Sentences with phrase «of a breakaway conference»

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who brought the parties together to arrange the unity deal, now has a primary opponent in Cynthia Nixon, who has repeatedly attacked him for his countenance of the breakaway conference.

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It was not a wholly surprising development, but is the first tangible moment of fallout for the lawmakers who had comprised the breakaway conference returning to the minority fold.

He went on to tell a news conference Georgia's army was guilty of ethnic cleansing in the breakaway province, whose situation he compared to Kosovo.

In the statement, King knocks Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins for the growing influence and clout of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Benjamin is well aware of this designation, and explained by phone earlier today that his number one priority will be reuniting mainline Senate Democrats and the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference or IDC.

She also attacked Cuomo for being part of «an old boys» club of one actual Republican and two wannabe Republicans,» referring to John Flanagan, the Republican Senate leader, and Jeff Klein, leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which collaborates with Flanagan to rule the Senate.

Tomorrow will be a big day for the state Senate Democrats, as the eight members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference will formally rejoin the mainline Democrats.

Monday will be a big day for Senate Democrats, as the eight members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference will formally rejoin the mainline Democrats.

When Sen. Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining the Independent Democratic Conference, a growing group of breakaway Democrats in the Senate who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»

ALBANY — The Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has made raising the age of criminal responsibility a priority for this session, but some Democrats of color in the state Assembly are wary that the breakaway group will «water down» the issue and question its motives for pushing the measure.

Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.

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.

«New York City straphangers have suffered enough delays and we can not delay funding this project anymore,» said Klein, a Democrat who leads the breakaway group of lawmakers known as the Independent Democratic Conference, in a statement.

The talks have now become known as «four men in a mansion,» because the leader of the breakaway Democrats in the Senate, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, has been included.

Earlier this month, the mainstream Senate Democrats and eight breakaway members of the Independent Democratic Conference announced that they were joining forces for the good of the party.

In addition, all four members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — Sens. David Carlucci of Rockland County, Jeff Klein of the Bronx, Diane Savino of Staten Island and David Valesky of Onondaga County — were endorsed

The members of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a group of eight breakaway Democrats in...

As Clio Chang wrote at Splinter, Cuomo «has also worked to prop up the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight breakaway state Senate Democrats who caucus with Republicans, effectively giving them the majority.

«Whether they allow certain things to get done, it's up to them,» said Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in reference to the senate ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Democrats.

He became the eighth Democratic member of what is known as the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), a breakaway faction that caucuses with Republicans in the New York Senate, effectively giving the GOP a majority in a chamber that voters have all but decided should be in Democratic control.

Alcantara, an organizer with the New York State Nurses Association, has the backing of Espaillat and the breakaway Independent Democrat Conference, which has partnered with Senate Republicans.

The governor also told the Democrats that if they win and keep enough seats in November, they'll likely have to learn to work with a breakaway faction of Democrats, the Independent Democratic Conference, in order to form a governing coalition.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins is the first woman to head a legislative conference in the state legislature and the first black female Senate minority leader (now that a group of breakaway Democrats has disbanded).

ALBANY — Democrats unhappy with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference have added an item to their long list of complaints — the IDC's close relationship with the state's Independence Party.

Labor was divided in that race, which ended up being carried by Espaillat's hand - picked successor, Marisol Alcantara, who was also backed by IDC Leader Jeff Klein, of the Bronx, and has indicated (though her spokeswoman, Lis Smith) that she will join the breakaway GOP - allied IDC conference after her all - but - certain general election win in November.

[16] Kennedy received the backing of the New York State United Teachers and realtors, while Grant received the support of the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats who sided with Republicans in the Senate.

The Republicans lost the majority of seats in the Senate two years ago, but they have co-ruled the Senate since January 2013 with a group of breakaway Democrats, known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

As for the Independent Democratic Conference, a five - member group of breakaway Democrats who partner with the GOP to control the Senate, a spokesman said they were still reviewing Regents candidates.

Mr. Avella, the chair of the Senate Ethics Committee and a part of the five - member breakaway Democratic bloc known as the Independent Democratic Conference, said his bill would apply to public relations, strategic communications and campaign consulting firms earning more than $ 5,000.

Activists point to how Cuomo has enabled Republican control of the State Senate by failing to use the State Democratic Party to support Senate Democrats and actively supporting a group of breakaway Democrats called the Independent Democratic Conference that has empowered Senate Republicans in exchange for a say in policy and perks they wouldn't enjoy as part of the minority.

The only faction in the legislature that is currently supporting a repeal of Wilson Paula is the breakaway Democratic faction in the Senate known as the Independent Democratic Conference.

(Thanks to the complicated makeup of the State Senate, which includes a Democratic and Republican conference, a Democrat who conferences with Republicans, and a breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, the Democrats still will not control theconference, a Democrat who conferences with Republicans, and a breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, the Democrats still will not control theConference, the Democrats still will not control the chamber.)

Of course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic ConferencOf course, Mr. Cuomo is not the sole arbiter of the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conferencof the state budget — there's also the Democrat - led Assembly and the State Senate, now controlled by Republicans who are less than pleased with Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned hard for Democrats to take the majority and sought to end the GOP's ruling coalition with breakaway Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference.

Instead, two «conference leaders» will jointly steer the operation of the Senate: Republican Dean Skelos of Long Island and Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) of the breakaway Independent Democratic Cconference leaders» will jointly steer the operation of the Senate: Republican Dean Skelos of Long Island and Jeff Klein (D - Bronx) of the breakaway Independent Democratic ConferenceConference.

Queens Democrats recruited Liu, 47, to run after Avella, 62, left the Senate's Democratic conference to join the IDC, a breakaway group of Democrats that shared control with the Republicans.

The SAFE Act was sponsored by Sen. Jeff Klein (D - Bronx), leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, is one of the four men who will take part in the budget talks with the governor.

In a joint statement, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein say the breakaway Democratic faction that had ruled with the Republicans for the past two years has agreed to join in a coalition government with the rest of the Senate Democrats, giving them a potential majority after the November elections.

Heading into the 2013 legislative session, Skelos forged a co-leadership agreement with Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, that kept Republicans from losing control of the chamber.

ALBANY — Senator Jeff Klein and the other four members of a group of breakaway Democrats have reached an agreement to return to the Democratic conference this fall after the November elections, Klein and Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a release.

Brooklyn State Senator Jesse Hamilton announced this afternoon that he will leave the mainstream Democratic caucus and join the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — making some kind of power - sharing arrangement between two of the body's three factions inevitable.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under pressure from left - leaning Democrats to be a peace broker, last month called on the eight breakaway members of the Independent Democratic Conference to rejoin with the rest of the Democrats.

A faction of breakaway Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference has been in the news lately for receiving stipend payments for chairing committees that the Senators in fact did not chair.

The campaign by Rise and Resist focuses on the «destructive relationship» between Cuomo and the Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight breakaway Dems aligned with the Senate Republicans.

She's also drawn thousands of dollars in contributions from the State Senate's breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Sen. Jeff Klein, the breakaway conference's leader and the co-president of the Senate who entered into a power - sharing agreement with Senate Republicans last year, said the measure is not meant to supplant Cuomo's proposal, but compliment it.

When Senator Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining a growing group of breakaway Democrats in the Senate called the Independent Democratic Conference, who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»

Critics say Alcantara — who has taken heat recently for joining the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway group of Democratic senators who sometimes vote with Republicans — has put forward a spending plan that looks more like the Republican plan than the one she promised while campaigning.

But when they heard that Kruger actually wanted to say he's sorry for bringing shame to a conference already reeling from 1) the AEG scandal, 2) losing the majority last fall, and 3) experiencing an intra-party split that resulted in the breakaway of four rogue members who are now the IDC, certain senators made it clear they would not attend today's meeting if, as another staffer put it, a «certain person» is there.

Three members of the breakaway Senate Independent Democratic Conference, including Peralta and Savino, and five Senate Republicans were the recipients of the dubious stipends.