Sentences with phrase «speech as an assemblyman»

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Mr. Stringer, who was an assemblyman in 1999 and voted against the repeal, will describe his plan in a speech on Tuesday at a meeting of a prominent civic group, the Association for a Better New York, a regular stop for the city's presumptive mayoral candidates as they try to define themselves amid a crowded field of left - leaning progressives.

The endorsement celebration was a boisterous affair featuring speeches from top Rangel allies like former Mayor David Dinkins and Manhattan Assemblymen Denny Farrell and Daniel O'Donnell, as well as a bevy of electeds from the Bronx.

«New York is the world's crossroads, so what happens out there — in this case, the U.K.'s libel tourism problem and its misuse by terrorism's apologists and facilitators — affects us here, and it's nice to know that our defense of free speech here in New York is likewise having an impact out there as pressure builds in the U.K. to cease being a haven for libel terrorists,» the assemblyman said.

Richard Brodsky, a former state assemblyman who attended the 1984 convention as a delegate, said the power of Mario Cuomo's speech was that it made a «spiritual» case for Democratic principles.