Sentences with phrase «by black lawmakers»

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By the time Barbara Lee, a black Democratic lawmaker from Oakland, had caught up on the news, it almost seemed too late.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D - Brooklyn), the only black female New York congressional lawmaker, told Observer that she was motivated by issues at the federal level which affect her community, including comprehensive immigration reform and minority - and women - owned businesses.

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

In a statement due to be released later today and first obtained by Capital Tonight, the caucus of Assembly and Senate lawmakers it's an «injustice» that Stewart - Cousins, the first black woman to lead a legislative conference in Albany, to not be included in the talks.

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.

ALBANY — The tensions between the Jewish and black and Hispanic communities in Rockland County's troubled East Ramapo school district were mirrored Thursday in the state Assembly, where lawmakers debated and ultimately approved by an unusually low margin a bill establishing state oversight of the public schools.

Lawmakers say Paterson may be confronted by black - caucus members of the Senate and Assembly.

Ever since Skelos and Klein announced their plans for a coalition a week ago, the Senate has been roiled by criticism from mainline Democrats — especially black and Hispanic lawmakers — who charge that they are being boxed out of power.

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.

Many here, particularly the quarter of the population that is black, view the ethics charges as an attempt by scandal - tainted lawmakers to shift attention away from themselves and toward Rangel.

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.

The lawmakers» action comes as enrollment numbers published Friday by the Education Department show even fewer black and Hispanic kids got into the city's elite specialized high schools in 2016.

Assemblyman Karim Camara, chairman of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, is «deeply shocked and outraged» by his fellow lawmaker Dov Hikind's «black basketball player» Purim cosBlack, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, is «deeply shocked and outraged» by his fellow lawmaker Dov Hikind's «black basketball player» Purim cosblack basketball player» Purim costume.

Virginia lawmakers believed they were making history in June by approving $ 1 million in scholarships for African - Americans who had suffered gaps in their education decades ago when their local public schools closed rather than enroll blacks.