Sentences with phrase «coalition of breakaway»

Valesky (D - Oneida) said there is «no question» the coalition of breakaway Democrats he helped form in 2011 will still be around when the legislature reconvenes, despite the outright rule of Republicans.

In his first year as mayor, Mr. de Blasio tangled with a senate that is governed by a coalition of breakaway Democrats and the Republican Party — even with an ally in State Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference, a Republican majority still looms to potentially stifle a leftist, urban platform that polls poorly in many GOP strongholds throughout the state.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

The GOP's 30 state senators share control of the 63 - seat chamber with a coalition of five breakaway Democrats and Simcha Felder, a conservative Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans.

«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 Democrats.

This is due to a breakaway group of eight Democrats which have formed their own majority coalition with the Republicans.

The Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and a hand full of breakaway Democrats, has so far not put the measure on the floor due to opposition by some GOP Senators.

The governor also told the Democrats that if they win and keep enough seats in November, they'll likely have to learn to work with a breakaway faction of Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference, in order to form a governing coalition.

Of course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic ConferencOf course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conferencof the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Cuomo has faced opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, who rule in a coalition with a group of breakaway Democrats.

As leader of the five - member breakaway faction that allied with Republicans to form the chamber's governing coalition (and keep Democrats from assuming the control that should have accompanied their mathematical majority), Klein has been justifying the partnership since it formed in 2012 as a win for progressives, rather than as a means of self - empowerment.

While the balance of the New York State senate remains unclear, as votes continue to be counted in a pair of close Senate races, activists are calling on a breakaway political coalition to stick with the Democrats.

Stringer made the comment at a Harlem rally calling for fractured state Senate Democrats to unify and make Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins majority leader of a house where the Dems come November are expected to again have the majority but not control the chamber because nine breakaway Dems are aligned with the Republicans in a leadership coalition.

But then, thrown into the lively mix, I can reveal, is the plan by a former founder member of the old breakaway Social Democratic Party, Professor Stephen Haseler, to stand an anti coalition Liberal Democrat candidate.

In a joint statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein say the breakaway Democratic faction that had ruled with the Republicans for the past two years has agreed to join in a coalition government with the rest of the Senate Democrats, giving them a potential majority after the November elections.

Rather than any question of how much longer he can hang on — a question which, as recently as this April, Fred Dicker was raising in print — the test for Silver is how effectively he'll be able to advocate for the liberal priorities of his members with Cuomo campaigning as a centrist, and the State Senate in the hands of coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

Flanagan and his members also have to contend with the pressure by liberals who want to see a group of eight breakaway Democrats led by Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein quit their leadership coalition with the GOP and form a new one with the mainline Dems.

When Senator Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining a growing group of breakaway Democrats in the Senate called the Independent Democratic Conference, who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»

Democrats outnumber Republicans in the Senate, but the GOP maintains control with a coalition of six breakaway Democrats.

Liberal detractors of the governor have accused him of helping Republicans keep power in the Senate by tacitly backing a power - sharing coalition with five breakaway Democrats, which last from 2013 through the end of last year, when the GOP gained full control.

Democrats in New York state are vowing to take control of the Senate from the coalition leading it now, made up of Republicans and five breakaway Democrats.

He noted that despite winning an «outright majority,» the Senate GOP is continuing its «historic coalition» with the IDC, though he did not mention that the terms of that relationship have been modified to provide the breakaway Democrats with less power than they used to have.

Adding to the intrigue is the Independent Democratic Conference, a clutch of six breakaway members who will probably be needed to form any majority coalition.

Preferable is a reunification of regular Democrats with the Independent Democratic Conference, four breakaway Senators who joined a coalition with the Republicans.

Last week, it was first revealed that a handful of Senate Republicans and members of their coalition, the breakaway Democrats known as the IDC, were receiving stipends for jobs they do not hold.

Efforts to enact early voting and other reforms were unsuccessful when the state Senate, led by a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats, did not act on the bills.

The Senate is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

A group of eight breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, has in the past formed a coalition with Republicans to jointly hold the chamber, leaving the rest of the Democrats in the minority.

Republicans hold 31 of the 63 Senate seats but control the chamber thanks to a governing coalition with six breakaway Democrats, including Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, who sits with the GOP conference.

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.

Crouse, however, said the Republican power - sharing deal in the state Senate with a handful of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference shows just how unwieldy the logistics of coalitions can be.

ALBANY — A group of breakaway Democrats will stick with Republicans who control the state Senate, continuing a coalition that has helped to keep the GOP in charge of the 63 - member chamber despite their showing in the November elections.

Senate Republicans rule in a coalition government with a hand full of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

In addition, Sen. Jeffrey Klein, the Bronx Democrat who heads a group of eight breakaway Dems aligned with the GOP in a leadership coalition, has introduced his own mayoral control bill that would extend the law two years while also giving community parent boards more power.

Democrats have long held sizable numeric advantages in the State Assembly but have been thwarted in efforts to win control of the Senate, which is currently led by a coalition of Republicans and a five - member group of breakaway Democrats.

By recruiting Senator Jose R. Peralta of Queens this week, and two other members in the fall, the conference has evolved from a breakaway group of Democrats into a full - fledged independent faction in the State Senate and the fulcrum of a four - year - old coalition.

The op / ed, first posted today by Gannett's Politics on the Hudson, comes as Sen. Malcolm Smith of Queens becomes the fifth member of the breakaway coalition.

DeFrancisco said there is no pledge between the Republicans and Valesky's breakaway Democrats to continue the coalition government based on the results of this year's elections.

They previously controlled the upper chamber with a coalition of five breakaway Democrats and the aid of Senator Simcha Felder, a Democrat who conferenced with the Republicans.

The 63 - member Senate is ruled by a year - old coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats, an unprecedented power - sharing deal that blocked mainline Democrats from retaking the chamber.

Klein is the leader of the Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which runs the Senate in coalition with the Republicans.

Mr. Loeb has also donated $ 50,000 to a group of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference, who have formed a coalition with the Republicans.

Amid the formation of a new coalition between the state Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Council, the Democrats voted to oust Sen. John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) as their leader in favor of Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers).

Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of a group of breakaway Democrats who lead the Senate in a governing coalition with the Republicans, is under intense pressure from the left over the campaign finance issue.

Currently, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have the same amount of members: 31 each, but the Democrats are divided, with eight members forming a breakaway group that forms an informal ruling coalition with the GOP.