Sentences with phrase «speaker of the assembly in»

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.

Appointed speaker of the assembly in January, Regalado spent the first semester of the 2016 - 17 academic year as a typical assembly member.

Not exact matches

According to Hill and Nevada assembly speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, who both attended the meeting, Musk — who was in Europe, then due in Japan for its launch of the Model S — had a schedule conflict with the press conference.

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The two former female legislative aides at the heart of a sexual harassment scandal in the Assembly settled their legal claims against the disgraced former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the recently deposed speaker, Sheldon Silver.

«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

Astorino accuses Cuomo of «protecting» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver following a spate of sexual harassment scandals in the chamber by not calling for the longtime speaker's resignation.

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.

In her statement Nolan didn't officially end her bid to be speaker, as three men before her — Manhattan Assemblyman Keith Wright; Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, of Rochester — did last week in the face of Heastie's seemingly unstoppable momentuIn her statement Nolan didn't officially end her bid to be speaker, as three men before her — Manhattan Assemblyman Keith Wright; Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol and Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, of Rochester — did last week in the face of Heastie's seemingly unstoppable momentuin the face of Heastie's seemingly unstoppable momentum.

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 founders of a Manhattan law firm that paid Silver millions of dollars testified that they never expected the speaker to leverage his powerful position in the Assembly to refer clients.

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.

The eighth link features a photo of Heastie himself, standing on the rostrum at the front of the Assembly chamber on Feb. 3, 2015 — the day he was elected to replace Assemblyman Sheldon Silver as speaker, becoming the first African - American in New York history to hold that leadership post.

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.

A federal prosecutor accused New York's former assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, today of taking millions of dollars in legal fees as bribes, while a defense lawyer insisted there was nothing illegal about the transactions.

In contrast, Silver voted yes each of the 1,160 times a bill came before the Assembly in 2014, when he was still speakeIn contrast, Silver voted yes each of the 1,160 times a bill came before the Assembly in 2014, when he was still speakein 2014, when he was still speaker.

The Supreme Court's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviction.

«The speaker laid out a comprehensive agenda this week on issues like education, reproductive rights and criminal justice reform, so we have a lot of work to do here in Albany and that is what we will be focusing on,» said Michael Whyland, spokesman for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D - Bronx.

A spokesman for Heastie said the reforms «remain a priority» for the Assembly speaker, who vowed to «continue to fight for them in the remainder of the legislative session.»

Mr. Silver stands accused of two schemes in which Mr. Bharara alleges he used his position as Assembly speaker to rake in more than $ 6 million, which he presented as legitimately earned income for representing or referring clients in real estate or asbestos legal dealings.

For nearly a century, the State of the State was held in early January, with traditions including a cordial reception at the governor's mansion and a lavish brunch by the Assembly speaker.

Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.

Over 100 family members, constituents and lobbyists wrote letters on behalf of the disgraced former Assembly speaker, Silver himself apologized in a letter, and his lawyers pleaded for mercy.

Jurors could soon start deliberating in the bribery trial of New York's former assembly speaker.

«Five Governors (Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Elliott Spitzer, David Patterson and Andrew Cuomo) and three Assembly Speakers (Saul Weprin, Sheldon Silver and Carl Heastie) later, it is time for someone younger to challenge the status quo and stand up for small businesses and small communities that are so important to the fabric of our area of upstate New York,» Oaks said in his statement.

«I want to applaud the speaker and the Assembly for stepping up,» said Cuomo, who in a rare gesture, walked to the Assembly chamber on the third floor of the state Capitol to join forces with Heastie.

He opened the broadcast with a blast at the culture of corruption in Albany that enabled Silver, the Democratic former Assembly speaker, and Skelos, the Republican ex-Senate majority leader.

That case involved campaign contributions and also led to the overturning of the corruption convictions of two former powers in New York State politics — Sheldon Silver, the longtime Democratic speaker of the State Assembly, and Dean Skelos, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate.

But he is one of only three legislative leaders — including the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, and the Senate Republican leader, Dean G. Skelos — present in high - level meetings with the governor.

The jury drama in the corruption trial of former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver continued on Monday, as Juror No. 11, an African - American man from the Bronx, asked to be dismissed over a conflict of interest.

Queens Democrat Cathy Nolan in a radio interview on Thursday said electing a woman speaker of the state Assembly would bring a more «collaborative style» to the chamber's leadership.

In recent days, Heastie's use of his campaign funds, his donations and steering of member items to contributors have come under the magnifying glass as Assembly Democrats coalesce around his election as speaker.

Malliotakis, who is her fourth term in the state Assembly, described potential positives from a convention as including reducing the power of the Assembly speaker, legislative term limits and more equitable treatment of legislators.

In just a few years we have seen a governor, comptroller, senate leaders and an assembly speaker arrested or deposed because of scandal.

Barry was instrumental in the successful prosecution last year of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.

But Monday afternoon, in federal district court, Shelly — the once - affable, supremely self - confident speaker of the New York Assembly — became simply Silver, a grim - faced felon soon to be delivered to the custody of the US Bureau of Prisons.

Prosecutors took the first full day of testimony in the corruption trial of Sheldon Silver to lay out one of two bribery and kickback schemes they allege the former Assembly speaker undertook.

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York's former assembly speaker returns to federal court Monday to listen as prosecutors accuse him for a second time of collecting $ 4 million in illegal kickbacks from a cancer researcher and real estate developers.

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.

To quote Dicker's item: «Kolb has repeatedly and conspicuously refused to criticize Silver since becoming the Assembly's GOP leader in 2009 despite a series of scandals and allegations of ethical transgressions including the speaker's highly controversial approval of a secret $ 100,000 - plus settlement paid to female staff members of former Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, whom they accused of sexual harassment.

Still, despite the absence of the powerful Assembly speaker, both Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein reported headway in the budget talks.

Silver also said this was not a sign he would end his tenure as speaker, which began in 1994, making him one of the longest serving Assembly speaker in the state's history.

Here's the letter sent to Assembly Democrats by the «senior member» of the majority conference, Manhattan's Richard Gottfried, inviting them to a 6 p.m. meeting «to nominate the Assembly majority's candidate for speaker» in the 2011 - 2012 session.

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.

Most if not all major policy decisions, including the direction of a $ 168 billion budget, are still decided by three men in a room: the governor; the leader of the Senate, John J. Flanagan, R - Long Island; and the Assembly speaker, Carl E. Heastie, D - Bronx.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The request, made by Silver and the chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee, marks a change in the speaker's position.

NEW YORK (AP)-- A prosecutor says New York's former assembly speaker took millions of dollars in kickbacks, but his lawyer insists the money wasn't a bribe.

Four members of the Assembly — Latoya Joyner, Christopher Friend, Peter Lawrence and Jaime Williams — were not listed as speakers anywhere in their chamber's transcripts.

But things may feel a bit different in this week's retrial of Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker, whose conviction on federal corruption charges was thrown out last year.