Sentences with phrase «state assemblyman for»

Chad Lupinacci, a state assemblyman for the 10th District representing the towns of Huntington and Babylon, New York, helped write the agenda.

Borelli, the minority whip of the City Council and former state assemblyman for the 62nd District, would appear to be a natural fit.

Not exact matches

«Even after a state ethics report criticized him for covering up allegations of sexual harassment against a powerful assemblyman, even after a prosecutor said his failure to act might have put other women at risk, even after a number of editorial boards called for his ouster, Mr. Silver is still standing strong.»

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This year, the seat could once again be pivotal in the battle for control of the state Senate, although the assemblyman did tell the News he's not sure Democrats would take control even if he won.

The survey found Stringer, a former state assemblyman, receives 47 percent of the vote compared to 45 percent for Spitzer.

At 10 a.m., Sens. Cathy Young and Joe Robach and Assemblymen Sean Ryan and Andy Goodell join national highway safety advocate Stephen Eimers in calling for the state and federal governments to remove «X-lite» guardrail systems from roads across New York, Room 174, state Capitol, Albany.

Republican Assemblymen Andrew Garbarino and Dean Murray are both testing the waters to run for retiring state Sen. Tom Croci's seat on Long Island, but the two friends say there won't be a primary.

Silver is hosting a fundraiser (cost: $ 500 to $ 5,000 per person) next Monday at 74 State in Albany for the former Long Island assemblyman, who was elevated by his Assembly colleagues to replace scandal - scarred ex-Comptroller Alan Hevesi in February 2007.

Maurice Hinchey, who served the Hudson Valley for 38 years as a state assemblyman and congressman, has frontotemporal degeneration, a rare and terminal neurological disorder, his family announced.

Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino, a former Republican state assemblyman who has criticized his Democratic successor for tens of thousands of dollars in tax liens against her, also had an outstanding tax lien against him — at least until Tuesday.

But there has been political tension between the governor and Mr. Klein, who may face a primary challenge from Oliver Koppell, a former assemblyman and City Council member from the Bronx, who served as state attorney general for a year during the administration of Mr. Cuomo's father.

Todd Kaminsky, a freshman assemblyman from Long Island's south shore, made official Sunday a bid for the state Senate seat vacated by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Gay rights activists slammed Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman who is a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for making a $ 1,000 donation to state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s NYC Council run because Diaz Sr. voted «no» on same - sex marriage.

It has been a determined and successful road to the top for Schumer, who was elected as a 23 - year - old state assemblyman from Brooklyn in 1974 before going to Washington as a congressman.

Andrew Garbarino, left, and Dean Murray, both Republican Assemblymen, are leading contenders for the 3rd District State Senate seat.

Terry studied at Queens College and St. John's Law School, working as a staffer for a Democratic state assemblyman.

Former state assemblyman John Faso has attacked businessman Andrew Heaney for a previous donation to then - Sen.

In a rebuttal to the assemblyman's overall argument, the executive director of the Tr - State Campaign, Nick Sifuentes, told the Times that it's unfair to legislate for the small portion of people who drive into Manhattan compared to the massive amount of people that ride the subway everyday.

The state's per diem system to reimburse lawmakers for travel expense is again under scrutiny after the FBI collected records from an assemblyman who has racked up a very big bill.

Levy noted he has been in public service for «25 of my 51 years,» serving 15 years as a Suffolk County legislator, three as a state assemblyman and seven as county executive.

The state assemblyman boycotted the debate with other politicians vying for the Democratic nomination to represent Fort Greene in Congress, complaining earlier that the presence of candidates from other parties would confuse voters.

For the Democrats, State Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Peter Abbate, as well as lawyer Stephen Harrison, have been mentioned.

The news was bad for Weprin, a state assemblyman, who has greater name recognition and a string of high - powered endorsements from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.

A Democratic assemblyman is exploring a run for the New York state Senate seat that has been in the Republican hands of a longtime state lawmaker.

The original idea behind a Trump candidacy was the brainchild of a trio of New York State assemblymen who were convinced that the likely alternative, Westchester county executive Rob Astorino, was headed for a historic defeat.

Perhaps best - known for his numbers - fudging Bushwick nonprofit, state assemblyman Vito Lopez is also a red meat lover, having spent $ 3,000 at Peter Luger Steakhouse — nearly $ 800 of it in just the past five months.

Vito Lopez, the former assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic boss who was forced from office after being accused of sexually harassing his staffers, filed petitions to run again for his position as a district leader and state committeeman, according to Board of Elections documents.

Preceding his speech was an introduction by White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, a Democrat, who worked with Buchwald when the state assemblyman served on the White Plains Common Council for three years.

In 2005, a task force I appointed (as Rockland's state assemblyman) reported that casinos then proposed for the Catskills would dramatically increase traffic passing on Rockland's portion of the Thruway — with real consequences for air quality, traffic safety and law enforcement activity.

In an attempt to increase the number of New York high school graduates who are work ready, one state assemblyman is pushing for the approval of a new high - tech and manufacturing - based diploma.

In a shocking twist, the feds used a state assemblyman, who was indicted in The Bronx for multiple felonies, as a snitch to help take down Stevenson, a former legislative researcher for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, according to the complaint.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- A New York state assemblyman tarnished by a sexual harassment scandal has filed to run for a New York City Council seat.

Morenzi was the district office manager for Upper East Side Assemblyman Pete Grannis from 1981 to 2007, and became special assistant to Grannis when the assemblyman was appointed commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation in 2007.

«I've been involved in New York state politics as an observer and a participant for 50 years,» said Tony Casale, a former assemblyman and current adviser to the state GOP.

A New York state assemblyman from Orange County in the Hudson Valley is drafting legislation to repeal a clause in the new tuition - free pubic college program for middle - class students.

And Dov Hikind, a state assemblyman from Brooklyn, was arrested for disorderly conduct while protesting the deal outside Schumer's office.

«What was demanded was tremendously more than what the case was ultimately settled for,» he said, «and the judgment of settling the case was that we will save the state money on potential liabilities here, in addition to the fact that the assemblyman agreed to pay a sum for his own actions.»

One Mohawk Valley assemblyman says some should be used to end the state's Gap Elimination Adjustment for school districts.

NEW YORK (CNN)- Gov. David Paterson will announce plans Thursday to introduce same - sex marriage legislation in the state assembly, according to an assemblyman who was asked to be present for the announcement.

Knowing that the state Constitution empowered the Legislature to fill the slot, Silver strung Spitzer along but eventually chose one of his own assemblymen, Tom DiNapoli, and marshalled the support for his appointment.

ALBANY — A former state assemblyman is creating a super PAC to push for the resurrection of a law imposing a 5 - cent fee on disposable bags in New York City.

Putting aside that new state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk trounced GOP assemblyman George Amedore in Ulster County by an official 8,804 on major - party lines, the hard - working Working Families Party came out a clear winner, its line providing the Democrat almost twice as many votes as the Conservative Party and Independence Party lines (for Amedore) combined.

Democrats are hoping that Michael Cusick, a state assemblyman, will run for the seat.

The rookie assemblyman has already delivered some tangible results for his district — speeding up the state's reimbursement schedule for Sandy housing reconstruction, and pushing to open a new emergency room to compensate slightly for the storm - induced closure of Long Beach Hospital.

As a state assemblyman, he drew criticism in the community for voting to pass the same - sex marriage bill in New York.

Hoyt left the Assembly when Cuomo hired him for a post at Empire State Development that paid $ 154,000 — almost double his $ 79,500 base salary as an assemblyman.

For more than three years (and far longer with previous administrations), I have been unable to demand justice from my city councilman, Eric Ulrich, or state assemblyman, Michael Miller.

Also on that list is a reference to the occasional chatter about whether the former state assemblyman will run for governor in 2018.

Manhattan Democratic Party chairman Keith Wright, an assemblyman also running for Congress, is coming under fire for pushing fellow Dems to back Phaedra Perry, law clerk to his brother, state Supreme Court Judge Geoffrey Wright, for a civil clerk judgeship.