Sentences with phrase «leader of both chambers»

Of these, four are selected by the majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the state legislature from a list of 25 candidates nominated by the state commission on appellate court appointments.

He added that it's important the next majority leader of the chamber be someone from the upstate region.

The legislative leaders of both chambers, majority and minority, must be made full - time legislators, banned from having outside employment and be provided with an increase in their salary.

This after the long - time leader of the chamber faces criminal corruption charges.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Assembly's speaker pro tempore said this morning Democrats have no plans to remove Speaker Sheldon Silver as leader of the chamber after his arrest this morning on corruption charges.

But with a month to go before the elections, state Senate Democrats, who if they win will make Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman leader of the chamber, said they are set to use Trump's latest controversy against every Republican candidate in a series of mailings and television ads.

Over on the Senate side, the Republican leaders of that chamber say they'll soon unveil a comprehensive legislative package including measures to help schools improve security.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein in a private dinner last week pledged to continue to bolster Senate Republicans, saying he wants to keep John Flanagan the majority leader of the chamber for a «long, long time.»

As members of the state Senate and Assembly work to balance the state budget, leaders of both chambers insist the costliest issues are education and health care won't be touched.

The Senate coalition faced criticism from minority groups that the agreement essentially concentrate power in the chamber in white lawmakers, shutting out the last vestige of black political leadership in state government (the IDC added a fifth member this week, Sen. Malcolm Smith, the former majority leader of the Senate and the first black leader of the chamber).

Jeff Klein is the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference and the man who is the co-majority leader of the chamber along with Republican Dean Skelos.

The IDC has long justified its alliance with Republicans to wary progressives by saying it has been able to push GOP leaders of chamber, including Majority Leader John Flanagan, to the left.

In January, members of the Assembly elected him to be the next leader of the chamber.

The move comes a day after Senate Democrats unsuccessfully sought to hold a vote on a resolution removing Skelos as majority leader of the chamber.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, participated in a pre-NAFTA delegation on January 22 in Montreal that brought together the leaders of chambers of commerce from across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

Dean Skelos insisted on Monday that he did not personally lobby his colleagues to pick John Flanagan as the new majority leader of the chamber, even as he personally supported his bid.

Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, asked the state's ethics watchdog entity to investigate a former staffer's allegations that he forcibly kissed her outside a Lark Street bar in 2015 — and incident he insists did not occur.

Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's GOP - allied Independent Democratic Conference, said the Child Victims Act did not come up in Tuesday's closed - door discussions.

Speakers at the event included Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, and Assemblyman Walter Mosley, a Brooklyn Democrat.

Assemblyman Brian Kolb, leader of that chamber's minority Republicans, said the «watered - down ethics package» that was enacted «hardly scratches the surface of what we need to do to restore public trust.»

A Democratic win would be both significant and symbolic: The Long Island 9 — a bloc of Republican lawmakers who hold all the seats in Nassau and Suffolk counties — would be broken up, while the seat once held by the majority leader of the chamber would be flipped.

The Moreland Commission was disbanded in April, 2014, as part of a budget agreement between Cuomo, Skelos, Silver and State Sentor Jeff Klein, leader of his chamber's Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference.

Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, is introducing a bill with a phased - in implementation of public finance around which he hopes to rally G.O.P. support.

Cox said former state Sen. Joseph Bruno, who rose to become majority leader of the chamber, and the late Rep. Jerry Solomon of Queensbury were two of the more prominent regional politicians who benefited from Nolan's support over the course of their careers.

The apparent ouster of Republican Sen. Michael Venditto by John Brooks on Long Island prompted the leader of the chamber's Democrats, Andrea Stewart - Cousins, to call for eight breakaway colleagues to coalesce with them into a single bloc.

State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, has supported de Blasio's tax plan, and was among the officials and advocates who raged against Skelos» declaration.

As well as every other locality in the state,» said state Sen. Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, which is allied with the ruling Republicans.

State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of her chamber's 23 - member mainline Democratic caucus.

During a cabinet meeting to address college sexual assault, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Klein would be part of the budget negotiations, despite not being the leader of the chamber.

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

We asked Flanagan what he would do to regain the trust of New Yorkers after corruption scandals deposed the leaders of both chambers of the Legislature.

State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's controversial Independent Democratic Conference, called him «a natural consensus builder who listens and respects the opinions of others.»

A senate panel approved a bill that would expand the state's seven - member judicial nominating commission, adding two commissioners who would be appointed by the leaders of each chamber.

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