Sentences with phrase «upstate county executives»

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The county executive is scheduled to launch an upstate swing today.

The chairman said he believes Cuomo was able to win re-election two years ago because his opponent, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, only got 18 percent of the vote in New York City, though he carried almost all of upstate.

A host of other special interests — ranging from upstate mayors and county executives to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to the NAACP — all lauded Cuomo's plan, pointing to everything from ride - sharing that gets drunks off the road to transit efforts that will help inner - city workers get to jobs.

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.

David Paterson, several county executives and an upstate mayor.

Kessel's role at the powerful upstate - focused Power Authority is under intense scrutiny from state Inspector General Ellen Biben in the wake of revelations that Kessel — a former head of the Long Island Power Authority who is believed to be eyeing a race for Nassau County executive — «donated» hundreds of thousands of dollars of NYPA funds to Long Island - based not - for - profit organizations.

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.

POLITICO reviewed the results of every county - level executive branch race held upstate or in New York City's suburbs.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino is scheduled to kick off a two - day upstate fundraising swing in Buffalo today, as the Republican continues to be mentioned as a potential gubernatorial challenger in 2014.

GOP US Senate hopeful Wendy Long is campaigning upstate, with plans to be in Syracuse, Rochester and Lakewood (for three press conferences, the last with Chautauqua County Executive / 2010 LG candidate Greg Edwards).

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.

And the two County Executives endorsed Cuomo because he has helped upstate NY.

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.

«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.

What spurred Hollywood's sudden interest in Ulster County, according to County Executive Mike Hein, was Hein's successful effort to lobby state lawmakers to extend a 40 percent film production tax credit, available in almost all upstate counties, to Ulster.

Two days after becoming the first Republican to announce a campaign to run for governor, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino spent Friday crisscrossing upstate New York from Rochester and Syracuse to Albany, and his message was the same in each city.

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.

Doheny reported raising nothing, although he did receive a $ 30,572 payment from Greener & Hook, a Washington, D.C. - based political consulting firm that counts among its clients Erie County Executive Chris Collins, failed NY - 26 GOP candidate / Assemblywoman Jane Corwin, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan and several upstate GOP state senators.

«You don't usually see high turnout in these elections so upstate becomes critical I think the Hudson Valley and Long Island have really become a battleground and you're going to see a lot of attention there,» said Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro.

Dr. James Seeley, executive director for CCE - Warren County, said the state allocation, which is spread across 54 upstate counties, has remained level for 17 years.

«The upstate Onondaga County executive, a Republican, is an influential confidante of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and is seen as a potential lieutenant governor candidate.

Republican leaders in upstate's three most populous counties — which cover Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse — are holding off on supporting announced candidate Rob Astorino, the Westchester County Executive, to see what Trump will do.

The plan is one of the most comprehensive yet from the Westchester County executive, who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid for a second term, and highlights an issue that both candidates say is a top priority: how to boost New York's business climate and increase jobs, particularly in upstate regions grappling with decades of economic malaise.

But Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente says that does not excuse the governor from visiting or at least mentioning the project and the Mohawk Valley in the agenda he laid out for upstate this week.

Al Graf (R - Holbrook), president of the Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association Beth Dimino, co-founder of Stop Common Core in New York State Yvonne Gasperino, Michael Bohr, the founder of advocate group Badass Parents, and upstate principal Tim Farley, and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the newly announced Republican gubernatorial candidate running on the anti-Common Core platform — whose own kids have opted out of taking the tests.