Sentences with phrase «by upstate members»

Mindful of their need for a legislative ally, real estate interests have been investing heavily to assist the Senate Republicans, whose conference is dominated by upstate members without a horse in the rent control race.

Not exact matches

Only two House members from upstate, and 53 nationwide, have signed on to support the bill authored by Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, the dean of New York's GOP congressional delegation.

He'll soon launch a two - week tour of upstate, aides said, paying a visit to ever district represented by a Democratic Assembly member.

But Gillibrand, a former upstate House member who was elevated to the Senate by Gov. David Paterson in 2009 to replace Hillary Clinton upon her nomination as secretary of state.

That shift benefits downstate, largely Democratic districts, at the expense of upstate senate seats held by GOP members, where the inmates were used to bolster population numbers in the primarily rural districts.

A handful of upstate members have realized they're likely to have better luck at seeing results on their priorities, which often differ from those of their more liberal downstate counterparts, if they band together — much like the black and Latino members have done by creating their own caucus.

OWASCO — President Donald Trump's recent comments about upstate New York have been panned by members of both parties.

The measure is backed by two Republicans from upstate New York, Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, as a way of getting more New York members on board.

Restive upstate advocates who supported Syracuse Sen. John DeFrancisco's bid for majority leader where disappointed to see another downstate member ascend to the majority leader post in a chamber that is the last lever of power controlled statewide by Republicans.

Many members of the state's business community say the governor's efforts to rebuild New York's economy — particularly upstate — will be undercut by a higher minimum wage, which small business owners insist will hurt them disproportionately.

Singas, a Democrat, specifically complained about government - paid pieces by two upstate Assembly members — a Republican and a Democrat — and a «vainglorious» flier from Assemb.

Downstate legislators see nothing in the plan for their area, he explained, while even upstate members feel left out by the attention paid to Western New York.

It's hard to imagine this kind of political jiu - jitsu — call it the Utica Maneuver — will be of much use in the Assembly, where the Democrats» overwhelming majority would seem to be a safeguard against a governor seeking to undercut a downstate majority leader by peeling off upstate members.

In New York, Ms. Gillibrand, a former House member from a conservative upstate district who had just been appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, was moving to the left on several issues in anticipation of a primary this year.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Anyone who wonders whether Congressmember Sean Patrick Maloney regrets having given up his days and evenings as a Manhattan attorney in exchange for the life of a minority party House member sitting through long DC committee hearings and weekending in his upstate district to attend pancake breakfasts and ribbon - cuttings should consider just -LSB-...]