Sentences with phrase «speaker of the assembly»

Though he stepped down from his powerful position as speaker of the Assembly in January, after he was arrested, Silver — who pleaded not guilty to all charges — has repeatedly told constituents and the press that he will be vindicated.
Another Senate leader, Dean Skelos, and the former speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, were convicted of masterminding schemes that defrauded taxpayers of millions of dollars and sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
The assembly is very interesting that has been a sleeper I think we're going to win enough seats there, maybe 10 or more that would give us more than 50 seats and the ability to uphold the governor's veto, and be a player in the selection of the next speaker of the assembly.
NEW YORK CITY — Bronx representative Carl Heastie was elected speaker of the Assembly Tuesday, becoming the first new person to hold the position in two decades and the first black speaker in the body's history.
Appointed speaker of the assembly in January, Regalado spent the first semester of the 2016 - 17 academic year as a typical assembly member.
Perhaps the most prominent opponent to a methadone clinic sought to relocate to Manhattan's financial district in 2011, was Sheldon Silver, then the powerful speaker of the Assembly who represented that neighborhood.
We've added Speaker Miller — the Democratic speaker of the Assembly — he's with us.»
Lanky with bushy sideburns, Schumer joined the assembly's basketball team, where he played guard alongside Sheldon Silver, now the powerful speaker of the assembly.
The longtime speaker of the Assembly, Silver was removed from the post after his arrest on corruption charges, but remained in the chamber pending the outcome of his trial.
Silver not only represented his district since 1977, he also served as speaker of the Assembly for just over 20 years — the second - longest tenure in state history.
«She holds herself as an advocate for women, yet she makes apologies for the New York speaker of the Assembly who has paid hush money to cover up a sexual harassment scandal,» Long said.
NEW YORK CITY — Sheldon Silver is out as speaker of the Assembly just days after his arrest on federal corruption charges in an alleged bribery and kickback scheme.
There's very little downside to Lhota doing this, considering that even if he does win, the mayor of New York and speaker of the Assembly tend to have a relationship that is automatically adversarial (see: Bloomberg, Michael).
Consider the time he waited to indict Shelly Silver, the decades - long speaker of the Assembly, a sphinx - like figure who stood as permanent pillar of power over successive governments in Albany, until the day after Silver stood on stage with Cuomo at the annual State of the State address.
«I decided to run for state Senate the day [Sheldon] Silver was arrested,» said Killian, referring to the former Democratic New York state speaker of the Assembly.
His election as speaker of the assembly not only benefits the Bronx, but his finance and budget background would make him a valuable asset to the entire state.
«He's the first African - American speaker of the Assembly,» Carey said of Heastie.
New re-elected speaker of the Assembly, Sheldon Silver, and re-elected Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno stand near the podium before Governor Pataki delivers the State of the State Address on January 8, 1997.
Should Skelos resign, he would follow Sheldon Silver's decision to step down as speaker of the Assembly following his own arrest on corruption charges just months ago.
According to a NY Post report, the president of the NY chapter of the National Organization for Women, Zenaida Mendez, said she believes Sheldon Silver, NYS speaker of the Assembly, should resign over his handling of the Vito Lopez sex harassment case.
But so long as Shelly Silver remains speaker of the Assembly, Cuomo's governorship will be held hostage by Shelly's corruption.
Ms. Nolan, as she noted in her statement, would have made history in her own right as the first female speaker of the Assembly.
Prosecutors said Silver, who stepped down from his powerful position as speaker of the Assembly after he was indicted, abused his office to earn nearly $ 4 millon in kickbacks disguised as a legitimate salary.
This time the cases of Sheldon Silver, former speaker of the Assembly, and Dean Skelos, former majority leader of the Senate, are being watched nationwide as test cases of federal prosecutors» ability to win public - corruption convictions under a new legal standard.
A coalition of reform Assembly Democrats unveiled their membership and priorities ahead of a February 10 vote to determine the next speaker of the Assembly.
«That includes the sponsor of the bill in the Assembly — the Majority Leader Joe Morelle — who's actually an upstate guy, he's a Rochester guy, and the newly elected speaker of the Assembly, Carl Heastie, has co-sponsored the bill in the past,» said Kennedy.
All three of the men who negotiate budgeting and legislation in Albany — Mr. Cuomo; Mr. Flanagan; and Carl E. Heastie, the Democratic speaker of the Assembly — have said they support the measure, though Mr. Heastie has expressed concerns about safety.
In early February, Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the Assembly, resigned from that post under pressure from his Democratic colleagues.
Silver, a Lower East Side Democrat, has served as speaker of the Assembly for more than two decades.
He was first elected by a district on the Lower East Side in 1976, rose to speaker of the Assembly in 1994, and has methodically consolidated his control of that half of the State Legislature.
Silver, the powerful speaker of the Assembly, is a genius of delay and inscrutability; first elected in 1976, he has heard more calls for urgent action than he can possibly count.
«From at least in or about 2000 up to and including in or about January 2015, Sheldon Silver, the defendant, engaged in a secret and corrupt scheme to deprive the citizens of the state of his honest services as an elected legislator and as speaker of the Assembly by using the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income earned by Silver as a private lawyer,» states the indictment.
«It's not my place to say who the speaker of the Assembly should be or the leader of the Senate should be or the minority leader.
At the 7:30 - minute mark Paladino talks about putting Silver «in one of those Roman cages, OK, so that people can see the guy who has tormented New York State for the last 15 years while he's been the majority leader of the, the speaker of the Assembly.
The bill would require eight - year caps on leadership posts in the Assembly and Senate — applying to the temporary president of the Senate, speaker of the Assembly and the minority leaders of both houses.
«He created a fight with the speaker of the Assembly and ended up in a caucus of one.
He was also briefly considered a potential candidate to replace Sheldon Silver as speaker of the Assembly.
When do you think you first knew you wanted to be speaker of the Assembly?
First there was the obvious: Cuomo didn't weigh in on whether Silver should be jettisoned as speaker of the Assembly, a post he's held since 1994 and since amassed a great deal of power and influence.
Mr. Jenkins is a veteran Democratic consultant and lobbyist, but his stock shot through the roof after his old college roommate, Carl Heastie, was elected speaker of the Assembly.
A similar bill in the State Assembly seemed poised to follow until, later on Tuesday, the speakers of the Assembly and the City Council agreed to delay enacting the bag fee while city officials amended the city's bill to the Assembly's liking.
So, Picente has sent letters to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the senate majority leader asking them to cease action on the bill.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the speaker of the Assembly say they hope the state Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.
It appears likely that a legislative session in which the speaker of the Assembly and president of the Senate have both been indicted will not end with any significant new reforms.
Supporters say the skills that helped Heastie secure and keep control of the Bronx party will allow him to succeed as speaker of the Assembly.
She says at the time Sheldon Silver was speaker of the Assembly, and there were concerns that he would also be president of the constitutional convention.
In February, Carl Heastie took over as speaker of the Assembly, and on Monday, John Flanagan became majority leader of the Senate.
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