Sentences with phrase «backed legalization»

Rob Cressen, a former state Republican Party official, backed legalization.

Democrats hope to pick up the seat with Marc Panepinto, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering an endorsement of Grisanti, the last sitting Senate Republican to have backed the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011.

Mason Tvert, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, a pro-legalization group, said a growing number of state Democratic parties had already backed legalization in their platforms this year.

He is also considered an unpredictable maverick and has openly criticized Cuomo in the past for endorsing Republican candidates (Two of whom backed the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011).

He also gave the maximum donations to the four Republican lawmakers who backed the legalization of same - sex marriage.

The National Basketball Association, which sent representatives to the hearing, backed the legalization push.

With public support blossoming — the latest Gallup poll shows 58 % of Americans back legalization — it's not difficult to envision another six states opening their arms and their treasuries.

Alesi, the first of the four Republican lawmakers to announce he was backing the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011, decided to not run for re-election this year.

Grisanti in 2011 was one of four Republicans in the state Senate to back the legalization of same - sex marriage and, less than two years later, provided a vote in favor of the gun control law known as the SAFE Act, a measure that has stirred anger among the conservative base.

The Senate included it in its budget proposal, though it was removed because of Assembly opposition, which has beaten back legalization for seven years.

In the meantime Schumer's backing could help Democrats, given that polls have increasingly shown a strong majority backing legalization.

After declaring he would back the legalization of same - sex marriage, McDonald immediately began fundraising through facebook and other electronic means.

Not exact matches

Former Minnesota independent governor Jesse Ventura backed the full legalization of weed, and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, in an interview.

Back in 1969, Gallup found only 12 percent of Americans surveyed favored legalization.

While he used to support decriminalizing marijuana (reducing penalties to the level of a traffic ticket), he now backs full legalization.

The former Rochester mayor pointed back to 2011, when Cuomo push for, and won, the passage of same - sex marriage legalization in the state.

Fight Back NY, the PAC established to take out senators who voted «no» on the legalization of same - sex marriage, has released a new Web video featuring the tough - talking Brooklyn - born actress Rosie Perez.

HTC, a small but influential labor union that has played pivotal rolls at the Capitol in recent years on issues like the legalization of casino gaming, worked with the Real Estate Board of New York to counter a well - funded campaign backed by Airbnb.

The end of the session that year included agreements for lead testing in school drinking water, backed by Sen. Tom O'Mara, and the enactment of mixed - martial arts legalization, which the Senate had repeatedly passed.

Politicians are increasingly backing recreational policies as neighboring states debate their own legalization bills.

The group New York Unity PAC, an effort fueled in part by Republican activists who back same - sex marriage legalization, reported spending more than $ 210,000 on ads, direct mail and robocalls, in its recent 10 - day post primary filing.

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Cuomo reached back even further in his remarks to his first - term accomplishments, including the passage of the 2013 SAFE Act, a sweeping and controversial gun control law, as well as the approval of the legalization of same - sex marriage in 2011.

Proposals such as the legalization of marijuana, backed by Nixon, are being studied by the Cuomo administration, a move the governor announced at the start of the year.

In the interim, Grisanti supported the legalization of same - sex marriage and is one of only four Republicans who backed the 2011 measure to remain in office.

Opposition to MMA legalization stems in part from women's groups who find the sport too violent, while labor unions that have feuded with UFC's ownership in Las Vegas have also backed an effort to oppose the measure.

Fans of UFC are encouraged to contact their Assembly lawmaker to back the MMA legalization measure as the chamber continues to mull the legislation.

The panel backed the nominations of former Sen. Mark Grisanti, a Republican who voted in favor of both the SAFE Act and same - sex marriage legalization, as well as Robert Schwartz, the brother of former Cuomo top aide Larry Schwartz.

This most likely pushes back the timetable for same - sex marriage legalization in Senate, where the vote remains deadlocked at 31 - 31.

A reporter noted that the Assembly has already passed the governor's bill (the fourth time the legalization of same - sex marriage has been approved in the Democrat - dominated house) and any changes would require the house to go back a a fifth time (so would the passage by the Senate of a bill in extraordinary session, if the governor calls one to deal with the ongoing rent laws logjam)

He said while generally fiscally conservative he has socially moderate views, for instance the legalization of recreation marijuana, he believes could bring young people back to the party.

Her campaign referred back to an op - ed she wrote explaining her comments, where she argued legalization, if done right, could begin to repair some of the harms inflicted by mass incarceration.

«Clemency for nonviolent drug offenders and legalization are two key steps towards the necessity of turning back the New Jim Crow and ending mass incarceration.»

Nixon has backed marijuana legalization.

The business - backed Committee to Save New York is out with its latest TV ad — a companion spot to the imminent «People First Tour» that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and members of his cabinet are launching to promote the governor's top post-budget priorities: The property tax cap, ethics reform and legalization of same - sex marriage.

When the Assembly came to order on June 17 for a session that would last until 5:09 a.m. the next day, it still needed to pass an anti-heroin package, a roll - back of the state's Blue Laws, the legalization of daily fantasy sports, a constitutional amendment that could make more elected officials convicted of felonies forfeit their pensions, a government transparency measure, and 57 other bills.

Back on April 20, we put the question out there: will full - scale legalization of marijuana ever happen in our lifetimes?

Carla Lowe: We organized CALM four years ago as a political action committee, we're all volunteers, when we realized that the legalization issue was going to make the California ballot, and we needed to be able to speak out differently than we have done for 37 years as 501c3 groups, going way back to the late 70s when we founded the very beginning of the basic parent movement that saw what marijuana was about and what it was doing to our kids.

California is the most laid back state out of any state in the U.S. California was also the first for many historical legalizations.

We also know that Provincial Finance Minister Cameron Friesen has indicated that Manitoba feels that the legalization process is rushed and has asked the Federal Government to push back its July 1, 2018 target date for legalization.

The lawless and dangerous days of Deadwood are a thing of the past, and neither an HBO series nor the legalization of gambling in 1989 is going to bring them back.