Sentences with phrase «color in the state assembly»
A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.
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ALBANY — The Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has made raising the age of criminal responsibility a priority for this session, but some Democrats of color in the state Assembly are wary that the breakaway group will «water down» the issue and question its motives for pushing the measure.
The Senate IDC has made raising the age of criminal responsibility a priority for this session, but some Democrats of color in the state Assembly are wary that the breakaway group will «water down» the issue and question its motives for pushing the measure.
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At 10 a.m., AARP, the Asian American Federation, Hispanic Federation, NAACP and Urban League join Tony Award - winning actress Priscilla Lopez, Senator Jesse Hamilton and Assembly Members Marcos Crespo and Yuh - Line Niou for launch of policy solutions agenda to address disparities in health, economic security and livability that are hurting New York state's communities of color; City University of New York Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.
The off - color quip came in response to concerns by public - school dad Eric Greenleaf, who said at a meeting of parents and officials at state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's downtown office that there will be «huge shortages» of classroom space in lower Manhattan in coming years.
But he gave Public Advocate Letitia James, state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. as examples of people of color in prominent positions.
(Albany, NY) At the 2017 NY State Association of Black & Puerto Rican Legislators» Annual Conference, StudentsFirstNY teamed up with Assembly Member Marcos Crespo (D - Bronx) to host a panel discussion on how to offer parents great school choices for their children, particularly those living in communities of color.