Sentences with phrase «floor of the assembly»

He is a hard - working, well - spoken and passionate MLA who has excelled at communicating online, in - person and on the floor of the Assembly.

«Decentralization will address the fact that the majority of bills are debated for less than a minute on the floor of our Assembly — a travesty to our supposedly democratic legislature,» Chen said.

I have worked hard over the years to make sure our voice is heard in Albany, and this new role will certainly enhance our voice on the floor of the Assembly,» Goodell said.

«The Senate has passed «Kirby and Quigley's Law» five years in a row and now it's time for the Assembly to bring justice to the Krohn family and to the memory of Kirby and Quigley by enabling this bi-partisan legislation to come to the Floor of the Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.»

(He also announced Morelle's new job on the floor of the Assembly during the pre-State of the State session.

«It sort of reminded me years ago, the fellows who used to get up on the floor of the Assembly and debate against their pay increase, yet they were the first at the payroll office to make sure the increase was in their check,» Barraga said.

Assemblyman to bring to the Floor of the Assembly a Rules Reform Amendment to stop major legislation like Pension Reform, Teacher Evaluations, SAFE Act & state budgets from being passed in the middle of the night

«I think the charter school material is a little onerous on the city of New York, unprecedented compared to any other part,» Silver told reporters on the floor of the Assembly.

He has repeatedly voted in favor of legislation criminalizing keeping firearms available for self - defense in the home, voted in favor of various firearm and ammunition prohibitions and attacked those who disagree with him on the floor of the Assembly

By contrast, his opponent incumbent Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel has shown nothing but contempt for our civil rights and demonstrated it repeatedly on the floor of the Assembly.

On Tuesday at the plenary, the Ekiti State 2016 Review Appropriation Bill passed second reading on the floor of the assembly while three other laws were read for the first time.

«Therefore, if anyone has any issue with Nigeria, he should submit it to his representative to be decided on the floors of the assembly.

«We're actually going to have a Super Bowl winner before we vote on our first bill on the floor of the Assembly.

Before the Senate bill got to the floor of the Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie made a deal with his counterpart in the City Council, Melissa Mark - Viverito, who got the bill passed, to delay action until February — effectively putting the entire matter off until after the November elections.

Assemblymember John McDonald III, center, at work on the floor of the Assembly Wednesday June 15, 2016 in Albany, NY.

Members of the Assembly and their staff on the floor of the Assembly during a break in the session on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)

I will fight tirelessly to unseat Mr. Silver, whether on the floor of the assembly or in his home district.

On the floor of the Assembly she said she did not know Silver was being sentenced as she was being seated.

«What we are doing is woefully inadequate,» said Democratic Minority Leader Peter Barca on the floor of the Assembly, urging Republicans to take up some Democratic - backed jobs bills sooner than in October.

After the Orlando massacre, I gave a speech on the floor of the Assembly imploring my colleagues to stop the hate and there is no bigger hatemonger than Reverend Diaz.

Heastie says there is not enough support for the governor's education tax credit to bring the proposal to the floor of the Assembly for a vote.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, a Democrat from Long Island who served in the Assembly with Mr. Meng, said the two were very different — Mr. Meng, whose English is accented, rarely, if ever, got up to speak on the floor of the Assembly and tended to keep to himself, while Ms. Meng was friendly with legislators from both parties.

Lawmakers and good government groups have knocked the last - minute flurry of budget activity before the April 1 deadline because it at times requires messages of necessity, a procedural step taken by the governor to move legislation to the floor of the Assembly and Senate more quickly to circumvent the required three - day «aging» process.

In the few days that we have left of the legislative session, I will work diligently to get this important bill on the floor of the Assembly for vote.»

Updegrove sounded an optimistic note that recent political changes in Albany provided an opportunity for the measures to at least receive a fair up - or - down vote on the floor of the Assembly, where former Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, had previously blocked Medicaid reform votes from ever even coming to a vote.

As a Republican in a Democrat - dominated body, Mr. Borelli faces an uphill battle in getting his bills through committee and onto the floor of the Assembly, let alone getting a majority of members to vote for it.

Assuming that the Republican conference is roughly 50 members and the Democrats» roughly 100, if Silver gets the 51 votes within his conference and wins his parties nod for Speaker, what are the odds that 26 Democrats who voted against Silver in conference will join 50 republicans on the floor of the assembly and vote for someone other than Silver for Speaker?

«So if you were introducing kids or something like that... and we introduce them on the floor of the Assembly, these kids all get the video.

A day after a federal judge set a trial date for the Buffalo Billion corruption case, Republicans took to the floor of the Assembly to raise concerns about the failure to approve transparency and oversight procedures over billions of dollars spent each year on economic development.

The potentially life - saving Brittany's Law, which combats domestic violence by creating a registry of violent felony offenders, has inexplicably been held up by the Assembly Majority, and deserves a full vote on the floor of the Assembly.

I approached her twice on the floor of the Assembly Wednesday afternoon and never got past introducing myself.

When gay marriage first headed for the floor of the Assembly in 2007, Hikind told Capital New York political reporter Azi Paybarah, «If we authorize gay marriage in the State of New York, those who want to live and love incestuously will be five steps closer to achieving their goals as well.»