Sentences with phrase «controlled by state senate»

The rent laws are controlled by the State Senate, which is currently in Republican hands.

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McCabe's wife, a Democrat, had received several hundred thousand dollars in donations from a political action committee controlled by a close friend of Clinton for her unsuccessful Virginia state Senate bid in 2015.

The blue slip refusal by a home - state senator is virtually all the leverage Democrats have in the process, with Republicans controlling the majority in the Senate.

It was not until Senator McCarthy was «condemned» by his colleagues in the United States Senate in 1954 that anti-Communist hysteria was brought into control.

The passage of a same - sex marriage law by that state's Republican - controlled Senate sent a clear message, a leading religious liberty expert says.

Republicans who control the state Senate are urging Cuomo to drop his plan to raise taxes and fees by $ 1 billion as a condition for winning their approval on a new, $ 168 billion election - year budget by April 1.

«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.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan wasn't impressed by de Blasio's appearance at the mayoral control hearing at the state Capitol this week.

Cuomo this year supports a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, which is currently controlled by a coalition of Republicans and five independent Democrats.

De Blasio has viewed Cuomo has undermining his administration's policy goals in Albany by aligning with a Republican - controlled state Senate.

The IDC has been pushing for votes on key liberal measures in the state Senate, narrowly controlled by Republicans, amid pressure from left - leaning groups to rejoin the Democratic mainline conference in the chamber.

The race is a likely battleground this fall for control of the narrowly divided state Senate, now led by Republicans.

In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A State Senate controlled by Republicans, a control that is aided and abetted by Democrats,» the email stated.

The Republican - controlled Senate, meanwhile, backs extending mayoral control, but also wants to strengthen and expand charter schools in the state — a premise that is backed by the governor in a NY1 interview on Thursday.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, said during a CapTon interview that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been outspoken in his support of abortion rights, should pressure the Senate Republicans to codify Roe v. Wade in state law by including the tenth plank of his erstwhile Women's Equality Act — the only plank the GOP - controlled Senate has refused to pass — in this year's budget.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the state Senate, with control hinging in part on the Venditto race as well as the seat held by GOP incumbent Carl Marcellino.

«If we go back to 2009 - 2010, if the Senate was to flip the other way and the entire state's controlled by New York City interests, I think that's problematic for Western New York and all of Upstate.»

An analysis expected to be released later today by the Republican - controlled state Senate paints a different picture of the spending proposal: $ 803 million in new surcharges.

The committee members called for the next committee meeting to discuss ad spending, proposing a ban on communications prior to endorsements being made and asked that «focus resources» on the state Senate, narrowly controlled by Republicans.

The state Senate in 2018 will likely be dominated by politically focused questions: Who will control the chamber by the end of the year?

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.

Veteran reporter Joe Mahoney reported on efforts to enact early voting, «no - excuse» absentee voting, pre-registration for teenagers, and other measures championed by Kavanagh that have gained support in the Assembly but have not been acted upon by the Republican - controlled State Senate.

Cuomo has failed to deliver on women's equality and campaign - finance reform, often blaming the inaction on a state Senate controlled by breakaway Democrats and Republicans — an arrangement Cuomo has until now done nothing to challenge.

The GOP - controlled state Senate has taunted Mayor de Blasio with a bill that would extend his control of schools for only one year — and even then, he'd have to answer to a «district inspector» appointed by Gov. Cuomo

But charter schools will be getting an additional $ 25 million, from an allocation controlled by Republicans in the State Senate.

If the state Senate is controlled by Democrats after the election, taxing and spending policies could see some differences.

She said Cuomo is beholden to his big - dollar donors, tarred by corruption, secretly supportive of keeping Republicans in power in the state senate, and to blame for the condition of the failing subways run by the state - controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

«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.

Right now there are 31 Republicans and 30 Democrats in the State Senate, with two vacant seats formerly held by Democrats — but Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder voted to put the Republicans in control.

Meanwhile, in the Senate, which is controlled by Republicans, the Finance Committee voted to move on another reform bill that would add more oversight to the state's economic development project contracting process.

The second highest recipient of hedge fund largess was «New Yorkers for a Balanced Albany,» an independent expenditure committee backed by ten billionaires that helped flip the New York State Senate to Republican control in 2014.

Combined with a belief by many that he actually prefers Republican control, or the current Republican / IDC control, of the state senate, many Democrats and WFP members are skeptical that Governor Cuomo will meaningfully satisfy his pledge.

Croci is the fourth Republican in a week to not seek re-election, leaving the party that controls the New York state Senate by just one vote in a potentially precarious position.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a radio interview on Monday knocked continued Republican control of the state Senate, saying the legislation that has been approved in recent years has been «watered - down» by the GOP.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $ 1 million to the Senate Republicans» housekeeping committee, a contribution that continues his support for the last lever of power controlled by the GOP in the state.

There's also the worry that Wendy Long's extremely conservative views could hurt down - ballot candidates — remember, the GOP's control of the state Senate is hanging by a thread.

NYC Mayor de Blasio will have to make his case to keep control of city schools at a set of May public hearings being held by the GOP - controlled state Senate.

The race is one of a half - dozen key contests around the state this year that could determine control of the Senate, narrowly led by Republicans.

Although technically nonpartisan, the Nebraska State Senate was controlled by a Republican majority.

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.

Republicans who control the state Senate say they're opposed to any new taxes, a stance reiterated Friday by Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan after leaving a negotiating session at Cuomo's mansion near the Capitol.

The governor is now attempting to turn the public's attention back to the leadership in the State Senate, which is controlled by Republicans in an alliance with the four - member Independent Democratic Conference (in an arrangement that Cuomo had tacitly blessed even as other Democrats cried foul).

The Assembly, controlled by Democrats, wants to extend the tax, but Cuomo, a Democrat, and the Republican - controlled State Senate oppose the idea.

Meanwhile, insiders said already serious tension over differing budget plans being backed by the Democratic - controlled Senate and Assembly have gotten worse in recent days, making it unlikely that the state's more - than - one - month - overdue budget would be approved anytime soon.

(The SAFE Act passed the GOP - controlled state Senate by a 43 - 18 vote, with 11 Republicans in the affirmative.)

«We have this contradiction of the governor being out there fighting to take back the House, and we have the state Senate controlled by Trump Republicans,» Lipton said.

The GOP controls the State Senate by just one vote.

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- led by Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein — is a group of turncoat NY State Senators who were elected to office as Democrats but have a «majority coalition» with Republicans, giving them control of the Senate.