Sentences with phrase «from upstaters»

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Canestrari didn't want to speculate on who might replace him as majority leader, but he did suggest it's entirely possible Silver will break with tradition and go with someone from Long Island instead of an upstater.

Two upstaters — Democratic Assemblyman Robin Schimminger and GOP Sen. Tom Libous — sponsored legislation to allow a Manhattan catering hall get a liquor license, despite opposition from local residents and area lawmakers.

We at CapTon wondered Friday why while former President Bill Clinton is stumping today for two upstate House Democrats — Reps. Dan Maffei (NY - 25) and Maurice Hinchey (NY - 22)-- no mention was being made of any imminent assistance from the ex-commander-in-chief for two potentially more endangered upstaters: Reps. Mike Arcuri (NY - 24) and Bill Owens (NY - 23).

The economic argument is debatable and opinions differ, but do you think the large numbers of struggling upstaters enjoy the high taxes, ever increasing fees (example: the cost to have your vehicle inspected DOUBLED from 2010 to 2011 and is now one of the highest in the nation) and endless financial burdens they as lower and middle class people endure while the rich bankers and CEOs downstate laugh at them?

This grouping generally contains a members from New York City as well as a few liberal upstaters.

I'm pretty sure a good number of upstaters have no idea who Bill de Blasio is, but the «we're your last line of defense against the liberals in NYC» argument is one they've certainly heard before from the Senate GOP.

Starting this morning, residents in the 35th AD (that's Queens, upstaters) started receiving a 37 - second message from the Democratic lawmaker.

Senate Finance Committee Chair John DeFrancisco, a Republican from Syracuse, says there's no question that the interests of moderate to conservative upstaters will not be well represented if Cuomo follows through on his pledge to retake the Senate for Democrats.

The Black and Latino MEN who controlled the Senate for two years didn't give a sh*t about appointing any Upstaters of Caucasian persuasion to leadership positions — let alone a * gasp * white WOMAN from ANYWHERE — until they had royally effed everything up.

Ideally, Sampson needs a No. 2 who's an upstater (remember that the conference lost two upstate members, Darrel Aubertine and Antoine Thompson), an Hispanic (former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., love him or hate him, was the highest - ranking Latino leader in the Legislature — a point Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. likes to emphasize from time to time) and a woman.

girark, I know from experience that many upstaters do not consider Albany to be TRULY upstate.

LATFOR is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. in the Assembly Hearing Room at 250 Broadway, which, for the upstaters among you, is across the street from City Hall.

TWO pols (one retired... or something like that) from NYC telling Upstaters that we should be happy to drink toxic water — as long as SOMEBODY (mostly people from out - of - state) make some money off of fracking.

The group was dominated by upstaters, which makes sense, considering that Duffy himself hails from Rochester (he's the former mayor, as you'll recall).

As far as I can recall, we've yet to hear from two upstaters who face strong challenges this fall — Reps. Dan Maffei and Scott Murphy.

The proposed ruling quintumvirate includes senior members from each of New York City's four Democratic boroughs — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx — as well as Morelle, an upstater who is considered more ideologically conservative.

Several members said Morelle won a major boost Monday night when Denny Farrell, a longtime Democrat from Harlem who chairs the chamber's Ways & Means Committee, expressed his support for the upstater.

The point here, clearly, is to demonstrate that Paladino doesn't have the market cornered on either upstaters or Republicans, some of whom have been distancing themselves from the Buffalo businessman since he won last week's gubernatorial primary against Rick Lazio.

The fact that Brown, who is African American, has decided to back Schneiderman is a not - so - subtle snub to Cuomo, who came under fire from black and Latino leaders after he tapped Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy to be his running mate, effectively ensuring an all - white Democratic statewide ticket with — at this moment, anyway — just one woman and one upstater (Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, on both counts).

Regardless of what the upstaters like to think, the upstate economy, even if restored to pre-depression levels by some type of economic development miracle, is but a drip from the faucet that needs to fill the budget basin in this state.

Carnright will not forsake his strict law - and - order stance, which most upstaters expect from district attorneys in any case, but will need to show empathy toward those concerned with perceived police excess.

61 percent from the downstate suburbs and 57 percent of upstaters all say they support the Cuomo administration's decision to ban fracking.»

A recent Siena poll found Cuomo's approval rating — while still high — had dropped 12 points among upstaters from May to June, slipping from 64 percent to 52 percent.

cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOU.