Sentences with phrase «of a breakaway faction»

But on Tuesday Cuomo did just that, brokering a reconciliation between Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the leader of the Senate Democrats, and Jeff Klein, the leader of the breakaway faction, known as the Independent Democratic Caucus.

Mr. de Blasio backed State Senator Jeffrey Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats that govern the senate with the GOP, over challenger Oliver Koppell, who Mr. Rivera endorsed.

The head of a breakaway faction of state Senate Democrats, IDC Leader Jeff Klein, says his group is not ready to abandon its five - year alliance with the chamber's Republican majority just because former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was caught on tape trashing them.

ALBANY - The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats, edged away from an agreement made with the mainline conference of Democrats earlier this year, saying in an interview on Monday that «a lot has changed.»

After Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of a breakaway faction of Democrats that governs the senate with the Republican Party, received a Senate Democrat - backed challenge from ex-Councilman Oliver Koppell, Mr. Klein asked Mr. Cabrera to run against Mr. Rivera, a chief critic of the senate's power - sharing agreement, sources say.

The Democratic leader of New York's state Senate and the head of a breakaway faction of Democrats are criticizing each other over their continuing rift.

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This particular church is a «breakaway faction» of South Korea's Unification Church, which is widely regarded as a cult, according to the Associated Press.

Cuomo has come under fire from the left wing of the Democratic Party and its allies in the Working Families Party who do not believe he has done enough to assist the so - called regular Democrats in reuniting with the breakaway, eight - member IDC faction to help them re-take the majority in the Senate.

A faction of breakaway Democrats in the state Senate has been gaining members lately, but they are now facing a backlash, including raucous opposition at meetings in their districts.

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.

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.

He told Afia Pokua that the former statesman finds himself in a tight corner as his wife leads the National Democratic Party (NDP), a breakaway faction of the NDC.

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.

As leader of the five - member breakaway faction that allied with Republicans to form the chamber's governing coalition (and keep Democrats from assuming the control that should have accompanied their mathematical majority), Klein has been justifying the partnership since it formed in 2012 as a win for progressives, rather than as a means of self - empowerment.

The breakaway faction has more recently noted that both Felder and a number of conservative - leaning Democrats might not support the DREAM Act should it come to the floor, meaning even a united blue front could not pass it.

The leader of the Independent Democrats in the state Senate denies that he forcibly kissed a former staffer, and says he intends to remain as leader of the breakaway democratic faction.

But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county legislature that has more members of his own party seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.

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.

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.

Progressive activist groups angered over the IDC's siding with Senate Republicans are calling on Klein to resign, a move that could weaken the breakaway faction's cohesion and improve the chances of mainline Democrats gaining the majority in the chamber.

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.

Whichever party wins control of the New York state Senate on November 8, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

«Senator Gillibrand believes it's vital to have Democratic control of the State Senate and it should be led by the Democratic Majority that wants to get things done for New Yorkers, not a breakaway faction.

It could also be any number of small breakaway factions running amog in Syria.

The party broke into factions over the weekend as 12 of its former governors and no fewer than 14 former ministers led the breakaway group, which is labelled, Concerned PDP Stakeholders Steering Committee.

And there's been growing pressure in recent weeks on the breakaway faction of Senate Democrats whose alliance with Republicans keep the GOP in power.

The war of words between two competing factions of Democrats in the state Senate took a new turn on Monday, as a group of breakaway Democrats issued a new challenge to their rivals.

It took the return of the Reform Movement and other breakaway factions for the NDC to again win an election in 2008.

The comments came as part of a defense of state Sen. Jeff Klein, who leads a rival faction of breakaway Democrats and has been an outspoken supporter of charter schools.

According to the report, Cuomo told the mainstream Democrats to look to the leader of the breakaway Democratic faction, Sen. Jeff Klein of the Bronx, to learn how to be more effective gaining seats in the suburbs.

Four candidates are running for the seat including former City Councilman Robert Jackson, Micah Lasher, a former aide to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, activist Luis Tejada and Espaillat's hand - chosen candidate Marisol Alcantara who has received financial support from the breakaway faction of Democrats in the state senate, the IDC, who have an alliance with Republicans.

There are currently 32 Democrats in the Senate, but the breakaway faction and Mr. Felder side with the Republicans, giving them control of the 63 - seat chamber under the majority leader, Senator John J. Flanagan of Long Island.

By recruiting Senator Jose R. Peralta of Queens this week, and two other members in the fall, the conference has evolved from a breakaway group of Democrats into a full - fledged independent faction in the State Senate and the fulcrum of a four - year - old coalition.

Whichever party wins control of the state Senate on November 8th, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

Whichever party wins control of the state Senate on Nov. 8, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

Repeal efforts in the Senate, where Democrats have a numerical majority, have been stymied by a breakaway faction of Democrats.

The ANSARU leader, which is a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, was also responsible for the kidnapping of two European civil engineers in Kebbi State in May, 2011, and their subsequent murder in Sokoto State.

The mayor labored feverishly behind - the - scenes last week to broker a deal between the Senate Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction of Democrats, to govern the senate together after the fall elections.

A faction of breakaway Democrats in the New York State Senate has been gaining members lately, but they are now facing a backlash, including raucous opposition at meetings in their districts.

Gillibrand's office quickly replied as if they had been waiting to be asked: «Senator Gillibrand believes it's vital to have Democratic control of the State Senate and it should be led by the Democratic Majority that wants to get things done for New Yorkers, not a breakaway faction.

But Democrats have little power to push legislation through: The Senate is controlled by Republicans and a breakaway faction of Democrats.

Valesky intends to stay a member of the Independent Democratic Conference, a breakaway faction that formed in early 2011, according to his chief of staff, Jessica DeCerce.

Now we hear from the head of a breakaway Democratic faction.

Known as Bitcoin Cash, the new currency arrived via a so - called «fork» in which a faction of people who run the software that controls bitcoin started a breakaway version.

Upon the creation of the new chain, the breakaway faction chose to award Bitcoin Cash on a one - for - one ratio to every owner of bitcoin.

Coinbase's headaches are tied to a breakaway faction of bitcoin miners, who are responsible both for generating new coins and for the software called blockchain that is used to record transactions.