Sentences with phrase «statewide constitutional convention»

A budget analyst for the City Council was abruptly fired after he spoke out publicly in favor of the statewide constitutional convention — and friends say he was the victim...

Brandon West, a budget analyst for the NYC Council, was abruptly fired after he spoke out publicly in favor of the statewide constitutional convention on Capital Tonight — and friends say he was the victim of a political hit job.

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Politico New York confirms that in the final stretch of the election none of New York's six statewide elected officials will speak out publicly in favor of a state constitutional convention and the only one who once did so, Governor Cuomo, has long since stopped doing so for compelling political reasons.

The group won approval of a statewide initiative amendment in a state constitutional convention in 1986, but voters, probably not comprehending its meaning due to a lack of publicity on the issue, rejected it by a narrow margin.

Tuesday afternoon saw Cuomo turn away from more immediate concerns, such as the looming end of the state legislative session and the 2017 election that will include a New York City mayoral election and a statewide ballot question of whether to convene a state constitutional convention.

He is a supporter of a constitutional convention, as long as it is one run by the people — similar to what Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb has advocated for statewide.

The was the story statewide for the constitutional convention, which was strongly opposed by labor unions.

«The Conservative Party has been quite vocal regarding its opposition to the first statewide proposal that asks if a Constitutional Convention should be held,» the party stated.

At the same time, 186 delegates to a New York State Constitutional Convention were elected: 15 statewide at - large, and three in each senatorial district.

Fresh off a Siena College poll showing that likely voters are opposed to holding a constitutional convention, convention supporters released new TV ads that they are planning to run statewide through Election Day.

A Quinnipiac Poll released on July 13 found that 55 percent of statewide voters support a convention, and 68 percent of voters support a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion.

The only statewide votes are for three ballot propositions, including the one that has garnered the most attention, a proposal for a constitutional convention.

A Siena College poll released last week shows that 62 percent of voters statewide support having a convention in 2019, at which elected delegates would propose and vote on constitutional amendments.

A recent poll shows that voters statewide show broad support for holding a constitutional convention, though they have yet to hear interest groups» loud calls for and against holding one.

In what historians on the panel characterized as a «fatal error,» the convention decided to put its proposed constitutional changes — including the creation of an independent redistricting panel — in a «take - it - or - leave - it» package rejected by a statewide vote.

«Abandoning our legislative process for a constitutional convention risks our rights,» said Robin Chappelle Golston, chief executive officer of the statewide Planned Parenthood group.