Sentences with phrase «support from the state senator»

Though this is true, Putnam County refused to give information about licensed gun owners to The Journal News, a move that has received support from state Senator Greg Ball, R - Patterson.

Through support from State Senator Kathy Young and Assemblyman Andy Goodell, Chautauqua County may be looking forward to new facilities for the fight against drug abuse.

Not exact matches

And while Hamm is supporting oil - related sanctions on Venezuela, U.S. refiners and Republican Senators from Gulf Coast states are actively lobbying against potential bans.

Schumer, who is now the state's senior senator and one of the most powerful and influential Democrats in the country, showed up to his old stomping grounds to support the Assembly's passage of the Iran Divestment Act to bar companies that invest in Iran's energy industry from doing business with the state.

ICYMI last night, Marcia Bystryn from the New York League of Conservation Voters said there is «a very good chance» that the group will spend in the six figures to support Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti's bid for re-election.

In a surprise last minute move, Assemblyman Dov Hikind has flipped his support from Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice to New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman after Schniederman promised Al Sharpton that he would have office space in the Attorney General's office in Albany.

Marijuana legalization in New York is getting lit with support from elected officials, and one state senator believes it could become reality by 2019.

Before backing Todd Kaminsky, a Democratic state senator from Nassau County, the union was supporting his Republican opponent in an April special election that Kaminsky won by fewer than a thousand votes.

Democratic Majority Conference Leader John Sampson received support in promoting the measure from State Senators Malcolm Smith, Carl Kruger, Jeff Klein, Eric Schneiderman, Diane Savino, Toby Stavisky, Shirley Huntley, Kevin Parker and Dan Squadron.

The PSC's press release (not sent out by the Schneiderman campaign) quotes from the Times» endorsement senator and also highlighted his effort to combat the «corrupting influence of big corporations» and support of tax increases on the wealthy to help close the state's chronic budget gap.

«This filing is evidence that Senator Hannon enjoys outstanding support from all across his district and the entire state, due largely to the good work he has done as a member of the Senate,» the GOP source said.

A week that U.S. Senate Republicans had hoped would mobilize conservatives and shore up support for their measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act instead ended with eroding enthusiasm, as usually reliable Republican senators from red states blanched at its impact on rural communities.

Today he won endorsements from State Senator Eric Schneiderman and Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, has the nod from Manhattan BP Scott Stringer, and is in talks with the Working Families Party to gain their important support in labor - rich District 10.

Republicans had hoped that they'd see some support from the 10 Democrats running for re-election in states won by Trump in the presidential election, but four of those senators — Nelson, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin — have already said they will oppose the nominee.

Allegedly, Halloran accepted a $ 7,500 bribe from an informant to get his support for State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat who rose to become the first black president of the State Senate, to enter the Republican primary for mayor, which Read more»

He conspicuously withheld his support for her on the day she officially announced, in April of 2015, drawing ire from Clinton loyalists, and raising eyebrows among New York Democrats, most of whom quickly fell in line behind the state's former senator.

Jim Tedisco has got the big «mo as grassroots momentum continues to build with support from people who want to see the Assemblyman become the next New York State Senator for the 49th Senate District.

Bloomberg News mentions Todd Kaminsky, a state senator from Long Island, as «another strong candidate who is sure to enjoy support in Albany.»

On May 3, 2016 supportive State Lawmakers including Assemblymembers Amy Paulin, Michelle Schimel, Brian Kavanagh, Patricia Fahy, Phil Steck, and Senators Jeff Klein, and Daniel Squadron joined approximately 170 high school students from New York City who traveled to Albany to urge lawmakers to support gun safety measures.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

A bold move to be the first elected official to support the junior United States senator from Vermont, in Westchester County, the adopted home of Hillary Clinton.

The state - run ESD originally planned to fund its Kingsbridge commitment with money from the Transformative Investment Fund, a $ 400 million budgetary pool created by former State Sen. Dean Skelos last year to support projects, which senators would help pick, that «create or retain jobs» in New York City and on Long Isstate - run ESD originally planned to fund its Kingsbridge commitment with money from the Transformative Investment Fund, a $ 400 million budgetary pool created by former State Sen. Dean Skelos last year to support projects, which senators would help pick, that «create or retain jobs» in New York City and on Long IsState Sen. Dean Skelos last year to support projects, which senators would help pick, that «create or retain jobs» in New York City and on Long Island.

«I've always supported Hillary from when she was a senator, secretary of state.

In July 2009, I posted a mesmerizing, emotional video of New York State Senator Thomas Duane delivering a 3 am speech in support of a bill preventing people living with HIV or AIDS and receiving public assistance from having to pay more t... Read

He is also supported by State Senator Gustavo Rivera — a reformer who ousted Bronx legend Pedro Espada, recently sentenced to federal prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a non-profit he controlled ---- and Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., the scion of another Bronx dynasty who parts ways with his infamous father on gay rights issues.

