Sentences with phrase «governor during last week»

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The governor announced last week that 57.4 million visitors came to the state during the first six months of the year, the highest number ever, according to the report.

The governor also reiterated his vow last week made during the campaign season that he would veto legislative boundaries drawn by lawmakers during the redistriciting process.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said his assessment of the governor's 2016 - 17 budget proposal, released in January, will be out later this week, and he offered a sneak preview during a Capital Tonight interview last evening.

Governor Cuomo signed 23 bills into law today that were passed during the final days of session last week.

For the record, Brodsky insisted last week during an interview with me on «Capital Tonight» that 1) Cuomo has informed him he won't be endorsing anyone running for the job he's expected to give up to run for governor, and 2) the whole ticket - balancing thing is IRrelevant in this year's elections.

He also accused Koch of striking a «backroom» deal to amend the bill to address partisan concerns during a private meeting with the governor last week.

During his speech, he praised the media for putting issues in the spotlight, like the Buffalo Billion corruption case he brought last week involving some of Governor Andrew Cuomo's aides.

Governor Cuomo was asked during his appearance in Niagara County last week whether he'd sign it.

Paterson's top counsel, Peter Kiernan, told agency heads during a conference call last week that he had advised the governor his memorandum of understanding with labor unions reached in exchange for their support of a fifth pension fund tier clearly states the state can not «threaten» layoffs in 2010.

Asked about the spate of subway delays and derailments the governor has faced political heat over during the last several weeks, Cuomo noted the $ 32 billion spent on transit and the Lhota appointment.

Governor Andrew Cuomo last week, dismissed the director of the State Office of Emergency Management who is accused of misusing workers during Hurricane Sandy.

Last week, more than 100 transit riders and advocates rallied outside the governor's office in Midtown Manhattan during the evening commute to press for action on congestion pricing.

New York City councilman Jumaane Williams, who was among a group of lawmakers arrested outside Governor Andrew Cuomo's office last week during a housing rally, has been on both sides of the issue.

Although many people criticized the governor for renaming a bridge that his father dedicated to GOP governor and Westchester native Malcolm Wilson, Cuomo said the idea was first brought up by retiring Assemblyman Herman «Denny» Farrell, D - Harlem during a speech made during breakfast at the governor's mansion in Albany last week.

And the governor's comments don't square with the core of his political action - despite - partisanship narrative, which he articulated just last week during a speech at Harvard.

Cuomo lashed out after de Blasio, during testimony in Albany last week, claimed the governor and the Legislature weren't pulling their weight in funding city schools to abide with a court ruling.

A Twitter account for the Democratic governor's re-election campaign, @QuinnForIL, tweeted out an article last week that compared black voters supporting Quinn's Republican challenger, Bruce Rauner, to Jewish people collaborating with the Nazis during World War II against their own people in hopes of being spared the same fate.

They were at the opening of the New York State Fair in Syracuse Thursday, but many of these protesters have seen the governor in other venues recently — in New York City earlier this week during a policy summit; in Albany last week during the yogurt summit; and they are planning a mass action in the state capitol next Monday.

After the de Blasio administration announced the reversals of three co-locations of Moskowitz» Success Academy schools last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged to «save charter schools» during a massive rally on the steps of the Capitol.

City Judge Seth Peacock endorsed Howie Hawkins for governor during a speech in Ithaca last week.

Governor Cuomo, during his appearance in Buffalo on Friday, denied having any knowledge of wrongdoing by his peers and told both a group of reporters and an audience at Albright Knox Art Gallery that his father would have been «heartbroken» had the late former governor been alive to see last week's chargeGovernor Cuomo, during his appearance in Buffalo on Friday, denied having any knowledge of wrongdoing by his peers and told both a group of reporters and an audience at Albright Knox Art Gallery that his father would have been «heartbroken» had the late former governor been alive to see last week's chargegovernor been alive to see last week's charges filed.

Teachout suggested during a «Capital Tonight» interview last week that if Democratic women really want the governor to focus on women's issues, they should consider putting a Democratic woman (like her) in the governor's office.

During the last two weeks of the session — a crucial time, during which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech on ethics legislDuring the last two weeks of the session — a crucial time, during which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech on ethics legislduring which in 2011 the governor as able to wrangle votes needed to pass same - sex marriage — the governor took a trip to Niagara Falls and appeared in New York City for an airport groundbreaking and, away from the Capitol, a speech on ethics legislation.

Governor Cuomo made news on several fronts during his visit to Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo last week.

During a press event last week the governor of Kansas and the state's congressional delegation pointed to the transfer agreement as proof of the DHS's committment to building NBAF.

Assam, who was expected to announce his stepping down during a reception held in honour of Udom at the Eket township stadium last week, said he did not collect money from the governor, neither is he stepping down for anybody.

During a visit to New York last week, Biden called New York Governor Andrew Cuomo the best governor in the Governor Andrew Cuomo the best governor in the governor in the country.

Linda Lacewell, Cuomo's chief of staff, testified last week that she saw Percoco from time to time in his former office at the governor's New York City offices during the time Percoco was working for the campaign.

Last week, the Governor gave his full support to charter schools during a massive rally at the state Capitol.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo, the man who could compel the Legislature to return to session, made it crystal clear during a radio interview last week that he has no intention of doing so.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos rolled his eyes and shook his head — for good reason — when Gov. Scott Walker touted the administration's transportation budget last week during the governor's State of the State speech.

The paper reported the governors felt the school would work better in a smaller group in the region, and that the school's headteacher Simon Beswick had been suspended for five weeks during negotiations to leave the trust, which first started in January last year.

(Calif.) After a marathon hearing and a surprise visit by the governor last week, members of the California State Board of Education are not expected to make any major changes to a set of temporary regulations governing use of billions in new state money for schools during the coming year - long process to set permanent rules.

Oregon's Governor John Kitzhaber signed bill HB 2838 last Thursday, appropriately during Shark Week, which bans the sale, trade and possession of shark fins.