Morse, who has taken 40 percent of his campaign contributions from
the breakaway senate group the Independent Democratic Committee and told the Times Union earlier this month he did not recall some of his downstate donors, said he won't take contributions from those who lobby committees he oversees.
Eight
breakaway Senate Dems who have been aligned with the GOP since 2011 agreed to immediately dissolve their independent conference and return to the mainline Democrats.
Klein, head of
the breakaway Senate Independent Democratic Conference, has a solid war chest and considerable institutional and labor support.
Tensions between Democratic New York Governor Cuomo and the left wing of his party have heightened after the governor attended a fundraiser to raise campaign money for a now disbanded group of
breakaway Senate Democrats.
For the past two years, the leader of a small group of
breakaway Senate Democrats, Senator Jeff Klein, has also been allowed into the private meetings.
Cuomo in a primary could also be hurt by unrest from liberals who turn out for primaries against
the breakaway Senate Democrats if they continue to blame the governor for the group's empowerment, some say.
The source said the assemblyman recently met with Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who heads a group of eight
breakaway Senate Democrats aligned with the Republicans, to discuss the possibility of joining them should he win.
The personal animosity between Gianaris and Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who heads up a group of eight
breakaway Senate Democrats aligned in a leadership coalition with the Republicans, is the single biggest roadblock for Dem control of the chamber, the Cuomo official said.
As leader of
the breakaway Senate Democrats, Klein will play a major role in the negotiations over how the state spends its $ 150 billion budget.
Three members of
the breakaway Senate Independent Democratic Conference, including Peralta and Savino, and five Senate Republicans were the recipients of the dubious stipends.
Not exact matches
Kaminsky is joining a narrowly divided and fractious
Senate chamber, where Republicans are now in a numerical minority, but have formed alliances with
breakaway Democrats to maintain power.
Cuomo has come under fire from the left wing of the Democratic Party and its allies in the Working Families Party who do not believe he has done enough to assist the so - called regular Democrats in reuniting with the
breakaway, eight - member IDC faction to help them re-take the majority in the
Senate.
A
breakaway group of five state
Senate Democrats who have been aligned with the Republicans are set to reintroduce an ethics package that would ban state public officials from receiving any outside income following Silver's corruption conviction.
A number of state
Senate Republicans weren't happy with a
breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they voted en masse against a GOP budget proposal last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.
In the statement, King knocks
Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins for the growing influence and clout of the
breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.
Benjamin is well aware of this designation, and explained by phone earlier today that his number one priority will be reuniting mainline
Senate Democrats and the
breakaway Independent Democratic Conference or IDC.
Taxpayers could save more than $ 2 million a year if it weren't for a group of
breakaway Democrats who need their own support staff in the state
Senate, critics say.
The chairman of the state Democratic party and a group of influential union leaders are calling on New York
Senate Democrats to back the re-election of eight
breakaway Dems who recently returned to the fold.
She also attacked Cuomo for being part of «an old boys» club of one actual Republican and two wannabe Republicans,» referring to John Flanagan, the Republican
Senate leader, and Jeff Klein, leader of the
breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which collaborates with Flanagan to rule the
Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan expressed «shock» that IDC Leader Jeff Klein and his group of eight
breakaway Democrats last week broke its leadership coalition with the GOP to go back to the Democrats, a source who spoke directly to him said.
The IDC was first formed in 2011 with a
breakaway group of Democrats dissatisfied with the previous leadership of the
Senate and the tumultuous two years the party spent in power in the chamber.
Tomorrow will be a big day for the state
Senate Democrats, as the eight members of the
breakaway Independent Democratic Conference will formally rejoin the mainline Democrats.
A growing group of eight
breakaway Democrats, who rule the
Senate in an informal coalition with 31 Republicans, have left regular Democrats smarting for some time now.
The Cuomo campaign, in a statement released after the WFP vote, touted the governor's liberal record and alluded to his recent role in brokering an end to a power - sharing deal between state
Senate Republicans and a
breakaway group of Democratic lawmakers.
