Sentences with phrase «upstate counties on»

Brooks says the county provides the amount of money mandated by the state, and she says Monroe County is spending more than other upstate counties on those subsidies.

Not exact matches

The Buffalo businessman carried 12 counties — all of them upstate — on Tuesday.

He flatly predicted that Long, who has strong support from upstate county chairs and the backing of the state's Conservative Party, was not the best candidate to take on Gillibrand.

Turner, one of three Republicans who will face off in the June 26 primary for the right to run on Row B against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand this fall, is making his first return upstate since last month's GOP convention in Rochester when he, attorney Wendy Long and Nassau County Comptroller George Maragos were all voted onto the ballot.

The Republican - controlled Senate on Wednesday hopes to put the controversy surrounding paid stipends behind them, backing legislation that would speed up ride hailing in upstate and the suburban New York City counties before departing the state Capitol for the weekend.

Long is banking on a strong showing upstate, and Maragos is counting on Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello to turn out the vote for him.

Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci is still in the race, according to Tony Casale, a former assemblyman, who is advising the upstate lawmaker on his nascent (and longshot) statewide run.

The website of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said Bell was released from the maximum - security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate Ulster County on Friday.

Long, a judicial activist from Manhattan, early on cultivated support from upstate Republican county chairman, including Onondaga GOP leader Tom Dadey.

H / T to Maggie Haberman, who notes GOTV has taken on a whole new meaning for the Democrats since Carl Paladino won the GOP gubernatorial primary last week — particularly when it comes to upstate, where the Buffalo businessman dominated on Sept. 14, winning some 90 percent of the vote on his home turf, Erie County.

Staten Island DA Dan Donovan will likely be unanimously nominated for attorney general at the GOP convention later this afternoon (assuming the governor vote finishes at some point), as Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci will end his long - shot bid to get on the ballot, according to a source familiar with the upstate lawmaker's thinking.

Collins said the move wasn't about exacting revenge on a political enemy and it was only to help struggling upstate counties with their portion of Medicaid costs.

Twenty - eight counties have received a major disaster declaration for the mid-March blizzard that blanketed parts of upstate New York, a step toward recouping millions of dollars in costs from the federal government, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a video released on Thursday decried the closure of major upstate businesses like Alcoa and criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the coming years.

In deep - blue New York, Republicans took over House seats on Long Island, upstate near Syracuse and in the North County along the border with Vermont, and reelected Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm in the face of a multi-count federal indictment.

The Republicans, meanwhile, declined to say exactly how much they were spending but said their advertisement would run for roughly two weeks on cable television stations on Long Island, in the lower Hudson Valley, central New York and several counties upstate.

Neither the county officials nor Mr. de Blasio, who held fund - raisers in September and October of 2014 in New York City on behalf of upstate Senate Democrats, has been accused of any wrongdoing.

Bell, 70, was released from the maximum - security Shawangunk Correctional Facility in upstate Ulster County on Friday around 5 p.m.

The state investigation has focused on whether de Blasio or his aides violated state election law by funneling donations to Democratic candidates through upstate county committees during the party's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to control the State Senate.

Republicans in the Senate wanted to tie mayoral control to strengthening charter schools, the Assembly wanted to link mayoral control to the routine exertions of sales tax authorization for most of New York's counties upstate and on Long Island.

The fact that the Broward County sheriff's deputy assigned to the school didn't enter the building to engage the shooter shouldn't reflect badly on efforts to put SROs in every New York school, according to an upstate sheriff.

Three months later, eleven upstate county chairs contemplating a special election settled on Dede Scozzafava, a thoroughly moderate Republican who had previously been endorsed by the Working Families Party.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, flanked by Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente on his left and Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri, discuss the state's response to the massive snowstorm that blanketed the Mohawk Valley and other areas of upstate.

Assembly Democrats have linked mayoral control to the extension of sales taxes for counties upstate and on Long Island.

As the largest upstate county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the county in New York, I believe Erie County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the County has a responsibility to make a statement on this issue and send a message downstate that this recommendation is worrisome and bad for the state.

Other upstate New Yorkers on the committee include Erie County Republican Party Chair Nick Langworthy, Rep. Tom Reed (R - Corning), and Rep. Chris Collins (R - Clarence).

But the Assembly has tied mayoral control to the renewal of sales tax in counties outside of New York City, in upstate and on Long Island, and including counties in DeFrancisco's district.

