Sentences with phrase «committee chairs»

Does it look good that the Dems without committee chairs are all people of color?

She was one of eight senators who have been listed as committee chairs despite not holding those positions.

In addition to Senate Republicans that have benefited from the practice, three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, which has a power - sharing arrangement with the GOP, receive stipends despite not serving as committee chairs or having leadership posts.

Congratulations to the Committee Chairs Englebright, Hevesi and Latimer.

That possibility has been raised by critics who believe the documents contain false information — that senators are inaccurately listed as committee chairs.

-- Term limits — The Senate is pitching eight years for legislative leaders and committee chairs.

We only should be talking about raises if the increases come with ending compensation for committee chairs — known as «lulus» — and restricting their ability to earn outside income.

But, government reform groups are in favor of the pay raise, as long as it is accompanied by reforms — including banning or severely restricting outside income (which factored into the corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders), and eliminating extra stipends for committee chairs and leadership posts.

I want to thank each and every one of our committee chairs for their hard work as well as all the members of the Assembly Majority for their invaluable input and advocating for the needs of their districts.

In consultation with Committee Chairs, to appoint members to all committees or to remove members from such committees; to appoint representatives of the board to Business Improvement Districts and other governmental, non-profit, community based, or other organizations, as appropriate.

Surely one day the real story of the term limits debacle will be written, and it will be full of luscious details: the assurance to Christine Quinn that she will be crowned the first female mayor in 2013; the Committee Chairs that were passed around like so many lollipops at a birthday party (Mr. Bloomberg of course in the role of scary clown); the allocation of special funds to right - voting Council members.Basically, a register of threats and bribes and blame - passing that rivals anything else in the history of shady municipal dealmaking.

The majority of select committee chairs do not receive significant income from sources outside parliament, however.

Conservative select committee chairs Richard Ottaway and John Whittingdale both defended the current system in a Times newspaper article this morning.

What forces reliance on a «big ugly» bill is the presence of Repub Committee Chairs who will not let legislation that benefits most New Yorker's out of committee.

The neighboring Suffolk County Democratic Party is expected to join Jacobs in backing Rice, adding another 7.16 percent to her convention tally (assuming all the committee chairs vote in a bloc).

Senior Council Members typically jockey for powerful committee chairs, where they can help steer important legislation and run oversight hearings.

This time around, Lopez himself, having been stripped of his Housing Committee and Kings County Democratic Committee Chairs following his groping scandal, has decided to run for the very Council seat that his former Chief of Staff is vacating.

DiNapoli's office signed off on the Senate Republican majority's list of stipend payments — a document that incorrectly identified some recipients as committee chairs.

Each of the three that would be amended by the highest number of bills he introduced — Labor, Insurance, and Worker's Compensation — intersect with the areas handled by the Labor Committee he chairs.

Eight of the nine Democratic Senators who have given Republicans control of the Senate earned extra stipends meant for committee chairs, even though some of them don't actually chair a committee.

Democrats insist only committee chairs can legally get the stipends and are demanding investigations.

A full report on the project must be submitted to the governor and legislative leaders, including the two houses» transportation committee chairs, every June 1.

Leaders of four New York government reform groups are calling for Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to stop allowing the unused stipends of Senate committee chairs to be passed to vice-chairs.

Republicans listed incorrectly as committee chairs this year have been Sens. Pat Gallivan, Patty Ritchie, Pam Helming and Tom O'Mara.

The lawmakers in question received paid stipends or «lulus» as a result of being designated committee chairs.

After all, if the Senate could indeed pay vice chairs a stipend, then why have the legislators — seven in total, though one is giving the money back — be classified in official documentation as committee chairs?

The memo from counsel David Lewis comes after it was revealed late last week seven lawmakers — three members of the Independent Democratic Conference and four Senate Republican conference members — were designated committee chairs on payroll documents given to the state comptroller's office when they are, in fact, vice chairs.

Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into the arrangement in which seven state lawmakers, including three members of the Independent Democratic Conference, have received stipends and were listed as committee chairs on official payroll records sent to the comptroller's office.

Helming is one of seven lawmakers in the Senate — three Independent Democratic Conference members, plus four Senate Republicans — who were listed falsely as committee chairs on Senate records forwarded to the state comptroller's office.

The arrangement surrounding the use of paid stipends for lawmakers who are not committee chairs — but listed with the title in Senate payroll records — is being investigated by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office.

The use of falsely classifying lawmakers as committee chairs came under scrutiny on Friday as The New York Times reported members of the Independent Democratic Conference — Sens. David Valesky, Jose Peralta and Diane Savino — have received stipends, or «lulus» in Albany parlance, despite holding the post of vice chair.

Those documents show several occasions in which lawmakers were falsely labeled committee chairs when they did not hold that title and claim the lawmakers were entitled to receive a paid stipend for that post.

«I think every one of the established lea dership positions or committee chairs do the relevant and they compensate for doing that extra work,» said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

The IDC - mainline Democrat feud took a new turn last week when it was revealed three IDC members had received stipends normally reserved for committee chairs.

Falsely reporting senators as committee chairs so they can receive lucrative stipends has shined a light on a more commonplace practice in both the Senate and Assembly: The so - called lulu system of doling out extra pay for leadership positions.

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins on Tuesday called for an investigation of arrangement of falsely designating some lawmakers as committee chairs on payroll records in order to receive paid stipends.

Stipends specifically marked for Senate committee chairs that are paid to three IDC members — Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta and Dave Valesky — by the majority despite the fact that the three don't chair committees appear to fall into a gray area of state law.

NYC's Democratic Party leaders, less than a week after helping ensure Johnson's election as speaker, are wielding sway over the appointment of powerful committee chairs.

«I thought it would be higher,» Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, a Westchester County Democrat, said after the racing and wagering committee he chairs held a hearing to hear what the daily fantasy sports industry has brought New York.

Still, Heastie acknowledged that he is «not a fan» of term limits for the speakership and committee chairs, but he acknowledged it is being discussed.

Seven lawmakers who hold vice chair posts in the chamber have received stipends otherwise designated for committee chairs.

Committee chairs are getting better at publicising their key messages.

«For years the Senate has adopted voluntary term limits for leaders and committee chairs because it is an important government reform that promotes accountability and stability,» said Majority Leader John Flanagan.

That includes passing term limits, Jacobs said, something which the Senate has already done legislatively and in their rules for committee chairs and leadership posts.

First, in the 1970s and 80s the role of Committee chairs were strengthened and the powers of Council Leaders and Council Chief Executives grew.

With United Russia's commanding majority, sharing committee chairs is one straightforward and symbolic way to try to allay fears of a one - party legislature.

The gubernatorial campaign of Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro on Wednesday announced a half dozen county Republican committee chairs had flipped to endorsing his candidacy.

Policy issues such as limiting Airbnb advertising, regulating daily fantasy sports wagers and allowing Uber and Lyft to operate outside of New York City were left to Assembly and Senate committee chairs.

It's the system of voting currently used to elect members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and select committee chairs at Westminster.

Two committee chairs took advantage of this opportunity.