Sentences with phrase «lieutenant governor when»

Senate attorneys said the state constitution does not allow for the appointment of a lieutenant governor when a vacancy occurs.

Paterson, who was lieutenant governor when a scandal led to then - Gov.

Paterson was lieutenant governor when a scandal led to then - Gov.

Paterson was lieutenant governor when a sex scandal led to then - Gov.

Not only has he established the Buffalo Billion and installed Zemsky atop the ESDC, but he selected former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul — a native of the Western New York city — as his lieutenant governor when running for re-election in 2014.

Not exact matches

Specifically, regarding the political motivations of Ailes» detractors, Guilfoyle — the former first lady of San Francisco when she was married to the city's former Democratic Mayor Gavin Newsom, who is now California's lieutenant governor — said Ailes and Fox News have been targets for a long time.

On whether other drivers defer to the Lt. governor: When I became lieutenant governor I told them, Don't treat me differently.

Duffy served as lieutenant governor under Cuomo until last year, when he declined to run for re-election and was replaced on the ticket by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Last year, Morelle objected when Kaloyeros and AIM Photonics Leadership council chair Bob Duffy, the former lieutenant governor, announced the project would be headquartered at the former Bausch and Lomb Building in downtown Rochester.

Slaughter was the Rochester regional coordinator for Mario Cuomo when he was secretary of state, then lieutenant governor.

He's been mentioned as a congressional candidate, and was reportedly on Cuomo's shortlist when he had to pick a new lieutenant governor last summer.

Mahoney, as you'll recall, was mentioned as a potential lieutenant governor candidate — perhaps as a running mate for Rudy Giuliani, back when we still thought he might run for something this fall.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

The former lieutenant governor stepped up to the state's top elected post when former Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after being named in a sex governor stepped up to the state's top elected post when former Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after being named in a sex Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after being named in a sex scandal.

Schneiderman hoped to succeed Paterson when he left the Senate to serve as lieutenant governor under Eliot Spitzer, but he lacked support among his fellow members, and by the time Democrats actually won the majority in the Senate in 2008, he was more or less on his way out.

A spokesperson for Hochul has since told WBFO the lieutenant governor was not aware of the allegations against Hoyt when she made the comment.

Cox won't say when the party will make its picks for governor, lieutenant governor, comptroller, and attorney general but says it will be when the time is right.

But they do work closely with Republicans, providing a cushion when the G.O.P. senators voted to strip the tiebreaking powers of the Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Duffy and to approve the Republican budget.

That's because his lieutenant governor, Kim Guadagno, whose entire job is to be around when Christie is not, was also on vacation, leaving the Democratic Senate president in charge.

Paterson, elected lieutenant governor in 2006, became New York's first African American governor when Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign the governorship after a prostitution scandal.

Their alliance has raised eyebrows considering their bad blood in the 2014 lieutenant governor's race, when Bacchiochi implied during a radio show appearance that Walker was a racist.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a challenge from Democrat Zephyr Teachout, which he is expected to easily win, but the governor could face a headache when it comes to the race for his running mate for lieutenant governor.

Ravitch recalled during his brief tenure as lieutenant governor taking note of the numerous lobbyists who came to town when the legislature was in session.

Wu, the candidate for lieutenant governor on the Teachout ticket, told Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Pressroom Wednesday morning that he would be open to considering reforming the laws when it came to helping small businesses.

«It was in 2007 when I chose him to become my chief of staff when I became lieutenant governor, it was then that he told me about his illness and his succeeding tax problems and that he was addressing them, and I think the record will show he was addressing them and that he inevitably paid off the old taxes.»

«When you look at who represents our government, the federal on down, the president, the vice president, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the mayor, the city comptroller, the speaker of the City Council, they do have one thing in common,» he added.

But the former lieutenant governor rebounded to win a competitive Democratic primary this year in Maryland's 4th District when Rep. Donna Edwards decided to run for the Senate.

A longtime state senator from Harlem, Paterson was lieutenant governor for two years when Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in a sex scandal.

