Sentences with phrase «chamber rostrum»

She took to the chamber rostrum, holding Sophia's hand as they navigated the three marble steps along the hallway.

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The eighth link features a photo of Heastie himself, standing on the rostrum at the front of the Assembly chamber on Feb. 3, 2015 — the day he was elected to replace Assemblyman Sheldon Silver as speaker, becoming the first African - American in New York history to hold that leadership post.

... Or at least according to the sign on the speaker's rostrum, added this morning following the election of Bronx Democrat Carl Heastie to succeed Sheldon Silver as the chamber's leader.

And with grim, plodding regularity, the Lower East Side Democrat has weathered each of them, outlasting four governors, five State Senate leaders and countless other lawmakers who have shuffled along the marble hallway, under the vaulted ceiling and through the glass doors to his office just behind the chamber's rostrum.

By the time he took the rostrum in the House chamber last night for the functional equivalent of a State of the Union address, President Trump had generated considerable suspense around what he would actually say and how it would be received.

Also at noon, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will preside over Opening Day deliberations and present remarks from the rostrum, Assembly chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

It's unclear whether the speaker will climb the rostrum during Monday's session one last time or address the chamber.

Carl Heastie, the Bronx Democrat picked to replace him, sat in the center of the chamber before rising to the rostrum.