Sentences with phrase «upstate members whose»

Another business lobbyist said, «It's hard to imagine that the Senate, with its Long Island and upstate members whose constituents depend on heating oil to stay warm on these frigid days, would consider mandating additional costs to benefit a well - connected New York City billionaire.»

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Mindful of their need for a legislative ally, real estate interests have been investing heavily to assist the Senate Republicans, whose conference is dominated by upstate members without a horse in the rent control race.

Peoples - Stokes also has sizable influence as one of the few upstate members of the Legislature's Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Legislative Caucus, a politically influential group whose members include Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who counts the Buffalo Democrat as among his political allies in Albany.