Sentences with word «speakership»

The council has passed nearly 700 bills under Mark - Viverito, easily twice the pace of the previous speakership of Chris Quinn.
When former Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito of East Harlem captured the council speakership in 2014, Crain's ran a photo of this then - six - year - old firm's founders on its cover.
Blake has emerged as a major critic of the mayor over the past few years, while Meng is an ally of Congressman Joseph Crowley, the Queens Democratic boss — who clashed with de Blasio and his left - wing allies for control of the City Council speakership after the 2013 election.
Bolton — St. Johns became known in the 1990s as the firm led by Mel Miller — who had lost his Assembly speakership because of a conviction subsequently overturned — and Norman Adler.
Rep. Paul Ryan announced his formal bid to seek the House speakership after the various factions of the GOP conference signaled they would support him.
The new political landscape Ideally suited to President Trump's new agenda is Congress, where the Republican majority and incumbent of the House Speakership, Paul Ryan (Republican, Wisconsin and ardent Ayn Rand follower), wait keenly to embrace a new «new right» agenda of anti-welfare, pro-business and anti-labour, dismantled government and reduced taxes.
His criticism was broader, however, saying «I don't believe that she can be an effective counterweight to the mayor» and characterizing a Mark - Viverito speakership as a «disaster.»
By 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, Mr. Seddio, haunted by memories of Brooklyn's loss of spoils in the last speakership fight in 2005, had agreed to a deal, effectively throwing Mr. Crowley and Mr. Heastie under the bus.
When informed that a Morelle speakership wasn't going to fly, the governor's next choice was his former handpicked Democratic State Party co-chairman, Assemblyman Keith Wright.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio refused today to pick a favorite in the ongoing speakership tussle taking place in the Assembly Democratic conference, though he stressed that whoever is ultimately selected to lead the chamber must be «fair» to the five boroughs and keep his city's best interests in mind.
The dramatic resignation of the MP for Ribble Valley from the deputy Speakership, after being charged with eight counts of sexual misbehaviour, was actually the biggest departure of the year.
When the Assembly speakership opened up for the first time in a generation, a handful of contenders for the office was quickly whittled down to one: Assemblyman Carl Heastie of the Bronx.
Morelle checks none of those boxes, and where Heastie has advantages, Morelle's potential speakership comes with liabilities.
«Don't try to distract me,» she said when asked about a possible speakership bid last month.
During Tambuwal speakership, the post was zoned to the south west but because we lost it, a zone got the two top appointments in the land.
The House of Representatives lost a respected consensus builder and a strong homeownership advocate when Robert Livingston, R - La., abruptly walked away from his upcoming speakership of the 106th Congress.
Peter Vallone Sr. joined his brother - in - law Anthony Constantinople's lobbying business in 2002, when term limits finally forced Vallone from the council speakership after 15 years.
In the real world, Silver, who had already resigned the powerful Assembly speakership he held for almost 20 years, was automatically stripped of
The mayor - elect, this source speculated, may be reluctant to step in because a Mark - Viverito speakership would immediately confront him with issues such as non-citizen voting in municipal elections, a question he is not interested in taking up at the outset of his administration.
In a related development, Concerned Youth of Kogi State, has called on the state legislators to zone the House speakership to Kogi West.
Republicans, too, have said they could support a Morelle speakership, but Democrats recoiled at the notion that the minority caucus would attempt to influence their deliberations.
He is proud of what this majority has accomplished, and his Speakership, but for the good of the Republican Conference and the institution, he will resign the Speakership and his seat in Congress, effective October 30.
As Washington Post opinion writer Ruth Marcus soberly noted in this morning's newspaper, taking on the ideologues might cost Boehner his speakership — but so what?
... I have made it a mission of my speakership to raise our gaze and aim for a brighter horizon.»
He was for a brief time and became Speaker, but his «my way or I'll talk, bully, and condescend to you» methods put off even his fellow Republicans, who drove him from the speakership.
Silver's term is up at the end of the year, and the speakership vote is generally held some time after the November election.
Silver's resignation from the speakership, a post he held since 1994, led to the rise of the first black leader of the Assembly.
And he also wouldn't bite when it comes to his pursuit of the speakership.
On the other hand, it's not worth it to Heastie to demand a vote on radical changes to something as sacred as education if it means the loss of his speakership.
Lentol, who had sought the speakership until bowing out on Thursday and backing Heastie, acknowledged the Bronx Democrat is likely to make changes.
Queens Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan, who challenged Heastie for the speakership until it was clear he had enough votes to win, decried the fast - moving process.
Still, Heastie acknowledged that he is «not a fan» of term limits for the speakership and committee chairs, but he acknowledged it is being discussed.
Already, Heastie has pledged to keep Joe Morelle, of the Rochester area, the majority leader, publicly announcing that intention not long after Morelle announced he was ending his bid for the speakership and throwing his support to Heastie.
The Republicans got $ 4.4 million to split, Kolb said, while some members — including Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle, a Rochester Democrat who battled Heastie for the speakership — received many times more than that for just a single project.
Since the law requires any member of the Legislature who is convicted of a felony to immediately lose his or her seat, Miller was immediately ejected from both his elected post and his speakership.
Others have accused her of walking in lockstep with the Mayor on major policy issues, but this was a defining moment for her Speakership.
Heastie continued, «this is all I have,» meaning the Speakership.
The Hastert Rule, also known as the «majority of the majority» rule, is an informal governing principle used in the United States by Republican [1][2][3] Speakers of the House of Representatives since the mid-1990s to maintain their speakerships [4] and limit the power of the minority party to bring bills up for a vote on the floor of the House.
It was because the Bronx political machine still had a lot of power, his dad was now Assemblyman, and the Bronx Delegation had swung Gifford Miller the Speakership.
But the reality is that while Ryan would surely win a hypothetical near - term battle over his speakership, the Freedom Caucus is already winning the war.
The committee to reëlect New York City Councilmember Corey Johnson admitted in a filing made with the New York City Campaign Finance Board that it used reëlection funds to pay for his speakership race, an act that, in the past, was described as prohibited.
When the speakership battle was taking place, 32 Assemblymembers signed a letter to the candidates requesting changes in the way the Assembly is run.
However, after his indictment on federal corruption charges in 2015, Silver lost both the speakership and the law firm job.
Inez Dickens, born when her father was already a wealthy and well - established senior political figure, grew up steeped in slumlordism and a culture of political cronyism which, should she attain the Speakership, would likely mire the Council in a stew of corruption that would make the last 8 years seem tame.
An important advisor and fundraiser for Dickens, Lloyd Williams will be a baleful and malign influence on her Speakership, should she get it.
Did you have a plan for DADT repeal in the «lame duck» session after you lost your Speakership, before the TeaParty took over the House with Boehner at the helm?
They had a Democratic numerical majority and denied Andrea Stewart Cousins the Speakership... I have to see if they get primaried, I must see how I can make calls for their opponents
In his first full year of his Speakership, we looked to maximize his prospecting ROI, which netted $ 1.2 million and added over 32,000 donors.
«The Tories are trying to play politics with the speakership because they know they won't win a majority at the next election.»

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