Sentences with phrase «upstate districts while»
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?
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Senate Republicans hold a narrow majority in the chamber, while Democrats expect to do well in suburban and upstate swing districts with Hillary Clinton atop the party's ticket this year.
Albany observers are now betting against that scenario, suggesting it's more likely, given the population loss in Western New York, that two of three upstate Democrats — Reps. Brian Higgins, Kathy Hochul and Louise Slaughter — could end up in some kind of head - to - head contest, while retiring Rep. Maurice Hinchey's district (NY - 22) is obliterated to meet one half of New York's two - seat loss requirement.
While predominantly Republican, the GOP conference isn't leaving anything to chance in the Southern Tier district, where its largest county, Broome, voted to re-elect Cuomo last year (one of only a handful of upstate counties that backed the incumbent Democrat over Republican Rob Astorino).
About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.
She relocated the guns over the weekend while upstate to endorse Democrat Scott Murphy in the March 31 election to replace her in the 20th District, he said.
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?
Teachout said she's running to «stand up for ordinary people who have been shut out of the political system,» while promising to travel all over the large district — comprising parts of 11 upstate and Hudson Valley counties — to get her message out.
While candidates in other congressional races in the upstate New York have been running campaign commercials since late August, this is the first campaign ad in the newly drawn 22nd congressional district.
Last time the districts were redrawn, Republicans led the governing body and managed to skew the process in their own favor — leaving most of the underpopulated districts upstate, while the growing populations in the New York City region went unrecognized by a matching increase in proportional representation.
While representing an upstate district in the House, Gillibrand achieved the lowest «party unity» score of any New York Democrat, earning a score of 91 out of 100 in 2008 rankings compiled by Congressional Quarterly which track party - line votes.
In an interview, Ms. Teachout said she was running to «stand up for ordinary people who have been shut out of the political system,» while promising to travel all over the large district — comprising parts of 11 upstate and Hudson Valley counties — to get her message out.
About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.
Some upstate counties and cities have rates as low as 7 percent combined while New York City has a combined sales tax rate of 8.875 percent, which includes the 4 percent state sales tax, three - eighths percent Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District sales tax and 4.5 percent city sales tax.