Her campaign garnered support from three Republican U.S. representatives from southern and central California — Ed Royce, Paul Cook, and Mimi Walters — as well as a number of Republican state legislators and Bob Huff, the Republican senator who represented District 29 before Newman.

It helps her though that she's gotten some support, she said, with endorsements from Upper East Side / Midtown East Assembly Member Dan Quart, Assembly Member Ron Kim of Flushing and State Senator George Latimer of Westchester.

Had he weighed in early, Cuomo might have prevented Schneiderman from gathering the support of key figures like former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (Cuomo's 2002 gubernatorial primary target, now appearing in multiple ads for the senator's AG bid), former NYC Mayor David Dinkins, Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, LGBT clubs and organizations, NARAL Pro-Choice NY and progressive unions from SEIU 1199 to 32 BJ to HTC.

Three other senators, George Maziarz, Mark Grisanti and Joe Robach, all from the western region of the state, have recently announced their public support for medicinal marijuana in recent weeks.

While Foster did not get any votes from the 90 - member Democratic Town Committee, she has support from the city's two African - American state senators, Edwin Gomes and Marilyn Moore.

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He now says he's prepared to spend $ 100,000 or more against incumbent state senators from both parties who refuse to support legislation to help child sexual assault victims.

Juan Gonzalez singles out Bronx State Senators Pedro Espada and Jeff Klein for indicating that they won't support the millionaire's tax or to increase the threshold vacancy decontrol rent from $ 2,000 to $ 5,000.

At a recent gathering of the ruling party, All Progressive Congress, APC, where flags were handed over to the flag bearers of the party in the just concluded local government elections, Governor Nasir el - Rufai had asked God to punish the Senators from the State for refusing to support Kaduna State $ 350 million loan request from the World Bank.

State Senator David Carlucci, an Independent Democrat, supports the program and responds to pushback from some private colleges and universities.

Little has changed from when Marist last asked this question in early February when 46 % said they would support their current state senator, and 41 % wanted a change.

It was substantially edited from its original version, which called for the state committee to withhold support from IDC senators and denounced an arrangement the IDC has with the «notoriously corrupt» Independence Party that allowed the IDC to operate a soft money account.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today voiced strong support for a proposal by Senator Charles Schumer to have county governments in New York State receive direct funding from the federal government as part of additional Medicaid funding for New York that will... Read more

Wadleigh supporters say intense pressure from numerous politicians, including Rep. Charles Rangel, Assemblymen Keith Wright, state senator Bill Perkins, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and even professor and activist Cornel West, helped to galvanize support for the school.

Monday night, Newton won endorsement for his old Senate seat at a Democratic convention in Bridgeport, defeating two current Democratic legislators from that city: the incumbent senator, Edwin Gomes, and state Rep. Andres Ayala Jr., both of whom received enough delegate support to force an Aug. 14 primary.

«Sen. Kaminsky has received broad support for his campaign, including from prominent business leaders who believe he will help implement pro-growth policies to improve both the Long Island and New York State economies,» said Evan Thies, a spokesman for the senator.

He supported Rangel in 2012 and 2014 against strong challenges each time from NY State Senator Adriano Espaillat, however.

The Independent Democratic Conference, a group of eight state senators elected as Democrats who have lent their support to Senate Republicans, are facing escalating backlash from advocates around the state — some of whom are paying more attention to local politics in the face of a Donald Trump presidency.

«As State Senator I will support our nurses and fight for them so they can continue to provide the best possible care to our community — not special interests from the healthcare industry trying to protect their bottom line.

State Senator John DeFrancisco repeated a couple of canards last week while speaking in support of the deletion of the words «climate change» from the senate's Earth Day resolution.

Councilmembers Melinda Katz (D - Forest Hills) and David Yassky (D - Brooklyn) each received endorsements over the weekend in their bids for city comptroller, with Katz picking up support from the Uniformed Fire Officer Association and Yassky receiving the backing of state Senators John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) and Eric Adams (D - Brooklyn).

Many downstate legislators say the resulting take - home pay is not enough to support a comfortable standard of living (the state's median household income is $ 58,003) and, according to Cuomo, 29 senators and 55 Assembly members reported outside earnings from employment.

State Senator Diane Savino, who strongly supports legalizing medical marijuana after seeing several family members die painful deaths from cancer, told Capital that Governor Andrew Cuomo's pot plan is simply «unworkable» and unlikely to be approved by the federal government.

Meanwhile, Times writer Jeremy Peters reports that the state Conservative Party has been threatening to take away their ballot line from Republican senators who support the bill, which in some cases may count as thousands of votes.

Some state senators are hesitant to support legislation that would require them to prepare for an election while they are still working in the capital - the state legislative session runs from January to mid-June.