Sentences with phrase «than the governor when»
DeFrancisco says Cuomo, a moderate Democrat, might have an easier time getting along with Republicans in the Senate, rather than with a chamber controlled by Democrats who might want to go further than the governor when it comes to raising the minimum wage, raising taxes on the wealthy, banning hydrofracking and other issues.
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«When thought of purely as a payment instrument, it seems more likely to be attractive to those who want to make transactions in the black or illegal economy, rather than everyday transactions,» Governor Philip Lowe said in a speech in Sydney Wednesday.
«When you do outdoor events,» says Russell, who went to high school across the river on 98th Street and played sports on Governors Island's athletic fields as a kid, «you are expected, both contractually and on a personal level, to return the park in the same condition, if not better than, it was in when you first took it oWhen you do outdoor events,» says Russell, who went to high school across the river on 98th Street and played sports on Governors Island's athletic fields as a kid, «you are expected, both contractually and on a personal level, to return the park in the same condition, if not better than, it was in when you first took it owhen you first took it over.
Here's a notion: A governor who was interested in keeping jobs in Wisconsin might have responded immediately and aggressively in early October rather than simply expecting that there was plenty of time for setting up meetings and then, when the meetings did not come together, letting things slide.
-- Former Fed Governor Larry Lindsay: «Unfunded Social Security and Medicare / Medicaid liabilities when added together to US Federal debt take US obligations closer to 300 percent (of GDP) v. 100 percent, which is more than Greece's debt.»
The Fed governor also made a comparison between the current unemployment and inflation rates with the 2004 - 07 period, when the US economy was near full employment and inflation was higher than 2 percent, thereby making the point that policymakers should hold on to the current federal funds rate and remain extremely cautious when it comes to raising it.
The conclusion is that Williams at the NY Fed is in an even stronger position than as a governor when it comes to policymaking.
Years later, when Gov. Perry actively supported the death penalty and cuts in government programs for the poor - positions that clashed with the more progressive stances of the United Methodist Church - some fellow Methodists speculated that Paint Creek's cultural conservatism shaped the governor more than his church did.
But the governor's budget office pointed to state - related debt standing at $ 2.9 billion lower than when Cuomo took office.
«Morning Joe» host Joe Scarborough issues a warning to AG Andrew Cuomo today, saying he should change his media strategy or risk harsher - than - usual treatment from the Capitol press corps when and if he becomes governor.
But the governor is clearly trying to get out from under an issue that has generated a lot of negative attention, thanks in part to the greater - than - usual interest in all things email - related, thanks to the revelation that Clinton used a private server based in her Westchester County home for emails when she was serving as secretary of state.
The fact that politics in New York is largely dominated by Democrats these days, more so than it has been in 20 years when you had Republican governors and mayors, does not mean all is well.
«I'm not getting in my opinion any better cooperation right now than I was getting when I was still a candidate for governor back in December and the Legislature left the state $ 600 million short and we ran out of money,» Paterson continued.
The governor who said Nigerians should remove party, ethnic and religious sentiments and ask themselves what they have benefitted in the last one year, reminded Nigerians that, «Foreign Reserve was $ 28.6 billion, Excess Crude Account (ECA) was $ 2.07 billion, dollars was less than N200, petrol was N87 per litre and most importantly, one bag of rice was N8, 500 and power generation was over 5,000 MW when Buhari assumed office.
Governors in more than a dozen states, too, have said they oppose having refugees settle in their states, though their power is limited when it comes to federal immigration policy.
Governor Cuomo is in the unique position of having served as the State's Attorney General when the tragedy happened and is more than familiar with the case.
«It gives me much more than pause,» the disgraced former governor admitted when asked about Obama's economic team.
Stone alienated Trump more than a decade ago when he messed with then - New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, as well as with Spitzer's father.
«When it comes to the political fight between Wisconsin's unions and its governor, by a nearly two - to - one margin, New York voters say that the unions are more right than Governor Walker,» said Grgovernor, by a nearly two - to - one margin, New York voters say that the unions are more right than Governor Walker,» said GrGovernor Walker,» said Greenberg.
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.
«Certainly, the Task Force's recommendations are a better Holiday present than the lump of coal that was shoved in the stockings of students and educators this past spring when the Governor and the Majority doubled down on Common Core testing and the overemphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations.»
Paterson also spoke of the need to unify the Democratic Party, and he praised the IDC, saying that its members «understood the budget crisis better» than their fellow conference members back when he was in the governor's office.
