Sentences with phrase «take over the state senate»

A common campaign tactic employed in 2014 by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to help Democrats take over the state Senate is coming under scrutiny.

Then, when Democrats still won a majority, he cut a backroom deal that allowed Republicans to take over the State Senate through the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- a group of breakaway Democrats who voted with the Republicans to hand them control, and with it, the power to block almost all of our key Democratic legislative priorities.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has offered only lukewarm support in the past for his fellow Democrats in their quest to take over the State Senate, this week said he would back Democratic candidates in Senate races.

In exchange, Cuomo agreed to address the WFP convention and to commit to helping Democrats take over the state Senate, and promised to push for a rash of progressive agenda items.

As terrible as the Senate GOP conference is on a long list of issues and despite it being something similar to a cult in how it forces it members to stay together on the most awful legislation, Republican control is still preferable to the Democrats taking over the state Senate.

But he arrived at the Capitol just after Cuomo struck a deal with the progressive Working Families Party to help Democrats take over the State Senate.

But for now, a more near - term goal for Democrats is taking over the state Senate, where the Republicans have a thin majority, but an alliance with the Independent Democratic Conference that could preserve their power.

Democrats appear to have taken over the State Senate, by a narrow margin.

We Democrats are on track this year to take all State - wide offices and to come closer to our goal of taking over the State Senate, so that our legislation, including D.R.I.E. parity with seniors, Timothy's Law, inclusion of PWDs in the EPIC senior prescription program, and funding for stem cell research, can be passed.

Additionally, though the governor reluctantly supported the Democrats» effort to take over the State Senate this year, he has long cultivated close ties to the Republican delegation and to the IDC.

The governor has also received the endorsement of the left - leaning Working Families Party, and promised them he would help Democrats take over the state Senate.

Cuomo has also received the endorsement of the left leaning Working Families Party, and promised them he'd help Democrats take over the State Senate.

Simply put, NY has a spending problem, a problem that wont get any better if the Democrats take over the state senate btw.

According to a poll from the weekend, Democrats are set to take over the State Senate for the first time in 43 years.

If the New York City Democrats take over the State Senate, Long Island gets nothing.»

The mayor, who won in a landslide last year, fared far worse in his push to help Democrats take over the State Senate, but insisted the outcome was not a repudiation of his brand of left - of - center politics.

In another private room, at The Capital Grille on 42nd Street, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Rep. Joe Crowley, state party leaders and about 10 of New York's most powerful union heads spoke for more than an hour about taking back congressional seats held in New York by Republicans as well as taking over the State Senate to sweep its hold of state government.

But with the very real possibility of Democrats also taking over the State Senate — depending on the whims of one mercurial senator — and Gov. Andrew Cuomo ever eager to ban any gun he can find, this threat to shooting sports is all too real.

Marisol Alcantara, who was handpicked by Espaillat to take over his State Senate District 31 seat, won with 32.43 percent of the vote, besting Micah Lasher who earned 30.19 percent and Jackson who earned 29.72 percent, according to the Board of Elections.

Not exact matches

Pompeo is currently being scrutinized by the Senate to take over the State Department after the ignominious March firing of Rex Tillerson.

A 2010 Senate report by Senator Lieberman affirmed the President's authority during war, threat of war, or «a state of public peril» to «take over wire communications in the United States» and «shut a network down» under Section 606 of the Communications Act of 1934.

United States Newsmakers After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight - year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

This is a year to go out and work to elect senators, Democratic senators across this state, so we can take over the Senate and we can help working families in the state of New York.»

Two rare openings in the state Senate have intensified the battle for control of the chamber this fall, and increased the Democrats» chances of taking over.

State Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter CommisState Senate Democrats are accusing Julie Killian, the newly minted Republican choice in an upcoming key Westchester County state Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commisstate Senate race, as a «no - show» politician, saying she missed over half the meetings and skipped over 80percent of the votes taken while she was an appointed member of the Westchester County Charter Commission.

