Sentences with phrase «automatically lost his seat»
That means the Brooklyn Democrat will not automatically lose his seat, which would have occurred had he been found guilty of a felony.
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A jury found Queens City Councilman Ruben Wills guilty on five of six counts against him in his corruption trial, and he automatically lost his seat as a result.
Joyce is lucky not to have incurred a sentence of over 12 months, which would have resulted in him automatically losing his seat under parliamentary rules.
Hard to believe, but Albany is light - years ahead of Congress on this one, because a New York state legislator convicted of a felony automatically loses his seat.
Because he was not found guilty of a felony offense, Parker did not risk automatically losing his seat.
While reacting to this, the Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, said Effiong had automatically lost his seat because he became a senator under the platform of the PDP.
He automatically loses his seat in the Assembly, where he served since 1977.
Not exact matches
The Democrat automatically lost his Assembly seat Monday when he was convicted on charges of corruption, extortion, money laundering and collecting nearly $ 4 million in kickbacks and bribes.
The senior Skelos automatically lost his Senate seat upon his conviction on Friday.
Dean, 67, of Rockville Centre, automatically lost his Senate seat as a result of a felony conviction, ending his 30 - year senate career.
A city councilman representing southeast Queens since 2011, Wills now automatically loses his council seat.
After being convicted of federal corruption charges, Silver automatically loses his Assembly seat representing his lower Manhattan district, an office he had held since 1977.
Skelos resigned as Senate majority leader in May 2015 after federal prosecutors charged him and his son, and automatically lost his Senate seat with his conviction.
Mr. Seabrook automatically lost his City Council seat in July after he was convicted of orchestrating a broad scheme to funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in city money to friends, relatives and a girlfriend through a network of nonprofit groups he controlled.