Sentences with phrase «committee of assembly members»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today he would not tell the Assembly how to run its business — but expressed little confidence in a plan for a committee of Assembly members to rule in place of Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is facing criminal corruption charges.

Zapesochny is one of 17 people who will be interviewed this next week in Albany by a bi-partisan committee of assembly members and senators.

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These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

At every General Assembly, our members elect the World Board, who shape the direction of our work and appoint Affiliates to committees, working groups and task forces on topics like the development of standards or the facilitation of Organic Agriculture in developing countries.

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

The state Assembly Ethics and Guidance Committee met behind closed doors this week following a months - long investigation that focused on former Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin's alleged mistreatment of a female staff member.

Meanwhile, records show on Friday the Republican State Leadership Committee spent $ 15,000 on digital advertising critical of Kaminsky, a freshman member of the Assembly.

The Assembly Ethics Committee is an eight - member bi-partisan committee that includes two Western New York Republicans, Joe Giglio of Gowanda and Peter Lawrence froCommittee is an eight - member bi-partisan committee that includes two Western New York Republicans, Joe Giglio of Gowanda and Peter Lawrence frocommittee that includes two Western New York Republicans, Joe Giglio of Gowanda and Peter Lawrence from Greece.

Members of the Steering Committee are expected to review recommendations made earlier by the technical advisors of the First Ladies of Member States which was chaired by Mrs. Akufo — Addo and endorse them for further discussion at the General Assembly Session of OAFLA for approval.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, who made the committee appointments, insisted «the law is on our side and so is case law,» adding: «I believe that all the members, Democrat and Republican, Assembly or Senate are worthy of the compensation that they receive... All of this is transparent, all of this is disclosed.»

• Assembly Member Jose Rivera, former head of the Bronx Democratic County Committee, and his children received $ 8,850 in campaign contributions from the Yankees between 2006 and 2008.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Friday announced the formation of a 12 - member committee to review thee chamber's rules and operations in order to promote both transparency and broader public participation.

The forum, which brought together chiefs, assembly and unit committee members and other opinion leaders, formed part of NCCE's lined up activities to enhance public awareness on the concept of the Local Governance System in the country.

Tomorrow the 180 or so members of the New York County Democratic Committee for the 65th Assembly District will gather on East Broadway to pick their candidate for the April 19 special election called by Governor Cuomo last Saturday.

Heastie joked during my last interview with him that pretty much every member of the conference wanted the job, though Assembly Health Committee Chair Dick Gottfried, the longest - serving member of the Assembly, insisted that he's perfectly happy where he has been for the past 30 years.

«We applaud Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the members of the Election Law Committee for jumpstarting this session's discussion of how to repair our broken system of campaign finance.»

Also at 2:30 p.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina addresses members of the Assembly Education Committee, Speaker's Conference Room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Members of the host committee, which is still in formation, include a number of other Assembly Democrats from both upstate and NYC.

Joe Lentol, Assembly District 50, Greenpoint and Williamsburg (Incumbent)-- Joe Lentol is the second most senior member of the Assembly, and as chair of the Codes Committee, he drafted and passed legislation that increased penalties for driving without a license or with a suspended license.

He is the Plaid Cymru Assembly spokesman on skills and training and is a member of the Finance Committee and Legislation Committee No. 1.»

He was also a member of the Welsh Assembly's Audit Committee.

Assembly Member Kellner has accepted an exceptionally large amount of money from the taxi industry, which might strike one as unusual, considering that he does not serve on any transit - related legislative committees.

The initial investigation was conducted in the summer of 2016, where members of the committee, along with an outside law firm hired by the Assembly, interviewed 10 witnesses and looked at texts and emails.

Here's a round up of today's StreetsPAC endorsees: Dan Quart, Assembly District 73, Upper East Side, Midtown East, Turtle Bay (Incumbent)-- Dan Quart was first elected to the Assembly in 2011 in a special election, following eight years as a member of Manhattan Community Board 8, where he served as Transportation Committee co-chair.

Oaks was first elected to the Assembly in 1992 and rose through the ranks of the GOP, eventually becoming the ranking minority member of the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee that oversees fiscal policy.

Assemblyman Dave McDonough, Ranking Member of the Assembly Transportation Committee, said, «I salute Governor Cuomo's vision and progress which has begun here on Long Island on our transportation and infrastructure network.»

