Sentences with phrase «other state lawmakers»

Bruno's win has major implications for the dozens of other state lawmakers who hold outside jobs and have recently found themselves in investigators» cross-hairs.

The commission requested the lists from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein as well as dozens of other state lawmakers who are lawyers.

Assemblyman Gary Finch along with other state lawmakers renewed their call Wednesday to end the Start - Up NY Program.

You might think that the recent spectacle of both former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Dean Skelos being convicted of abusing their power for financial gain - or his son's financial gain, in Skelos» case - would have inspired the Legislature to embrace reforms, particularly after similar scandals had felled senators Vincent Leibell, Malcolm Smith, Pedro Espada and a conga line of other state lawmakers in recent years.

He joins several other state lawmakers who have been indicted, convicted, or jailed on various charges.

While Westchester County Executive George Latimer called for the resignation of the head of Con Edison and NYSEG, other state lawmakers like Sen. Terrence Murphy, a Yorktown Republican, has called for a hearing to evaluate companies» level of storm preparedness.

Assemblyman Gary Finch along with other state lawmakers renewed their call Wednesday to end the Start - Up

The governor had called on both Gabryszak and other state lawmaker accused of sexual harassment, Manhattan Democrat Micah Kellner, to either deny the charges or resign.

The same is true for the 28 other state lawmakers convicted during the past 12 years, in DeFrancisco's mind.

But prosecutor Jason Maismore said that Dean Skelos created a «vortex of corruption» and he wasn't deterred by other state lawmakers getting sent to prison or Silver getting arrested.

He subsequently said that his economic strategy was not as effective as he hoped in changing other state lawmakers» minds, and that he would focus on legal remedies in the future.

Finger Lakes area State Sen. Pam Helming (R - Canandaigua) and other state lawmakers speak out against a proposed trash incinerator in Romulus.

Other State Lawmakers looking to make the move to local office include Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin who is running for Rensselaer County Executive, State Senator Phil Boyle who seeks to become sheriff of Suffolk County, and several New York City lawmakers have launched campaigns for City Council, which is an increasingly popular destination for former state lawmakers.

Some of the groups are gearing up for the legalization of gay marriage in other states and a McDonald victory would bolster their argument for other state lawmakers and officials to make a similarly tough vote.

Castro secretly recorded conversations with other state lawmakers as a government informant for five years.

But Mr. Bharara, who once warned other state lawmakers to «stay tuned» to more investigations, has been criticized by some legal observers and even judges for his frequent public commentaries.

«With those college standards that were developed first, and then looking at K - 12, our previous Indiana standards really didn't fit that model,» Walker told Schneider and other state lawmakers Tuesday.

In March of 2012, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis and ten other state lawmakers flew to Florida on the dime of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina (PEFNC), an organization known for endorsing conservative education reform initiatives, including school vouchers.

Several other state lawmakers are either known or rumored to be eyeing open Council seats this fall.

Like other state lawmakers who have declined to run in the past three days, Vos said he wanted to concentrate on his own re-election and continuing his work in the Wisconsin Legislature.

U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R - Utah, wrote to Vos and other state lawmakers in December asking for examples of mandates on state, local, tribal and private sector entities.

On the second anniversary of the signing of the NY SAFE Act, Senator Rob Ortt (R, C, I — North Tonawanda), along with other state lawmakers, is pushing to repeal the law.

Following his investigation — and charges against — former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Bharara is reportedly looking at the outside income of a number of other state lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Morelle defended Sliver and other state lawmakers, who he believes, are being unfairly judged.

DeFrancisco and the 10 other state lawmakers who signed the letter to Cuomo said it only makes sense to include the tunnel and boulevard - tunnel hybrid options in the state's final comparison of alternatives.

Other state lawmakers who filed paperwork to become double dippers in January are Assemblymen Jeff Aubry, D - Queens; David McDonough, R - Nassau County; and James Pretlow, D - Mt.

The proposal builds on legislation previously advanced by state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D - Scarsdale), state Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island) and other state lawmakers.

Jeff Gural, a New York City developer who is a major campaign donor to the governor and other state lawmakers, placed a losing bet on an upstate racetrack — Vernon Downs — but still came out a winner when Albany granted him a $ 2 million tax break.

It appears Sen. Diane Savino — and a whole slew of other state lawmakers — is in Moscow, kind of an odd choice, given the current state of affairs.

But Cuomo, along with other state lawmakers, continues to play within the current rules for campaigning funding.

The scandals come as unwelcome news to other state lawmakers who are seeking re election this fall, and who may be asking Governor Cuomo to agree to a pay raise once the November voting is over.

According to the Daily News, Amedore accepted more contributions from the gun lobby, including the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a leading firearms industry trade association, than any other state lawmaker.

More than 30 other state lawmakers have left office under a cloud of criminal or ethical allegations since 2000.

But Mr. Silver's defense attorney Steven Molo said the government simply disapproved of the entirely legal fact that Mr. Silver and other state lawmakers can hold outside employment and, instead of trying to change such laws — which he said will present «inherent conflicts of interest» — the government was «leveling false criminal charges against one of the senior legislative officers, senior government officials in this state.»

Assemblyman Barclay said efforts by him and other state lawmakers to have the law repealed have been unsuccessful and offered little hope that can happen, noting the current political makeup of the state Legislature.

Gov. Cuomo and other state lawmakers will visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem and talk with a group of New Yorkers living in Israel, sources said.

Lasts week State Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano responded by saying he and some other state lawmakers are considering modifying the Hartford bailout.

Above is a rogues gallery of photos of the convicted officials and other state lawmakers who were suspected or accused of wrongdoing.

She, and any other state lawmaker, would be required to give up her seat for an L.G. run.