Sentences with phrase «minority leader in the state»

First elected to the state House in 2008 at age 24, Cain later served as the youngest House minority leader in state history.

Faso of Kinderhook, a former minority leader in the state Assembly and unsuccessful candidate for governor, is ahead of Millbrook businessman Andrew Heaney 50 percent to 28 percent, according to the poll.

Brian Kolb, of Canandaigua, the Republican minority leader in the state Assembly, announced his campaign for governor last month.

«Realistically, there's no way to compete in the standard media against Daines, who's bought up almost all the television time there is,» says Jon Sesso, Democratic minority leader in the state Senate and a political mentor to Curtis.

Not exact matches

Several organizations have emerged as leaders in the effort to help minority entrepreneurs in the United States.

As a world leader for freedom and the protection of basic human rights, the United States should take every opportunity to advocate for people — including Americans here at home — to think, believe, and act according to their religious belief whether they belong to a minority or majority religion in their nation.»

Minority leader of the state House of Representatives Todd Rutherford offered to represent her in court.

I may be a non-believer now, but I was raised Catholic, a religious minority in the US, and I know what it's like to be part of a misunderstood religion, a religion that even now, people think is weird, with the mystical aspects of Catholicism, the fact that we have a Pope who is the leader of not just the religion, but an independent state, the Vatican.

«As leaders, we welcome the concern expressed for religious minorities, including persecuted Christians,» stated the group letter in the Post.

Now, there might be some meat in your statistic, but I would need a quick dive into the politics of Nigeria, majority / minority impact of Islam in the state, local religious leaders and odds of personal connections to understand the context.

Not a bad idea: Illinois State Senate Minority Leader Emil Jones Jr. has sent a letter to the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners requesting that Ada Park in the Morgan Park neighborhood be renamed after Olympic gold medalist Ira Murchinson, who died last month at the age of 61.

A key reason behind the recent turnaround in breastfeeding among minority mothers in Illinois and particularly in the metropolitan Chicago area, state and local public health leaders say, is a common - sense peer counselor program launched in WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) clinics, which serve women who are poor and nutritionally «at risk.»

The conflict, in part, is easy to see, given that Spitzer elevated Paterson from Senate minority leader to lieutenant governor, who then became the state's first black governor following the March 2008 resignation.

This will be done in the form a «hand up» in the state Senate — a non-voting procedural move that will recognize the new members of the conference, said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in an interview Friday.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday joined the push for Democratic unity in the state Senate, urging the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to align with the party's mainline conference in the chamber.

Led by their leader, Honourable J. H. Mensah, the NPP Minority walked out of the House and boycotted the rest of the day's proceedings and that was the last that was heard in Parliament of «the Gwarzo affair» Nana Ato Dadzie and Kwamena Ahwoi stated that, they appreciate their time working under Rawlings and would never intentionally seek to discredit him in any way.

But Cuomo so far hasn't shown any signs of weakening his opposition to the state - level millionaire's tax (the federal level is OK, he says), and today he got some extra back - up from Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who said he wouldn't go along with a veto override, in the unlikely event that things get that far next year.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins this weekend will be traveling to the battleground 9th state Senate district in Nassau County to campaign for Democratic hopeful Todd Kaminsky.

His former running mate, ex-NYC Council Minority Leader Tom Ognibene (whom Edwards defeated on Sept. 14), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo (whom Lazio defeated for Row D in the primary before deciding to drop out of the general election), former Rep. Tom Reynolds, Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy (Paladino's earliest and most staunch support), Nancy Naples (former Erie County comptroller and chair of Paladino's campaign), state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, state Conservative Chairman Mike Long (although not today).

The New York Racing Association's board of directors, which came under state control in 2012 after years of controversy, recommended that the organization go back into private hands — but with a minority of members once again appointed by the governor and legislative leaders.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, a supporter of GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio, weighed in to express «reservations» with state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox's plan to establish an independent party, which has added to the perception that the idea is all - but dead.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins did not praise the constitutional amendment that would codify the Roe v. Wade decision in state law as backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, indicating more urgency was needed on the issue.

Klein can over play his hand one way: Being seen as denying significant power to Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Democratic minority leader who would be the first black woman to hold the majority leader post in state government.

He is competing for the party's official designation against Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse state lawmaker who entered the race in February and appeared to be the frontrunner after Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb ended his campaign.

