Sentences with phrase «legislative vacancies in»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will call a special election for the 11 legislative vacancies in the Senate and Assembly for April 24 in the coming days, a source with knowledge of the plan said Tuesday.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo formally scheduled a special election to fill legislative vacancies in the Senate and Assembly, Senate Democrats on Monday released a fundraising letter as part of the push to keep the districts in their column.

Not exact matches

«It's about understanding the legislative prerogative that the constitution gave in these vacancies,» he said.

On Wednesday, a joint legislative budget hearing on the environmental portion of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2015 - 16 budget was held regardless of the committee vacancy in the Assembly.

The special election being held today in Westchester County is one of 11 legislative vacancies being filled in the Legislature.

With a current division of 245 Republicans and 188 Democrats (and 2 vacancies) Democrats are decidedly out - of - power in the House and Gentile would face significant challenges in accomplishing any of his legislative goals.

Also it is always possible that the state will have special U.S. House or state legislative elections in 2013, should a vacancy arise.

Allowing a vacancy in a legislative seat for a year is not constitutional.

In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed, at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's legislative caucus to fill a leadership vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.

(b) When a vacancy occurs in a legislative office after the close of the nomination period in the final year of the term of office, no special election shall be held.

Perhaps it would be easier for the governor to fill the increasing number of vacancies in his administration if he and legislative leaders reach a pay raise deal.

The years served by any member elected or appointed to serve less than a full legislative term to fill a vacancy in office are not included in the 12 - year limitation; but no member who has completed 12 years in office is thereafter eligible to serve a partial term.

Mr. Cuomo declined to call special elections to fill numerous vacancies during the state legislative cycle in 2014.

Legislative vacancies should be filled in an open and transparent manner with the maximum amount of public participation;

Governor Andrew Cuomo recently set April 24 as the date for special elections to fill eleven legislative vacancies, eight in the Assembly and three in the Senate.

-- AG SCREENINGS BEGIN — POLITICO's Bill Mahoney: A joint legislative panel seeking to fill the vacancy in the state attorney general's office interviewed six candidates for the job on Tuesday.

Cuomo also said he is leaning toward calling a special election to replace Silver, who was automatically expelled from the legislature when he was convicted, in addition to filling two other legislative vacancies on April 19, the date of the presidential primary.

The Community Service Society estimated the number of rent - regulated units in each legislative district by allocating the rent - regulated apartments from the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey's sub-borough areas into legislative districts in proportion with the 2010 local census tract population.

«It's more about understanding the legislative prerogative that the constitution gave in these vacancies.»

Aiming to fill future vacancies left by the expected retirements of thousands of teachers in the next few years, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation following this year's legislative session that seeks to remove barriers that discourage out - of - state teachers from working in the state and provides incentives to encourage skilled teachers to work in the neediest schools.