Sentences with phrase «as county legislators voted»

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Legislators vote confirm award transit contract to Brega Tansportation Corp. and CSEA Contract moves one step closer Tensions flared last Wednesday evening as county legislators voted to award the Brega Transportation Corp. a county bus transit contract drawing lawsuit threats from competitor, MV Transportation Corp. «I believe that we are under an -LSB-...]

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AUBURN — In a tight vote, 8 - 6, Cayuga County legislators voted to purchase OpenGov software as part of a three - year, $ 11,000 a year contract at Tuesday night's meeting.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano says he hasn't formally nominated acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter as top cop — even though he said he would nearly five months ago — because he hasn't met with legislators tasked with voting on the appointment.

Antonacci asked the law department to address two main issues: The county charter appears to say that raises for county legislators should be voted on when the budget for that year is approved; and state Municipal Home Rule Law indicates that salary changes made during the term of an elected official, such as the county executive, should take the form of a local law, not a resolution as passed by the Legislature.

One of my first votes as a County Legislator in 2003 was for a pay raise for legislators; despite pressure from senior legislators, I voted «no».

Several legislators fear county will do nothing to achieve efficiencies BY DYLAN SKRILOFF On Tuesday the Rockland County Legislature officially requested an $ 80 million deficit bond on a 11 - 3 vote, but really the vote was 9 - 5, with five dissenting lawmakers voting to float a $ 62 million bond instead, as proposed by Legislator Ecounty will do nothing to achieve efficiencies BY DYLAN SKRILOFF On Tuesday the Rockland County Legislature officially requested an $ 80 million deficit bond on a 11 - 3 vote, but really the vote was 9 - 5, with five dissenting lawmakers voting to float a $ 62 million bond instead, as proposed by Legislator ECounty Legislature officially requested an $ 80 million deficit bond on a 11 - 3 vote, but really the vote was 9 - 5, with five dissenting lawmakers voting to float a $ 62 million bond instead, as proposed by Legislator Ed Day.

If the results hold up after the absentee votes are counted, the GOP won't even need the support of veteran legislator John Parete (1038), who appears to have kept his seat running as an independent candidate representing the northwestern part of the county in a tight three - way race with Democratic nominee Kathy Nolan (1018) and Republican Cliff Faintych (748).

Democratic incumbent Tracey Bartels, representing District 16 (Gardiner and portions of Shawangunk) won a third bid as Ulster County legislator securing 1,184 votes to Republican challenger Frank «Lenny» Zapka's 985 votes.

In last year's race for Westchester County Executive, republican Rob Astorino's campaign compiled the total number of times that his democratic opponent, George Latimer, voted for tax increase as a member of the Westchester County Board of legislators, which was 46 %, and used it to campaign against him as a «tax and spend democrat.»

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 acounty 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 aCounty as evidence the legislation would not be much of a risk at all.

Republican legislators seen as targets for «yes» votes include Sens. Roy McDonald of Saratoga, Greg Ball of the Hudson Valley, Jim Alesi of Monroe County and Mark Grisanti of Buffalo.

The landmark vote of the evening could be if Cortland County legislators officially designate donated land in South Cortland as the site of any new jail or public safety complex.

«I can not be more thankful to County Executive [Rob] Astorino and the Westchester Board of Legislators for their vote of confidence,» said cofounder of Standard Amusements Nicholas Singer, who sat in the audience as the votes were cast.

In a 26 - 11 vote, Albany County legislators on Monday approved a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine - based products in pharmacies as well as stores that contain them.

Republicans, who had previously endorsed Parete for another term for county legislator, voted 60 - 11 for Parete as their candidate for town supervisor.

She questioned Hein's shifting some $ 2.5 million in Resource Recovery Agency subsidies from the county budget away from the trash agency, a bill she voted against as a county legislator.

County legislators were getting elected with, on average, 1,110 votes in contested districts that contained four times as many eligible voters.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The $ 57 million plan to renovate the Hotel Syracuse got another boost this afternoon when Onondaga County legislators voted unanimously to designate the historic structure as the headquarters hotel for the county convention cCounty legislators voted unanimously to designate the historic structure as the headquarters hotel for the county convention ccounty convention center.

«As a county legislator, I believe it is critical to be kept abreast on the New Stadium Working Group's discussions in order for the Legislature to make informed decisions when voting on a matter concerning public dollars and county resources.

The Legislature voted 11 - 6 in favor of the resolution on Tuesday as legislators said barring the use of the seal during enforcement would emphasize it is a state law and not a county one.

As a Republican legislator, Sparaco has voted against tax increases, even as the county's multimillion - dollar deficit swells; he's fought pay raises for county employees; and tried to eliminate the county's Youth Employment prograAs a Republican legislator, Sparaco has voted against tax increases, even as the county's multimillion - dollar deficit swells; he's fought pay raises for county employees; and tried to eliminate the county's Youth Employment prograas the county's multimillion - dollar deficit swells; he's fought pay raises for county employees; and tried to eliminate the county's Youth Employment program.

Republican state legislators in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia are attempting to change state election rules so as to apportion electoral college votes to counties rather than the entire state.