Sentences with phrase «led the state assembly»

The Democrat - led state Assembly has proposed a $ 200 million boost for NYCHA.

Speaking with reporters during NARAL's lobby day in Albany, Miller said she did not want to wade into the politics of who should be leading the state Assembly as calls mount for Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down for his handling of the confidential settlement.

Opposed by Mayor de Blasio, it died in the Democratic - led state Assembly; Cuomo called it a political decision and went ahead anyway issuing new emergency regulations

Last year, the Democrat - led State Assembly passed the Child Victims Act, but it stalled in the Republican - led Senate when Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Smithtown) decided not to bring the bill to a vote.

Many of the New York state measures backed by Cuomo and the Senate Democrats are also supported in the Democratic - led State Assembly.

It should have no problem receiving support in the Democratic - led state Assembly, but state Senate Republicans have been skeptical of the plan in the past.

The measure was approved earlier this year in the Democratic - led state Assembly, but it stalled in committee in the state Senate.

The Democratic - led State Assembly has embraced similar measures in the past, but they have stalled in the State Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and independent democrats.

The congressional oversight of the PFOA situation in Hoosick Falls comes as the Democratic - led state Assembly plans hearings on water quality issues in early September, assessing issues on both Long Island and in the Capital Region.

Back in February 2007, The Democratic - led State Assembly elected Assemblyman Thomas P. DiNapoli as state comptroller to replace Alan Hevesi who had resigned in disgrace.

The bill to raise the state's minimum wage from $ 7.25 cents an hour to $ 8.50 cents has been approved in the Democratic led State Assembly, but faces opposition form Republicans who control the Senate.

In 2016 the State Board of Regents and the Democratic - led state Assembly supported restarting the phase - in, but Governor Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate did not support it.

The measure was approved earlier this year in the Democratic - led state Assembly, but stalled in committee in the state Senate.

ALBANY - ALBANY — Setting up a budget fight on education, the Democrat - led state Assembly said Thursday it opposed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call for a tuition hike at state universities and favored boosting aid to K - 12 schools by $ 2.1 billion — more than double the increase the governor suggested.

The items have support in the Democratic led State Assembly, but are stalled in the State Senate.

And McLaughlin, a former commercial airline pilot, says he's pleased that the Democratic led State Assembly has now agreed to hold hearing, bringing the number of inquiries to three.

The Democratic - led state Assembly approved the Child Victims Act last week, but its prospects for passage in the Republican - led Senate are less likely.

On this mild autumn Tuesday, the man who led the state Assembly for more than two decades wrapped himself in the system of Albany.

The Republican - led state Senate, for its part, maintained the holdup was not over state Sen. Simcha Felder — a Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans — or yeshivas as the governor and the Democratic - led state Assembly said but over the Assembly's push for a pay raise.

In 2016, the State Board of Regents and the Democratic - led state Assembly supported restarting the phase - in, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republicans in the state Senate did not support it.

Not exact matches

The measure has been approved by the Democratic - led Assembly in recent years, but has stalled in the closely divided state Senate, led by Republicans.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was critical on Thursday of an effort being pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to have the state take over low - performing public schools, saying it could potentially lead to them becoming charter schools.

Both the city and statewide bar associations on Thursday backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have legal clients of state lawmakers disclosed — a proposal backed by the Democratic - led Assembly, but not Senate Republicans.

Democrat Jen Lunsford in a statement pointed to the measures backed by the Democratic - led Assembly that, among other things, banned bump stock devices from being possessed in the state and a bill that would make it easier for those deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others to lose their firearm through a court order.

For minority lawmakers, especially in the Democratic - dominated Assembly, a change in the state constitution, or a complete overhaul of the document, could lead to more equity in how things get done at the Capitol.

The leading health committee lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly on Thursday called on Congress to re-approved the federal Child Health Insurance Program at the enhanced match rate before it expires at the end of the month.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he still expects the Republican - led Senate to take up an increase of the state's minimum wage, though he downplayed any need for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lobby for the measure.

Between January and July of this year, 998 bills were passed in the Democrat - controlled state Assembly, while the GOP - led Senate approved 1,896.

The race had hinged in large part on two different visions: Faso was knocked by Teachout for his work as a lobbyist and tenure as a state lawmaker in the Democratic - led Assembly.

The Democratic - led Assembly over the next two days will take up a package of a dozen bills aimed at reforming the criminal justice system in the state.

The public - financing measure is one that's been blocked in the GOP - led state Senate in the past year, but is supported by the Democratic - controlled Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Led by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblyman Nick Perry, chair of the state Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, a delegation of legislators and staff embark today on a humanitarian effort to bring aid and support to residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Republican - led state Senate, for the fourth consecutive session, passed legislation to crack down on violent gangs — but Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie shot it down.

It was this upbringing, and it's embrace of the shared and common struggles of Queens middle - class families, that inspired Grace to lead a life of public service as a public interest lawyer and now as a member of the New York State Assembly.

He also referenced his time in the Assembly where he worked with both sides of the political aisle and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

They should follow the lead of the State Assembly, which on June 7 passed the Child Victims Act, a bill that would extend the time victims have to bring a case.

Faso has a long record of cutting taxes and closing budget deficits that go back to his tenure as Minority Leader in the Assembly, where he developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

Reverend Jim Ketcham, a Baptist minister who is on the New York State Council of Churches executive board, called the budget so far «obscene and immoral» for not increasing funding for the needy and not including proposals by the governor and the Democratic - led Assembly to increase taxes on the rich.

Two men who reportedly led a group of hoodlums to attack the convoy of the Speaker of Katsina State House of Assembly, Abubakar Kusada, were arraigned...

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

As a member of the New York Assembly, Faso developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

While New York State's Republican - led Senate did not include any congestion pricing in their budget resolution, the Assembly did include a watered - down version of Fix NYC's plan in theirs.

That case involved campaign contributions and also led to the overturning of the corruption convictions of two former powers in New York State politics — Sheldon Silver, the longtime Democratic speaker of the State Assembly, and Dean Skelos, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate.

Also perhaps affecting the governor's ranking: Mario Cuomo didn't blame a Heastie - led Assembly for holding up the first late state budget in seven years.

The legislators, all Democrats, say Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie is supportive of their plan, but it has to also pass the state Senate, which is led by a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

Recall that Million was once declared wanted by Lagos State former Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, in December 2012, after he led a four - man gang of kidnappers to abduct former Majority Leader of Lagos State House of Assembly, Tofeeq Adeniji, in Lagos, and took him through the rivers to Delta State, where he demanded N30 million as ransom.

Tedisco's push comes as the Democratic - led Assembly plans to hold water quality hearings in early September and as the House Oversight Committee is reviewing the state's handling of the contamination concerns in the rural village.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly and Republican - led state Senate are at odds over a plan to extend control of New York City for Mayor Bill de Blasio, which is due to expire next month.

New Jersey's Democrat - led Assembly passed a measure that would force the governor's beach house to close during a shutdown, while a second measure they approved would keep state parks open.