Sentences with phrase «from upstate county»

With the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll just three days away, AG hopeful Eric Dinallo announced he has secured yet another endorsement from an upstate county chairman, bringing his tally to 21.

He flatly predicted that Long, who has strong support from upstate county chairs and the backing of the state's Conservative Party, was not the best candidate to take on Gillibrand.

The New York State Police, facing questions over a plan to divert troopers to New York City from upstate counties, have sought to restrict the release of information that would show staffing changes across the state.

Local officials had cheered the measure by Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, both upstate Republicans, to shift Medicaid payments from upstate counties to Albany, which they said would relieve them of a troublesome mandate.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared all - out combat against the state's GOP congressional delegation after members endorsed a last minute amendment that would have banned the state from collecting Medicaid shares from upstate counties.

Not exact matches

Of course upstate gets about $ 6 billion dollars more then it pays in taxes from the rest of the state, primarily NYC and surrounding counties.

The January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

The website of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said Bell was released from the maximum - security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate Ulster County on Friday.

When the law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2019, Ulster will join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

A January 2016 letter from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, which was leaked to the Daily News in April, accused de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates by using county committees to avoid donation limits.

Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.

A state Elections Board enforcement counsel accused de Blasio and his aides of funneling large contributions from unions and other donors through county Democratic committees to three State Senate candidates upstate in 2014 in an unsuccessful party effort to retake control from Republicans.

Long, a judicial activist from Manhattan, early on cultivated support from upstate Republican county chairman, including Onondaga GOP leader Tom Dadey.

But there also hasn't been a speaker from upstate in years — other than James Tallon, of Broome County, who held the post in an acting capacity for three days in 1991 in between Mel Miller's felony conviction and Weprin's election.

Kim Rogers, 61, of upstate Hilton, said she received a ticket in the mail Nov. 6 for an expired vehicle inspection issued from the Nassau County agency.

Joining them are Bronx DA Robert Johnson, Rockland DA Thomas Zugibee, and prosecutors from Albany, Erie and other upstate counties.

Cities and regions in New York state submitted four proposals in total — a downstate bid from New York City and Westchester County, an upstate bid from the greater Albany area, a joint bid from Buffalo and Rochester and a central New York bid from the Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley region.

However, the presence of any potentially disease - causing organisms in drinking water supplies is of concern, particularly to upstate communities that receive water from that part of the Catskill / Delaware system that has not been treated by the City's UV disinfection facility in Westchester County.

four proposals in total — a downstate bid from New York City and Westchester County, an upstate bid from the greater Albany area, a joint bid from Buffalo and Rochester and a central New York bid from the Syracuse and the Mohawk Valley region.

Twenty - eight counties have received a major disaster declaration for the mid-March blizzard that blanketed parts of upstate New York, a step toward recouping millions of dollars in costs from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.

Both the House and Senate bills include a provision by Rep. Chris Collins, R - Clarence, and Rep. John Faso, R - Kinderhook, that would bar the state from charging its upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid.

In upstate New York, Albany County District Attorney Paul Clyne (aka Mr. Machine) gets a nasty surprise from reform candidate David Soares.

The Faso - Collins proposal would bar the state from charging upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid, the state - federal health care program for the poor and the lower middle class.

Velazquez highlighted the provisions in the American Healthcare Act, which the House GOP passed yesterday, which would deny New York federal reimbursement for Medicaid funds it raises from upstate and Long Island counties.

For example, state data from May 2013 to June 2015 shows that Erie County reports more sanitary sewer overflows than anywhere else upstate.

Bell, 70, was released from the maximum - security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate Ulster County on Friday around 5 p.m.

The «upstate region» defined here excludes Columbia County, whose northernmost point is only 20 miles from Albany.

Kessel's role at the powerful upstate - focused Power Authority is under intense scrutiny from state Inspector General Ellen Biben in the wake of revelations that Kessel — a former head of the Long Island Power Authority who is believed to be eyeing a race for Nassau County executive — «donated» hundreds of thousands of dollars of NYPA funds to Long Island - based not - for - profit organizations.

If approved, Ulster would join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

Congressman Faso represents a vast area of upstate New York covering 11 counties and stretching from Vermont to Pennsylvania.

A January 2016 memo from Risa Sugarman, the state Board of Elections» chief enforcement counsel, accuses de Blasio and his team, including top aide Emma Wolfe, of purposely violating election law by routing donations to three upstate senate candidates using county committees to avoid donation limits.

Schoharie County in New York took perhaps the hardest hit from Tropical Storm Irene compared to any other upstate cCounty in New York took perhaps the hardest hit from Tropical Storm Irene compared to any other upstate countycounty.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Nearly $ 3 million in additional relief funding is going to communities in five upstate New York counties along Lake Ontario to help them recover from last year's flooding.

By name, Cuomo specifically called out Reps. John Faso and Chris Collins, upstate Republicans who had backed a provision in the Affordable Care Act that would shift the Medicaid burden from county governments to the state.

Cuomo is proposing a $ 28 million bailout for the Yonkers school district in Westchester County, using money from a new $ 100 million fund to help failing schools in upstate.

Slowing sales tax revenue among upstate counties during the fourth quarter of 2013 is a sign the region's economy is stalling during the recovery, an analysis from Moody's on Tuesday found.

House Republican leaders, trying to lock down the votes of wavering upstate New York Republicans, inserted a last - minute special provision in their health care bill that would shift Medicaid costs from New York's counties to its state government.

The report from that weak sales tax receipts are a «credit negative» for upstate counties due to their dependence on the revenue for their operating budgets.

Nick Forster, Chairmen of the Niagara County Democrats, said not having an upstate name could have hurt other down - ballot candidates from western New York.

Sitting in the front seat of a Lincoln sedan as it sped through the Southern Tier on a sunny, frigid Friday, the 46 - year - old Republican county executive of Westchester said that Cuomo had simply «managed the decline» of New York, and is a «creature» of a broken government that has presided over an outmigration of people and jobs from upstate regions like this one.

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«I don't ask upstate Republican county executives to tell me what they'll spend the 1 % sales tax extender on before I agree to pass a bill,» Heastie said, contrasting the Senate GOP's demand for information on the school system from the city.

The spending plan does not include the health bill amendment that Collins co-authored that would prevent the state from charging upstate and Long Island counties for a share of Medicaid costs.

He's the top elected leader in one of New York's more affluent counties, where a mix of high - tech industries, rural charm and proximity to New York City generally have shielded it from the economic stagnation still plaguing many upstate counties.

Give upstate counties in New York relief from Medicaid payments: Lawmakers added a provision that would ban the federal government from reimbursing New York State for Medicaid funds raised by counties outside New York City.

The minimum wage will go from $ 11 an hour to $ 13 in most workplaces in New York City, from $ 10 to $ 11 on Long Island and Westchester County and from $ 9.70 to $ 10.40 an hour upstate.

Two days after becoming the first Republican to announce a campaign to run for governor, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino spent Friday crisscrossing upstate New York from Rochester and Syracuse to Albany, and his message was the same in each city.

He blamed the leaders, who come from Suffolk County and the Bronx, for blocking ride - hailing services upstate.

Doheny reported raising nothing, although he did receive a $ 30,572 payment from Greener & Hook, a Washington, D.C. - based political consulting firm that counts among its clients Erie County Executive Chris Collins, failed NY - 26 GOP candidate / Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan and several upstate GOP state senators.