Sentences with phrase «liberal issues»

Cuomo has often touted New York as a leader on liberal issues such as gun control and civil rights, especially on same - sex marriage.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein has countered in recent days will calls for votes on key liberal issues such as abortion rights and protections for transgender New Yorkers, inferring the bills still wouldn't pass amid opposition from lawmakers like Sen. Ruben Diaz, a socially conservative Democrat from the Bronx.

Gillibrand did say that Weiner «has always been a great advocate for civil rights, for health care for all, a lot of liberal issues that are important.»

Instead he should focus on «core liberal issues such as civil liberties and the environment, which the Conservatives seem intent on trashing», he said in the New Statesman magazine.

Advisers to Mr. Schneiderman said they did not believe that his emphasis on core liberal issues would come back to haunt him in a general election.

Cuomo also touted his own accomplishments on key liberal issues in New York, including the recent success of the minimum wage measure and a 12 week paid family leave program.

They say the minimum wage deal could have been stronger if the Dems were in charge of the Senate and argue a host of other liberal issues that have been blocked could move forward.

Both the NDP and Liberals issued minority reports.

A liberal in a conservative administration, Linsky became an important inside voice for more liberal issues that would otherwise have received little attention.

The top aide and advisor to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday pre-emptively took aim at New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams in a radio interview, questioning his commitment to bedrock liberal issues, as he considers a run for lieutenant governor.

Cuomo has continued to cap spending increases, but he's also emphasized liberal issues, and has been more unabashed in supporting tax hikes on the rich than before.

The governor proposed several initiatives that brought his platform further left towards liberal issues that de Blasio has been championing — such as increasing the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, mandating 12 weeks of paid family leave and offering up $ 20 billion over the next five years to address homelessness by providing 20,000 more supportive housing beds and 100,000 units of affordable housing.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday in an interview called Gov. Andrew Cuomo a «doubting Thomas» on backing liberal issues such as combating income inequality.

He believes, while Cuomo is a Democrat, he is center - right on economic issues, and weak on social liberal issues.

Mr. de Blasio is trying to be a leader on national liberal issues, calling for presidential candidates to more loudly address income inequality in America.

The IDC had previously called for votes on key liberal issues in the Senate through a «call the roll» campaign — indicating that even with a Democratic majority, the votes on concerns like abortion rights and campaign finance reform may not be there.

The left - leaning WFP reluctantly endorsed the fiscally conservative governor at its convention earlier this year after he agreed to help flip the Senate back into Democratic hands and to push for a host of liberal issues.

The news is Cuomo's latest reveal after he spent the past two weeks unveiling an agenda focusing on liberal issues like child - care tax credits, renewable energy, and criminal - justice reforms.

President Obama better not appoint anyone whose credentials on Roe v Wade or other liberal issues is questionable or he will face problems from his own party - you will hear loud and clear if he does the mantra - «who won this election?»

They note that while some major liberal issues have passed the Senate under Republican and IDC control, like a minimum wage increase and paid family leave, other major issues like criminal justice reform, the DREAM Act and ethics reform have foundered.

Virtually united on issues like property taxes and school aid, the split broadly stemmed from taking a harder line with Cuomo, a Democrat whose gun control policies and increasing emphasis on liberal issues has been anathema to the Republican base, especially among upstate GOP voters.

Democrats and liberal advocacy groups have accuse the IDC of helping prop up Republican control of the Senate; IDC Leader Jeff Klein has pushed back by calling for votes on key liberal issues, a signal that even with 32 Democratic enrolled lawmakers, the votes may not be there for key issues such as women's reproductive health.

The IDC, in turn, has questioned Felder's support for key liberal issues the left would like to see accomplished with a working Democratic majority in the state Senate.

For a start, these liberal issues appear almost as a footnote.

But even as Cuomo places a new emphasis on liberal issues, he has often stuck to a philosophy that is about reaching accomplishments and working with Republicans to secure legislative victories.

Unlike other Senate Democrats who expect Cuomo to come home to them because of their mutual support on key, liberal issues, Avella's attitude is that it's solely up to the governor as to whether he wants to keep Republicans in charge.

Here in California, we have a West Coast version of William Weld, Neel Kashkari, and he is right down the line on every liberal issue, and his stances run contrary to the California as well as National Republican Party platforms.

When Democrats rose to their feet and cheered loudly in standing ovations on liberal issues, some Republicans remained silent in their seats.

IDC spokeswoman Candice Giove also reiterated the splinter faction's call for the mainstream Democrats to «call the roll» an an array of liberal issues — given that several members of the conference lean conservative on abortion and same - sex marriage.

For Mr. Cuomo, calling for wholesale change at Rikers has been in keeping with several other forays he has made into criminal justice reform over the past year, part of a reinvigorated emphasis on liberal issues.

Sources within Alcantara's camp insist she will be a vocal proponent of liberal issues and likely clash with Senate Republicans regardless of which conference she sits with, while noting it is likely that the IDC will caucus with Democrats as Republicans are facing the potential negative impact a Trump candidacy may have on turnout.

Mrs. Clinton's advisers are most concerned that Mr. Sanders might prove effective, particularly in the Democrats» televised debates, at painting Mrs. Clinton as squishy or untrustworthy on liberal issues.

Over on the more specialist end of the market, John Sayles's latest effort «Amigo» (* 1/2) is just as unsubtle and untaxing a liberal issue drama as «Conviction» — minus the puppyish charm and fundamental narrative drive.