Sentences with phrase «taking over state senator»

Now he wants to return to the capital by taking over State Senator Adriano Espaillat's job representing the Upper West Side, Inwood and Washington Heights — but a large new promotional piece he released in the district contains nary a reference to Mr. Bloomberg nor StudentsFirst.

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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.

The NCFA and at its helm, William Pierce, convinced Senators such as John Tower and Jeremiah Denton to argue that open records threatened adoption, and when Reagan took over the White House, the original Model State Adoption Act had been supplanted by an anemic version that did away with the open records provisions, as well as many other reforms.

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.»

Sensing many in Buffalo didn't have the stomach for a full mayoral take - over, State Senator Marc Panepinto proposed «Mayoral Input.»

But Croci has been reportedly frustrated with the job of being a state senator and the compromises Republicans have taken in budget talks over the last several years.

«I want to take this passion for our community and the skills I've gained over the years to be your next New York state senator,» he said.

«The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney.

Last week, State Senator Adriano Espaillat's campaign circulated a tough mailer against his primary opponent, Assemblyman Guillermo Linares, in which they accused Mr. Linares of «betraying» the community by backing Rep. Charlie Rangel over Mr. Espaillat's bid to become the country's first Dominican - American congressman earlier this year and for taking campaign contributions from special interests.

Updated 3:26 p.m. The criminal assault trial of Kevin S. Parker, a state senator from central Brooklyn, was thrown into turmoil on Thursday, as a judge granted the Brooklyn district attorney's office's request to have two special prosecutors appointed — one who would take over the case, and another who would investigate possible improprieties by an assistant district attorney not directly involved in the proceeding.

State Rep. Drew Springer (R), who had not endorsed either candidate, said that the «ad released by Senator Craig Estes mocking the Catholic faith and the practice of confession was over the line,» and said that Estes should «take his fight outside of the Church, take down the ad and apologize.»

The former governor of Kaduna State was reacting to a question on whether the party would sanction the sacked National Chairman of the party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and those in his camp who took the party to court over the outcome of its May 21, 2016 national convention.

BY ANDY HUMM State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., 74, has a bad back and wants to take over the closer - to - home City Council seat opening up this fall in the South Bronx, including parts of Parkchester, Soundview, Unionport, and Castle Hill.

In June, Upper Manhattan State Senator Adriano Espaillat finally realized his twice - deferred dream of taking over retiring Congressman Charles Rangel's seat (or, rather, he won the Democratic primary, which in that district amounts to the same thing).

«In just over a month, the people of the Hudson Valley will have a choice whether they want a State Senator who supports the Women's Equality Act, or my opponent who wants to take away the rights women have had for over 40 years since Roe Vs. Wade.

Present at the Washington Heights event were Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assemblymember Guillermo Linares, and the center's Deputy Director Anita Grossbard, all of whom took turns aiding over 150 children aged 3 and 4 pick out just the right item.

Anderson's speech drew a haughty and flippant response from State Senator Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, who is expected to take over as Senate leader later this year.

Shehu Sani, Senator, representing Kaduna Central has taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari over his comment about Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan during his visit to Dapchi in Yobe State.

-- CHALLENGING THE I.D.C.: Before Teachout took center stage, the biggest expected battle on primary night was a series of challenges to senators from the I.D.C., a five - member group that broke with their partymates to ally with Republicans in 2012, thereby denying Democrats control of the state's upper chamber over the last two years.

The Senator stated this in reacting to rumours making the rounds in the state capital that he planned to take over from Gov. Kashim Shettima in 2019.

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.

He said, «The position of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President is at the moment under heavy threat, because in no distant time, the APC Senator in - waiting from Imo State, Benjamin Uwajumogu, will take over the seat on the grounds that it is an aberration that a PDP senator from the South - East is deputy to an APC Senate President because, before now, the APC could not produce a senator from the South - EasSenator Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy Senate President is at the moment under heavy threat, because in no distant time, the APC Senator in - waiting from Imo State, Benjamin Uwajumogu, will take over the seat on the grounds that it is an aberration that a PDP senator from the South - East is deputy to an APC Senate President because, before now, the APC could not produce a senator from the South - EasSenator in - waiting from Imo State, Benjamin Uwajumogu, will take over the seat on the grounds that it is an aberration that a PDP senator from the South - East is deputy to an APC Senate President because, before now, the APC could not produce a senator from the South - Eassenator from the South - East is deputy to an APC Senate President because, before now, the APC could not produce a senator from the South - Eassenator from the South - East zone.

Mr. Zeldin, a former New York State Senator, took over the seat in 2014 after defeating Democrat Tim Bishop of Southampton by more than 15,000 votes.

Brian Kavanagh has been sworn in as a state Senator, meaning he's now officially taken over Daniel Squadron's former seat in the 26th Senate District.

Legislators, in an all night session, took the first step to change the state's constitution to require lawmakers convicted of a felony to forfeit their pensions, in answer to public outcry over dozens of Senators and Assembly members, including the two former leaders of the legislature keeping healthy pensions even though many have been sentenced to prison.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, had in an interview with State House correspondents at the end of Wednesday's Federal Executive Council meeting given an indication that Osinbajo had taken over the negotiation.

Mrs. Tinubu, a current Senator had told a Lagos based tabloid recently that she will rather run as a Vice Presidential candidate than take over from incumbent Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State.

JACKSON — State senators want to end the election of local school superintendents, raise the requirements for becoming a teacher and limit the state's ability to take over schools in MississState senators want to end the election of local school superintendents, raise the requirements for becoming a teacher and limit the state's ability to take over schools in Mississstate's ability to take over schools in Mississippi.

ED's acting undersecretary James Manning, responding to inquiry from Senator Dick Durbin (D - IL), stated that there are more than 65,000 applications that are currently pending decisions on claims, with nearly 15,000 received since the new administration took over.

The ALEC senator's study committee relied on data using dishonest measurements from professors at Utah State University (USU) in a department that has taken over $ 1.6 million from Charles Koch since 2005.

Senator Richard Madaleno (D - 18) stated: «We can't allow Trump officials to take over protecting our state from the dangers of fracked - gas pipelines — it would be like asking the fox to protect the henhouse.