Sentences with phrase «state senate republicans»

A hearing is scheduled Thursday on state Senate Republicans» challenge to the appointment of...

A major supporter of charter schools, Loeb has given heavily to outside groups that back education reform, including $ 1 million in July to a pro-charter group that's spending to help state Senate Republicans.

Without mentioning state Senate Republicans specifically, the ad knocks them for wanting to allow a tax on millionaires to expire at the end of the year.

There have been tensions in the party between the more traditional northeastern Republicans like Cox, and leading state Senate Republicans, and the more right wing activist sector of the party, influenced by 2006 gubernatorial candidate and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

Since 2012, the leader of the State Senate's Independent Democratic Conference has enjoyed some kind of coalition agreement with the State Senate Republicans, granting him many of the perquisites of power his former colleagues in the mainline Democratic caucus once sought to deny him.

ALBANY — As they cling to a narrow majority, the state Senate Republicans could soon be losing another member.

De Blasio, with his fractious relationship with Cuomo and the State Senate Republicans, has never obtained more than a one - year continuation of mayoral control.

De Blasio said he also has had «multiple conversations» with state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the Independence Democratic Conference, a group of breakaway Democrats that enjoys a power - sharing deal with the State Senate Republicans.

Flanagan said that in contrast, state Senate Republicans, who have had an icy relationship with Gov. Cuomo in recent months, nonetheless unanimously approved his recent «highly qualified» appointee to the state's top court.

The State Senate Republicans, like Pedro Espada, receive massive quantities of landlord campaign contributions (check the websites) so therefore they scream about any linkage to controlling rents during this economic crisis.

But State Senate Republicans say both proposals would have a negative effect on small business.

Indeed, Cuomo's own gun control law — the SAFE Act — was only passed with the acquiescence of State Senate Republicans.

State Senate Republicans reacted favorably, while Assembly Democrats said they will work with Cuomo, but want to make sure vital services are funded before taxes are cut, Kramer reported.

New York State Senate Republicans have approved funding for the long - proposed third track of the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Hicksville.

Clinton did single out the leader of the New York State Senate Republicans by name, Senate Leader john Flanagan, for praise..

He defended State Senate Republicans against enquiries from the Moreland Commission in 2013.

ALBANY — Mayor Bloomberg is their biggest donor, but state Senate Republicans may have finally had enough of their Daddy Warbucks.

Mr. Zeldin's campaign responded by stating that «the insurance exchange in New York State is 100 percent federally funded and was created by Governor Cuomo unilaterally in April 2012 after the New York State Senate Republicans, including specifically Senator Zeldin, blocked the 2012 legislation to implement Obamacare.»

His presidential flirtation had ended very badly, with the governor claiming that budget gamesmanship by state senate Republicans was the reason he'd left a plane idling on the runway instead of flying to New Hampshire to file primary petitions.

Akshar's campaign has been fueled by a heavy investment from the state Senate Republicans conference.

State Senate Republicans on Sunday proposed spending nearly $ 8 billion on clean water and sewer projects, including a $ 5 billion infrastructure bond and creation of an institute to set state standards for unregulated contaminants.

Cuomo and Heastie just announced an ethics - reform agreement that seems to give the governor most of what he wanted (whether the State Senate Republicans get onboard is another question).

In December 1991, with a plane on the tarmac ready to fly to New Hampshire to enter that state's first - in - the - nation primary, Mario Cuomo found himself unable to get state Senate Republicans to agree on a plan to close a $ 4 billion budget gap.

State Senate Republicans don't seem eager to end their war with Mayor de Blasio.

McDonald is one of three state Senate Republicans who met stiff primary challenges from the party's conservative wing because they sided with Senate Democrats in support of gay marriage last year.

State Senate Republicans say they will break a long - standing tradition of boycotting the election of new Regents.

Amid the formation of a new coalition between the state Senate Republicans and the breakaway Independent Democratic Council, the Democrats voted to oust Sen. John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) as their leader in favor of Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins (D - Yonkers).

The leader of the majority party State Senate Republicans, John Flanagan, said in a statement that while he supports the idea of tax cuts, he has «grave concerns» about eliminating the state and local tax deductions.

State Senate Republicans proposed tax breaks for New York homeowners, but offered no specific plans to pay for them.

State Senate Republicans are expected to back Marchione officially as soon as the courts certify her victory, according to party officials.

Jindal will raise money for the campaign arm of state Senate Republicans at an event in Manchester with ticket prices running from $ 100 to $ 5,000, CNN has learned.

Though prominent business executives, including Viacom President Philippe Dauman, have thrown their support behind the proposal, state Senate Republicans are largely against any additional bump to the wage, while not all agree that Cuomo's proposed increase is enough.

Wednesday, the committee that coordinates elections for State Senate Republicans dropped a lawsuit to quash its subpoena.

A number of state Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats after they voted against a GOP budget proposal last week that included many initiatives they had sought.

This summer, in exchange for the WFP endorsement, Gov. Cuomo agreed to break off his alliance with the State Senate Republicans, and start supporting Democrats.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about a heavily intoxicated student in Albany who died over the weekend and New York State Senate Republicans working with senate Democrats.

«There is a schism within the Democrat Party,» said Dean G. Skelos, the leader of the State Senate Republicans.

State Senate Republicans, who lead the Senate in a coalition with a small group of break - away Democrats, are starting a series of hearings on tax reform.

New York State Senate Republicans say they will break a longstanding tradition of boycotting the election of new Regents.

He also promised to repeal a law placing absolute liability on contractors when workers are injured on scaffolding, eliminate the estate tax — Cuomo and legislators this year raised the exemption threshold — and adopt a report by State Senate Republicans recommending dozens of regulations be repealed.

But Moore says the annual report judges legislators, who are ultimately responsible for their own actions, and he says it was State Senate Republicans, not Cuomo, who voted for nine measures that the group considers anti environment.

This simple fix in the law, however, has been consistently blocked by state Senate Republicans.

The leader of the New York State Senate Republicans has offered some hope that the state's public campaign finance system could be expanded before the session is over.

ALBANY — In a shot directly at Mayor de Blasio, the state Senate Republicans on Friday quietly introduced a bill that would extend New York city mayoral control over the schools for just a year while at the same time giving the governor a role in how the city system is run.

As Cuomo detailed his «long time coming» plans for upstate, the state Senate Republicans released the details of its «Brighter Future» budget plan, a one - house resolution slated for a Thursday vote.

Nothing in the plans outlined in de Blasio's Feb. 4 State of the City address rises or falls on cooperation from his frequent adversary, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, or State Senate Republicans.

After a lengthy political standoff, Wisconsin state Senate Republicans used a bit of legislative fancywork to pass a bill this evening that effectively strips public - sector unions of the right to collectively bargain.

In New York, state Senate Republicans have maintained a majority for all but a few of the past 50 years, despite registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans 2 - 1.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — New York State Senate Republicans are debating Thursday whether to support a minimum wage hike proposal that would increase Upstate workers» pay 70 cents an hour each year until it reaches $ 12.50 an hour in 2021, according to a source.

But Moskowitz's arguments about de Blasio's inability to properly manage mayoral control could bolster the State Senate Republicans» proposal to extend it by only one year.