Sentences with phrase «on as assemblyman»

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Asked if he might seek to punish Boyland internally (according to the assemblyman's bio, he's serving as chair of the Subcommittee on Senior Outreach and Activities, which I'm not sure carries a lulu), Silver replied:

trader from whom Captain Maxwell Mahama bought snails, was the one who informed the assemblyman of Denkyira Obuasi that the young military officer was an armed robber, after she had seen the sidearm of the now deceased officer as he took money from his pocket to pay for the snails, police have told journalists at a joint press conference with the Ghana Armed Forces at the Police Headquarters in Accra on Friday, 2 June.

«William F. Boyland Jr., the four - term assemblyman representing the 55th district in Brooklyn, went on what for him might be described as a bill - drafting binge during the legislative session earlier this year — introducing a total of three measures in Albany.»

According to the police, without verifying the identity of Captain Mahama, the assemblyman and armed townsfolk accosted the military officers, gave him chase, shot at him, and eventually pounced on him using crude weapons such as cement blocks, clubs, among others, until he died around 10 am on Monday, two hours after he started a 20 km jog.

And yet Gillibrand in a statement on Monday praised Stringer's time as borough president and earlier tenure as a state assemblyman.

Rob Walker, a former Republican state assemblyman from Hicksville who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.

Farrell also challenged Cuomo's desire to kill member items for good, noting the governor has plenty of economic development cash to dole out on his own — or, as the assemblyman put it: «The governor has people who walk around with money in their pockets.»

After receiving 58.5 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election, Braunstein will replace fellow Democratic Ann - Margaret Carrozza as the assemblyman, based on unofficial results with all precincts reporting early Wednesday morning, NY1 said.

Weprin campaigned on his experience both in his two terms on the City Council, where he served as chairman of the Finance Committee, and his short tenure as an assemblyman since he was elected to that office in a special election in February.

Camara's endorsement comes just hours before district leaders will gather to vote on a successor to Lopez, who announced late last month he would not seek another term as chairman, thanks to the burgeoning sexual harassment scandal that has now enmeshed not only the once - powerful assemblyman, but three top state leaders, too: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Pataki, a career politician, went on to tar Weprin repeatedly as a «career politician,» a phrase that's been bandied about quite a bit by the Turner campaign in its bid to contrast the a longtime cable TV executive with Weprin, an assemblyman and lifelong Queens Democratic Party apparatchik whose father was the Assembly speaker.

The woman said the argument on the audio recording in which she accuses McLaughlin of roughing her up took place later that day as she and the assemblyman drove back to his Troy office on Hoosick Street after lunch.

A Democratic assemblyman who spurned his own primary this year and will run on the GOP and Conservative lines, Kearns looms as a major Zellner target.

He is a former state assemblyman in New York, who was elected by the state legislature as New York State Comptroller on February 7, 2007.

Prior to being an assemblyman, Mr. Thiele served as Southampton Town supervisor, as a county legislator on the South Fork and as Southampton Town attorney.

[Silver's] office held on to one claim of mistaken identity: The «Sheldon Silver Esq.» identified as counsel to United Jewish Council on the group's letterhead from all those years was not the assemblyman, but the other Mr. Silver.

In 2005, a task force I appointed (as Rockland's state assemblyman) reported that casinos then proposed for the Catskills would dramatically increase traffic passing on Rockland's portion of the Thruway — with real consequences for air quality, traffic safety and law enforcement activity.

Even if Silver loosens his grip on the legislature, it looks like he's a long way from letting go; there's no talk of him resigning as assemblyman for Manhattan's Lower East Side.

In fact, Staten Island has no problem electing Democrats on the local level, as State Senator Diane Savino and Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Matt Titone could attest.

As the assemblyman joins the Republican field, the race is still waiting on a high - powered Democratic candidate.

Silver, 71, avoided injury after losing his balance outside Manhattan federal court on Centre Street as a TV newsman and one of the Manhattan assemblyman's lawyers, Joel Cohen, grabbed him by his arms to catch him before he could fall.

Putting aside that new state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk trounced GOP assemblyman George Amedore in Ulster County by an official 8,804 on major - party lines, the hard - working Working Families Party came out a clear winner, its line providing the Democrat almost twice as many votes as the Conservative Party and Independence Party lines (for Amedore) combined.

Her campaign is pointing to votes Amedore took as a state assemblyman, including against bills aimed at helping mortgage - paying homeowners, as being on the side of wealthy landlords.

Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver heard from the defendant for the first time on yesterday, as the government introduced into evidence audio recordings between the assemblyman and various political reporters — including yours truly.

Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, drew scathing reactions from good government groups and reformers after he announced on Friday he was going to work for Hilltop Public Solutions, a campaign and public relations firm closely tied to Mr. de Blasio, while serving in the Assembly.

As the next assemblyman, I am firmly committed to spearheading the causes of education reform and government accountability on behalf of my constituents.

The candidacy of a 34 - year - old Bronx assemblyman — and veteran of President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House — to become a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee has drawn more enthusiasm nationally than in his native borough, where party leadership perceives him as an overly ambitious interloper using his local office as stepping stone on his way to glory in Washington.

Mr. Stringer, who was an assemblyman in 1999 and voted against the repeal, will describe his plan in a speech on Tuesday at a meeting of a prominent civic group, the Association for a Better New York, a regular stop for the city's presumptive mayoral candidates as they try to define themselves amid a crowded field of left - leaning progressives.

Assemblymen want to stop elected officials and state employees from cashing in on frequent flier travel miles, free hotel stays gained as a result of taxpayer - funded official state travel

«I'm willing to put my pension on the line and go back to Albany and vote a second time to strip it if I do anything wrong,» said Ceretto, who has 21 years in the state pension system as a local officeholder, State Parks employee and assemblyman.

Earlier today, a Republican candidate for governor, Rick Lazio, called on Cuomo to investigate the Senate's hiring of Espada's son, Pedro G. Espada, a former City Council member and assemblyman, as «deputy director of intergovernmental relations.»

«It's hypocritical of him to ask for their vote to be their senator, when he can't show up for work and represent them on important issues as an assemblyman,» said McGrath spokesman Marcus Povinelli.

But Moya's real target was Cuomo, who the assemblyman said needs to «show true leadership and to bring Senator Dean Skelos back to the table to open up talks on the Dream Act, just as [the governor] has in the past with tough issues like marriage equality and the SAFE Act.

One is a public - corruption squad that helped investigate Eliot Spitzer, the former governor, as well as two Queens assemblymen, Anthony S. Seminerio and Bryan McLaughlin, who were convicted on corruption charges in recent years.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched a digital attack advertisement on Monday claiming a Republican congressional candidate in California raised taxes and increased the costs of gas and energy in his district as an assemblyman.

«The world is changing and, as always, elected officials will be the last one on the train,» said Richard Brodsky, a former Democratic assemblyman and now a senior fellow at the Wagner School at New York University who has been at Occupy Wall Street.

Castro in the statement said he was «very proud» of his accomplishments as an assemblyman over the last four years and his work on behalf of new citizens.

Sam Hoyt, the former Buffalo assemblyman tapped to serve as senior vice president for regional economic development at the Empire State Development Corp., addressed an audience of approximately 65 individuals, primarily representatives of local and county government, on the $ 132.5 billion proposed spending plan.

Assemblymen Robert Castelli, right, and Joe Errigo, talk in the Assembly Chamber as they wait for work on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at the State Capitol in Albany.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

As New York's Chris Smith reported yesterday, state legislators reneged on a deal with Governor Spitzer and installed the assemblyman as the new state comptrolleAs New York's Chris Smith reported yesterday, state legislators reneged on a deal with Governor Spitzer and installed the assemblyman as the new state comptrolleas the new state comptroller.

Ms. Cancel also brought on her husband John Quinn — a local clubhouse leader close to the old assemblyman — as campaign manager.

Mr. Kolb, a Republican assemblyman from Canandaigua, N.Y., was elected by his colleagues on Monday as the new minority leader of the State Assembly, and pledged to bring a higher level of visibility to the position.

Long said Molinaro's experience as a county executive and former state assemblyman «makes him the all - away - around better candidate to take on Cuomo.»

Though the committee recommended Mr. McLaughlin be required to reimburse the Assembly for the cost of classes on «sexual harassment and retaliation prevention» as part of the sanctions, Mr. Heastie, a Democrat, said the assemblyman was not required to repay the fee.

Stringer has now intervened on the side of the bans, and he defends himself by saying he's only doing here what he's always done, whether as an assemblyman or borough president: empowering municipalities.

Unfinished Agenda on School Discipline A California assemblyman is once again trying to curb expulsions and suspensions for what's known as «willful defiance,» when kids act out or misbehave in class or during school activities.

After meeting with senators and assemblyman throughout the State over the course of two years and testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Budget Committee and the Assembly Judiciary Committee, the New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act passed all Committees unanimously as well as unanimously passing on the floor of the Senate and the Assembly.