Sentences with phrase «than any governor since»

Pataki did more harm to NY's debt position than any governor since Nelson Rockefeller, and he had enough flexibility in his political positioning to make a circus contortionist blush.

The governor declared last month that he had steered more investment to the northern and western reaches of the state than any governor since DeWitt Clinton built the Erie Canal, and that in closed - door negotiating sessions he is the one going to the mat for upstate.

Cuomo, a Democrat, is fond of boasting that he's done more to boost upstate areas than any governor since DeWitt Clinton dug the Erie Canal, and on a per capita basis, state subsidies have rained down more heavily on Buffalo and the North Country than Brooklyn or Staten Island's North Shore.

Not exact matches

Non-energy exports led the rebound, a show of strength that Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz has been waiting on since he started his job more than two years ago.

Since Governor Abbott took office, more than 600,000 new jobs have been created and Texas set a new record for the lowest unemployment rate in four decades.

Being baptized into the church is more significant for George than for most people, since he is in line to become king, which would also make him the supreme governor of the Church of England.

This state law could be changed, but you would need more than the bare legislative majority you propose - you'd need enough votes to override the inevitable veto (the governor isn't on your side, since you don't have half the state's population.)

Yesterday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that since December 2011, installed capacity in the state has increased more than 10-fold, or 1,000 %.

It's been less than two months since Governor Cuomo's Fix NYC panel unveiled a congestion pricing plan that would help fund dire upgrades to the state - controlled subway system, but instead of leaning into that proposal, Cuomo has decided to throw his support behind a different means of accruing capital.

COR has been a major donor to Cuomo, with the company's affiliates, executives and family members contributing more than $ 300,000 to the governor since 2010.

COR is the Democratic governor's single biggest contributor in Central New York, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard, which tallied more than $ 300,000 in donations since 2010 from COR affiliates, executives and their family members.

Although minor party or independent candidates for Governor have been elected since the end of World War II in the midwest, the west, and the east, no one other than a Democrat or a Republican has been elected Governor in a southern state since 1916, when the Prohibition Party nominee for Florida Governor, Sidney J. Catts, was elected.

(Recall that Cuomo has more than a passing interest in this lawsuit, since it challenges his right as governor to make policy through budget extender bills).

In June 2015, Governor Cuomo announced that New York State had kept more than 7,500 repeat offenders off the road since implementing tougher DWI regulations in September 2012.

The truth is that Gov. Cuomo has played a slight of hand game with both parties since becoming Governor and now with the election season drawing nearer his base will show they have a longer memory than he might have counted on when he failed to back Democratic Senate candidates and let if not openly encouraged the IDC Coalition to come into being by acting like Party didn't count at all in his game plain to win re-election and then possibly run for President in 2016.

«It seems like the governor has some insecurities, and since he's a constituent of mine, I'd be more than happy to set him up with our Department of Community Mental Health, if he actually needs a little help,» Astorino said of Cuomo, who lives in Mount Kisco.

This decision leaves the Senate in something of an even tougher spot than it was before, as it's now split 31 — 31, with no tie - breaking vote (the lieutenant governor would normally play that role, but since David Paterson was elevated after Eliot Spitzer resigned, and there is no replacement, they're stuck).

«It seems like the governor has some insecurities,» he said, «and since he's a constituent of mine, I'd be more than happy to set him up with our Department of Community Mental Health, if he actually needs a little help.»

COR has been the governor's biggest contributor from the Syracuse region since Cuomo was elected governor in 2010, giving him more than $ 300,000.

And nothing underscores the latter more dramatically than last week's news from the US Census Bureau: Out - migration from New York, virtually all of it from upstate, outpaced immigration, virtually all of it to New York City, for the first time since Cuomo became governor.

It should be noted that the bargaining unit that agreed with the governor represents less than 1 percent of the state work force and is a very specialized unit that has been working without a contract since 2005,» he said.

In the decade since Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor amid reports he had solicited and slept with a prostitute, more than two dozen New York state legislators have stepped down or been convicted in a variety of corruption cases, including former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The governor has not been to the nation's capital to lobby the federal government in more than four years, since a visit in 2012 to press for disaster aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

The Sam's Point fire in the Minnewaska State Park Preserve that burned more than 2,000 acres since Saturday is fully contained, the governor's office announced late yesterday.

Lembo says since the deficit has grown to more than one percent of the budget, it automatically triggers a state mandate that requires Governor Dannel Malloy and the state lawmakers to take action.

Greenberg cautions though that no third party candidate has received more than 20 percent of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re-election to a third term.

«In the more than 30 years since Carlos Cardona has lived in this country, he has built a family and given back to his community, including in the aftermath of 9/11, when he assisted with ground zero recovery efforts at the expense of his own health,» Governor Cuomo said in an emailed statement.

He'd been touched by scandal, but he'd also been described, more than once, as Teflon — a rare immovable object in Albany's raucous political climate, thorn in the side of governors and mayors who'd long since come and gone.

