Sentences with phrase «time as an assemblyman»

«Mr. Dinowitz said he works full - time as an assemblyman and hardly uses his law degree.»

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And yet Gillibrand in a statement on Monday praised Stringer's time as borough president and earlier tenure as a state assemblyman.

In his endorsement, Weiner described Miller as an assemblyman who in tough financial times makes sure that while the budget is tight, he cuts only the excess and not important services.

In 1994, the «obscure» and «soft - spoken» assemblyman, as the Times Union described him at the time, took over as speaker from Saul Weprin, who suffered a stroke in January of that year and died weeks later.

Jurors in the federal corruption trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver heard from the defendant for the first time on yesterday, as the government introduced into evidence audio recordings between the assemblyman and various political reporters — including yours truly.

David Weprin, a New York state assemblyman from Queens, will run as the Democratic candidate in the upcoming Sept. 13 election, according to The New York Times.

«With all the votes accounted for I have, with your support and faith, come out ahead.Thank you for your vote and belief in me; it has been the most difficult and most humbling experience of my life... As I've said since the first day of my campaign, I will be leaving my 25 - year career at Cobleskill Stone to be your full - time assemblyman.»

«I'm willing to put my pension on the line and go back to Albany and vote a second time to strip it if I do anything wrong,» said Ceretto, who has 21 years in the state pension system as a local officeholder, State Parks employee and assemblyman.

Either way, his description of Kaminsky as an «excellent assemblyman» contradicts the Senate GOP message that the first - term lawmaker and former federal prosecutor hasn't accomplished anything during his time in Albany.

Other candidates who have looked at the race previously, and may do so again, include Joyce Johnson, whom the New York Times endorsed; Assemblyman Keith Wright, the chairman of the Manhattan Democratic organization, who is close to Rangel and could be a leading candidate to replace him should Rangel step down or not seek re-election, as is often rumored to be the case; Adriano Espaillat, a newly elected state senator who could appeal to the growing Hispanic population in the district, depending on what happens with redistricting; and Adam Clayton Powell IV, the former assemblyman and the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel unseated 40 years ago, who has run and lost against Rangel twice in the past.

As the Times notes, Cuomo said upon its launch that it would be «totally independent,» adding in August that «anything they want to look at, they can look at — me, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the comptroller, any senator, any assemblyman.»

Spitzer also attacked Stringer over his time as a state assemblyman, when he was part of «the most dysfunctional state legislature in the country.»