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian chaired the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection, the Commission on Government Administration, and the Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.

In the statement last night, Silver's office said he plans «to ask the Ethics and Guidance Committee to consider the full [report] and to recommend appropriate sanctions, including expulsion of Assembly member Lopez.»

The bill had leadership juice behind it: it was sponsored in the Assembly by Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Manhattan, the Assembly Ways & Means chairman, and co-sponsored in the Senate by John DeFrancisco, R - Syracuse, the Finance Committee chairman, and Diane Savino, D - Staten Island, who is both a close ally of labor unions and a leading member of the Independent Democratic Coalition.

Formerly a member of the State Assembly representing Manhattan's East side, Brian previously chaired the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection., He has also chaired the Commission on Government Administration, and the Assembly Subcommittee on Election Operations and Voter Disenfranchisement, and co-chaired the Assembly Workgroup on Legislative Process, Operations, and Public Participation.

This bill has been stalled in our NY State Senate's Health Committee, where the members of the committee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our Assembly has appCommittee, where the members of the committee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our Assembly has appcommittee refuse to bring it to the floor for a vote, even after our Assembly has approved it.

As always, we appreciate this opportunity to address members of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee on the Executive Budget.

Dan Quart was first elected to the Assembly in 2011 in a special election, following eight years as a member of Manhattan Community Board 8, where he served as Transportation Committee co-chair.

A member of the Assembly's Transportation Committee, he is also the lead sponsor of legislation that will increase penalties for hit - and - run drivers.

With no primary election, the county committee members of the 62nd Assembly District would choose their candidate.

Assemblyman Micah Kellner did not seek re-election this year after an ethics committee report found he interacted inappropriately with members of his personal staff during his time in the Assembly.

«I am well positioned in seniority as a member of the Assembly Rules, and Ways & Means Committees and as a leader in the Assembly Republican Conference, and I will continue the fight in Albany for the people of my district.»

«Our gratitude goes to Chairman Gottfried, Assemblywoman Paulin, the other sponsors of the bill, and the members of the Assembly Health Committee for this historic, first - ever approval of the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow terminally ill, mentally competent, adult patients to self - administer prescribed medicines if their suffering becomes unbearable,» David Leven, the executive director of End of Life Choices New York, said in a statement.

The Tennessee Joint Legislative Services Committee is a nonpartisan legislative service agency serving the members and staff of the Tennessee General Assembly.

Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee said, «The alarming rise in heroin and opiate abuse we're seeing in New York State demands the kind of collaborative and multi-level response we're delivering today.

Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R - LI) is the only member of the Assembly Ethics Committee who accepted money from a Glenwood - connected LLC, which gave him $ 250 in February 2012, campaign finance records show.

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.

He explained that, «We reconstituted the community water management committee, appointment letters were given to members who were appointed, but because of the complaints of alleged financial malfeasance on those committees, the assembly instructed the internal audit unit to conduct an audit of the account of the water project....

This discrepancy is unfair, it's morally wrong and it's long overdue that we correct it legislatively,» said Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Housing Committee.

The New York County Democratic Committee is proud to salute Assembly Member Herman «Denny» Farrell, upon his resignation, from 43 years of service to the people of the State of New York and our great Nation.

Nolan is currently chairwoman of the Assembly's Committee on Education and is a member of the Committee on Veterans» Affairs and Task Force on Women's Issues.

Joining Parsons on the new task force are several members who also served with him on the earlier panel, including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, State University of New York chancellor Nancy Zimpher, Parent Power Project founder and Rochester - area parent, Carrie Remis and the State Assembly's education committee chair Cathy Nolan, a Queens Democrat.

In the 2016 Assembly elections, eight members of the party ran for election under the name of the Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee, as the Labour Party NEC had refused to allow candidates to stand as official Labour Party candidates.

Lerner says it appears the Assembly may have violated its own policies against sexual harassment, which require that any allegations of sexual harassment against an Assembly member be sent to the ethics committee.

Working with the National Republican State Leadership Committee, Senate Republican Campaign Commttee (SRCC) and the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee (RACC), the Westchester GOP actively supports campaigns for Governor, Attorney General, State Comptroller, State Senators in the 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th 38th and 40th districts and Members of the Assembly in the 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th and 95th districts.