Flanagan leads a conference of 32 members in the 63 - seat chamber, and
several upstate members stated publicly that they did not want to return to the Capitol and were uninterested in the passel of goods that Cuomo was pushing to assent to a pay hike.
Not exact matches
The federal probe into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
upstate development projects has extended to
several members of the governor's inner circle, including his former aide Joe Percoco, longtime lobbyist Todd Howe, and companies who have worked on a portfolio of
upstate economic development projects.
Over
several months, many Assembly
members, including Republican James Tedisco of
upstate Glenville, Kolb's predecessor as minority leader, have told The Post that they're convinced Silver has directly or indirectly blackmailed Kolb into silence because he possesses some evidence or allegation of improper conduct against him — a claim Kolb's spokesman strongly denied.
Rep. Dan Maffei, one of
several upstate House
members on the GOP's target this fall, will get a boost Monday when President Clinton makes a quick stop in Central NY to headline a campaign rally on behalf of the Democratic freshman.
In New York, Ms. Gillibrand, a former House
member from a conservative
upstate district who had just been appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, was moving to the left on
several issues in anticipation of a primary this year.