Cuomo has failed to deliver on women's equality and campaign - finance reform, often blaming the inaction on a state
Senate controlled by
breakaway Democrats and Republicans — an arrangement Cuomo has until now done nothing to challenge.
Republicans control the
Senate with support from the IDC and a ninth
breakaway Democrat, Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.
Currently, Democrats and Republicans in the
Senate have the same amount of members — 31 each — but the Democrats are divided, with eight members in a
breakaway group that forms an informal ruling coalition with the GOP.
In the name of keeping the State
Senate out of the hands of the sorts of Democrats who used to run it, Cuomo gave his blessing late last year to the formation of the coalition of Republicans and
breakaway «independent» Democrats who now lead it.
Monday will be a big day for
Senate Democrats, as the eight members of the
breakaway Independent Democratic Conference will formally rejoin the mainline Democrats.
Mainline Democrats hope to flip leadership of the
Senate where Republicans and a group of
breakaway Democrats hold a slim majority in a power - sharing agreement.
When Sen. Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining the Independent Democratic Conference, a growing group of
breakaway Democrats in the
Senate who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»
ALBANY — The
Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has made raising the age of criminal responsibility a priority for this session, but some Democrats of color in the state Assembly are wary that the
breakaway group will «water down» the issue and question its motives for pushing the measure.
Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State
Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of
breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.
Klein, leader of the
breakaway «Independent Democratic Conference» which controls the state
senate in cooperation with the Republican minority, faces Oliver Koppell in a Democratic primary on Tuesday.
But on Tuesday Cuomo did just that, brokering a reconciliation between Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the
Senate Democrats, and Jeff Klein, the leader of the
breakaway faction, known as the Independent Democratic Caucus.
The talks have now become known as «four men in a mansion,» because the leader of the
breakaway Democrats in the
Senate, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, has been included.
Earlier this month, the mainstream
Senate Democrats and eight
breakaway members of the Independent Democratic Conference announced that they were joining forces for the good of the party.
Monday marked the first day that the former
breakaway Democrats in the New York State
Senate will be working with the mainstream Democrats after they agreed to reunify earlier this month.
A faction of
breakaway Democrats in the state
Senate has been gaining members lately, but they are now facing a backlash, including raucous opposition at meetings in their districts.
The new iteration of the New York state
Senate will look different in 2013 with the new power sharing agreement in place between Republicans and
breakaway Democrats, and two central New York lawmakers will be in the thick of it.
There is growing pressure on a group of
breakaway Democrats in the New York State
Senate to reunite with the mainstream Democrats and form a majority to rule the
Senate.
Republicans, who lead the
Senate with the help of some
breakaway Democrats, want to end the tax.
Monday marked the first day that the former
breakaway Democrats in the New York State
Senate were working with the mainstream Democrats after they agreed to reunify earlier this month.
The legislators, all Democrats, say Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is supportive of their plan, but it has to also pass the state
Senate, which is led by a coalition of Republicans and
breakaway Democrats.
After an embarrassing controversy over stipend payments, the beleaguered group of
breakaway Democrats in the State
Senate are trying to change the subject.
The five members of a
breakaway group of state
Senate Democrats say they will support new legislation to help adults who were sexually abused as children seek legal recourse.
The state
Senate is currently ruled by Republicans, with the help of several
breakaway Democrats.
As Clio Chang wrote at Splinter, Cuomo «has also worked to prop up the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight
breakaway state
Senate Democrats who caucus with Republicans, effectively giving them the majority.
The Democratic Party actually currently holds a majority of the seats in the
Senate but the Republicans control the chamber thanks to Sen. Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the GOP, and a group of eight other
breakaway Democrats aligned with them.
«Whether they allow certain things to get done, it's up to them,» said
Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in reference to the senate ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Demo
Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in reference to the
senate ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Demo
senate ruling coalition of Republicans and five
breakaway Democrats.