Sentences with phrase «majority of elected officials»

«I don't want to ignore fact that there's been issues amongst elected officials, but I do believe the majority of elected officials go there for the right reasons,» said Heastie, adding that «in any industry you are going to have bad apples.»

Mark - Viverito had the support of the vast majority of elected officials, including three of the six out gay members of the Council: Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn, and Ritchie Torres of the Bronx, despite the fact that it is a direct subsidy to schools mostly run by anti-gay religious groups that made up the bulk of those lobbying for it.

The majority of elected officials are lawyers.

Not exact matches

But the narrative that the electorate is pushing elected officials towards trade - skeptical policies doesn't actually jive with poll numbers, which show that a majority of Americans think that increased trade is good for the economy.

While the majority of that sum came from Trump's already - underway reelection bid, roughly $ 72,000 came from the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and fundraising groups affiliated with other elected GOP officials, including Republican congressmen.

State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has asked Madison and Dane County leaders for records of their communications with Kraft Heinz officials — the latest round in a blame game between elected officials for the planned closure of Madison's Oscar Mayer plant.

The majority has the right to select our elected officials, not to dictate the lives of «minority» groups.

Third, elected officials are there to represent the elected, which does not mean if there are not more atheists in the government that it points to discrimination, but to the vast majority of US citizens holding religious beliefs.

Many of those officials were not elected by the majority of the eligible voters in their districts.

Add Nasasu County DA Kathleen Rice to the list of elected officials calling on Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. to voluntarily abdicate his leadership post and the perks that come with it in light of his current legal troubles.

Clarke eventually relented and joined the majority of her fellow Democratic elected officials, backing Clinton against Obama in the presidential primary.

In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.

Pelosi joins a growing list of elected officials and liberal advocacy organizations pressuring the Independent Democratic Conference to form an alliance with their mainline Democratic counterparts and hand the party a working majority in the Senate.

While it might account for perhaps even an unusually large percentage of elected officials being white males, it does not account for the ridiculously overwhelming majority.

Mayor de Blasio, Comptroller Stringer, Public Advocate James, Congressmembers Jeffries and Maloney and 21 Democratic Elected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County CommitteElected Officials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County CommitOfficials Endorse Brian Kavanagh Endorsements follow Kavanagh winning majority of 26th Senate District Democratic County Committee New York - Today, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh's campaign for State Senate was endorsed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Public Advocate Tish James, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries as well as 21 Democratic elected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committeelected officials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Commitofficials, following the conclusion of processes in Brooklyn and Manhattan that resulted in Kavanagh receiving 53 % of the combined Democratic County Committee vote.

Senate Majority Conference Leader John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) announced the committee Tuesday following five days of calls for his resignation from various elected officials at the -LSB-...]

Tedisco said the Majority's plan does not contain provisions for pension forfeiture for convicted felon elected officials who betray their oath of office, term limits for leaders, truth in spending to bring sunlight to state spending in the shadows to end quid pro-quos, or giving rank and file members the ability to bring legislation to the Floor for a vote and diminish the unbridled power that's been given to legislative leaders.

Federal prosecutors bringing corruption charges against elected officials are «out of control» and can ruin lives, former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno on Friday said.

Another example would be when elected officials vote against the party line for the sake of publicly standing when a bill is unpopular (conversely, popular) in their constituency, all while knowing that the majority is comfortable enough that a few dissenting voices (or a few more votes) won't matter.

We did what we said we would do and as elected officials there is no statement that makes you prouder to say when you can look at the people of this state and say we did what we said we would do, we changed the direction of this state for the better and we have and congratulations to all of you and let's take a moment to recognize once again, Senate Majority coalition leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Leader Jeff Klein.

Conservative Party officials will file what is known as a Wilson - Pakula authorization for Bergin - Weichbrodt as part of their ongoing campaign to pressure Senate Majority John Flanagan, the state's highest elected GOP official, to force out John Jay LaValle as Suffolk Republican chairman.

Working with the new majority in the Erie County legislature, I have been able to secure a new ethics law that increases transparency and reinforces public faith in the integrity of elected officials.

«The conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Skelos adds to the Albany's already swollen «Rogues» Gallery» of corrupt and unethical elected officials,» he said.

The poll comes in the wake of a stretch of high - profile corruption charges — including those facing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — 55 percent of voters say all state elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean slate.

The universal group of elected officials included State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Ben Boykin, Vice Chair Alfreda Williams and Democratic Majority Leader Catherine Borgia, Assemblymembers J Gary Pretlow and Shelly Meyers (who is the Democratic nominee for Latimer's vacant State Senate seat) just to name a few.

Supporters of the Senate GOP's narrow majority have considered the Republicans a check on a state government that is otherwise dominated by Democratic elected officials.

