Sentences with phrase «from minority leadership»
(Recall that there had been ample speculation during the campaign that Cuomo would move to oust Sampson from the minority leadership if the Democrats lost control of the chamber, largely because the AEG scandal didn't mesh with Cuomo's mantra of reform).
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Rep. Tim Ryan (D) of Ohio challenged minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D) of California for the leadership and was backed by a third of the caucus, some from the swath between the coasts.
Board members of color are charged with holding their companies accountable for the diversity of their leadership teams, for pushing to source from minority - owned businesses, and in supporting giving that addresses inclusion.
Trudeau's minority lasted as long as it did thanks to support from the New Democratic Party (in return for the implementation of some NDP policies), while Harper's was aided by disarray in the opposition Liberal Party — Paul Martin's resignation, a lengthy and divisive leadership convention, and the unwillingness of the new leader, Stephane Dion, to defeat Harper until the Grits had begun to reduce their party and personal debts, and developed new policies (notably the Green Shift).
It's a very frequent topic and we believe strongly in Instituting the Rooney Rule — meaning that unless it's an extreme situation, we want to get women [and others from minority groups] on a company's leadership team.
In addition being a powerful business owner, Louisa Nelson was a woman who refrained from judging others, a characteristic exemplified by her consistent leadership in employing disabled and minorities.
In the face of a string of Tory reversals, all down to his opposition, Labour MPs from across the party — from Blairites to the soft left — have been won over by his leadership skills, despite the minority of plotters and the «mainstream media» who rudely reprinted all the things he's said over the years about the IRA, Hamas, Kosovo, Iran, Israel, etc..
The conversation also explored his decision to step away from public office after he found himself on the wrong side of a leadership fight in the minority conference.
«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.
The minority of the SDP who rejected the merger remained under Owen's leadership in a rump SDP; the minority of the Liberal Party divided, with some retiring from politics immediately and others (led by former Liberal MP Michael Meadowcroft) creating a new «Liberal Party» that claimed to be the continuation of the Liberal Party which had just dissolved itself.
Sobrino wrote that «under Governor Cuomo's leadership, there has been a dramatic increase in the participation of minority - and women - owned businesses in state contracting from 10 percent in 2011 to more than 20 percent over the past several years.
They discuss her approach to leadership, and some of her more specific policy ideas for the city, as well as the politics of running from the minority party.
«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State.»
A little creative splicing of video from that fateful day reveals Padavan standing and applauding after the coup took place and then later standing with Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and Espada after Espada was sworn in to his leadership role.
The newly minted Republican lawmaker from Brooklyn is running in the so - called «Super Jewish» Senate district, putting him on a collision course with Simcha Felder, a Democrat who has not pledged to support the current minority conference leadership.
Assemblyman Peter Lopez of Schoharie, excluded from the briefing like the Assembly's other minority Republicans, said the same feudal system has remained in place in the Legislature despite recent leadership changes and promises of openness.
So far, however, the GOP has not offered anything to the IDC members, who insist their decision to break from the minority conference was due to a loss of faith in Sampson's leadership and not in perks or power the majority might offer.
The U-turn was sold to the party membership at the ard fheis by the Sinn Fein leadership, on the basis that the police force in particular had undergone a complete transformation at its behest: an allegedly biased police force, perceived as being drawn mainly from one section of the divided society in Northern Ireland — the Protestant / unionist majority tradition — would now be more representative and include a higher proportion of members of the minority community — the Catholic / nationalist / republican tradition — and be regarded by that community as more inclusive, fairer and unbiased, to command loyalty and support.
It's a very frequent topic and we believe strongly in Instituting the Rooney Rule — meaning that unless it's an extreme situation, we want to get women [and others from minority groups] on a company's leadership team.