Sentences with phrase «black lawmakers»

Several black lawmakers expressed concern that African - American students would be more likely to be accidentally shot by a school employee.

The City Council opened its stated meeting Thursday with parallel protests over recent police killings of African - Americans, protests that sharply illustrated the different styles of a pair of black lawmakers from Brooklyn, both of whom insiders say aspire to lead the body after next year.

For Richmond, it was unsurprising that Trump would have a problem with the protesting players, as he had not seemed to care at all for the concerns of black lawmakers.

Democrats in both houses expressed concern with the bill because it lacked an assault - weapons ban and armed school personnel, a measure that was especially concerning to black lawmakers who cited studies that show racial discrimination in school discipline.

Back in March, Richmond and many black lawmakers on the Hill traveled to the White House to meet with Trump.

Adler is looking into allegations that City Council member Debi Rose, who was backed by the WFP, received improper support from the party's for - profit campaign arm, Data and Field Services, during the 2009 election that made her the council's first black lawmaker from Staten Island.

Leading black lawmakers are growing impatient with tech's largely unfulfilled promises to improve employee diversity.

That was meant to address black lawmakers» concerns that teachers with guns might discriminate against black students in deciding when to use them.

Top black lawmakers are paying a visit to Airbnb, Apple, Twitter and other tech giants this week, as they continue their crusade to improve Silicon Valley's hiring practices and train a new generation of diverse engineers and entrepreneurs.

Klein, the IDC leader, is a white man who long aspired to be the Democratic majority leader but always found himself blocked by black lawmakers the Democrats elevated instead.

And they're trying to enlist him to recruit the backing of other black lawmakers in Albany and Congress, as well as the Reverend Al Sharpton.

Lynch was also careful to avoid talking about it as «civil rights,» since many black lawmakers found that to be apples and oranges.

You can access virtual exhibits (containing legislation, photos, debates, timelines) chronicling black lawmakers» efforts related to the Voting Rights Act, Martin Luther King, Jr..

The statement comes after the elevation of Carl Heastie to the speaker's post, who is the first black lawmaker to hold the position following former Speaker Sheldon Silver's arrest on corruption charges.

His departure is the end of an era for the Assembly and of a generation of black lawmakers and officials that included Charlie Rangel, Percy Sutton, David Dinkins and Basil Paterson.

Daniel S. Loeb was criticized by political foes after a social media attack on a black lawmaker that invoked the Ku Klux Klan.

Mr. Loeb's comment also directly hit on the long - simmering racial tensions in Albany, where Mr. Klein's group has helped block Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the black lawmaker whom Mr. Loeb attacked in his Facebook post, from ascending to the post of majority leader.

Black lawmakers, in fact, brought in a touch more, with the Legislature's 30 African - Americans earning an average of $ 92,001, compared to $ 91,466 for 152 lawmakers of primarily European descent and $ 88,906 for the 21 Latino members.

Led by Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, black lawmakers and civil rights advocates urged a Senate committee to reject the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a Republican, to be attorney general because of what they called his record of hostility to civil rights.

After eight years of the nation's first African - American president, black lawmakers were in for an adjustment no matter who won the White House.

Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, a black lawmaker from Mount Vernon who said she's interested in becoming Democratic leader of the Senate, said at the rally today that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's desire for a «New Democratic Party» is one led by whites.

Alan Van Capelle, the head of the Empire State Pride Agenda, says he was heartened by words uttered today Ruth Hassell - Thompson, a black lawmaker from the Bronx and Westchester who spoke movingly about the painful ordeals faced by her gay brother, and other minority members.

(The IDC briefly included Malcolm Smith, a black lawmaker who was kicked out after his 2013 arrest on corruption charges.)

A GOP ad against Senate candidate Harold Ford — featuring a white seductress who says she met the black lawmaker at a Playboy party and that he should call her — is so odious and racially tinged that Ford's Republican opponent, Bob Corker, denounces it.

Sandberg told the black lawmakers then that the company had plans to add an African - American member to its board «within the foreseeable future.»