Fossella became the de
facto head of the party when he was elected to Congress in 1997, with his Uncle Frank and his father, Vito Sr., the power brokers behind the scenes.
The governor's absence has fueled suspicion among Democrats that Cuomo, the de
facto head of their party, is siding more closely with Republicans in the State Senate as lawmakers negotiate the renewal of rent regulations in New York City.
Not exact matches
Acting as the de
facto head of the state Democratic
Party, Andrew Cuomo this weekend personally convened a meeting with representatives
of all the statewide campaigns as well as the state Senate and Assembly committees in hopes
of presenting a united front in the final weeks
of the general election campaign.
State Democratic
Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed the NYT report that he has tendered his resignation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, clearing the way for the governor to select his own leader
of an organization
of which he became the de
facto head when he was elected back in 2010.
Tim Idoni, who as Westchester County Clerk is the highest ranking Democratic elected official in the county and who was Mayor
of New Rochelle at the time Davidson was promoted as a judicial candidate and thus de
facto heads of the Democratic
Party of New Rochelle.
The
party,
of which Cuomo is the de
facto head, has been stepping up its involvement on behalf
of the governor over the past week.
CUOMO ON THE STUMP: Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the de
facto leader
of New York's Democratic
Party, but some simple Democratic campaigning this weekend still turned
heads.
Cuomo, a freshman who previously served as attorney general, is de
facto head of the state
party.
All the state's leading Democrats have endorsed Clinton — but Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the de
facto head of the state
party, has the most riding on the outcome,
party insiders agree.
Rep. Paul Ryan
of Wisconsin, the speaker
of the House, de
facto ideological leader
of the Republican
Party, and third-most powerful man in all
of America, held his
head in his hands at the back
of the House chamber and waited helplessly for members
of his own conference to sabotage their own legislation.