Sentences with phrase «pro-romney upstate county»

The upstate counties send $ 2.3 billion to the state to help pay for Medicaid.

He suggested that the Assembly plan will carve up many upstate counties.

He flatly predicted that Long, who has strong support from upstate county chairs and the backing of the state's Conservative Party, was not the best candidate to take on Gillibrand.

Nobody should be holding up the upstate county sales taxes.»

But another contender, Gary Berntsen, has the support of four of the state GOP regional vice chairs and a number of upstate county chairs, too.

... But other issues — like the sales tax extensions for suburban and upstate counties set to expire in November — are highly likely to come up.

With the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll just three days away, AG hopeful Eric Dinallo announced he has secured yet another endorsement from an upstate county chairman, bringing his tally to 21.

When the law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2019, Ulster will join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

Five upstate counties already receive full funding for legal services from the state, the result of a lawsuit that state officials settled with the New York Civil Liberties Union in 2014.

Soon after the payments, Pasarell — a lawyer who unsuccessfully accused an upstate county legislator of stalking her — started volunteering for two of Lopez's political enemies in Brooklyn.

These projects will deploy broadband across nine REDC Regions, addressing unserved and underserved areas in every upstate county as well as Long Island.

And Erie is hardly the only upstate county where the fiscally and demographically absurd passes for near normal.

He voted against seven bills that would either lengthen hunting seasons or in upstate counties or expand the variety of firearms that can be legally used, and opposed a measure that would let Cornell students older than 21 take a handgun safety course designed for minors.

It would most likely serve to prove the popularity of the SAFE ACT among the majority of upstate counties and send the «message of necessity» back to the democratic party.

She appeared poised to sweep nearly every upstate county...]

Her BFF and crony, corrupt Chuck Schumer, has been as big a failure — and upstate county flybys won't hide that fact.»

She appeared poised to sweep nearly every upstate county Tuesday evening, save for possibly Albany County, where the Chairman Don Clarey had backed Turner.

The New York State Police, facing questions over a plan to divert troopers to New York City from upstate counties, have sought to restrict the release of information that would show staffing changes across the state.

Collins said the move wasn't about exacting revenge on a political enemy and it was only to help struggling upstate counties with their portion of Medicaid costs.

Joining them are Bronx DA Robert Johnson, Rockland DA Thomas Zugibee, and prosecutors from Albany, Erie and other upstate counties.

NYPAN believes that Cuomo can be beaten, he lost most upstate counties to Zephyr Teachout in 2014, and now the subway and suburban railroad crisis has eaten into his support in the downstate areas which were his stronghold in 2014,» Schwartz said.

The poll, which surveyed voters in 52 upstate counties, found most upstate residents believe the state is headed in the wrong direction, 59 percent to 34 percent.

Malpass was endorsed last week by a slew of upstate county committees, including Wayne, Oneida and Essex.

While predominantly Republican, the GOP conference isn't leaving anything to chance in the Southern Tier district, where its largest county, Broome, voted to re-elect Cuomo last year (one of only a handful of upstate counties that backed the incumbent Democrat over Republican Rob Astorino).

Fundraising was a concern that Astorino repeatedly went back to, including when asked about why he was able to win so many upstate counties, but was defeated in New York City.

He and Hochul made a strong showing there in the September primary, even as the governor did not do terribly well in other upstate counties against his opponent, Fordham Law School Prof. Zephyr Teachout.

Cahill conceded Hein's statement that most upstate counties were included in the credit, but noted the original legislation defined «upstate» as west of Albany.

The state investigation has focused on whether de Blasio or his aides violated state election law by funneling donations to Democratic candidates through upstate county committees during the party's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to control the State Senate.

The upstate county chairman, meanwhile, said he believed the possibility of an independent slate was being pushed by some local party leaders close to former Gov. George Pataki, who has repeatedly promoted himself as a potential candidate for president.

Albany, NY — Host Alan Chartock is joined by Republican Assemblyman Peter Lopez, who represents parts of seven upstate counties.

Gillibrand was addressing the annual convention of the New York State Rural Democratic Conference, which represents and supports Democrats in 47 upstate counties.

Some pro-Romney upstate county chairmen are so nervous that they've begun talking about sending an «uncommitted slate» of delegates to the GOP nominating convention if Gingrich wins Florida, in hope that a brokered convention would lead to the selection of a better candidate, a county chairman told The Post.

All but a handful of upstate counties have some form of public transit system, mostly buses.

Catsimatidis also said de Blasio solicited him to donate $ 50,000 to an upstate county Democratic committee that wound up going to candidates the mayor was trying to help win election as part of a failed effort to win Democratic control of the state Senate.

Three months later, eleven upstate county chairs contemplating a special election settled on Dede Scozzafava, a thoroughly moderate Republican who had previously been endorsed by the Working Families Party.

The provision takes the total available credit for filming in upstate counties to 40 percent, without altering the cost of the original credit program for taxpayers.

If approved, Ulster would join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

As the largest upstate county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the state.

Additionally, these numbers include only donations made to state - level committees, and do not examine several five - and six - figure donations that unions made to upstate county committees in an attempt to indirectly aid Senate Democratic candidates.

Schoharie County in New York took perhaps the hardest hit from Tropical Storm Irene compared to any other upstate county.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo will today visit the three upstate counties selected for new casinos by the state's Gaming Facility Location Board.

And she acknowledged that upstate counties were won by President Donald Trump in the 2016 election in part due to economic concerns.

Still, the results were similar to September's primary, when Cuomo did well in the downstate region, but lost upstate counties to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor.

ALL upstate counties but 2 is the minority!???

Cuomo has implied that the impact of Medicaid spending cuts would be felt only in upstate counties and on Long Island — the same parts of the state that would stop contributing to the costs of the program under the House GOP bill.

Cuomo's office in a joint statement with Senate leaders, including Republican Dean Skelos, touted the recent upstate jobs numbers that showed a 2 percentage - point drop in joblessness in upstate counties between December 2012 and December 2013.

De Blasio and his operatives made the decision — now under investigation — to heavily use upstate county party committees to raise money in 2014 for Senate Democrats only after they feared the governor was not prepared to spend what he promised, sources on all sides of the matter said.

Flanagan's candidacy to succeed Skelos had been opposed by upstate county Republican chairmen as well gun - rights advocates, who had sought to mobilize around DeFrancisco.

It also includes dairy farms and university cities, and in nonpresidential elections it leans Republican: 43 of 51 upstate counties voted for the Republican challenger to Gov. Andrew Cuomo two years ago, driven partly by opposition to tough new state gun restrictions he championed after the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Conn..

DeFrancisco, a Syracuse Republican, has the backing of gun - rights advocates as well as large upstate county chairmen.