Sentences with phrase «ouster of legislative leaders»

But under the radar this year, as lawmakers tussled over issues like rent regulations, mayoral control of city schools and the ouster of the legislative leaders of both houses, all but one of the Women's Equality Act bills quietly passed the Legislature.

Carl Paladino, the party's 2010 nominee for governor, has said he would seek the Conservative Party nomination if the GOP candidate didn't push for the ouster of legislative leaders in the Senate and Assembly.

Not exact matches

«We had all sort of unexpected situations develop,» Cuomo said, an oblique reference to the indictment and ouster of both Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, who started the year as legislative leaders.

The AG declined to criticize Cuomo for failing to wrest a more significant reform deal from the Legislature, saying the governor had a «lot of things on his plate» and an unusually difficult legislative session that saw the ouster of not one, but two conference leaders as a result of corruption scandals.