Kaminsky was first elected in a special election in April to fill the unexpired term of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican who was ousted after being convicted on charges of using his official powers to aid his son's business interests.

(announced Oct. 26, 2015) over 100 elected officials, community, coalition and grassroots leaders including... Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke U.S. Rep. Joseph Crowley U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins U.S. Rep. Steve Israel U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks U.S. Rep. Grace Meng U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice U.S. Rep. Jose Serrano U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez State Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Democratic Leader State Sen. Michael Gianaris, Deputy Democratic Leader State Assemblyman Carl Heastie, Speaker State Assemblywoman Earlene Hooper, Deputy Speaker State Assemblyman Joseph Morelle, Majority Leader... 2 of 2 Democratic U.S. Sens. and 18 of 18 Democratic U.S. Reps.

Senate Republicans starting this month will hold a series of hearings on the issue, with Majority Leader Dean Skelos pledging to review whether elected officials helped create a negative atmosphere that ultimately played a role in the recent shooting deaths of two New York City police officers.

In fact, the more disaffected members of the electorate (read: the majority of voters) might very well identify with Rice's explanation, although we do generally hold elected officials to a higher standard.

You should know, that with the certification of Senator - elect Cecilia Tkaczyk as the official winner in the 46 th Senatorial District, it gives the Democrats in the New York State Senate the right to become the majority and the undisputed leaders of the Senate.

But even an intense bipartisan lobbying campaign from fellow elected officials, business leaders and members of Congress did little to sway the Republican majority in the State Senate.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

Citing recent federal indictments of elected officials that have thrown New York's political world into «crisis mode,» Senate Majority Coalition Co-leader Jeff Klein plans to propose drastically curbing contribution limits...

On 4 December 2017, Franck Riester announced that his newly founded party Agir, consisting of various «Macron - compatible» elected officials of The Republicans (including a number expelled from the party) supportive of the government, a majority of which support the line of Alain Juppé, would present candidates in the 2019 European elections, not ruling out an alliance with the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) and other pro-European reformist parties.

Oh, and the «brains» of that operation was a Democratic state Senator, a former Senate Majority Leader * and one of the highest ranking African American elected officials in New York history, was bribing everyone he seemingly could find so that he could become the Republican nominee for NYC mayor.

John Berenger, the chairman of the Divide NYS Caucus, wrote in an email news release on Monday he wanted to see an end to the concentration of power by the state's top three elected officials — the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader — and hopes the convention is the best way to achieve that.

Unlike some New York elected officials, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco's campaign will hold on to donations from COR Development despite the arrests of two of its executives on bid - rigging charges.

«I believe that if we ban outside income from active employment for elected officials and pay them a livable wage to raise their families, it will go a long way to cure the temptation of a few to engage in this type of bad behavior,» said Bonacic, a veteran in the Senate's Republican majority.

«An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support ride sharing and elected officials, small business owners, clergy members and law enforcement officials had been clamoring for the service for years,» Uber spokeswoman Alix Anfang said.

The Erie County Legislature's Majority Caucus — Chairman John Mills, Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo and Legislators Lynne Dixon, Kevin Hardwick, Ted Morton and Edward Rath — is opposed to the Citizens Salary Review Commission's recommendation to raise the salaries of elected officials.

Among those running are three gay incumbents — Chelsea's Corey Johnson, Majority Leaader Jimmy Van Bramer of Queens, and Ritchie Torres, a Latino black man and the Bronx's first out LGBTQ elected official.

The WFP played a key role in helping the Democrats take the state Senate majority in 2008 and reached its apex in 2009 when it helped elect a handful of so - called «progressive» City Council members and its first citywide official, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio.

Eleven members of the board are appointed by elected officials: seven by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and two apiece by the majority leaders of the Assembly and Senate.

It's certainly true that in the months before this year's election, most elected officials have shied away from making the case for pay raises, and a majority of the incumbents and candidates who have publicly weighed in on the issue have opposed it.

Since then, Gallo has inveighed against alleged «party elites» and accused fellow elected officials — including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Common Council President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unsmajority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unsMajority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseat him.

In the media, by grandstanding politicians and elected officials, but the silent majority of New Yorkers are not protesting in the streets, the silent majority of New Yorkers are not laying down and disrupting traffic, the silent majority of New Yorkers know New York is the safest big city in America today,» he added.

I reported back in March, a source close to Cuomo said the AG would be unlikely to announce his candidacy until he cleared the decks of his various ethics investigations into fellow elected officials — including Gov. David Paterson and Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr..

During last month's Longwood Regional Legislative Breakfast in Middle Island, local elected officials told a group of Long Island educators they believe the majority of cuts in the governor's preliminary spending plan will be restored.

Though the 13th Congressional District has been traditionally a base of African - American political power, it is now majority Latino and could elect someone like Ms. Mark - Viverito, one of the most prominent Hispanic elected officials in the city.