New York history buffs will recall that Mario Cuomo was stuck with Al DelBello as his lieutenant governor back in 1983, when he really wanted Carl McCall.

A key problem for Jarjura was that he clearly ruffled some feathers in his hometown last year when he ran at various times for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and, finally, state comptroller.

Longtime gay activist Ethan Geto recalled that when the Assembly passed the marriage bill in 2007, «David, in what may have been an unprecedented act for a lieutenant governor, or any executive official, worked the floor of the State Assembly on the night that the vote on gay marriage was about to occur, encouraging and cajoling assemblymembers to support the bill and, importantly, making the crucial point that gay rights are fundamental civil rights.»

We seem to have gotten over Obama's hippie - days drug use, and, anyway, Paterson already admitted this back when he was running for lieutenant governor in 2006.

But when asked at the University at Buffalo Medical School about whether she would continue as his lieutenant governor, Cuomo was less enthusiastic.

De Blasio, however, did step up to support Cuomo's lieutenant governor candidate Kathy Hochul when polls showed a tighter - than - expected race.

«Bronx Rep. Jose E. Serrano, who served in the Assembly when Mario Cuomo was New York's secretary of state, lieutenant governor and governor, told me that the man was an inspiration.

In an interview with public radio and TV, the lieutenant governor says when she found out the real reason why he left, she wasn't pleased.

Excerpt from my latest City and State NY column, The Contradictions of Mario Cuomo: «Bronx Rep. Jose E. Serrano, who served in the Assembly when Mario Cuomo was New York's secretary of state, lieutenant governor and governor, told me that... Continue reading →

In July, Richard Ravitch was working his way through a steak dinner at Peter Luger's when an aide to Gov. David A. Paterson unexpectedly arrived to swear in Mr. Ravitch as lieutenant governor.

In 2006, she was considered for a few months to be the top contender to be Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant governor pick, and her name entered the conversation when Gov. David Paterson appointed a replacement for Clinton two years later.

The conversation deepened this month when New York City Council Member Jumaane Williams was endorsed for lieutenant governor by the Working Families Party.

That's when New York's lieutenant governor stepped in with a public response: «@Delta, as one of your most frequent flyers, know that the NY LG admires your principled stance.

«It's interesting to me that the Senate Republicans, which are led by Dean Skelos now from long Island, when we finally have someone from upstate who's in a position of power in the form of the lieutenant governor, Bob Duffy, attempt to strip him of one of the most significant powers he has.»

The lieutenant governor of Georgia on Monday raised eyebrows when he announced on Twitter he would reject tax breaks for the Atlanta - based Delta Air Lines should the company bow to social media pressure urging the firm to cut ties with the National Rifle Association.

The two shared an apartment in Albany when the elder Mr. Cuomo, now 77, was lieutenant governor to Hugh L. Carey and the younger was in law school.

On March 10, 2008, David Paterson, then lieutenant governor, was unwrapping a curried chicken takeout lunch in the State Capitol when the governor's office called to say that Gov. Eliot Spitzer had become embroiled in a prostitution scandal.

In January 2014, when we wrote the first draft of our election campaign plan for governor and lieutenant governor of New York, we set down what we thought were four ambitious goals.

Weingarten, former president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers, voiced a last - minute robocall supporting current lieutenant governor Hochul last September when the former Buffalo congresswoman faced what appeared to be a serious challenge from an anti-Cuomo insurgent candidate, Tim Wu, in the Democratic primary.

With a little over a month to go before the election, Hawkins and Brian Jones, who is running for lieutenant governor, have made strides in pulling together a bloc of people and organizations fed up with the status quo under Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo — at a time when, according to a Wall Street Journal / Marist poll, nearly half of New Yorkers think the state is moving in the wrong direction.

I think the governor and the lieutenant governor will employ a timetable [for announcements] that they will roll out when they get ready.»

ALBANY — An embarrassing challenge to Democratic gubernatorial front - runner Eliot Spitzer's choice for lieutenant governor ended yesterday when Leecia Eve, a Buffalo native who once worked for Sen. Hillary Rodham...