2,600 Affordable Homes Constructed and Preserved in Monroe County Since 2011 and more than 700 in Progress Project Complements Finger Lakes Forward, Region's Successful Upstate Revitalization Initiative to Grow the Economy and Create New Opportunities Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the completion of Stadium Estates, an $ 11 million, affordable housing development that is revitalizing Rochester's JOSANA neighborhood and creating 45 affordable homes.

He has lost more than 20 elections since 1993, also running for the Common Council, Congress and governor of New York.

Since Governor Cuomo took office in 2011, both the number of farm based businesses manufacturing wine, beer, spirits and cider using ingredients grown in New York and the total number of manufacturers producing alcoholic beverages have more than doubled, spurred by state actions that support the alcohol beverage industry.

Andrew Cuomo's speech is going to be quite a bit shorter than his father's, but it will no doubt be closely watched and dissected, since the current governor is widely believed to harbor his own White House ambitions, and did not run this year because he did not want to compete with his fellow New Yorker, Clinton.

In a press release, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that more than 5,750 consumers have received rebates to buy electric cars in New York since the State's Drive Clean Rebate was launched one year ago.

A little more than a year has passed since I had lunch with the Governor.

He explained that since the Ekiti State governor's tenure and his counterpart's in Osun State will expire on 15th October and 26th November 2018 respectively, Section 178 (2) of the country's 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) had stipulated that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder.

McDonnell now has more than twice as much money on hand as each of the Democrats in the governor's race, including Terry McAuliffe, the well - connected former DNC chairman who officially entered the race in January and raised about $ 948,000 since he started collecting checks last fall.

Since Ms. Nixon burst onto the stage last month, her central argument has been that the governor cares more about politics and power than people.

He says no third party candidate has received more than 20 % of the vote since conservative candidate Herb London ran for Governor in 1990 against a weak Republican candidate, and the present Governor's father, Mario Cuomo, who successfully won re election to a third term.

JERUSALEM — Governor Andrew Cuomo's 28 - hour trip to Israel this week, his first time out of the country since his inauguration in January 2011, was more than just the routine campaign stop required of New York politicians seeking to shore up support among Jewish voters.

Regardless, since New Hampshire has a very popular Democratic governor (70 % in the polls), the Bush regime and the kiss - ass Republicans in Congress have been like maggots under the skin (which is why both Repub reps got zapped - and Sen. Sununu is about to), and the dramatic increase in liberal voters in the southern tier population centers — all makes it more than likely that NH will be going Democratic this year no matter who heads the ticket.

Koch recently told me those comments were «stupid» and insisted he would have been a better governor for upstate than anyone who has held the job since the 80s.

«More voters, 46 percent, now describe Cuomo as a liberal, than at any time since he's been Governor.

Cuomo has repeatedly called for closing the LLC loophole since his initial run for governor in 2010, even as he has benefited more than any other candidate from the money that flows through it.

«He's really crossed a magic line, if you will,» said Greenberg, who says for the first time since he's been governor less than half of voters, 49 percent have a favorable view of Cuomo.

The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that he has not received a dime as salary since he became governor in 2010, disclosing that Permanent Secretaries in the state earned more than hisGovernor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that he has not received a dime as salary since he became governor in 2010, disclosing that Permanent Secretaries in the state earned more than hisgovernor in 2010, disclosing that Permanent Secretaries in the state earned more than his Deputy.

Since Cuomo became governor, education spending has more than doubled.

It's been more than three months since the New York State Attorney General's office opened an investigation into the governor's conduct.

Since 2010, more than 40 states have signed on to the initiative, which is sponsored in part by the National Governors Association.

Questions during the Q&A portion of the press conference included his plans during his scheduled visit to Albany on March 4th, why he expects to convince legislators who he has not convinced, whether he's concerned that the middle school program will be pushed aside if there is a pre-K funding mechanism other than his proposed tax, where the money to fund the middle school program will come from, how he counters the argument that his tax proposal is unfair to cities that do not have a high earner tax base, how he will measure the success of the program absent additional standardized testing, whether he expects to meet with Governor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since takingGovernor Cuomo or Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos during his March 4th trip, what he would say to a parent whose child planned on attending one of the charter schools that his administration refused to allow, whether he doubts Governor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since takingGovernor Cuomo's commitment or ability to deliver on the funding the governor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since takinggovernor has promised, what are the major hurdles in trying to convince the state senate to approve his tax proposal, whether there's an absolute deadline for getting his tax proposal approved, whether he can promise parents pre-K spots should Governor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since takingGovernor Cuomo's proposal gointo effect, and why he has not met with Congressman Michael Grimm since taking office.

But he did not see fit to focus on charter schools in his State of the State speech in January, where he lays out his economic and policy goals for the year, any more than he'd chosen to focus on them at any point since becoming governor.