Sentences with phrase «statewide elected officials»

At the time, he was the last remaining statewide elected official who had supported civil unions over marriage for gay couples.

He's the third statewide elected official to decide not to run for office again.

Traditionally, any pay hike for legislators also means a pay hike for governor, other statewide elected officials and state - agency commissioners.

«I'm hopeful we can get something done for other statewide elected officials as well as the legislature before the end of the session.»

In the wake of AG Eric Schneiderman's announcement that he is suspending the controversial 90 - day email purge policy put in place by his predecessor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the governor's spokeswoman announced he will «convene a meeting» with representatives of the Legislature and fellow statewide elected officials to come up with a uniform email and FOIL policy that applies to all of them.

So, as more than one Democrat asked, why is the only statewide elected official who is a woman being left hanging?

Lisa Polyak, acting board chair for Equality Maryland, said support from Mikulski would «round out the complement» of statewide elected officials in Maryland who've voiced support for same - sex marriage.

Gansler, who was the first statewide elected official in Maryland to voice support for same - sex marriage, argued Wednesday that gay - rights advocates are well - positioned to succeed if the issue is ultimately decided by the state's highest court.

Assemblyman David Buchwald, who is also a tax attorney, said the bill also covers both U.S. senators and statewide elected officials including the governor, state comptroller and state attorney general, all of whom routinely make their tax returns available.

Appearing on Fred Dicker's Talk - 1300 radio show on Wednesday morning, Astorino said he would stick to three terms as county executive in Westchester, while he continues to back two, four - year terms for statewide elected officials like the office of governor or attorney general.

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Term Limits — Limit statewide elected officials to two terms (8 years) and state legislators to four terms

Cuomo is not proposing any limits on outside income by statewide elected officials, saying there is no current conflict.

«Andrew Cuomo is by far the most popular statewide elected official,» said Marist pollster Lee Miringoff.

He has also scoffed at the idea of applying outside income restrictions on statewide elected officials like himself, challenging anyone to identify how those paying his book contract benefited from his policies.

One is Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell (D - Manhattan), who if appointed or elected would be the first openly gay statewide elected official in New York.

Broadly, the plan would seek to upend the current structure of state government through a shortened legislative session as well as term limits on statewide elected officials as well as members of the Senate and Assembly.

«I also think my Chinese - American and Asian - American brothers and sisters are really interested in the possibility of having the first Asian statewide elected official,» Wu said.

Senator Chuck Schumer has often attended past Rockaway parades, but neither he nor any other statewide elected official attended.

Florida lawmakers want to stop statewide elected officials from turning Session into a campaign fundraiser.

AG Andrew Cuomo, who was the wealthiest statewide elected official in 2008 with a total reported income of $ 545,000, earned less than half of that — an estimated $ 194,000 (adjusted gross)-- in 2009, according to a summary of his tax returns, NY1's Erin Billups reports.

ALBANY — The administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo has set a date of May 22 for a summit to discuss email policy, four weeks after it said it would convene statewide elected officials and leaders of the state Legislature to develop uniform standards for retention and deletion.

Skelos is the 12th statewide elected official to be convicted in a prosecution brought by the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office since Bharara was appointed to the post in 2009.

At 63 %, Schumer had the highest approval rating of any New York statewide elected official in a Siena College poll late last month.

Allen reported in Friday's Politico Playbook, «Michael Blake joins Hilltop Public Solutions: Blake previously served in the White House as Associate Director of Public Engagement & Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, coordinating African American, Minority Business and county and statewide elected official outreach.»

Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled his full policy agenda for the 2018 legislative session on Wednesday, returning to his traditional State of the State format: a single address at the Empire State Convention Center, chock full of slideshow - aided proposals and lofty rhetoric, with legislative leaders of all five conferences and other statewide elected officials accompanying him on stage.

Secretary of State Fox McKeithen was the only Republican statewide elected official.

Assemblyman David Buchwald, who is also a tax attorney, says the bill also covers both US Senators and statewide elected officials including the Governor, State Comptroller, and State Attorney General, all of whom routinely make their tax returns available.

«I'm hopeful we can get something done for other statewide elected officials as well as the legislature, before the end of the session,» Klein said recently.

«Andrew Cuomo is by far the most popular statewide elected official.

And Cuomo isn't the only statewide elected official to show little change in job performance and favorability.

The commission would set pay for members of the Assembly and Senate as well as for statewide elected officials and agency commissioners.

If elected, Nixon would be the state's first woman governor, and its first openly gay statewide elected official.

Astorino has called for term limits before, and backs a plan that would limit statewide elected officials to two four - year terms and members of the state Legislature to four, two - year terms in office.

Heastie favors a pay raise for lawmakers, statewide elected officials like Cuomo, and state agency commissioners, Whyland said.

«There is a suspicion that this is a body that is setting up a rule that will very definitely apply to the two statewide elected officials who do not have appointees on JCOPE.»

Schneiderman was effectively the first statewide elected official to champion investigating foreclosure fraud, robosigning, and securities fraud in connection to the housing crisis.

He says Cuomo needs to get input from other statewide elected officials, as well as the legislature, first, and not «just propose something created in a black box that nobody else gets to see.»

The Reform Party on Wednesday called on state lawmakers to push for a vote on a bill that would set term limits for the Legislature and statewide elected officials or risk losing their endorsement from the newly formed ballot line.

Statewide elected officials by custom release their tax returns every year, usually by tax day in April.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would require the Department of Taxation and Finance to release the tax returns of all statewide elected officials and President Donald Trump.

CSEA, which has had difficult relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it worked «productively and respectfully» with Spitzer when he was a statewide elected official.

Both lawmakers since 2009 have backed legislation that would create term limits for the Senate, Assembly, as well as the statewide elected officials — governor, comptroller and attorney general.

Under that system, it's likely the Legislature would run for re-election in years that match the statewide elected officials.

For the record, Cuomo has only been a statewide elected official since wining the 2006 race to succeed Eliot Spitzer as attorney general.

The bill would require the release of the state tax returns for all statewide elected officials as well as the president, himself a New York resident.

His fellow statewide elected official, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, raised $ 598,033 and has a closing balance of $ 696,786.

Hochul is only one of two women who serve as statewide elected officials, the other being Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.