Sentences with phrase «upstate counties into»

The proposed Senate maps also split several upstate counties into numerous districts, for example, Monroe County, which contains the City of Rochester, is split among four Senators, and St. Lawrence, Tompkins and Cayuga Counties are divided into three Senate districts The League of Women Voters called the new lines an «incumbency protection plan».

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When the law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2019, Ulster will join New York City and 10 upstate counties that have boosted the legal age for tobacco sales from 18 to 21.

The need for a study arose after the county began examining New York City's plan to reopen 23 of its shuttered Queens wells that dip into the aquifer system under geographic Long Island during its upstate aqueduct - repair project, Martins said.

NYPAN believes that Cuomo can be beaten, he lost most upstate counties to Zephyr Teachout in 2014, and now the subway and suburban railroad crisis has eaten into his support in the downstate areas which were his stronghold in 2014,» Schwartz said.

Here's where the upstate - downstate divide came most seriously into play for him: Cuomo's proposed 100 percent income tax elimination for manufacturers applies to Ulster and Sullivan counties, but stops at the Orange County line.

A year after the Department of Justice banned putting juvenile inmates in federal prisons into solitary confinement, a small network of inmate advocates has undertaken an effort to end the practice in some of upstate New York's county jails.

She reports that some of the big checks that found their way into small upstate county political committees contained the words «donation per Mayor.»

Bharara's office is also looking into how money raised by de Blasio's team was funneled through several largely dormant upstate county committees to Senate Democratic candidates in 2014, a tactic that potentially circumvented state contribution limits.

There have been attempts over the years to separate upstate counties from downstate or spin off Long Island into separate state — though none have been successful.

«We didn't override the local plan, in fact the Genesee County is now in the process of incorporating this project into their Smart Growth law, however if a project doesn't meet all of the Smart Growth criteria and it's not practical for it to meet all of the criteria we don't want to say no to a project that can create hundreds of jobs for a struggling upstate economy.»

The Orleans County Legislature joined a growing voice of upstate New York counties in opposing many of the provisions of the New York SAFE Act, a gun control measure that legislators say was rushed into passage by the state Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

Now one may say the law can govern intent or feeling, but if we are to be inclusive as a nation should not these upstate county governments be accommodating and welcoming taxpaying voting citizens into the political proces rather than alienating them or being somehwat culturally insensitive?

But it's only a matter of time, he said, before all upstate counties will need to come into compliance to ensure every defendant is arraigned with counsel regardless of the time, including nights and weekends.

Moss, who serves as the Chemung County Sheriff, said he was also surprised that despite the widespread upstate opposition to the SAFE Act, the outrage failed to translate into votes.

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This week, the Fordham Law prof jumped into the race to succeed retiring Rep. Chris Gibson (R - Kinderhook) in an upstate district that covers parts of 11 counties.

But in relocating from Williamsburg to Columbia County in upstate New York seven years ago, the artist began infusing his nature - minded oeuvre with the natural landscape... Consider how the optical waves on Black Betty refer back to the untouched cherrywood and, if you look at them from an angle, recede into the surface.