Sentences with phrase «decades in the state assembly»

He has represented the 31st Senate District in Manhattan since 2011 after serving more than a decade in the state Assembly.

Leibell, a Republican from Putnam County who served for more than a decade in the State Assembly before getting elected to the State Senate in 1994, developed a reputation for getting things done in Albany.

Not exact matches

«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.

Back in 2003, for example, the Assembly and Senate overrode the governor's budget vetoes for the first time in two decades, increasing state taxes over Pataki's opposition to restore billions of dollars in spending on schools, hospitals, nursing homes and localities.

«Whether in the State Senate, the Assembly, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, or the Rye City Council, George Latimer has steadfastly supported working men and women throughout three decades of public service,» said John Santos, Vice-President of 32BJ.

NEW YORK (AP) A jury has convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

He also referenced his time in the Assembly where he worked with both sides of the political aisle and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

Faso has a long record of cutting taxes and closing budget deficits that go back to his tenure as Minority Leader in the Assembly, where he developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

Residents of the 27th state Assembly District began a new era for their community as they welcomed the first new Assembly member in nearly three decades to represent Flushing, Whitestone and Fresh Meadows.

As a member of the New York Assembly, Faso developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

«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.

A version of the Child Victims Act has passed several times over the past decade in the New York State Assembly including last year.

No stranger to capturing media attention with gimmicks and protest, Avella seems to have gotten this one right when he stated, «The culture in Albany of «What happens in Albany stays in Albany» has to stop... Assembly Member Silver... is now seen as the classic example of the dysfunction and back room deals that has plagued Albany for decades.

Consider the time he waited to indict Shelly Silver, the decades - long speaker of the Assembly, a sphinx - like figure who stood as permanent pillar of power over successive governments in Albany, until the day after Silver stood on stage with Cuomo at the annual State of the State address.

Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo will not deliver his State of the State address in the Assembly chamber, as has been the custom for the past several decades.

For the first time in a decade, the bill passed the state Assembly this month by a resounding 139 - 7 margin.

The proposed new maps, with their ridiculously warped and irregular border lines, are instead designed to keep Democrats in power in the Assembly and Republicans in charge in the State Senate for the next decade.

For more than two decades, State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver decided what got done in New York as one of Albany's «three men in a room.»

A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

The verdict was a quick and unceremonious end for Mr. Silver, who, during his more than two decades as the State Assembly speaker, displayed a Teflon - like quality in deflecting questions about his outside income as well as calls for his ouster.

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who endured for decades as one of the most powerful figures in state government, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in November on multiple corruption charges.

New York, NY (AP / WBEN)- A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

A decades - old dream to bring high - speed rail to New York State lives on — in the heart of the state Assembly, at lState lives on — in the heart of the state Assembly, at lstate Assembly, at least.

In the decade since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor amid reports he had solicited and slept with a prostitute, more than two dozen New York state legislators have stepped down or been convicted in a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon SilveIn the decade since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor amid reports he had solicited and slept with a prostitute, more than two dozen New York state legislators have stepped down or been convicted in a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silvein a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

New York state assembly and senate lines are redrawn every decade so the districts jive with population shifts outlined in the census.

Host Alan Chartock is joined by New York state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a Democrat who has held office since 2007 after two decades in the Assembly.

«Themed as a traveling sideshow, 15 state - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release ststate - level elected officials (including 4 Senate Democrats, 4 Senate Republicans, 6 Assembly Democrats, and 1 State Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release stState Comptroller) who have been convicted on corruption - related charges in the past decade will be presented as life - sized cartoonish caricatures,» the press release states.

Former AG Oliver Koppell, who represented the Bronx for decades, first in the state Assembly and later in the City Council before losing an uphill battle for state Senator Jeffrey Klein's seat last year, has put his Bronx home on the market for $ 2.5 million.

For two decades, Sheldon Silver was one of the most powerful men in New York politics, his control and demands as speaker of the State Assembly virtually unchallenged.

He previously worked for almost a decade as a lawyer for the state Assembly's Democratic majority, interrupted briefly in 2007 with work for the Office of the State Comptrostate Assembly's Democratic majority, interrupted briefly in 2007 with work for the Office of the State ComptroState Comptroller.

On November 2, Sheldon Silver, for two decades the Democratic Speaker of the State Assembly, is scheduled to face charges that he used his position to funnel millions of dollars in business to the law firm where he was of counsel.

Bailey, 34, has spent the last decade in the orbit of Carl Heastie, the former Bronx Democratic leader and current speaker of the state Assembly.

ALBANY — For the first time in two decades, the State Assembly voted overwhelmingly today to elect a new speaker, Carl Heastie of the Bronx, to preside over the chamber after Sheldon Silver's swift and stunning downfall.

While in the Assembly, he worked with both sides of the political aisle and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

As a member of the New York Assembly, Faso developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets - including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

It's one of two Assembly districts in the state that has changed parties four times over the past decade: Stirpe succeeded a Republican after winning the 2006 race, lost the seat four years later, then won it again in 2012.

NEW YORK — A jury convicted former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver of public corruption charges Friday, dashing the 74 - year - old Democrat's second attempt to avoid years in prison after a decades - long career as one of the most powerful politicians in state government.

Even after leaving the state Legislature in 2011 following an almost two - decade tenure in the Assembly, Sam Hoyt remained an influential Democrat in Western New York.

Senate Majority Coalition Co-Leaders Dean G. Skelos and Jeff Klein and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced an agreement on a joint legislative budget schedule that sets deadlines that lead to the earliest adoption of a state budget in two decades.

Yuh - Line Niou won a six - way race on Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to inherit the State Assembly seat once held by Sheldon Silver, in a repudiation of the stubborn grip Mr. Silver held on his Lower Manhattan district for four decades — held, that is, until his conviction late last year on federal corruption charges.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos are each facing decades in prison.

Kearns claims in a television ad that he wasn't shy about calling out Sheldon Silver, who served as State Assembly speaker for two decades before his conviction on federal corruption charges in 2015.

The verdict capped a dramatic fall from grace for the 71 - year - old Silver, one of the state's most powerful officials during his 21 years in the Speaker's chair and nearly four decades in the Assembly.

Late last night, the governor and legislature reached a deal on redistricting that essentially allows the State Senate's and Assembly's partisan majorities to put in place gerrymandered lines for the next decade, and creates the framework for a constitutional amendment to govern future redistrictings that creates a bipartisan commission to submit lines to the legislature for approval.

Having served at the head of the Democrat - controlled Assembly for over a decade, Silver's rule was iron - fisted and opaque - he could end a political career on a whim, kill a major policy initiative with a quiet grumble, and maneuver millions of dollars in state cash to recipients of his choice.

The bill, first introduced more than a decade ago, failed to come to the floor of the Democratic - controlled Assembly in its most recent incarnation, and stands no chance of being passed by the Republican - majority state Senate.

Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, thought to be the most powerful man in New York state government for decades, was found guilty Monday on seven counts of corruption in multiple schemes to monetize the power of his office.

On this mild autumn Tuesday, the man who led the state Assembly for more than two decades wrapped himself in the system of Albany.

For more than two decades, he served in the Assembly, a firebrand liberal who wrote a remarkable 108 laws, followed by two terms as New York City's comptroller and one term — so far — as state comptroller.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful men in New York politics over the last two decades, was arrested Thursday on federal corruption charges alleging he steered real estate legislation and funneled state medical research funds in return for $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks.