Sentences with phrase «top state elected»
Schumer last week told The Daily News he was taking a wait - and - see approach on whether he'd recommend Bharara, who has led successful prosecution efforts against top state elected officials from both parties, for another term in the new presidential administration.
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Against all odds, the volunteers knew what was about to happen: Republican nominee Donald Trump was going to become president - elect, Pennsylvania would be the state that put him over the top, and their county played a monumental role in doing so.
The fire started when a spark from the unauthorized fireworks show ignited a separate batch of fireworks that were being stored at the Puttingal temple complex in Paravoor village, a few hours north of Kerala's state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, the state's top elected official.
Clockwise from top left: Gary D. Cohn, President - elect Donald J. Trump's choice to lead the National Economic Council; Rex W. Tillerson, the Secretary of State pick; Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Secretary pick; and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury Secretary appointee.
Now, though, the newly elected top prosecutor in the county has dropped the charges, saying there was no legal basis for the criminal complaints against Mark Haller and Katherine Keylor, who oversaw the state's school lunch program.
The state Democratic Party teamed up today with LGBT leaders and openly gay elected officials to slam Republican AG candidate Dan Donovan for his opposition to same - sex marriage, saying his position calls into question his ability to serve as the state's top attorney.
In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York Republicans, rolling out endorsements from the party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.
As the subway crisis reached a boil this Summer, the State's two top elected Democrats had very different levels of exposure.
He blamed the state's top elected Republicans in the Senate and the Assembly for that atmosphere.
Each state usually gives delegate status to the top electeds, and their votes are not bound by voters in the state.
The former lieutenant governor stepped up to the state's top elected post when former Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after being named in a sex scandal.
As you'll see in our highlight reel, the speeches displayed much of what Team Cuomo has going for it; four years in office with some significant legislative accomplishments, nearly universal support from elected Democrats and their political organizations, enormous amounts of state money spent over the past four years which, whether well spent or not produces support from recipients, and a powerful speaker at the top of the ticket.
Kink said his group plans to continue to keep pressure on the state's top politicians to return the Loeb donations and will «bird - dog» Cuomo and other elected officials at public events this fall.
The governor's comments came at a press conference where elected officials were celebrating the state's success in landing federal «Race to the Top» funds.
It has been a determined and successful road to the top for Schumer, who was elected as a 23 - year - old state assemblyman from Brooklyn in 1974 before going to Washington as a congressman.
«As both an elected official and candidate for attorney general, I am proud to support this long overdue effort to reform state government from top to bottom.»
However, 64 percent have a favorable view of the governor - elect, and three quarters of voters believe he's got a good shot at creating jobs and helping turn around the state's economy — the top priority for 48 percent of those polled.
In an oddly choreographed scene, the state's top elected Democrats managed to attend the same lunch and trade public praise but not actually speak to each other.
ALBANY, Dec. 26 — Governor - elect Eliot Spitzer today named State Senator Michael L. Balboni, a Nassau County Republican, to be his top homeland security official.
While Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes Democrats on the national stage to threaten a government shutdown over gun control, the state's top elected official in Congress disagrees such a tactic is needed.
All of the state's top elected Democratic officials will unite on Jan. 5 to host a breakfast at Gracie Mansion on Jan. 5.
He periodically visited cities around the state to give speeches about his agenda, but in between, days could pass without a single public appearance by the state's top elected official.
These barriers, and the subsequent victory of Donald Trump, a historically unpopular president, have spurred renewed interest from New York's top elected officials in modernizing the state's electoral system.
Mangano's inaction, widely expected in political circles, likely means that his eight - year tenure as Nassau's top elected official will end Dec. 31 and ensures that former state Sen. Jack Martins will be the GOP county executive nominee without facing a primary.
Cahill, the former chief of staff for Governor George Pataki, is challenging Democratic incumbent Eric Schneiderman for one of the state's top elected offices.
Gov. Mario Cuomo came to office just a few years after the state stopped electing its top jurists.
The announcement followed pledges by the state's two other top elected officials to divest themselves of political donations tied to Cuomo's graft - riddled «Buffalo Billion» revitalization project.
