Sentences with phrase «control of the state assembly»

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Ten months after the Empire State Pride Agenda abruptly announced it was folding up its tent and with a presidential election looming that will also determine control of the State Assembly and Senate in Albany, two new political action committees have stepped into what would otherwise have been a political void for New York's LGBT community.

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In the resolutions adopted by the Evanston Assembly there is stated as one of the «two conditions of crucial importance which must be met, if catastrophe is to be averted»: «The prohibition of all weapons of mass destruction; including atomic and hydrogen bombs, with provision for international inspection and control, such as would safeguard the security of all nations, together with the drastic reduction of all other armaments.

Mayer, a member of the state Assembly, is running in a key Westchester County Senate district next Tuesday that could shift control of the chamber to the Democratic Party.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

«If he is defeated by the Democratic candidate, Todd Kaminsky, who now serves in the Assembly, Democrats will control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in New York State,» the paper wrote.

The state Conservative Party this week released ratings of the 213 members of the Assembly and Senate, finding the overall rating for the Republican - controlled Senate have fallen over the last year.

Both Cuomo and the Democratic conference in the Assembly back an extension of mayoral control for Mayor Bill de Blasio in the state budget.

If the Assembly passes the bill today — and it appears that it will at this point — New York would be the first state to enact a new gun control law in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children.

Between January and July of this year, 998 bills were passed in the Democrat - controlled state Assembly, while the GOP - led Senate approved 1,896.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat who typically has stayed out of state Senate politics, is prepared to try and help flip that chamber to Democratic control by getting involved to assist Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer in the upcoming April 24 special election.

Cuomo, much to the chagrin of other Democratic leaders, including de Blasio, has worked for years to keep the Senate in GOP hands in order to prevent the high - tax and anti-business, left - wing, «progressive» policies of the Democrats who control the Assembly from dominating the state.

The Assembly recently passed a three - year extension of mayoral control and the State Senate introduced a bill on Tuesday to extend mayoral control for one year.

Meanwhile, the State Assembly Tuesday passed its own set of gun control bills.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform.

But the governor called out the region's legislators for wanting to shift control of state economic development funding away from the regional economic development councils that Cuomo created and put the money back in the hands of the Senate and Assembly for them to dole out individually.

As a result, Republicans seized control of the North Carolina state assembly for the first time since Reconstruction and began plotting to take control of the state's 13 - seat congressional delegation, which still swung Democrat, seven seats to six.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly and Republican - led state Senate are at odds over a plan to extend control of New York City for Mayor Bill de Blasio, which is due to expire next month.

The GOP - controlled state Senate approved a moratorium delaying implementation of the fee for at least a year and the Democrat - controlled Assembly is expected to do so today.

Tedisco's bill requires all member items, discretionary funds, and so - called «lump sum payments», which are controlled by the Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader and Governor and negotiated in many instances behind closed doors, be made public and fully transparent within the state budget.

While the state Assembly approved a measure extending mayoral control for two years, the leader of the GOP - controlled Senate sent de Blasio a letter demanding more information on how the school system spends state funds.

The race for Silver's former seat in the 65th Assembly District has drawn one of the biggest and most ethnically diverse fields of candidates this year — despite the fact that it is now just one of 150 Assembly seats and no longer controlled by one of the state's most powerful figures.

Democrats already control the state Assembly, and, of course, the governor's office.

Meanwhile, the state Assembly on Tuesday passed its own set of gun control bills.

Governor Cuomo has been in support of the measures de Blasio is now pushing, as has the Democrat - controlled State Assembly, which has time and again passed such bills, which fail in the Senate.

Asked if Mr. Cuomo, the beneficiary of large donations from the real estate industry, has done enough to lobby and pressure the Republican - controlled State Senate to join the Democrat - dominated Assembly in supporting those measures, Mr. Rangel's answer was firmly negative.

In what appeared to be an attempt to force the Senate's hand, the Assembly on Monday included a two - year mayoral control extension as part of an omnibus bill that also extended several sales and other taxes for local governments around the state.

Democrats who control the state Assembly quietly posted a list of pending earmarks totaling nearly $ 36 million late Friday, more than a month after POLITICO New York began requesting details of the spending and a week after filing a formal request under the Freedom of Information Law.

