Sentences with phrase «upstaters do»
girark, I know from experience that many upstaters do not consider Albany to be TRULY upstate.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Canestrari didn't want to speculate on who might replace him as majority leader, but he did suggest it's entirely possible Silver will break with tradition and go with someone from Long Island instead of an upstater.
«While a bare majority of Democrats think the country is on the right track, as do a plurality of New York City voters, more than three quarters of Republicans and roughly six in ten independents, downstate suburbanites and upstaters say the country is headed in the wrong direction.»
«An overwhelming majority of downstaters feel the state is on the right track, as do a small plurality of upstaters.»
Where does he stand on the stupid gun control bill his boss jammed through to harass upstaters, the tax cuts that will benefit 95 % of his district, immigration, Washington corruption.
The economic argument is debatable and opinions differ, but do you think the large numbers of struggling upstaters enjoy the high taxes, ever increasing fees (example: the cost to have your vehicle inspected DOUBLED from 2010 to 2011 and is now one of the highest in the nation) and endless financial burdens they as lower and middle class people endure while the rich bankers and CEOs downstate laugh at them?
But since that person doesn't exist, the next best thing would be a white upstater.
The Black and Latino MEN who controlled the Senate for two years didn't give a sh*t about appointing any Upstaters of Caucasian persuasion to leadership positions — let alone a * gasp * white WOMAN from ANYWHERE — until they had royally effed everything up.
It's unlikely, though that any priorities for business groups, upstaters, or progressives for that matter, will get done in the next few weeks.
Flanagan did include «common sense» reforms to the SAFE Act on his to do list — a nod to the conservative upstaters who did not support him during the battle to replace Skelos as leader because of his «yes» vote on the controversial gun control law.
DeFrancisco expressed frustration with the fact that some of his colleagues said one thing and did another when it finally came time to cast their votes in the closed door conference, where he reportedly received 15 votes to Flanagan's 18, with six fellow upstaters casting deciding votes.
BTW, if all those prisoners are suddenly shifted downstate, how much do you want to bet that a Senate seat which is currently held by an upstater will have to be turned into another seat for NYC.
Let me say right up front that I'm an Upstater and a Dem and... gasp... I do work for the Assembly majority.
We don't need an upstater... nor do we need to appease upstate... we simply need a governor who makes good decisions.
The point here, clearly, is to demonstrate that Paladino doesn't have the market cornered on either upstaters or Republicans, some of whom have been distancing themselves from the Buffalo businessman since he won last week's gubernatorial primary against Rick Lazio.
She is the only Upstater elected statewide (Duffy doesn't count), and with the carving of the Saratoga led 20th CD by (ironically) the Demipendent Mann, all that will be left of the Upstate power District that produced House Rules Chair Gerald Solomon (R) and... now Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D) is Senator Gillibrand.
«While by 11 points Republicans support allowing teachers to be armed, Democrats, independents and downstaters overwhelmingly oppose it, as do a majority of upstaters and a narrow majority of gun owners,» Greenberg said.
Heastie says it's also good for upstaters to see him, so they don't buy into the thought that downstate people don't care about upstate.
She emphasized that while many of those in the city have been angered by upstaters who want to keep their right to have guns, individuals do not want «criminals to have guns, they just want to go hunting on the weekend.»
I'm a Conservative Republican who did vote for Palatino in the Primary over Lazio, because as an upstater, I'm sick of down state politicians!!
«While by 11 points Republicans support allowing teachers to be armed, Democrats, independents and downstaters overwhelmingly oppose it, as do a majority of upstaters and a narrow majority of gun owners.»
Queens Sen. Malcolm Smith said upstaters who oppose laws like the NY SAFE Act don't understand the level of firearms violence that plagues some New York City neighborhoods.
cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOdo things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YODO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOdo you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOU.
The same trend holds true for Cuomo's overall job rating, with 50 percent of upstaters saying he is doing an excellent or good job and 59 percent of city residents saying the same.