«Ed Cox is either a hypocrite, or was tied up at the country club when the highest elected Republican in the state was convicted of corruption charges and top New York City GOP leaders were sent behind bars for selling their endorsement to the highest bidder,» the Dem said.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson — the city's first openly HIV positive speaker and the only HIV positive elected official in New York State — was sworn in amid a host of top New York lawmakers on Sunday afternoon.
New York's top elected officials on Monday announced an agreement had been reached to expand rail safety efforts around the state.
A coalition of the state's top nonprofit social - service providers presented Gov. - elect Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday with a plan for protecting funds for their neediest clients while reducing public spending, and asked for seats on his transition committee.
AG - elect Eric Schneiderman pledged during the campaign to make fighting public corruption a central focus of his tenure as the state's top attorney.
«The property tax cap enacted in 2011, with support from the LIA and the statewide business community, is working,» wrote Kevin Law, the Long Island Association's president and member of the state's casino siting board, in a letter to the state's top elected officials on June 18.
Among the dozens of speeches delivered by some of the state's top elected officials throughout caucus weekend in Albany, it was difficult to find one in which the specter of Washington — and Trump, in particular — didn't loom large.
The result was the introduction of an alternative measure that still impacts top state officials, both elected and appointed, convicted of a corruption - related felony.
The state Democratic chairman, Jay Jacobs, predicted that Democrats running for local office would benefit from the widespread popularity of the party's top elected official, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
The state's top elected Republican Saturday endorsed Ed Cox to take over the soon - to - be-vacant state GOP chairmanship.
State Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) will host New York's first summit on synthetic cannabinoids and convene top elected officials, health experts and city and state agency officials to discuss the K2 epidemic and gain insight into the frontlines of the battle against this dangerous substState Senator Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) will host New York's first summit on synthetic cannabinoids and convene top elected officials, health experts and city and state agency officials to discuss the K2 epidemic and gain insight into the frontlines of the battle against this dangerous subststate agency officials to discuss the K2 epidemic and gain insight into the frontlines of the battle against this dangerous substance.
New York Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox and the state's top elected Republican, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, oppose holding a constitutional convention, citing concerns the process will be dominated by liberal politicians.
His likely top competitor is ambitious state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who, if elected, would become the first Dominican - American Congressman.
That announcement followed pledges by the state's two other top elected officials — state AG Eric Schneiderman and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli — to divest themselves of political donations tied to Cuomo's allegedly graft - riddled «Buffalo Billion» revitalization project.
«The costs have become a top concern amongst families and individuals in need of medications, their elected officials, health plans, health providers and the state Medicaid Program.»
John Berenger, the chairman of the Divide NYS Caucus, wrote in an email news release on Monday he wanted to see an end to the concentration of power by the state's top three elected officials — the governor, Assembly speaker and Senate majority leader — and hopes the convention is the best way to achieve that.
Tenney, a former state lawmaker elected to Congress in 2016, is facing a challenge from Democratic Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi this year in what is expected to be a top - tier battleground race for the 22nd congressional district.
If elected, Tillett said her top three priorities would be lowering fees and regulations on small businesses, moving the budget process to the beginning of the legislative session and having all state departments defend their budgets and justify their existence.
Democratic congressional members along with top New York state elected officials are blasting the Republican budget bill that narrowly passed the House Thursday.
More than a third of the state's money is spent on Medicaid, making it a necessary and obvious target for cuts, and yet each year the same ritual plays out: The governor proposes cuts to health care; the state's hospital lobby and the union representing health - care workers spend millions of dollars in maudlin TV ads decrying the cuts — on top of the millions they contribute to elected officials; the governor's poll numbers decline, and he agrees to an expensive truce that barely makes a dent in rising Medicaid costs.
BOLTON LANDING — In a pitch for the endorsement of the state's largest business group, Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rob Astorino chided the state's top executives for failing to speak up as its economic climate has declined and promised that he would authorize natural gas hydrofracking and immediately repeal hundreds of state regulations if elected.
At the European election, Jim Nicholson topped the poll in five of the Westminster constituencies, which augurs well for the general election and, as previously stated, any MP elected under the Conservative and Ulster Unionist joint banner will take the Tory whip and be eligible to serve in a David Cameron Government.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew told a gathering of state and local elected officials that school funding remains one of the union's top legislative priorities this year.