Sentences with phrase «upstate districts»

The legislature, a body with many representatives from upstate districts that have few renters, has weakened rent regulation laws year after year.

Republican senators, however, are doing extensive polling within their districts and some said several upstate districts still strongly oppose same - sex marriage.

«The ploy is obvious — he is offering $ 100 million for urban schools in upstate districts represented by Assembly Democrats,» Easton said in a statement.

Among Republicans, they are looking at about a dozen senators, including Gregory R. Ball of Putnam County, Andrew J. Lanza of Staten Island, and Mark Grisanti, James S. Alesi and Roy J. McDonald, who represent upstate districts.

In New York, Ms. Gillibrand, a former House member from a conservative upstate district who had just been appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, was moving to the left on several issues in anticipation of a primary this year.

The last time Democrats picked up a Senate seat in a special election in a traditionally Republican upstate district, then - governor Eliot Spitzer raised $ 1.34 million for the candidate.

But Cuomo points out that many of the Republicans who kept their seats do not live in inherently conservative districts on Long Island and in many upstate districts.

Gillibrand won election to the House in 2006 in a conservative - leaning upstate district in part by pouncing on and amplifying domestic - violence allegations against the Republican incumbent.

One question... why is it a problem when DeBlasio raises money to help elect Democrats in upstate districts while the extremely wealthy NYC real estate interests ship boatloads of money upstate for the same purpose?

No, Skelos wants to be able gerrymander district lines and continue the current practice of packing NYC districts while leaving upstate districts with far below the average number of residents.

Capital reported last week that very few upstate districts plan to apply for the $ 40 million in available funds, largely because they don't have the cash flow to support the launch of pre-K programs.

The current state budget includes $ 300 million for full - day pre-K programs in New York City and $ 40 million for those in the rest of the state, but Capital reported this week that few upstate districts plan to participate.

The overall goal, he said, is to visit six upstate districts held by Democrats.

The measure was approved in the Assembly by a thin margin with Democrats from suburban and upstate districts voting against the bill.

«She has long served her constituents with strength and passion and as a senior member in Congress is responsible for many initiatives and has secured both funding and support for many critical issues,» said Reed, who represents a neighboring upstate district.

«They made the changes because they want to shrink upstate districts.

Republicans are expected to hammer the anti-de Blasio theme hard, especially in upstate districts where voters are already open to the message of Albany being controlled by New York City politicians and interests.

The governor has worked well with Republicans, though, and says as much when appearing in upstate districts occupied by GOP legislators.

The SAFE Act's passage angered gun owners in New York and several Republicans from upstate districts elected in recent years have vowed to repeal the measure.

Shinagawa's victory is more significant since he won in a non-Asian upstate district.

Libous privately argued to members of his conference that Bloomberg, who has contributed $ 1.2 million to the Senate GOP since 2003, is unlikely to continue his support given the close split in the chamber and should therefore not be put ahead of the gun lobby, which not only has deep pockets, but also passionate grassroots advocates in crucial upstate districts.

The measure voted on today in the chamber was sponsored by Sen. James Seward, an Oneonta - area Republican whose upstate district includes the headquarters firearms manufacturer Remington Arms, which had threatened to displace workers following the passage of the SAFE Act.

Still, NYSUT isn't taking its focus off the Senate races, where polls show Democratic incumbents running in key upstate districts are behind their Republican challengers.

Cuomo uses a large chunk of money directed for needy upstate districts to placate his buddy in Yonkers.

One reason was that he played such an instrumental role in anointing Ms. Clinton's successor, an unknown congresswoman from a rural upstate district named Kirsten Gillibrand.

In November, Gianaris's conference failed to recover upstate districts Republicans captured in 2014, dropped a Buffalo - area seat to the GOP and saw a Democratic bastion in Upper Manhattan fall to Marisol Alcantara, who had pledged allegiance to the IDC.

And Senator Savino, who is also a supporter of public campaign finance, say she can understand why some members, particularly in troubled upstate districts, might not want to ask their constituents to contribute taxpayer money to fund elections.

Easton puts the number owed the three upstate districts alone at $ 200 million.

Why couldn't someone like Dave Valesky — who ran unopposed as a Dem in a fairly conservative upstate district — cast the deciding 32nd vote for the GOP, while the rest of the IDC sits out?

Rank - and - file lawmakers and members of the conference leadership are blaming a Republican «wave» that contributed to their losses on Election Day, including the unseating of three freshman Democrats from upstate districts.

For the moment, the four Republicans who have called on Skelos to step aside as leader all represent upstate districts.

Larry Spring, superintendent of the Schenectady School District, said existing state funding formulas were already unequal — a long - held belief of many upstate districts.

This was, until now, thought to be a Republican curse, after the G.O.P. struck out in three straight conservative - leaning upstate districts.

The issue was used with devastating effect against Democratic candidates in several upstate districts, but it is relatively inoffensive to major G.O.P. donors and business groups.

This will help, but if history is any indication, it's a significant distance from what Democrats need to spend to win a special election in a traditionally Republican upstate district.

Jeffrey M. Stonecash, a professor of political science at Syracuse University, said some Democrats in upstate districts that have a history of electing Republicans «don't want anything to do with Obama» as November approaches.

Despite Astorino's loss to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, Senate Republicans swept three upstate districts in the Hudson Valley and in the Rochester area.

In taking on Hayworth, Maloney becomes the Democrats best hope for taking back a seat the party lost in the GOP take back of several suburban and upstate districts in 2010.

Gillibrand had served in the House of Representatives from an upstate district that leaned conservative, unseating incumbent Republican John Sweeney in 2006.

«If I was the Dem running in one of these upstate districts, I would say stop talking,» Mr. Edson said of Mr. Cuomo's anti-Republican statements.

Still, Democrats are targeting her in an upstate district that Trump carried by 14 points.

However, one state Senate Republican from an upstate district quickly shot down the proposal.

The campaign releases themselves (a typical headline: «Amedore Voted For 96 Tax Increases In Last 2 Years») come as Democrats hope to compete in suburban and upstate districts in which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voters.

New York Rep. Tom Reed raised more than $ 660,000 in the second quarter, according to numbers provided first to CQ Roll Call, a strong sum as the top Democratic target defends his upstate district.

New York's 21st District Former White House aide Elise Stefanik defeated repeat candidate Matt Doheny for the Republican nomination in this upstate district.

Rep. - elect Elise Stefanik, R - N.Y. Even this cycle, Stefanik's 22 - point victory in an upstate district Obama carried is remarkable.

She also attacked Gillibrand's reversal on gun control issues, noting that she proudly touted an A-rating from the National Rifle Association while serving as a House member representing an upstate district.

Flanagan, meanwhile, has been traveling to upstate districts, visiting Seward's district on Wednesday in Cooperstown.