Sentences with phrase «longtime opponents of»

In recent weeks, Trump doubled down, nominating champions of fossil fuels to several cabinet positions and peppering his transition team with longtime opponents of environmental regulations.

Some longtime opponents of regulatory approaches to climate run the numbers and show the scant impact of the bill in isolation.

Once the deliberations ended, however, longtime opponents of Council member Chin unloaded on her, calling attempts to focus on smaller areas of Chinatown for rezoning racist and exclusionary.

Levi told Dicker legislators should be aware of the «new political calculus» in Albany, noting two longtime opponents of gay marriage — Republican Frank Padavan and Democrat Bill Stachowski — were successfully ousted in 2010 and replaced with «yes» votes (Democrats Tony Avella and Tim Kennedy, respectively).

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization, is embracing the Just - Say - No attitude towards marijuana and links the industry to violence and crime as he begins his role as the nation's top attorney.

AT&T, a longtime opponent of net neutrality, this week said it would join the day of action, though many regarded its claim as a cynical tactic.

Sessions, a longtime opponent of marijuana, has hinted at initiating a federal crack down on state - legal marijuana businesses for the better part of a year.

The counter-meeting will be led by Bart Haggerty, a longtime opponent of Ragusa and the brother of John Haggerty, who is currently on trial on allegations that he stole $ 1 million from Michael Bloomberg by falsely promising to use the money for ballot - security operations.

Democratic Assemblyman James Skoufis, a longtime opponent of the proposal, was first to speak at Thursday's forum.

«Hopefully the governor will have the details we've been asking for in short order,» said state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Old Westbury), a longtime opponent of the project who says he now is «willing to listen,» along with his constituents.

John O'Hara, the longtime opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Joe Hynes and the Brooklyn Democratic machine, and the only person since Susan B. Anthony convicted of registering to vote, said that his attorney got a phone call today about a possible pardon from Peter Kiernan, the counsel for Governor David Paterson.

Silver's action immediately led to calls for Lopez's resignation as chairman of Brooklyn's Democratic Party from Lincoln Restler, a state committeeman and longtime opponent of the assemblyman.

WRVO's Dave Bullard says that's leading a longtime opponent of strict marijuana laws to have some home that change will come soon.

Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), a longtime opponent of the natural gas drilling method and ranking minority member of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, said the poll showed a grassroots movement against hydrofracking is resonating in New York.

At the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — a longtime opponent of third party litigation funding — the arm of the federal judiciary that oversees procedural rules recently decided to consider whether courts should mandate disclosure from civil litigants using third party funding to finance their legal claims....

Burr has been a longtime opponent of Huawei and other Chinese telecoms companies in the United States, dating back to at least 2010 when he and other senators advocated blocking Sprint from using Huawei infrastructure in its network.

Not exact matches

To some, Gov. Rick Scott, who hasn't been a staunch critic of drilling, only changed his mind to secure enviromental credentials in his run against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, a longtime drilling opponent.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino has launched a new attack against his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of taking a «payoff» from his longtime friend, former employer and campaign contributor, real estate magnate Andrew Farkas.

Former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, a longtime friend of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's family, is now trashing her as she seeks reelection to a second full term, and will endorse her GOP opponent, Chele Chiavacci Farley, today.

A Democratic primary opponent of Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2014 and an associate law professor at Fordham, Teachout is a longtime critic of money driving corruption, nationally and in New York.

Their opponent, the daughter of longtime Planning Board chair and Rosendale Street Festival organizer Billy Liggan, has been widely known around town since she was a baby, while Hughes is a relative latecomer by small - town standards, having moved to Ulster County in his 20s.

The latest: Just days after the challenger came out in favor of full pot legalization, longtime legal - MJ opponent Cuomo announced «the situation has changed drastically with marijuana.»

The longtime president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association and frequent opponent of efforts to reform Rikers Island was arrested this morning on charges of wire fraud after an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Ms. Cucco, a Bay Ridge resident, enjoyed the support of Mr. Brook - Krasny, Bay Ridge Councilman Vincent Gentile and former Coney Island Councilman Domenic Recchia Jr. — a longtime political opponent of Mr. Treyger's mentor, Assemblyman William Colton.

The Ohio Republican's primary opponent, tea party - backed J.D. Winteregg, is using Boehner's name in a parody themed campaign ad, which accuses the longtime congressman of having «Electile Dysfunction.»

Pramilla Malick is a longtime CPV plant opponent and chair of Protect Orange County.

The state superintendent race pits two former school district superintendents and longtime educators against each other — a proponent of expanding school choices and an opponent of the state expansion of taxpayer - funded school vouchers.

On Friday, I received word of another longtime TNR opponent stepping into the fray — and this one might surprise some readers: PETA.

Indeed, the reporting is hardly what we've come to expect of the Post — with writer Lisa Grace Lednicer quoting 10 - year - old papers written by longtime TNR opponents David Jessup and Paul Barrows rather than actually contacting them.