Sentences with phrase «town board majority»

Unfortunately as you look at these initiatives and the victories we have had we have been stymied by a Supervisor who would rather stay with the status quo — a Supervisor that would rather implement budget gimmicks — a supervisor and a Town Board majority that is looking at only self - interest and not the interest of the people they serve.

What West Seneca has — at least in the opinion of a Town Board majority — is a failure to communicate.

Breitkopf, in her resignation letter and a recent interview, defended the Ethics Board's actions in the case and protested the treatment of her panel by the Town Board majority, (which excluded councilman Ken Panza, who generally supported the Ethics Board).

I'm confident that when voters learn more about Bill Schirmer, he will be elected to the Town Board and join Kelly Myers and Jimmy Bruno to give Saugerties what it needs — a Republican Town Board majority!

He argued that making the switch to councilmatic districts will improve local representation as well as increase his party's chances to cut into the GOP's lopsided Town Board majority.

The two Republican choices for Town Board, Jim Dinizio and Bob Ghosio, were elected with a combined 58 percent of the total vote — a drop from 2011 when the party secured close to 64 percent of the Town Board election, but more than enough to maintain a 5 - 0 Town Board majority.

He emphasized that the GOP still controls the Nassau County Legislature, the Town of Oyster Bay and has a town board majority in Hempstead.

Kelly Myers proposed $ 400,000 in spending cuts was rejected by the Town Board majority.

She proposed $ 400,000 in spending cuts rejected by Bruce Leighton and the Town Board majority.

His Republican counterpart, Nicholas A. Langworthy, notes that voters in several key towns will determine town board majorities on Nov. 7.

Not exact matches

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For some, such as most town and village boards, the tax cap is only a matter of optics: on a five - member board, a 60 percent override requires the same three votes as a simple majority needed to approve a budget.

The town board has a majority of Democrats, in contrast to the Republican - controlled legislatures in the Towns of Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and in Nassau County.

To drive the point home, we find our Republican congressman, Lee Zeldin, assisting the Democrat - majority town board to regain local control of the airport by writing letters to the F.A.A., drafting legislation, publicly supporting the town board's restrictions, and holding rallies in the Peconic region to promote the great work he is doing assisting East Hampton Town to bring much needed noise relief for the East town board to regain local control of the airport by writing letters to the F.A.A., drafting legislation, publicly supporting the town board's restrictions, and holding rallies in the Peconic region to promote the great work he is doing assisting East Hampton Town to bring much needed noise relief for the East town board's restrictions, and holding rallies in the Peconic region to promote the great work he is doing assisting East Hampton Town to bring much needed noise relief for the East Town to bring much needed noise relief for the East End.

ATHOL — The town of Thurman's Local government functions came to a standstill Jan. 3 after a slim majority of the newly - aligned town board refused to pass routine municipal resolutions that allow government to operate, and questioned the basic authority of the supervisor to run a meeting and serve as the town's chief executive.

A majority of the residents who addressed the Lancaster Town Board trustees lived on Peppermint Road, a rural neighborhood in northeastern Lancaster that is home to horse barns,...

In Esopus, Shannon Harris led the Democrats to a town - board majority by defeating county legislator Carl Belfiglio, who had stepped down to run for town office, by 1488 - 1399.

Those speaking at the convention emphasized environmental protection and preserving natural resources; they argued that the incumbent Wilkinson administration, composed of a 3 - 2 Republican majority, had made the town board over friendly to business interests.

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Dionisio's candidacy is somewhat unusual considering much of his platform is not aligned with the stance of the current Republican - majority town board.

Although hourslong town board meetings were fraught with shouting matches among council members and from the audience, Santino mostly enjoyed a four - member majority, joined by councilmen Anthony D'Esposito and Dennis Dunne Sr. and senior councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, the board's sole Democrat.

While Republicans may have fared better in some election districts, the Democrats had the lead from the moment the Suffolk County Board of Elections began to post the first results, and they held on to it throughout the night, also winning an apparent 7 - to - 2 majority on the East Hampton Town Trustees.

The last time Southold Republicans walked away from an election night with a 5 - 0 majority on the Town Board was in 1999 under the leadership of Supervisor Jean Cochran.

The two newly - elected board members — former town clerk Cynthia Hyde and bread - baker Kathy Templeton — sided with rebel board member Mike Eddy to form a slim majority to change various ways the town conducts its business.

Technically, the current town board is actually a board with an Independence Party - affiliated majority.

Republicans tout several achievements from last year including keeping a majority on the Board of Supervisors, defending all five incumbent town supervisor seats that were challenged and securing every countywide elected office.

