Sentences with phrase «different majority leaders»

John McArdle, the veteran spinmeister who served four different majority leaders during his nearly 30 - year tenure in state government, is poised to depart the public payroll, Minority Leader Dean Skelos announced this morning.

You've had different governors, you've had different majority leaders.

Not exact matches

Under Church of England rules, for a measure like the one proposed by Williams and Sentamu to pass, it needed majority support from three different groups: bishops, priests and lay leaders.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called the compromise on the state's minimum wage — increasing on different timetables in New York City, the suburbs and upstate over varying phase ins — a far better arrangement than what was initially proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

«I think he's proven during his time as Majority Leader that he can keep this conference that's so diverse, from so many different parts of the state, working together.

«We may come at it from a different angle, but we are absolutely going to be part of the process,» Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan said on Wednesday.

Moreover, «[i] f the election results in an overall majority for a different party, the incumbent Prime Minister and government will immediately resign and the Sovereign will invite the leader of the party that has won the election to form a government» (§ 2.11).

With Albany Democrat Gary Domalewicz now majority leader — and a legislator who spoke out with concern for the legislation's impact to the capital city — a different approach to legislation could be taken.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Tuesday acknowledged that Cuomo's new bill was substantially different than the proposal that has garnered support in his chamber.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a Democrat, and Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a Republican, both of whom are mulling a 2018 run for governor, shared a stage in Albany to show that politicians from different parties can get along.

Flanagan, who took over the majority leader post in May, hopes Cuomo will have a different approach come next year.

The frustration has worsened and the rhetoric has grown angrier from the beginning of the month when the different groups sent a letter to Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan asking that they act quickly.

House leaders said they remained one or two votes shy of a majority but predicted that the outcome could be different next year after lawmakers, particularly the chamber's 30 freshmen, have more time to consider the matter.

Rather than needle the mayor by demanding reports or his attendance at hearings, as Republicans did in previous years, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican from Long Island, attached a different condition to mayoral control: actions favoring charter schools.

The son and co-defendant of state Sen. and former Majority Leader Dean Skelos has been wearing a different pricey suit almost daily since his trial started in mid-November.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who along with his GOP members has released three different bills, said he supports the concept and believes something can get done in the next few days before the session is scheduled to end.

Adam, 33, and Dean, 67, both of Rockville Centre, are on trial in federal court in Manhattan on allegations that the former Senate majority leader solicited bribes and extortion of three different companies — Arizona - based AbTech; Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers of Roslyn and New Hyde Park - based Glenwood Management — to hire Adam as a consultant in return for favorable legislation and public - works contracts.

«As Democrats, we have differences of opinion, different concerns,» said Sen. Malcolm Smith of Queens, now president of the Senate but no longer majority leader.

As a Republican, I seriously wonder how different the state senate would have acted, and how differently the 2010 senate elections would have panned out, if Jeff Klein or one of his allies (like Diane Savino) had been majority leader, and those jokers Smith, Sampson and Espada.

Sen. George Maziarz is not going to follow up on his reported plan to challenge his fellow Republican, Dean Skelos, for the majority leader post if the GOP succeeds in taking back the majority when the recount dust clears, but he is pushing for a different approach in dealing with the minority.

State Sen. Tony Avella said he was abruptly reassigned to a different committee in May following the arrest of then - Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on corruption charges.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan took a different tack, calling on lawmakers to be proud of their work and to tout the positive policies they have and will continue to enact for New Yorkers.

Senate Republican Majority Leader John Flanagan, who along with his GOP members has released three different bills, says he supports the concept and believes something can get done in the next few days before the session is scheduled to end.

Yes, yes, his position is far better than George Bush's, but it's not radically different than any the majority of other leaders in the developed world, with no strong pledge on emission reductions.