«These electoral wins are part of the «blue wave» sweeping our state and nation which will help even more Senate Democratic candidates win in the upcoming General Election,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

«State government has a responsibility to invest in our kids and that means fully - funding our schools,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

«As we work to find creative ideas to grow our economy in New York State, empowering MWBEs is an important part of this effort,» Senate Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said.

It would certainly benefit Trump at the state level to have a Republican ally in the executive mansion — especially in a Democrat - dominated state, where elected officials — from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic minority leader, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have vowed to oppose the new administration on multiple fronts.

At 1:15 p.m., Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, Assemblyman Andrew Raia and members of the GOP conference will call for legislation to reduce Medicaid costs in New York, back of the Assembly chamber, 3rd floor, state Capitol, Albany.

State Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison will headline a fundraiser for the conference in June.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is yet to receive formal word she'll be allowed to participate in the top - level budget talks, which are likely to include negotiations surrounding changes to the state's sexual harassment laws.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins decried the «rogue Democrats» in the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying at a news conference on Monday they were «enabling the Republican agenda» in the state Senate.

At 1:45 p.m., Skoufis, Gianaris, Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Assemblymen Ken Zebrowski and Angelo Santabara, and Sen. Todd Kaminsky call on the Legislature to include a measure in the final budget that will prevent anonymous political ads on social media, outside the Senate chamber, state Capitol, third floor, Albany.

In addition, he served as the Economic Development and Small Business Liaison to the New York State Senate Minority leader from 2000 - 2003.

Last week, CBS News reported that Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid has identified a workaround in Massachusetts law that might prevent the state's Republican governor from appointing a temporary GOP replacement for Warren.

Faso has a long record of cutting taxes and closing budget deficits that go back to his tenure as Minority Leader in the Assembly, where he developed and pushed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — including the first reduction in state spending in decades while closing a $ 5 billion deficit.

Klein, leader of the breakaway «Independent Democratic Conference» which controls the state senate in cooperation with the Republican minority, faces Oliver Koppell in a Democratic primary on Tuesday.

A year ago, after state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx took part in a Senate «coup» attempt by aligning himself with the minority Republicans, Democrats wooed him back by giving him the title of Senate majority leader.

After moderate success in that election, Schneiderman quarterbacked then - State Senator David Paterson's effort to unseat longtime Senate minority leader Marty Connor, seen as an important step in changing the culture of the Democratic Party in the Senate.

Brian Kolb is the New York State Assembly minority leader, but he's not part of the closed door budget negotiations underway in Albany.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say a New York dairy farmer cooperative has reached an agreement to buy a Kraft Heinz plant in the state's Southern Tier, a move that will keep 125 jobs at the facility.

She began employment in the State Legislature as counsel to Assembly Minority Leader Pro Tempore Kemp Hannon in 1984 and served as chief counsel to Assembly Minority Leader Clarence D. Rappleyea, Jr. from 1989 through 1994.

But SNAP experts, advocates and several of Faso's potential Democratic opponents say the 65 - year - old former state Assembly minority leader is playing to his conservative Republican base in the purplish Hudson Valley - Catskills district at the expense of vulnerable low - income families and individuals.

Also removed were principal officers in the House which include: Majority Leader, Alhaji Musa Mahmud, Deputy Majority Leader, Mutawali Mohammed and the Minority Leader, Mrs Justina Nkom (SDP - Lamurde) State Constituency.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ate not one, but two sausage sandwiches at the State Fair — one hot, the other sweet — and reminisced about Big Norm, the massive pig who used to be on display there, but suffered a heart attack in 2008.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb has insisted he and his counterpart in the Senate, Democratic Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, should be included in the closed - door leaders meetings that hash out the details of the state budget as well as the particulars of legislative priorities.

As New York state's brewing and distilling industries continue to boom, the farmers who provide one of the key ingredients should be granted access to the same federal protections available in other states, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a radio interview on Monday knocked continued Republican control of the state Senate, saying the legislation that has been approved in recent years has been «watered - down» by the GOP.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

Also at 10:30 a.m., state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will hold a press conference with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Canandaigua Mayor Ellen Polimeni to release a report highlighting economic trends in the Finger Lakes region, New York State Wine and Culinary Center, 800 S. Main St., Canandastate Comptroller Tom DiNapoli will hold a press conference with Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Canandaigua Mayor Ellen Polimeni to release a report highlighting economic trends in the Finger Lakes region, New York State Wine and Culinary Center, 800 S. Main St., CanandaState Wine and Culinary Center, 800 S. Main St., Canandaigua.