Sentences with phrase «longtime state committee member»
But leaders of the party said Saturday they would not play into Cuomo's «divide and conquer» tactics, instead nominating longtime state committee member Kenny Schafer as a placeholder candidate — a move, POLITICO reported Thursday, that gives them the option of backing whomever is picked by the Democratic Party during its convention in the coming week.
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Boyle also noted that as a longtime member of the codes committee in both the Assembly and the Senate, he has years of experience dealing with all of New York State's criminal justice laws.
Another issue in 2014 was the Democratic governor's perceived use of his judicial nominating authority to reward political loyalty; one of his two 66 - year - old nominees was Anthony Avallone, a former 10 - year state senator from New Haven and a longtime member of the Democratic National Committee.