As tensions have flared between Cuomo and the Legislature, the governor's staff will no longer have free access to the Senate
chamber during legislative session days.
Not exact matches
Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his
chamber during the 2014
session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and
legislative conferences appointment power.
Still, Mr. Larkin had comfortably been re-elected in 2016, though his physical stamina had been tested
during the current
legislative session, when he was sometimes brought to and from the Senate
chamber in a wheelchair.
During the 1997
legislative session, five Democrats and 18 Republicans formed a coalition to choose a new Senate president but the
chamber officially remained Democratic.
Ms. Barron was one of only 17 legislators with the distinction of having introduced not a single bill that passed her own
chamber during this year's
legislative session.
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito gestures
during a vote on
legislative reforms
during a
session in City Council
Chambers, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.
Director of
Legislative Operations Brian Coyne, center, talks on the phone
during session in the Assembly
chamber at the Capitol on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
The Legislature, dressed in pink to show their support, joined Legislator Dixon in her efforts and officially declared October 20th Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Erie County
during its
session held in
Legislative Chambers.