Sentences with phrase «state speaker of the assembly»

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«For decades, Republicans controlled the State Senate and blocked every single piece of reform legislation proposed by the Assembly and Democrats in the Senate — campaign finance reform, election reform, ethics reform and budget reform,» the speaker said.

At the 7:30 - minute mark Paladino talks about putting Silver «in one of those Roman cages, OK, so that people can see the guy who has tormented New York State for the last 15 years while he's been the majority leader of the, the speaker of the Assembly.

Sheldon Silver, the former powerful Democratic speaker of the state Assembly, was found guilty of federal corruption charges less than a year after his first conviction on the same charges was thrown out.

The Supreme Court's ruling in McDonnell's case set a precedent that could help others accused of public corruption, including Sen. Robert Menendez (D - N.J.), who is awaiting an appeals court ruling in a corruption case; and former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver (D), who is aiming to overturn his corruption conviction.

Even more importantly, letting the governor, Assembly speaker, and Senate majority leader make all the important decisions shut out most of the state.

«Carl Heastie said «no way no how, not while I'm speaker of the New York State assembly.»»

For nearly a century, the State of the State was held in early January, with traditions including a cordial reception at the governor's mansion and a lavish brunch by the Assembly speaker.

«He said it's not true, they're still going through a whole process,» Rep. Eliot Engel (pictured) said of rumors the New York state assembly speaker had already lined up a replacement.

Over the next months, the former speaker of the state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged state Assembly, former leader of the state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged state Senate, the former president of the State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged State University of New York's newest college campus and a longtime and influential political operative in Western New York will stand accused of wrongdoing ranging from bribery to extortion to fraud to illegal campaign contributions to rigged bids.

«I want to applaud the speaker and the Assembly for stepping up,» said Cuomo, who in a rare gesture, walked to the Assembly chamber on the third floor of the state Capitol to join forces with Heastie.

That case involved campaign contributions and also led to the overturning of the corruption convictions of two former powers in New York State politics — Sheldon Silver, the longtime Democratic speaker of the State Assembly, and Dean Skelos, the former Republican majority leader of the State Senate.

Despite the laughable idea of a leader of a conference of five negotiating the state budget with the governor and assembly speaker, Klein will want the same privilege next year.

Queens Democrat Cathy Nolan in a radio interview on Thursday said electing a woman speaker of the state Assembly would bring a more «collaborative style» to the chamber's leadership.

The final state budget coms out of often fraught negotiations between the governor, Assembly speaker and State Senate majority lestate budget coms out of often fraught negotiations between the governor, Assembly speaker and State Senate majority leState Senate majority leader.

Malliotakis, who is her fourth term in the state Assembly, described potential positives from a convention as including reducing the power of the Assembly speaker, legislative term limits and more equitable treatment of legislators.

Barry was instrumental in the successful prosecution last year of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver on corruption charges.

Consider the time he waited to indict Shelly Silver, the decades - long speaker of the Assembly, a sphinx - like figure who stood as permanent pillar of power over successive governments in Albany, until the day after Silver stood on stage with Cuomo at the annual State of the State address.

On Tuesday, the fate of Sheldon Silver falls to a dozen jurors who have spent the last three weeks listening to competing versions of how the former Assembly speaker wielded power for the last decade: with secretive calculations to enrich himself or with the same quirks, favor - trading and inherent conflicts that is irrevocably baked into the state government.

He got agreement from the Republican leader of the Republican - majority state Senate and the Democratic speaker of the Democratic - majority assembly.

Sheldon Silver is speaker of the New York State Assembly.

-- SILVER IS GUILTY AGAIN — Wall Street Journal's Corinne Ramey: «Sheldon Silver, former longtime speaker of New York's Assembly and once one of the state's most powerful lawmakers, was convicted Friday of all counts after his retrial on public - corruption charges.

For the third time since he was elected speaker of the state Assembly, Carl Heastie will embark on a statewide tour.

Silver also said this was not a sign he would end his tenure as speaker, which began in 1994, making him one of the longest serving Assembly speaker in the state's history.

Yet the initial surge of «Buffalo Billion» investment was clouded last year by federal indictments in a «pay - to - play» investigation led by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, whose office had registered high - profile corruption convictions against former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver and former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and Carl E. Heastie, speaker of the State Assembly, are working against an April 1 budget deadline.

