Sentences with phrase «first black lawmaker»

Adler is looking into allegations that City Council member Debi Rose, who was backed by the WFP, received improper support from the party's for - profit campaign arm, Data and Field Services, during the 2009 election that made her the council's first black lawmaker from Staten Island.

The statement comes after the elevation of Carl Heastie to the speaker's post, who is the first black lawmaker to hold the position following former Speaker Sheldon Silver's arrest on corruption charges.

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Albany lawmakers agreed to the first congestion surcharge on black cars and yellow taxis below 96th street.

In a statement due to be released later today and first obtained by Capital Tonight, the caucus of Assembly and Senate lawmakers it's an «injustice» that Stewart - Cousins, the first black woman to lead a legislative conference in Albany, to not be included in the talks.

After eight years of the nation's first African - American president, black lawmakers were in for an adjustment no matter who won the White House.

In Wisconsin, black city leaders and state representatives partnered with white nonprofit leaders and rural lawmakers to create the nation's first city - based voucher program, the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, in 1990.