The State Senate's Republican majority gave
committee chairmanship roles to Jeff Klein and the other members of his Independent Caucus.
Not exact matches
Last week Lopez was still publicly proclaiming his innocence and clinging to his Assembly seat; he's surrendered his housing -
committee chairmanship and will relinquish his
role as Brooklyn party boss.
Rather than fight heavyweight Queens Boss Joe Crowley and Brooklyn's Vito Lopez for the top Finance and Land Use
chairmanships, he glommed leadership
roles on several heavy - duty
committees and beefed up Joel Rivera's majority leadership post while getting him co-chairmanship of the Rules
Committee.
My
Chairmanship of the Defence Select
Committee, an especially rewarding
role, comes to an end at the end of this Parliament.