Sentences with phrase «in the state assembly»

He also served in the state assembly from 1983 to 1994, serving two terms as assistant majority leader.

While there are more than twice as many Democrats in the State Assembly as Republicans, the next election should be closely fought.

Gabriella Rosa forfeited her seat in the state Assembly on Friday, after pleading guilty to two counts of falsifying information to the federal government prior to her 2012 election in a district in Upper Manhattan.

«We're hoping for some type of relief,» said Spano, who served in the State Assembly for nearly 20 years before being elected mayor in 2011.

Asked Richard Brodsky, who served 28 years in the state Assembly before retiring in 2010.

Despite a reported anti-incumbent, anti-Democrat mood across the nation, all the seated Democrats won another term in the state Assembly races in western Queens this year, according to unofficial election results from NY1.

The top Republican in the state Assembly said Wednesday that he fully expects his fellow party members to approve a budget provision that would exempt local governments from the state's prevailing wage laws.

Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, who represents Sunset Park and Red Hook, introduced a bill in the state Assembly last week that would ban pedestrians from using electronic devices while crossing intersections in an effort to drive down injuries.

He also served in the state Assembly before holding his current job running a county that is part New York City suburb and part country.

A resident of the town of Canandaigua near Rochester, Kolb has served as minority leader in the state Assembly since 2009 and was first elected to the Legislature in 2000.

At the time the Pataki administration and the Democratic majority in the State Assembly reacted coolly to the legislation.

The bill passed in the State Assembly with the support of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, but was blocked by Republicans in the State Senate.

The governor's use of executive authority — especially during the budget process — has annoyed Democratic lawmakers in the state Assembly as well.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he supports imposing a surcharge on for - hire vehicles as part of the state's estimated $ 170 billion, aligning himself with Democrats in the state Assembly as they push for similar fees.

Residing in Crown Heights, Remi is represented in the state Assembly by Walter Mosley, a Democrat who is uncontested in his primary and general election this year.

A bill was introduced in the state Assembly last year to enable tenants paying preferential rents to benefit from the program, but it didn't go anywhere in the Democratic - controlled chamber.

This Brooklyn Democrat served in the state Assembly from 2007 to 2013.

Tonko, an Amsterdam native who is completing his first term in Congress, represented the 105th District in the state Assembly for 24 years.

Kolb, who has served in the state Assembly since 2000, will remain as leader of the chamber's Republican conference.

She and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D - Bronx) said the delay is meant to give city and state lawmakers time to come up with a compromise before a vote in the state Assembly on the matter, where Democratic leaders were split on the environmental measure.

Jacque got crossways with some Republican leaders in the state Assembly in 2015 when he decided to hold a hearing on a bill calling for the repeal of the state's prevailing - wage laws.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Amid sharp questioning from lawmakers in the state Assembly on Wednesday, the top economic official in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration staunchly defended development spending that has fallen under federal investigation.

Ball, a two - term state senator, first won his seat in the state Assembly by defeating a longtime incumbent, Will Stephens.

A New York - based single - payer health care program has been approved numerous times in the state Assembly.

The Republican minority in the state Assembly is often the most ignored, least mentioned faction in Albany.

In the special election last month to fill the vacancy in state Assembly District 107 left by Steven McLaughlin after his election to Rensselaer County executive, Republican Jacob Ashby narrowly edged out Cynthia Doran, a Democrat, by fewer than 300 votes.

Former AG Oliver Koppell, who represented the Bronx for decades, first in the state Assembly and later in the City Council before losing an uphill battle for state Senator Jeffrey Klein's seat last year, has put his Bronx home on the market for $ 2.5 million.

DiNapoli and Diaz Jr. were colleagues in the State Assembly before DiNapoli's appointment to succeed Alan Hevesi.

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state assembly in Nevada in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign spending in state assembly races, including spending in both primary and general election contests.

In this position, Kavanagh will build upon his long record in the State Assembly championing election reform — working to modernize New York's antiquated election laws, remove improper obstacles to voting, strengthen campaign finance disclosure, and close loopholes to prevent monied special interests from exercising undue influence on elections and government.

Democrats in the State Assembly support public financing of campaigns and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is a long time proponent..

At a Republican gathering Sunday evening, City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) criticized the Democratic leadership in the state Assembly for redrawing legislative boundaries in a way that gerrymandered part of one northeast Queens district and minimized the voice of GOP voters.

Republican leaders in the state Assembly say it won't be easy to find the public money that the Milwaukee Bucks are seeking to help build a new arena.

Leno withdrew the bill on July 8, after a committee in the state assembly amended it to such an extent that he said it had become pointless.

[6] The case eventually reached the New York Court of Appeals, which ruled in favor of Stewart who was seated in the State Assembly at the beginning of the special session on July 11.

«During his 23 year tenure in the State Assembly, Joe Morelle has been a tremendous advocate for his constituents in the Rochester area as well as the entire Upstate region.

State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) could become Southold and Shelter Island's new representative in the State Assembly, if a redistricting proposal released today by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment takes effect.

«I have spent decades in the State Assembly fighting to build a progressive future for our state and, for the last ten years, I've been joined by Brian Kavanagh in that effort.

The Democrat Alice Cancel, in hat, would be a lock to replace Sheldon Silver in the State Assembly if not for an unexpectedly well - organized challenge from the Working Families Party candidate, Yuh - Line Niou.

«My job in the State Assembly in part is to count noses and to count heads so I knew that Assemblyman Heastie was at a critical point and I wanted to make sure that we came together as a Democratic conference in the Assembly,» said Morelle.

It died in the State Assembly without coming to a vote.

When he asked whether she opposed an effort in the state Assembly efforts to streamline the dismissal process in cases of teacher involvement with drugs, sex with students and child abuse, she said she didn't recall.

A letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this signed by the women of color in the state Assembly urged him to push for the adoption of early voting and the closure of the loophole in election law that allows for unlimited donations through a web of limited liability companies.

Some of the campaign reform measures have been approved in the State Assembly but have stalled in the State Senate.

«He is excited for the opportunity to continue the work he has done in the State Assembly on a local level.»

Full passage of the $ 142 billion state budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the early morning hours of April 1.

The act passed in the state Assembly earlier this week.

A bill proposed in the State Assembly, if passed...

Hinchey, a Democrat, first ran to represent what then was a heavily Republican Ulster County in the state Assembly in 1972, and he lost to incumbent H. Clark Bell.