The unanimous decisions came during a regular meeting of the Town Board on Thursday, November 20, which was well - attended and which saw the majority of speakers prior to the decision urge the council to allow the neighboring communities to have an active role in the process.

Olive had big elections in 2011, when it seemed for a moment that a revived local Republican Party might take over town government, and with one gain ended up with two of five town board seats, as well as in 2013, when long term clerk Sylvia Rozzelle, a lifelong Democrat, rose to become supervisor after the retirement of Berndt Leifeld, and the GOP took a majority of town board seats for the first time in decades.

On the docket was a resolution to change the zoning ordinance in the neighborhood to allow retail usage, which is currently prohibited and would have required a simple majority vote by the town board to greenlight.

But beyond everything else, observers say Republicans will have to shadow the new Town Board in 2018 and find where it is not representing the view of a majority of residents.

Hempstead Town Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, majority leader of the Republican - controlled town board, in a news release Thursday said Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran's decision to impose fees «without any warning is outrageous and an affront to hard working taxpayers.&raTown Councilwoman Erin King Sweeney, majority leader of the Republican - controlled town board, in a news release Thursday said Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran's decision to impose fees «without any warning is outrageous and an affront to hard working taxpayers.&ratown board, in a news release Thursday said Democratic Nassau County Executive Laura Curran's decision to impose fees «without any warning is outrageous and an affront to hard working taxpayers.»

Once the votes were counted Tuesday night, Jay Schneiderman had not only won another term as Southampton Town supervisor, but his party's majority on the town board had gained strenTown supervisor, but his party's majority on the town board had gained strentown board had gained strength.

Local Representatives: Catherine Borgia, Majority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; John G. Testa, Minority Leader, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Linda D. Puglisi, Supervisor, Town of Cortlandt; Joseph Hochreiter, Superintendent, Hendrick Hudson School District; and Theresa Knickerbocker, Mayor, Village of Buchanan.

Should Mr. Van Scoyoc take the top job, a vacancy would be left on the five - member town board as of January, when a board majority could appoint someone to serve until a special election in November 2018.

Laura Jens - Smith, Riverhead's first female supervisor presiding over the town's first majority - female board, now bears responsibility for the development of 2,900 - acre Enterprise Park at Calverton and the recovery of downtown Riverhead.

those names have included state Sen. John J. Flanagan, who only a week ago became senate majority leader; Islip Town board member and former TV anchorwoman Trish Bergin Weichbrodt; freshman Suffolk Legis.

Yes, Jim will probably vote with the Republicans and, as Mr. Gustavson said, «in lock step with the GOP majority» just as Democrat Albert Krupski did while on the board because that what will be what's best for the town.

«If this town board puts this piece of legislation back on the agenda and goes through the process, will you abide by the majority of people that show up in this room either for or against supporting that law to be passed in this town?»

164 acres of land in 2015, a decision that Convers attributed to a town board that was elected thanks to the majority

Supervisor Quigley is quoted as saying, «If this town board puts this piece of legislation back on the agenda and goes through the process, will you abide by the majority of people that show up in this room either for or against supporting that law to be passed in this town?»

Party insiders say it is unlikely he would give up his majority town board seat to become part of the Assembly GOP minority.

Kiryas Joel annexed 164 acres of land in 2015, a decision that Convers attributed to a town board that was elected thanks to the majority voting bloc the Hasidic community created.

Town supervisor Sylvia Rozzelle, who also won reelection on November 3 as a Democrat — without any challengers — said this week that she welcomes Boggess to the board come January, when he will shift it's makeup from a 3 - 2 GOP advantage to a Democratic majority.

Following election night 2013, Walter Wettje (R) held a 36 vote lead over incumbent Orangetown Supervisor Andy Stewart (D), leading to hopes that the GOP had swept the town council election and earned a 5 - 0 board majority.

A Town Board, by its very nature, is a majority driven body.

Following the Town Board's receipt of the letter, a majority of the council effectively rejected the finding by taking no action on the ethics panel's conclusions, which included a recommendation that McKenna and Magarelli issue public apologies for the alleged infractions.

The planning commission, which has representatives from all 10 Suffolk towns, gives recommendations to local municipalities for projects along county or state roads and its recommendations can only be overruled with a majority - plus - one vote of the Town Board or Planning Board.

In fact, Chiazza said, he prefers when working on a project in a town, to deal with a government that has a 6 - 1 or 5 - 0 overwhelming majority in the hands of one party or the other, either Democrats or Republicans, because then it cuts out the bitter fighting that you can have on a narrowly split board.

Rodier also accused the current Republican majority town board of commissioning the Police Department to harass him.

Hansut said there were three letters of interest for the council seat, and after interviewing the candidates, the majority of the Town Board selected Horodyski.