Sentences with phrase «breakaway independent»

Republicans currently control the Senate with a handful of members from the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which announced in late June that it plans to rejoin the mainline Democrats next year.

Valesky, D - Oneida, is a leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, an eight - member group that formed an alliance with Republicans to help the GOP maintain control of the Senate.

Mr. Cuomo headlined a Hurricane Sandy - related event this afternoon along with Mr. Grimm and fellow Republican leaders Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Senator Andrew Lanza and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis — as well as Democratic Assemblyman Michael Cusick and State Senator Diane Savino of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

That year, Republicans managed to win a narrow majority in the chamber without the help of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

When asked after the debate if, were he re-elected and cleared of all charges, he would seek to re-join the larger Democratic delegation — which Mr. Smith led as minority leader and as majority leader — or the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference he joined in 2012, Mr. Smith said he'd side with the Democrats.

Some critics have argued that Mr. Cuomo — who reportedly facilitated the arrangement between the GOP and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to maintain control of the upper house of the legislature — created the Women's Equality Party as a means to siphon support away from the Working Families Party, in order to deny them the 50,000 votes needed to remain on the ballot.

The Putnam County lawmaker was joined at a news conference by Sens. David Carlucci and David Valesky, members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Leaders of New York's Democratic Party recently asked the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference in the state Senate to reunite with the mainstream Democrats.

Benjamin says if elected, he will join mainline Democrats and not the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

After Democrats appeared to win control of the State Senate in 2010 Klein stopped caucusing with them and started the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference which aligns itself with Republicans.

Amid the formation of a new coalition between the state Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Council, the Democrats voted to oust Sen. John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) as their leader in favor of Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers).

State Senator Tony Avella, who represents the neighborhood and is a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, was invited to event — but he accused Mr. de Blasio of purposefully inviting him only at the last minute to ensure he wouldn't be able to attend.

Backers included several members who broke with the state party to endorse Bernie Sanders in last year's presidential primary, and proponents overlapped with those who pushed through a measure urging the party to be slightly more combative in dealings with the Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Once he gets to Albany, Benjamin says he will join the mainline Democrats and not the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Klein is the leader of the Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which runs the Senate in coalition with the Republicans.

The state senator is a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which has enjoyed a power - sharing arrangement with the Republicans in the upper chamber of the State Legislature since 2012.

The governor has enjoyed a good relationship with Senate Republican Co-Majority Leader Dean Skelos and with Co-Majority Leader Jeffrey Klein of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — which together have denied the mainline Democratic conference control of the body.

Cappelli attributes the agreement between the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to rejoin the mainline Democrats come November as his reason for bowing out.

This time, some of the proposals have support from the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which often collaborate with Republicans.

The Democrats have a narrow majority (32 - 31) in the chamber, but a breakaway independent Democratic caucus has been siding with Republicans on critical votes.

The Working Families Party is escalating its efforts to unseat members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference of the New York State Senate.

Cuomo brought together the mainline Senate Democrats and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, a group

Four of the Democrats re elected on November 6th are members of breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Dromm is especially upset that Diane Savino of Staten Island — a member of the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that caucuses with the minority Republican senators to keep mainstream Democrats out of power — gave Diaz a maximum $ 2,750 donation.

More recently, the party has endorsed candidates challenging members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference in this year's elections.

Cuomo originally encouraged a deal between Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, but this year, under pressure from the Working Families Party, pledged to help Democrats recapture the majority.

The raises coincided with his decision to join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference as it allied with Republicans to form a ruling coalition.

FBI agents caught former GOP State Senate Leader Dean Skelos on tape discussing plans to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo and to keep the Senate Democrats «at each other's throats» by maintaining an alliance with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — and those tapes were played today at the ongoing corruption trial of Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam.

ALBANY — In the early spring of 2014, mainline Democrats in the state Senate and members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference waged war against each other.

A source close to the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference confirmed it's unlikely a reunification deal could be struck if Gianaris remains in power.

After Republicans won an outright, 32 - seat majority in the State Senate, Klein and his five - member, breakaway Independent Democratic Conference were no longer a must - have item.

Payroll records revealed that eight senators — including three members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, who collaborate with Republicans to run the Senate — have received tens of thousands of dollars in stipend payments as vice chairmen of committees during the last three years, even though the money is earmarked for the committee chairmen.

He's facing a challenge from former New York City comptroller John Liu over his decision to leave the so - called regular Democrats for the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Asked whether Cuomo was a progressive, de Blasio said the had «real political differences» and that he was «very uncomfortable» of Cuomo's handling of state Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

The mayor argued that ultimately, the red shift would have little impact on his Albany agenda — noting that the Senate funded his universal pre-kindergarten initiative even though the Republicans controlled the body in concert with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

ALBANY — As expected, State Sen. Jeff Klein declared that his breakaway Independent Democratic Conference will once again ally with Republicans who control the state's upper chamber.

She also pointed to reports that Mr. Cuomo colluded with the Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — and thus block the Women's Equality Agenda from passing.

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Newly elected Congressman Adriano Espaillat came under fire during a town hall over the weekend from locals angry about his chosen state senate replacement, Marisol Alcantara's choice to join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference (IDC).

The mayor's remarks to the West Harlem Progressive Democratic Club came just days after de Blasio praised state Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx, the leader of the Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

This year, Mr. Cuomo left the fight to the post-budget legislative session, where the measure passed the Democrat - dominated Assembly but failed in the State Senate, which is controlled by the Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

The return of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to the mainstream state Senate Democratic fold will be welcome news for New Yorkers only if it means more than a shift of political power.

But Gianaris has a longstanding rivalry with Bronx state Sen. Jeffrey Klein, formerly the leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference and now the No. 2 Democrat in the state Senate.

During the primary, Mr. Cuomo's longshot challenger Zephyr Teachout called the Women's Equality line «a sham party,» pointing to reports that the governor had colluded with the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to allow the GOP to continue to control the upper house of the state legislature — which led to the failed effort to pass the complete Women's Equality Agenda.

State Senator Tony Avella, a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference representing Queens, sought to tie the property tax cap to the restoration of $ 209 million in Medicaid payments that the governor proposed cutting in his budget.

ALBANY — While Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rebuffed the suggestion that he's seeking the 2020 presidential nomination, news that the state Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference has provisionally agreed to reunite with the chamber's mainline Democrats has renewed speculation about a White House run.

Squadron, meanwhile, also is holding some hope for reuniting the mainline conference with the five - member breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — a prospect that seems unlikely given signals from both IDC Leader Jeff Klein and Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos that the coalition should continue in some form.

Republicans are technically in a numerical minority in the Senate, but in 2012 formed a governing coalition with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference that allowed them to retain some control in the chamber.

The state Senate's new rules will grant some power to the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, but also acknowledge that Republicans control the chamber, Deputy Senate Republican Leader Tom Libous on Tuesday said.

She's also drawn thousands of dollars in contributions from the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Brooklyn State Senator Jesse Hamilton announced this afternoon that he will leave the mainstream Democratic caucus and join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — making some kind of power - sharing arrangement between two of the body's three factions inevitable.