannis out of the running for the state comptroller's post, which eventually went to another former assemblyman, Tom DiNapoli).

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.