«Mr. Klein outlined a system in which the leaders of the Republican caucus and the Independent Democratic Conference would work together to run the Senate, with joint control over committee agendas, the bills that are taken up on the floor and state budget negotiations,» Tom Kaplan wrote.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one of the reasons he is actively campaigning for Democrats to take over the New York State Senate is that he believes he will have more success getting ethics changes done without the GOP in charge.

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When the Saxbe fix was used for Hillary Clinton, who had the same problem, there was some debate over whether it would be valid, due to the timing of when the raise by the Executive Branch took effect compared to exactly when Clinton resigned from the Senate and when her term of service began at the State Dept.. The Constitutionality has nothing whatsoever to do with Clinton's personal actions and these particulars would hold for others too if the timing was similar.

The governor, who supports Democrats taking over the chamber, said earlier today he will be campaigning with Democratic candidates for state Senate later this month.

Duffy, the former Rochester mayor, has been a visible presence in Albany since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office Jan. 1 and frequently presides over the state Senate, one of the few official duties for the lieutenant governor.

If Mr. Kaminsky's small lead over Christopher T. McGrath, the Republican, holds up, the Democrats would take a numerical majority in the State Senate, which Republicans currently hold by the leanest of margins.

Between appearing at fund - raisers and dispatching City Hall staff to work on individual races, the Democratic mayor pushed hard for his party to take over the Senate — a lot harder, notably, than the state's top Democrat, Andrew Cuomo.

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(The party ended up backing Cuomo over Teachout, after the governor grudgingly promised to try to help the Democracts take back the State Senate.)

In the area's two state Senate races — seats currently held by Republicans George Amedore and Hugh Farley — all of the candidates during interviews last week took swipes of some kind at the controversial education standards and state tests that drew an over 20 percent opt - out rate for the second straight year this spring.

The day is expected to be further complicated by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.

Cuomo says the effort does not conflict with his promise to help the left leaning Working Families Party engineer a Democratic take over of the State Senate.

Another prominent Democrat said private polling data showing Trump's support in New York state sharply declining over the past two weeks convinced Cuomo «that the Democrats have a good chance to take the Senate anyway, so he might as well get on board.»

As New York's state Senate finishes out a raft of tasks before the legislative session ends on Friday, one vote was easy: Acting MTA director Thomas Prendergast will now officially take over Joe Lhota's job after a unanimous vote to confirm him.

Attendees at this year's conference at the Condado Plaza Hilton Hotel have little reason to celebrate after the beating Democrats took on Tuesday, when Republicans took over the majority in the State Senate.

If the special elections turn into a fight over the majority, with Cuomo perhaps forced to take a more bullish stance on Democrats gaining seats in the state Senate, it could upset his negotiations with the state Legislature.

More importantly, Cuomo agreed to put his weight behind state Democrats» foremost aim: taking over complete control of the Legislature by winning the State Sestate Democrats» foremost aim: taking over complete control of the Legislature by winning the State SeState Senate.

This has become almost routine in the state Legislature: In early 2015, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested on charges of extortion, fraud and bribery, barely four months after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver resigned over federal charges that he had taken millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks.

Griffo will also take over Maziarz's spot as chair of the Senate's select committe on state and Native American relations.

A «source close to the Cuomo administration» explained to Post state editor Fred Dicker the governor's behavior by saying that he was worried about what would happened if the Senate was taken over by the «borderline corrupt» Democratic leadership of John Sampson.

The deal yesterday with the resistant State Senate will have the pay raise take effect in the larger New York metro area over the next six years, while the wage upstate will only go to $ 12.50.

After year - long investigations into a potential pay - to - play scheme involving his definition political nonprofit Campaign for One New York and his failed 2014 fundraising effort for State Senate Democrats by now - former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara — eventually taken over by acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim — and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, the pair decided not to bring federal charges against de Blasio or his aides.

Governor Andrew Cuomo gave a rousing speech at a meeting of the State Democratic Party, but stopped short of endorsing a democratic take over of the State Senate.