While we were all focused on the battle for control of the state Senate, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the majority's political arm, DACC, quietly racked up five wins last night, bringing the total number of Democrat - controlled seats to 106.

ALBANY — Members of the state Assembly had been told to prepare for a return to the Capitol on Friday for a session to take up legislation regarding mayoral control of schools and local tax extenders, members said, only to have the plans canceled several hours later.

The Speaker of the State Assembly says a portion of New York's gun control laws, set to take effect April 15th, may be post poned while talks continue on how to amend the provision.

At the May 17 Delegate Assembly, UFT President Michael Mulgrew broached the topic of mayoral control — an issue of major import to New York City educators and all who are concerned with the state of the city's public schools.

This past Election Day, all three statewide incumbents were easily re-elected, the Assembly's Democratic majority got bigger, but consistent with the overall Republican political tsunami seen across the nation, the Republicans took back control of the state Senate and picked up some New York Congressional seats.

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 Conferstate 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 ConferState 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.

Silver, who with 17 years at his post is the most experienced Albany power broker, said Assembly Democrats made it clear they wanted a millionaires» tax and an extension of rent - control laws and would oppose differential tuition for state university campuses — and the governor recognized what it would take to obtain agreements with them.

Under the deal between state lawmakers and Cuomo, the state bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulastate lawmakers and Cuomo, the state bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulastate bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulaState Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulation.

The bill, backed by the teachers union, is expected to pass the Democratic - controlled Assembly today, the last day of state lawmakers» regular 2012 session.

From the Department of Good Timing, Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his top line campaign finance figures the same afternoon his expansive gun control package cleared its final hurdle in the state Assembly.

ALBANY — Republicans who control the state Senate have embraced hundreds of millions in cost shifts to New York City in their one - house budget resolution, backing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and setting up a clash with Assembly Democrats as budget talks intensify over the next three weeks.

Cuomo himself created an entire political party to back the ten - point proposal that has been the source of bickering and stalemate between the Democratically - controlled Assembly and Republican - controlled Senate because of the plank that would codify Roe v. Wade in state law.

Merriman is counting on the Republican - controlled state Senate to block passage of the mayoral - control extension unless the Assembly agrees to more charters.

«I am really tired of hearing our Republican colleagues on the City Council whining about our state delegation not delivering funds for Yonkers,» said Majority Leader Michael Sabatino, «Let me point out that the current State Senate is controlled by Republicans, who reduced the amount of money in the original Assembly budget bill by millions of dolstate delegation not delivering funds for Yonkers,» said Majority Leader Michael Sabatino, «Let me point out that the current State Senate is controlled by Republicans, who reduced the amount of money in the original Assembly budget bill by millions of dolState Senate is controlled by Republicans, who reduced the amount of money in the original Assembly budget bill by millions of dollars.

Senate Republicans granted at least one of the de Blasio administration's wishes: it joined with Assembly Democrats in rejecting a Cuomo proposal to subject bonds for housing to approval by the state's Public Authorities Control Board, a maneuver that would have given Albany veto power over a significant slice of the city's housing program.

The Assembly has already voted to approve the Dream Act — a state version of the federal proposal to allow certain illegal aliens to gain access to a variety of government programs — but it is opposed by Senate Republicans, who control that house in coalition with a small group of Democrats.

The Senate has linked extension of mayoral control to the expansion and strengthening of charter schools, an idea that's been declared dead on arrival in the state Assembly.

Key portions of the city budget are, of course, dependent upon the state budget, so much anticipation (and lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State Senstate budget, so much anticipation (and lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State SenState Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State SenState Senate).

Mr. Cuomo has been pushing for the proposal, but it faces opposition in the State Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, many of whom feel it is a tax giveaway for the rich.

Control of the General Assembly aside, the electoral success (or failure) of Democratic state legislature candidates could push some of them to jump into Virginia's congressional races,

Tensions between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and members of his own party in the Legislature continued on Wednesday, with the governor's office getting into further dustups with both the Assembly speaker and defending itself for not doing more to help flip control of the state Senate.

This could have given the Democrats control of the state government, with an overwhelming Democratic majority in the Assembly and a Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo.