Sentences with phrase «state committee members pushing»

After hours of discussion, and in defiance of pleas from state committee members pushing to delay the decision, the party formally broke its uneasy alliance with Cuomo, the two - term governor leading Nixon in one early poll by a 3 - to - 1 margin.

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The penalties for not agreeing would include the «infrastructure» of the state Democratic Committee uniting to primary IDC members or, for Stewart - Cousins, Democrats being pushed to replace her as leader.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is backing a push by the state Democratic Committee to find a primary opponent against Sen. Simcha Felder, the Brooklyn Democrat who conferences with Republicans in the state Senate and is a pivotal member of the GOP's retained majority in the chamber.

At noon, AARP members deliver hundreds of postcards from constituents urging Senate Energy Committee Chair Joe Griffo to push for inclusion of an independent utility consumer advocate as part of the final state budget, Utica State Office Building, 207 Genesee St., Ustate budget, Utica State Office Building, 207 Genesee St., UState Office Building, 207 Genesee St., Utica.

Montgomery County Democratic Chairwoman Bethany Schumann - McGhee sent an e-mail to state committee members today after reading Nick Confessore's account of Cuomo's push on behalf of Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, expressing her concern over the suggestion that the convention process is «being manipulated to benefit one candidate.»

At 9:30 a.m., Assembly members James Skoufis, Ken Zebrowski, Joe Morelle (majority leader), Cathy Nolan (Education Committee chair), and fellow legislators representing half - day kindergarten districts, and stakeholders will push for the inclusion of full - day kindergarten enhanced transition aid in the 2017 - 2018 state budget, LOB, LCA Room 130, 198 State St., Alstate budget, LOB, LCA Room 130, 198 State St., AlState St., Albany.

Members of the New York County Democratic Committee, upset about a backroom deal their chair, Keith Wright, cut to choose a candidate for a vacant state Senate seat, will push a resolution at a meeting tomorrow night that would prohibit county party officials from also working for firms that lobby.

In interviews with over a dozen state committee members, Capital heard common frustration with Cuomo's fiscal record — he blocked an income tax hike on wealthy city residents, cut corporate taxes, reduced school aid in 2011 (and slowly dialed it back up), reduced pensions for newly hired public workers and pushed for a cap on local property tax increases.

«If it wasn't bad enough that Chris Collins was pushing legislation to benefit a company that he's the largest stockholder of, now we find out that he doubled down on this egregious offense by urging other members of Congress to join his money - making scheme,» said Basil A. Smikle Jr., executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee.

Two years ago, the annual gathering of the state political committee was marked by fireworks as some of its liberal members pushed resolutions calling for a moratorium on natural gas hydrofracking and the extension of higher income taxes.

Entertainment Vice President Michael Walbrecht pushed members of the Texas House Select Committee on Economic Development Incentives to put up more funds to attract filmmakers to the Lone Star State.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.