Sentences with word «officeholder»

She is the last statewide Republican officeholder in a state where Democrats now control the governor's office, all seven seats in Congress and all state constitutional offices, such as attorney general.

In the past decade, more than 30 current or former state officeholders in New York have been convicted of crimes, sanctioned or otherwise accused of serious wrongdoing.

Astorino, who unseated the three - term Andrew Spano, is considered not just a rising star in the New York Republican Party, he is practically one of perhaps three current officeholders political insiders believe can be a statewide candidate in 2014.

A recent Newsday report on nepotism spotlighted North Hempstead as a town with some high - profile examples of officeholders situating family members in jobs.

The WFP has urged Democratic officeholders in New York to stand as a firewall of sorts against Trump and Republican congressional rule in Washington.

19) In the past decade, more than 30 current or former state officeholders in New York have been convicted of crimes, sanctioned or otherwise accused of wrongdoing.

But in the past, Pataki has been critical of former officeholders who lobby.

The state superintendent position is officially nonpartisan, but Evers has been heavily backed by Democrats, making him one of only three statewide officeholders with Democratic support.

An Astorino loss would practically clear the bench of Republican elected officeholders who would be seen as a logical choice to challenge Cuomo (Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin and Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro are also named as potential candidates).

It might be possible to make minor changes by statute, like preventing incumbent officeholders from double - dipping on their pension benefits while serving as a delegate, but most dramatic changes would require an amendment.

Jerry Falwell Sr. called for both President Clinton and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to step down from political office because their marital infidelities disqualified them from office and «lowered the moral bar for political officeholders in America.»

«It's been a long 12 years, it should have been eight,» he added in a jab at Quinn for orchestrating a 2008 City Council vote that altered the city's term limits law from two four - year terms for officeholders to three.

There's an election in the Village of Greenport on Tuesday, March 19, but it has nothing to do with officeholders moving on or out.

There's hardly an incumbent officeholder anywhere in the country who doesn't need to weigh the corrupting influence of money in politics against the very real need to raise cash to pay the obscenely expensive price of running for office.

In February 2014, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen and Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren — then, all new officeholders — participated in an Albany Law School forum called «Leading a New Era in City Government: Women Mayors of Upstate New York.»

He's also being sued separately for violating the Emoluments Clause — which prohibits federal officeholders from receiving gifts and payments from foreign states or their representatives — in his official capacity as President.»

Picking up even small, local offices is important because Reform Party officeholders serve as a conduit into the communities they serve, and aid the party in reaching out to voters.

It's the first - ever ruling on when a president's business dealings might violate the Constitution's emoluments clause, which forbids public officeholders from taking payments from other countries without congressional consent.

Their wedding guest list was a who's - who of New York politics, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Bloomberg and many other officeholders in attendance.

[1] He succeeded three - term officeholder Sandy Praeger (R).

It would also make donations by county workers to officeholders under their direct control, including Parete's, illegal.

They should also reach out to prominent online voices early, building relationships with relevant bloggers and Twitterers just as they would with local officeholders, party activists and journalists.

The directions will help minimise perceptions of conflicts of interest which arise when ATSIC officeholders are also members of bodies which ATSIC funds.

Democratic congressional candidate Dave Clegg is being endorsed by two prominent African - American officeholders in the 19th district, his campaign said.

Each of the five special elections for seats in the state Legislature was won by members of the same party as the previous officeholder.

Amedore's press release included a photo of the beaming host cutting a ribbon, plus a gaggle of Republican officeholders on this year's ballot, and two Democrats, Mayor Shayne Gallo and County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach.

Anyone over 21 who is a British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen can stand except peers, bishops, undischarged bankrupts, prisoners and certain officeholders including judges, services personnel, police officers and other civil servants (persons holding offices of profit under the Crown).

We're talking about the new legislative communications environment, and I'm going to be looking at the power of new citizen organizing tools to make officeholders» lives absolutely miserable.

«It was a unique period in the city,» he said, explaining his push for a third term for city officeholders.

Tuesday's primaries saw multiple vacant seats being all - but - filled, while several seats being vacated by sitting legislators also saw the election of the next officeholder.

Beyond that, however, most of the state's high - profile races were won by incumbents or individuals registered in the same party as outgoing officeholders.

Because the attorney general's office provides such an extraordinary opportunity for public service, there are already many prominent officeholders reportedly seeking the appointment by the Legislature to fill the vacancy or to run in the primary or general election.

Based on last year's results in New York, the New York fusion line supplied the margin of victory for almost 240 fusion candidates, and doubled the number of Reform Party officeholders nationwide.

Even a test - act that required officeholders to declare «their belief in the being of a God, and in the divine authority of the scriptures,» would not have satisfied, since it is easy to dissemble.

PLUGGING THE DRAIN Sirs: Your article, America down the Drain by Robert H. Boyle (Nov. 16), should by law or Constitutional amendment be required reading, rereading and digesting by the President, all members of his Cabinet, all Congressmen, state governors, state representatives and all other political officeholders ad infinitum.

Ironically, the mayor has already implicitly admitted wrongdoing in the matter the feds investigated, the apparent sale of city favors for contributions to his pet nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York: He has endorsed legislation to prevent officeholders from running similar «charities.»

A plan to impose term limits on future Erie County officeholders is coming back before the Legislature this week after it was first introduced last summer.

Somewhere here is a larger discussion about the thin line between useful accountability and overly worrying about the relatively small personal expenses that officeholders sometimes incur.

«One bright lining in the whole fake news debate is that major cable news operations are still more trusted than a single officeholder.

Take, for instance, the parliamentary budget officer — not merely the existential question of the office's future, but the small matter of the questions the current officeholder continues to raise about this government's management.

When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected in the 2005 conclave, many pundits viewed him as a temporary officeholder.

News of the tape filled the airways, and Republican officeholders began to back away from Trump (though out of cowardice more than principle, as it turned out).

Ron Paul, of course, is one of the very few libertarian officeholders with any national cachet at all.

It seems to me quite obvious that such officeholders can carry out their duty without hatred for the criminal, but rather with love, respect, and compassion.