Sentences with phrase «fill the seat left»

The difference is an unusually large one for what was, during the summer, shaping up to be a potentially competitive race to fill the seat left open by the ouster of Republican Tom Libous, who was forced to leave office in July when he was found guilty of lying to the FBI.

Democratic Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda of the Bronx is expected to cruise to victory in a contest to fill the seat left vacant after Ruben Diaz Sr. was elected to the NYC Council.

Killian and Mayer are battling to fill the seat left vacant after Democrat George Latimer became county executive Jan. 1.

Djou won the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Neil Abercrombie, who resigned the office to run for governor of Hawaii.

Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 by then - New York Gov. David Paterson, who picked Gillibrand to fill the seat left vacant by Hillary Clinton, who had been nominated to serve as secretary of state.

So the choice of Paul G. Feinman, an associate justice of the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Manhattan, to fill the seat left open by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam in April was a watershed for gay New Yorkers.

«Rikers doesn't work,» said Benjamin, a Manhattan Democrat, who was elected last month to fill the seat left vacant after Bill Perkins joined the City Council.

PLATTSBURGH — Sara Rowden was sworn into the Clinton County Legislature on Tuesday, filling the seat left vacant by Colin Read's resignation to run for mayor.

With the county GOP's nominating convention only days away, the party's Riverhead and Southold town leaders say they know of no one willing to stand against the popular Democrat, who in January handily beat Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter to fill the seat left vacant when Ed Romaine was elected Brookhaven town supervisor.

DeFrancisco was elected to the state Senate in 1992, filling the seat left open by the retirement of Tarky Lombardi Jr., who had been in office 27 years.

He took office one week later to fill the seat left vacant by Rep. Michael Grimm, who resigned several months earlier after pleading guilty to tax evasion.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the special election — held on the same day as the closely watched New York presidential primary — to fill the seat left vacant by Silver, who represented Lower Manhattan for 35 years before he was found guilty of corruption charges related to two separate bribery schemes.

The race to fill the seat left vacant by George Latimer is nearing the end, as both candidates made the rounds for the race's final weekend.

He was sworn in immediately following a 1 p.m. council meeting, filling the seat left vacant by Helen Hudson, who was elected council president in November.

«Corey Johnson might be a nice guy, but he shouldn't be able to just waltz into office, just because he's an anointed incumbent,» she said of the councilman, who was elected to fill the seat left by former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in 2013.

Henry will fill the seat left vacant by Sam Dyer in January after his election as Beekmantown supervisor, and will serve the rest of Dyer's term through 2019.

The Southold Town Planning Board is looking for someone to fill the seat left vacant by longtime member William Cremers, who decided to resign last year for health reasons.

March 4: David Gates is appointed as a school board trustee by the Nassau BOCES superintendent to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Cooke, who was the top vote - getter in the May 2014 board election.

Mike Spano says he's being pushed to fill seat left vacant by Westchester Executive - Elect George Latimer

Cuomo called the election — held on the same day as the closely watched New York presidential primary — to fill the seat left vacant by Silver, who represented Lower Manhattan for more than 35 years before he was found guilty of corruption charges related to two separate bribery schemes.

Tomorrow is Election day, with quite a few interesting races in an «Off Year» In the State Senate race in the 52nd district; Republican Fred Akshar & Democrat Barbara Fiala are running to fill the seat left vacated by the... Continue reading →

Democrat Dan Quart defeated Repubican Paul Niehaus in the race to fill the seat left by Jonathan Bing.

The winner of the 36th Senate District primary in the overwhelmingly Democratic district will likely fill the seat left vacant by former Sen. Ruth Hassell - Thompson, who in July resigned from her post to work for Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a special adviser for policy and community affairs of state Homes and Community Renewal.

UPPER EAST SIDE — Democratic Assembly candidate Dan Quart sailed to victory Tuesday night in the 73rd Assembly District's special election to fill the seat left vacant by Jonathan Bing.

Deacy hopes to fill the seat left by Pheffer, a Democrat who was first elected to the Assembly in 1987, but left in May after she was appointed the Queens county clerk.

