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GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino will kick off an unusual upstate tour in Albany today, eschewing the old - school campaign bus for a more unorthodox form of transportation: A houseboat.
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The party that brought you AG Andrew Cuomo's upstate RV tour is now launching «Road to a 1000 Democratic Ideas», described in a press release as «new statewide effort to reach out to everyday New Yorkers for their ideas for improving New York government and solving the serious challenge facing the state.»
Heastie was in Schenectady earlier today to tour General Electric Co., Proctors and the site of the proposed Rivers Resort and Casino as part of a broader upstate tour with members of his Democratic conference.
As he undertakes a tour of different upstate New York regions, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in an interview on Tuesday said Gov. Andrew Cuomo assured him a component of the SAFE Act would ultimately be put in place despite a two - way agreement with Senate Republicans.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie took time after his whirlwind tour of upstate New York to talk to me on the phone about the changes in Albany this past year, which saw him replace scandal - scarred former Speaker Sheldon Silver, and the challenges he foresees going forward.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer pledged during a tour of upstate New York on Monday to not shift away from his locally driven focus on Empire State issues as he prepares to become the next leader of the Senate Democrats in Washington.
Governor Cuomo speaks in Albany at first event of three - city upstate bus tour, campaigning for his Women's Equality agenda
While the Catskills town of Prattsville was virtually wiped off the map and more than 500,000 people lost power on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions upstate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo conducted separate helicopter tours of damaged areas across New York, garnering glowing reviews in local papers.
Nixon has been touring parts of upstate New York this week, appearing Wednesday in Hoosick Falls, a village struggling with a chemical water contamination, and today in Syracuse and Rochester.
At 10:30 a.m., LG Kathy Hochul highlights Cuomo's investment in upstate economic development during a tour of the Troy Innovation Garage, 24 4th St., Troy.
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch kicked off his upstate NY Uprising tour in Buffalo today, and, true to his word, called out the so - called «enemies» of reform who declined to sign his trio of pledges to support nonpartisan redistricting, GAP budgeting and an ethics overhaul.
Schneiderman, who launched an upstate «justice» tour today — just days after he skipped two back - to - back upstate debates — rejected the suggestion made by Sean Coffey and sources close to Cuomo that he's too liberal to defeat the Republican AG candidate, Staten Island DA Dan Donovan in November.
Another moved here to run for a U.S. Senate seat, settling in an affluent suburban neighborhood in Westchester County following a «listening tour» in upstate New York.
Bernard Tolbert, who is challenging Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown in the Sept. 10 Democratic primary, turned President Obama's mix - up of Brown and Rep. Brian Higgins during Day One of his upstate tour into an ad.
Former Vice President Joe Biden will continue his unofficial tour of upstate colleges, due to speak at the senior convocation at Cornell University in May.
This week, at an American Legion post in Colonie, New York, Faso opened the «Tax Relief Now» tour, highlighting his signature issue of stimulating the lagging upstate economy by cutting taxes and scaling back intrusive government regulation.
Governor Cuomo has been touring major upstate regions, promoting the passage of the third on time or early budget in a row.
State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie started a tour of upstate New York this week, with several stops in the Syracuse area.
He's in the middle of a tour of upstate members» districts (he plans to hit all of them), during which the Bronx Democrat is trying to familiarize himself with issues outside his comfort zone of New York City.
Efforts to improve services for veterans and ensure the future of military bases in upstate New York were key topics Wednesday as the chairman of the State Senate's Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs toured the region.
One of Albany's so - called «three men in a room» is touring upstate New York to get a feel for the problems facing the area.
A «jobs tour» will include similar events in other upstate cities.
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi kicked off a multi-state bus tour in upstate New York in an appeal to women to vote for Democrats in November's election.
Heastie, in an editorial board meeting with the Albany Times Union, one of the stops on his upstate tour, says he thinks the whole upstate - downstate divide is too often amplified for «political posturing.»
But Cuomo during an appearance Wednesday in upstate Kingston, the latest stop on his RV tour to push the issue, disagreed.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie met with Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner in his first stop on his upstate tour this summer.
Hawkins will be in Buffalo on a citizen led tour of the city to see how Cuomo's failed economic and education policies have impacted upstate communities.
Speaker Heastie, in an editorial board meeting with the Albany Times Union, one of the stops on his upstate tour, says he thinks the whole upstate — downstate divide is too often amplified for «political posturing».
The Bronx Democrat toured upstate New York and Long Island shortly after becoming speaker in 2015 as a way to connect with the different regions of the state.
The tour will swing through a dozen upstate counties and end on May 30 in Buffalo — two days before the Republicans are scheduled to hold their convention in Manhattan.
Gresham, who joined Cuomo on an RV tour in upstate New York to stoke support for the governor's legislation, said that New York can now become the type of place where families can make a living wage instead of just a minimum wage.
Heastie, who represents a district in the Bronx, is planning to travel through upstate New York and meet with local officials and tour businesses.
Heastie spoke before an upstate tour that began at the miSci Museum in Schenectady.
SYRACUSE — Near the end of Tuesday's daylong visit to Syracuse, the first stop on a three - day upstate swing in a statewide tour, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie sat on a massage table inside a mega auto dealership where a blood drive was being held.
Senator - designate Kirsten Gillibrand started her statewide «listening tour» Saturday in the urban heart of Harlem — far from the upstate farmlands she represented as a congresswoman.
Talking to Cuomo after the Utica event, the Times Union's Matt Hamilton noted that Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was that very day touring the Capital Region in an attempt to show his interest in the concerns of his upstate members.
On Tuesday Governor Andrew Cuomo continued his summer tour through upstate, this time touting the burgeoning wine industry in the Finger Lakes.
Also related is McVeigh's personal history as a bully - hating, gun - loving kid in upstate New York who thought he'd found a home in the Army until a disillusioning tour of duty in the first Gulf War led to a sour experience washing out of the Army's Ranger School.
From festivals in charming small towns such as Merrickville and Skaneateles, to luxurious weekends in Montreal and wine tours in Prince Edward County, she casts a wide net over Eastern Ontario, West Quebec and upstate New York.
Sloan drew his subjects from further tours to upstate New York, but during a summer's stay at his father's home in Kewanee, in north - central Illinois, in 1866, he turned his attention to the local setting.
Their first tour was nine days long, starting in Philadelphia, hitting up Delaware and Virginia and Ohio before swinging back to upstate New York and Massachusetts.
The guest room in this upstate New York house felt complete with little more than a mid-1800s spindle bed, often called a Jenny Lind after the famous Swedish singer of the time who toured America in a P.T. Barnum production.
The guest room of this upstate New York home felt complete with little more than a mid-1800s spindle bed, often called a Jenny Lind after the famous Swedish singer of the time who toured America in a P.T. Barnum production.