Assembly Democrats have tied extension of mayoral control to the continuation of sales tax for counties upstate and on Long Island, essentially holding the sales tax extensions hostage to mayoral control.

Schumer, who sources said made four calls to officials in upstate Schoharie County to check on the progress of the waterlogged Gilboa Dam, is expected back in the country by week's end and has trips scheduled to areas of the state affected by Irene and post-Irene flooding.

The backing of the wage floor on the federal level comes after New York's state budget in April approved a measure to increase the state's minimum wage in New York City and the suburban counties to $ 15 over the next several years (upstate hits $ 12.50 and is then subject to an economic formula with the goal of eventually hitting $ 15).

Cuomo made the announcement in Suffolk County on Long Island, where questions have arisen over the contamination of well water, but Cuomo also pointed to upstate water issues, including the chemical contamination in Hoosick Falls.

Cuomo has implied that the impact of Medicaid spending cuts would be felt only in upstate counties and on Long Island — the same parts of the state that would stop contributing to the costs of the program under the House GOP bill.

De Blasio and his operatives made the decision — now under investigation — to heavily use upstate county party committees to raise money in 2014 for Senate Democrats only after they feared the governor was not prepared to spend what he promised, sources on all sides of the matter said.

Holding a vote on the amendments, nevertheless, is key for the newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Suffolk County lawmaker who defeated upstate Sen. John DeFrancisco in a leadership vote last month.

A day after he approved a bill hastening the implementation of ride hailing in upstate and suburban counties, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office on Tuesday unveiled a package of regulations for the industry.

Under the latest proposal, sources say New York City would see a $ 15 wage after three years, the neighboring suburban counties, including those on Long Island and Westchester, would see $ 15 after four years and upstate New York would get an increase to $ 13 or another number less than 15.

The counties, though, are also pushing the state to spend most of the money on infrastructure upstate, putting the issue under a «must» for the coming legislative session, which begins on Wednesday with the state Assembly and Senate returning to the Capitol.

Slowing sales tax revenue among upstate counties during the fourth quarter of 2013 is a sign the region's economy is stalling during the recovery, an analysis from Moody's on Tuesday found.

Like much of the GOP establishment, Langworthy ended up endorsing Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino after Trump withdrew interest, and Astorino went on to lose to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though he did carry much of upstate.

She quietly filed for the name change on Dec. 29 in upstate Columbia County, where she maintains a residence.

The report from that weak sales tax receipts are a «credit negative» for upstate counties due to their dependence on the revenue for their operating budgets.

The Thruway Authority — and upstate toll hikes — won't subsidize the soon - to - open replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge connecting Westchester and Rockland counties, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday insisted.

Sitting in the front seat of a Lincoln sedan as it sped through the Southern Tier on a sunny, frigid Friday, the 46 - year - old Republican county executive of Westchester said that Cuomo had simply «managed the decline» of New York, and is a «creature» of a broken government that has presided over an outmigration of people and jobs from upstate regions like this one.

Some 9,593 arrests were made in New York City compared with 1,641 arrests upstate and 659 arrests on Long Island or in the suburban Westchester and Rockland counties.

«I don't ask upstate Republican county executives to tell me what they'll spend the 1 % sales tax extender on before I agree to pass a bill,» Heastie said, contrasting the Senate GOP's demand for information on the school system from the city.

The minimum wage will go from $ 11 an hour to $ 13 in most workplaces in New York City, from $ 10 to $ 11 on Long Island and Westchester County and from $ 9.70 to $ 10.40 an hour upstate.

However, the Assembly has tied mayoral control to the renewal of sales tax in counties outside of New York City, in upstate and on Long Island and including counties in DeFrancisco's district.

Other potential GOP candidates to take on Cuomo are Sen. John DeFrancisco of Syracuse; Assembly Republican leader Brian Kolb of Canandaigua; former financier Harry Wilson of Weschester, who narrowly lost the 2010 race for state comptroller and served in roles for the Democratic Obama administration; Astorino; Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan of East Northport; and Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro of upstate Red Hook.

State police say a sheriff's deputy for an upstate New York county has died in a one - car on - duty crash on a road in the Catskills.

Police agencies on Long Island and in two dozen upstate counties issued 1,285 tickets and 1,416 warnings during a two - week pedestrian safety initiative earlier this summer.