«It kinds of reminds me of the party and Big Brother — when they want people to be confused, they tell them something totally other than what reality is; there is a crisis,» the governor said.
* Prior to November 2010 when Ogbeni Rauf became Governor, the * average IGR was less than N400m.
«Unfortunately when the governor says everyone must share in the pain, he means the workers who provide vital services and the state's citizens who rely on them, rather than those responsible for the collapse of the state and national economy.»
The Governor has proposed allocating $ 300 million for the State's Environmental Protection Fund — the highest amount ever for the fund and more than double the fund's level when the Governor first took office.
Governor Cuomo has questioned why more than 95 % of teachers last year were rated adequate or above average, when two thirds of schoolchildren in grades 3 to 8 were found in standardized tests not to be meeting the new requirements.
While the statement was qualified, it's a more tenant - friendly position than the Democratic governor has held in the past and a change from earlier this month, when Cuomo said vacancy decontrol could be «improved,» but «I don't think you ever get to repeal.»
Under Connecticut law, an automatic recount is triggered in a governor's race when there's a difference of less than 2,000 votes.
Several lawmakers, who did little more than announce their attendance at roll call when the chambers convened around 1 p.m., noted the absence early on of the governor's mayoral control bill that was the purpose of their return.
Two polls in upstate Congressional Districts conducted just before the primary showed Hawkins at 12 % — higher than third party candidate Jessie Ventura was when he was allowed to debate and ended up being elected Governor of Minnesota.
When Rob Astorino is out campaigning for governor, it would serve him [more] wisely to invite local Republican senators who have done a good job for their constituents and carried those districts... than to take what his campaign manager's advice may be, which is to in effect campaign against them.»
The Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., stepped into the void left by the Legislature when he agreed to pay for Governor Cuomo's prison education plan with more than $ 7 million in criminal forfeiture money secured from banks.
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.
Totals reported by the state Democratic Party and its housekeeping account fell by more than half from 2013, when the party funded millions of dollars of advertisements supporting the governor's agenda, dropping from $ 9.9 million to $ 4.6 million.
When told that he must be happy contesting against Jimoh than facing Jegede who had the backing of the state Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, the APC candidate said he was not scared of any of them.
During more than 20 years as Assembly speaker, Silver played a major part in creating state budgets and policies as one of Albany's «three men in a room» when big decisions are made: the governor, the Senate majority leader and the speaker.
Ed Cox cited evidence presented at Percoco's ongoing corruption trial showing the former aide using the executive chamber's Manhattan offices more than 60 times from May 2014 to December 2014 when he was running the governor's re-election campaign and was not on the state payroll.
But he remembers tagging along with his father, Mario Cuomo, when he was governor more than 25 years ago.
But rather than pointing to state issues — like abortion rights or campaign finance — that Democrats typically highlight when arguing why Republican control of the chamber is bad, the governor kept his focus on the GOP in Washington.
«When the Governor's closest associates are implicated in rigging economic development contracts worth more than $ 780 million clearly the state's contracting oversight system has failed.»
And the governor seemed to pronounce his intentions a few days ago in a much forceful manner than back on April 19 when he said Hochul's continuing on the ticket was «up to Kathy.»
REBNY's Steve Spinola joined me on CapTon last night, and said the Committee to Save NY is already more than halfway to its goal of raising $ 10 million to help Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming budget battle and might not stop when it hits that target.
«The governor, his staff, when they move their minions for a press conference, other than for security purposes, they don't have to disclose.»
The former governor who also belonged in the same social media in his response said he's a role model that many see in their dreams everyday, «even when I have been doing more of looking than acting».
«The budget should have one purpose and to go beyond the deadline when we're by law supposed to have a budget, that's more important than to have every policy issue that the governor or the Legislature wants.»
Former Utah governor and 2012 presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. has been chosen by Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to Russia — a high - profile post at a time when relations between the two nations have become even more complicated and political than usual.
The ABO report found 1,099 employees make more than $ 179,000, the statute - set salary of the governor (Gov. Andrew Cuomo has taken a symbolic pay cut when he took office).
But Astorino said Cuomo hasn't been forthcoming enough when it comes to his book contract — which the governor revealed in a financial disclosure form is worth more than $ 700,000 — saying that he should provide more information on derivatives he's receiving from the memoir deal.
But when it came time to choose a keynote speaker for the San Francisco convention's opening night, Mondale thought of Cuomo right away: Who better to set the tone for the convention and shore up the party's traditional blue - collar base than the eloquent and emphatically liberal Italian - American governor of New York?