ALBANY — Yet another of the potential candidates for New York State Assembly speaker has dropped out and backed Carl Heastie, the Bronx Democratic chairman, who has quickly emerged as a front - runner for the post.

The speaker's actions are significant because Assembly Democrats essentially choose the state Board of Regents members.

But things may feel a bit different in this week's retrial of Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker, whose conviction on federal corruption charges was thrown out last year.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin took the stand Tuesday as the prosecution's first witness in the corruption trial of former state Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, where her description of Albany's inner workings was pointedly contested by Silver's defense lawyer, Steven Molo, in a series of heated exchanges.

The lack of a cap on income earned outside the Legislature has contributed to several corruption scandals, including one that ensnared the former State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Democrat who was convicted on corruption charges last November.

The panel is comprised of three gubernatorial appointees, one appointee each of the Assembly speaker and temporary Senate president, and two appointees of the state's chief judge.

Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office, with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the Assembly leader had finalized deals with the state Senate and Governor's office.

A similar bill in the State Assembly seemed poised to follow until, later on Tuesday, the speakers of the Assembly and the City Council agreed to delay enacting the bag fee while city officials amended the city's bill to the Assembly's liking.

Photos of Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), the former longtime speaker of the State Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the speaker of the Assembly say they hope the state Senate will sign on to their joint proposal for ethics reform, as a new poll finds the governor with dropping job approval numbers.

The Daily News reports that Silver has agreed to step down as speaker of New York's State Assembly, a position he's held since 1994, following his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.

The arrest of New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver on federal corruption charges earlier this year, and his subsequent resignation as speaker, sent shock waves through Albany — and apparently U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was just getting started.

Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker convicted on Monday of corruption, has officially applied to receive his generous pension from the state of New York.

In a stunning development, the New York Times reported late Wednesday night that Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the New York State Assembly, would be arrested on federal corruption charges.

This morning, Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState Assembly, was arrested on corruption charges, hours after the Times broke the story — and barely half a day after Silver sat smiling onstage as Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his 2015 State of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState of the State address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governState address and was featured by the governor in humorous slides as one of the «Three Amigos» atop state governstate government.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing his latest plan for ethics reform in appearances all around the state, following the arrest of the former Assembly speaker on corruption charges.

The day following the then - Assembly speaker's (now overturned) conviction, Bharara gave a speech urging New Yorkers to «join him in taking on the culture of corruption in Albany» — remarks that earned him an admonishment from the judge for «unfairly grouping Silver in with all that is pervasive and distasteful about our state politics.»

In the State of the City address he is delivering right now in the Morris High School campus in the Bronx, Bloomberg sides with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — going so far as to mention the Manhattan Democrat by name — in the speaker's call to raise the minimum wage in New York.

Of course letting the governor, Assembly speaker, and Senate majority leader make all the important decisions shuts out most of the statOf course letting the governor, Assembly speaker, and Senate majority leader make all the important decisions shuts out most of the statof the state.

Republicans in the New York State Senate are in talks with Gov. Andrew Cuomo about legislative ethics reforms as demands for changes mount after the recent arrest of the former Assembly speaker.

We sit down with Joe Morelle, the majority leader of the State Assembly, and discuss the issues around the Sheldon Silver incidents (including the indictment that came down during the program), who may be the next assembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in MonroeAssembly, and discuss the issues around the Sheldon Silver incidents (including the indictment that came down during the program), who may be the next assembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in Monroeassembly speaker after he pulled himself out of contention, and the status of the Democratic party in Monroe County.

Part of Koch's problem is that the powerful State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver didn't sign — it's unclear why Silver would want more Republicans to have a say in how districts are drawn — and beyond that, attempting to shame legislators into doing anything doesn't always work.

For more than two decades, State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver decided what got done in New York as one of Albany's «three men in a room.»

Shelly Silver, the powerful Democratic speaker of the state assembly, is the central character in a tale that seems as if it sprung from the imaginations of Kennedy, the great novelist of Albany corruption, and of Jon Stewart.

But in a brief signed by four prosecutors, Bharara's office said Silver's claims had no basis in facts or the law and it defended the announcement of Silver's Jan. 22 arrest and remarks Bharara made a day later in a law school speech when he joked repeatedly that power in New York State was «unduly concentrated in the hands of just a few men» — the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate president.