Sentences with phrase «upstate issues»

Senate Republicans earlier this year were persuaded to return to Albany for an extraordinary session of the Legislature to extend mayoral control of New York City schools, which included a menu of upstate issues.

Doing so would help them press upstate issues in a state legislature dominated by downstate lawmakers.

In announcing the trip, Heastie said more work is needed to address upstate issues, including anti-heroin and opioid initiatives, water quality and transportation improvements, and efforts to combat poverty.

His name has even been floated in certain circles as a potential LG running mate for the party's presumptive gubernatorial nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo — an interesting proposition, from a ticket - balancing standpoint, although it does leave the upstate issue unaddressed.

The expectation was that a new Democratic majority, led by Malcolm Smith of Queens and dominated by New York City lawmakers, would pay attention to upstate issues.

While the Democrat Assembly passed a bill, the mostly Republican Senate wanted the special prosecutor to be regional so an upstate issue would be reviewed by a special prosecutor from upstate, Cuomo said.

The tax cap, for some lawmakers, is viewed as an «upstate issue» while the 2016 sunset gives them little impetus to make changes to the measure.

He said after the news conference on the ethics deal that tying the cap to expire alongside rent control for New York City — effectively wedding a downstate concern with an upstate issue — won't hinder the passage.

Even talking about the property tax cap that affects the entire state — it's not an upstate issue,» Kolb said last week.