Sentences with phrase «of the breakaway independent»

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

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.

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 member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Caucus sent out a Dec. 11 press release in which the «longtime champion of ethics reform» calls for «real solutions,» including the elimination of the LLC loophole.

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 Conference.

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.

State Senator Tony Avella, a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference representing Queens, sought to tie the property tax cap to the restoration of $ 209 million in Medicaid payments that the governor proposed cutting in his budget.

But Gianaris has a longstanding rivalry with Bronx state Sen. Jeffrey Klein, formerly the leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference and now the No. 2 Democrat in the state Senate.

The return of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference to the mainstream state Senate Democratic fold will be welcome news for New Yorkers only if it means more than a shift of political power.

Payroll records revealed that eight senators — including three members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, who collaborate with Republicans to run the Senate — have received tens of thousands of dollars in stipend payments as vice chairmen of committees during the last three years, even though the money is earmarked for the committee chairmen.

ALBANY — In the early spring of 2014, mainline Democrats in the state Senate and members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference waged war against each other.

More recently, the party has endorsed candidates challenging members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference in this year's elections.

Four of the Democrats re elected on November 6th are members of breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

The Working Families Party is escalating its efforts to unseat members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference of the New York State Senate.

The governor has enjoyed a good relationship with Senate Republican Co-Majority Leader Dean Skelos and with Co-Majority Leader Jeffrey Klein of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference — which together have denied the mainline Democratic conference control of the body.

The state senator is a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, which has enjoyed a power - sharing arrangement with the Republicans in the upper chamber of the State Legislature since 2012.

State Senator Tony Avella, who represents the neighborhood and is a member of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, was invited to event — but he accused Mr. de Blasio of purposefully inviting him only at the last minute to ensure he wouldn't be able to attend.

The Putnam County lawmaker was joined at a news conference by Sens. David Carlucci and David Valesky, members of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

That year, Republicans managed to win a narrow majority in the chamber without the help of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Mr. Cuomo headlined a Hurricane Sandy - related event this afternoon along with Mr. Grimm and fellow Republican leaders Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, Senator Andrew Lanza and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis — as well as Democratic Assemblyman Michael Cusick and State Senator Diane Savino of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference.

Valesky, D - Oneida, is a leader of the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference, an eight - member group that formed an alliance with Republicans to help the GOP maintain control of the Senate.

Not exact matches

A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

Snowden Lane Partners prides itself in not making a lot of noise around its practice of recruiting breakaway wirehouse teams to join its hybrid broker - dealer and independent investment adviser business.

In that spirit, under the leadership of Karel Farsky, an independent Czechoslovak church was formed as a breakaway movement from Rome.

A number of state Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they voted en masse against a GOP budget proposal last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.

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.

In the name of keeping the State Senate out of the hands of the sorts of Democrats who used to run it, Cuomo gave his blessing late last year to the formation of the coalition of Republicans and breakaway «independent» Democrats who now lead it.

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

[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.