Three candidates are vying to fill the seat left vacant by Eric Coleman, who resigned in January to pursue a judgeship.

Joined by his family — wife Ronni Weprin and daughters Stephanie Weprin and Lori Friedman — Weprin picked up the official support of electeds from Queens and beyond in his campaign to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner two months ago amid a sexting scandal.

Only three Senate Democrats voted to confirm Gorsuch, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the seat left open after Justice Antonin Scalia died.

The race, to fill the seat left vacant when Republican congressman John McHugh stepped down to become Secretary of the Army, turned into a three - way contest between official GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, Conservative Party candidate Dough Hoffman, and Democrat Bill Owens.

Castorina (R - South Shore) took office after winning an unopposed special election in April 2016, filling the seat left vacant by now - Councilman Joe Borelli.

The election is being held to fill the seat left by the death of longtime member Marguerite Poindexter Lamotte last December.

If appointed, he will fill the seat left vacant when Michel Bastarache retired earlier this year.

Not exact matches

The scandal surrounding Bush's ouster left Today with a bit of a black eye, but it also robbed the show of another potential heir apparent to eventually fill Lauer's hosting seat.

The independent seat will oftentimes be left vacant at closing, with the intention of filling the seat sometime after closing.

Former Tesco executive Christine Cross and one - time Kellogg chief David Mackay revealed they would not be seeking re-election as independent directors, leaving Mr Cairns with three seats to fill at the boardroom table.

Seated beneath a painting of a reclining nude, Park spoke of many of the changes in his life since he was traded to Boston by the New York Rangers 13 months ago, but he studiously left it to George to fill in some of the happier details of the move.

She announced in September she was leaving Stewart - Haas Racing, co-owned by three - time Cup champion Tony Stewart, due to a lack of sponsorship and as other seats filled her options to remain in NASCAR became limited.

Toto Wolff has admitted that Fernando Alonso is on the shortlist of potential drivers to fill the vacant Mercedes seat left by Nico Rosberg's sudden retirement.

Having read Babywise at the advice of a childless friend, I knew I would put my newborn on a schedule and fill my maternity leave with useful pursuits like crossing items off my to - do list and initiating sewing projects with the baby by my side in a bouncy seat.

Long Grove — After serving just three months as the village clerk, Ed Hoak has been promoted again, this time to fill the trustee seat left by Bruce Klein.

With 14 applicants vying for a seat left vacant by outgoing board president Sam Black in Glen Ellyn District 41, school board members this week selected Cathryn Wilkinson, the former associate dean of Fine and Applied Arts at the College of DuPage to fill the spot.

The NYC Campaign Finance Board just released a list of 10 candidates who have filed certification forms to join the public financing program for the upcoming Nov. 2 nonpartisan special election to fill the Queens seat left vacant by the death of the late NYC Councilman Tom White.

The state Commission on Judicial Nomination has begun the formal process of filling the seat on the state Court of Appeals left empty by the death of Judge Sheila Abdus - Salaam, whose body was retrieved from the Hudson River west of her home in Harlem last Wednesday.

Speaking at an unrelated press conference on the New York City Housing Authority, IDC Leader Jeff Klein suggested the conference would play a role in filling the seat in the Senate being vacated by Sen. George Latimer, who was elected Westchester County executive earlier this month and leaves Albany at the end of the year.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Those activist WFP members moved to fill committee seats left vacant when the unions departed.

Sen. Ruben Diaz, a conservative Bronx Democrat, faces a primary in his quest to return to the NYC Council, leaving open the possibility of a resignation by Sept. 20 so the seat gets filled without a special election.

School board member Shelby Brown is on the ballot to fill the town council seat left vacant by the sudden death of William Horan.

The quasi independent commission has not had all five seats filled since 2015, when former chair Garry Brown left.

That left Velazquez as one of four candidates and the only Hispanic left in a hotly contested race to fill the seat being vacated by term - limited Councilman James Vacca.