Sentences with phrase «state assemblyman who»

Gov. Chris Christie often dates his entry into politics to age 15, when, driven by his mother, he arrived at the doorstep of Thomas H. Kean, a state assemblyman who was pondering a run for governor, and asked for advice about getting involved.

Molinaro, a former state assemblyman who has been Dutchess County executive since 2012, on Wednesday became the first of about half a dozen Republicans who have expressed possible interest in challenging Gov. Cuomo in 2018 to create a campaign account — Molinaro For New York — with the state Board of Elections.

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.

Keith L.T. Wright is a state assemblyman who represents Harlem and serves as the co-chair of the state Democratic Party.

Bronx - born Murray Lewinter, a former state assemblyman who became a lobbyist after his political career, died Saturday at the age of 89.

The announcement comes one day after the most recent public disagreement between de Blasio and Bratton: over an interaction between police officers and Michael Blake, a black state assemblyman who said police roughly tossed him against a gate for inquiring about an arrest.

The governor was heckled during the speech by a Brooklyn - based state assemblyman who argued the governor was selling public schools short.

Tkaczyk ran on the Green Party line in 2012, when she narrowly won her Senate seat against Republican George Amedore, a former state assemblyman who is running again for the district that stretches from the Mohawk Valley to the Hudson Valley.

John Faso is a former state assemblyman who lives in Kinderhook.

But Saladino, a former state assemblyman who was appointed supervisor in January after Venditto resigned, sought to distance himself from Venditto, repeatedly saying «it's a new day in Oyster Bay» and touting moves that he said show a commitment to greater transparency.

«When you look at Joe, he's done a lot of development in the cities when no one else would have,» says John McDonald (D - Cohoes), a relatively new state assemblyman who represents downtown Albany and Troy.

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.

Langworthy will join several other county republican chairs and the two Western New York State Assemblymen who came up with the «Draft Trump» idea at Trump Tower.

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.

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(Presumably a state assemblyman might be grateful to a lobbyist who has sex with him, but not to the lobbyist who seduced his wife or minor children).

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.

Tom Duane's brother, John, who is a former assemblyman; Paul Vallone, brother of NYC Councilman and Queens BP candidate Peter Vallone; and Democratic state committeeman Matthew Silverstein.

State Republican spokeswoman Jessica Proud in response pointed to the allegations facing Sam Hoyt, the former assemblyman who left the Cuomo administration last year after he was accused of sexual harassment, and the late former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

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.

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.

Rob Walker, a former Republican state assemblyman from Hicksville who served as chief deputy to former Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, was indicted on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to FBI agents on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.

Koch, who swept past Brooklyn assemblyman Frank J. Barbaro and 36 - year - old Melvin Kerensky — an associate of Lyndon H. La Rouche, Jr. — to win the Democratic primary and trounced state lawmaker John A. Esposito by a two - to - one margin to capture the Republican nomination, said that he would campaign evenings and weekends while relying heavily on television advertising in the general election.

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.

The paper endorsed the former hedge fund manager in his quest to oust Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, saying that while the former assemblyman has been a «worthy caretaker,» New Yorkers have in Wilson the opportunity to «choose someone who knows finance and is not beholden to the Democrats in control in Albany.»

Personal greed of an assemblyman or a legislator or a state official, who does something venial and greedy and stupid is not enough to destroy that dream because that dream is too important.

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.

We are so grateful to have such strong leaders as Assemblymen Tedisco and McLaughlin who recognize the precarious state of our aging underground and forgotten infrastructure, and who understand how we can incorporate cost effective, new technologies — such as UV cured - in - place pipe lining — to provide New Yorkers with safe solutions to what is possibly the greatest challenge to our life - sustaining underground infrastructure that we have seen in generations,» said Mara Killburn, Managing Member, Precision Trenchless.

Camara's endorsement comes just hours before district leaders will gather to vote on a successor to Lopez, who announced late last month he would not seek another term as chairman, thanks to the burgeoning sexual harassment scandal that has now enmeshed not only the once - powerful assemblyman, but three top state leaders, too: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Other state lawmakers who filed paperwork to become double dippers in January are Assemblymen Jeff Aubry, D - Queens; David McDonough, R - Nassau County; and James Pretlow, D - Mt.

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Gianaris» seat is open this fall after the assemblyman decided to run to replace state Sen. George Onorato (D - Astoria), who will retire at the end of the year.

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.

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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 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.

State assemblyman Kevin Cahill, a fellow Democrat who has crossed swords with Hein over the county's assumption of Safety - Net payments from the towns, has also taken the railroad's side in the dispute.

The effort is being led by state Democratic Party co-chair and close Gov. Cuomo ally Keith Wright, an assemblyman and Manhattan Democratic chairman who is being aided by some of the state's most prominent black political figures.

The Brooklyn assemblyman, a Democrat and self - identified Black Panther, is contemplating a bid to replace former State Senator John Sampson, who was forced from office following a conviction on federal corruption charges last week.

Among the sitting Albany politicians who have been prosecuted and convicted by Mr. Bharara's office are Eric A. Stevenson and Nelson L. Castro, two former Bronx Democratic assemblymen; and Carl Kruger, a former Democratic state senator from Brooklyn.

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.

Republicans have targeted the district, which was carved out by the G.O.P. during the last round of redistricting to favor Amedore, who represented part of the district while serving as a state assemblyman.

Sheldon Silver, an assemblyman who rose from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to become one of New York State's most powerful politicians, was found guilty on Monday in a federal corruption trial.

A Suffolk legislative analysis found that a county attorney who is the daughter of a county lawmaker (and former state assemblyman) has received $ 195,000 in pay and benefits increases since 2011 from promotions that were not authorized by county lawmakers.

Then there is Harvey Weisenberg, a former New York State assemblyman, who said he spent nearly 60 years lifeguarding and was still ocean - certified and teaching lifesaving.

They indicated that those making calls over the weekend included Sam Hoyt, the former assemblyman and state economic development official who is now an Albany lobbyist.

A state assemblyman from western New York, Dennis H. Gabryszak, said on Sunday that he would step down amid mounting accusations that he sexually harassed women who worked in his office.