Sentences with phrase «vacant assembly seats»

The residents of both the 77th & 79th Districts deserve local services and representation, in addition to other vacant Assembly seats throughout Brooklyn and the rest of New York State.

And, as was expected, Democrats easily kept the vacant Assembly seats in their column in races in the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens, where the party enjoys a giant surplus in voter registrations.

Last year, however, Mr. Cuomo declined to call special elections to fill two vacant assembly seats — one in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx — but there was little outcry.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo called special elections (much to the chagrin of the good government advocates and the New York Times) to run concurrent with the Sept. 13 primary to fill six vacant Assembly seats and the House seat formerly held by ex-Rep.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has indicated he'll call special elections for several vacant Assembly seats on April 19, the day of New York's presidential primary, and the assumption is he will put the Long Island Senate race on the ballot at the same time.

There are already six vacant Assembly seats — all of them previously held by Democrats, and all of them to be filled in special elections to run concurrent with the upcoming September primary.

Once Pheffer departs, there will be three vacant Assembly seats — all of which could be filled via special election at the call of the governor.

Killian and Mayer will face off in a special election April 24, when elections will be held for one other Senate seat and nine vacant Assembly seats.

Cuomo set the special elections for the ninth congressional district and six vacant Assembly seats on Sept. 13.

If Cuomo does set a special election in the spring, there will be no primary for the vacant Assembly seat.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — While there's no election date set to fill the South Shore's vacant Assembly seat, Republican Ronald Castorina Jr. is preparing for a run, and resigned his position as Staten Island's GOP commissioner for the Board of Elections effective last Friday.

Castorina will run in the April 19 special election to fill Borelli's vacant Assembly seat, and no Democratic candidate has been named yet to run against him.

Bohen last week won a special election for a vacant Assembly seat.

Newell, who has long called for reform in Albany, said the result was no surprise, especially in light of the «broken political process» for filling a vacant Assembly seat.

1996 Pedro G. Espada, the oldest of his three sons, runs in a special election for a vacant Assembly seat against Rúben Díaz Jr., son of an influential Bronx minister, setting in motion a duel of the dynasties.

Political action committee Fight Back New York recently condemned state Sen. Ruben Diaz (D - Bronx) for his support of ousted state Sen. Hiram Monserrate, who is running for a vacant assembly seat in 2010, as well as other Queens senators who voted against gay marriage.

In 2000, Kolb won a special election to the fill a vacant Assembly seat.

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Cuomo administration officials confirm the governor will call special elections to fill five vacant legislative seats — four in the Assembly and one in the Senate — to conincide with village elections on March 20.

A candidate forum for a vacant southern Brooklyn Assembly seat turned into a bitter verbal tussle over abortion last night — not between the two women running to represent the district, but between one of them and a civic leader in the audience.

The notice of election reads in part: «consequent upon the provisions of the enabling statues that bye elections to fill the declared vacant seat by the National Assembly be conducted within 30 days upon the declaration.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle didn't rule out the possibility of running for the now vacant seat of his former mentor, Slaughter.

The Nassau County Democratic Party are using Trump to raise campaign cash for teacher Christine Pellegrino, who is running for a vacant state Assembly seat that Republicans have held for more than 20 years.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday will endorse Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle for the Rochester - area House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter.

The Republican candidate for the vacant seat of the New York State Assembly's 145th District, Mickey Kearns, is facing a formal complaint that he violated state campaign laws by accepting individual and corporate contributions for the upcoming special election over the legal limit.

A day after Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (D - Irondequoit) announced that is a candidate for the 25th Congressional District seat left vacant by the death of Louise Slaughter, there is a candidate for Morelle's 136th district seat in the Assembly.

There are special elections in New York on Tuesday to fill nine vacant state Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats.

He is now gone from our lives, his Assembly seat as vacant as his eyes, completing his shuffle from Manhattan State Supreme Court, where he began as a law secretary in 1971, to the federal courthouse on Foley Square, where 12 of his peers finally got a chance to judge seven of his felonies.

«We are kind of in the middle of a weird political situation,» he explained, citing the April 24 special election to fill nine vacant seats in the Assembly and two in the Senate.

-- New York State Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morrelle was announced he will run for Slaughter's vacant seat.

Democrat Christine Pellegrino is emotional as she hugs Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone after declaring victory in the special election for the Ninth Assembly seat left vacant when Joe Saladino became Oyster Bay Supervisor, Tuesday evening, May 23, 2017, in Massapequa Park.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Common Councilor Pamela Hunter won the county Democratic committee's endorsement for a vacant state Assembly seat, but the race for support among voters in her party has just begun.

Residents of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx chose three new Assembly members and one new state Senator to fill seats that have been vacant since their predecessors took other offices in January.

The council appointed Nicoletti to a vacant seat last year after former councilor Pamela Hunter was elected to the state Assembly.

A happy belated birthday to Jerry Iannece, the Chairman of CB 11 and Assembly candidate, who received the nod from Christine Quinn in his bid to run for the seat left vacant by Rory Lanceman.

Shortly afterward, Mr. Losquadro ran for a vacant Brookhaven Town highway superintendent seat and won, leaving his old Assembly seat vacant.

The North Fork's assembly seat remains vacant after former assemblyman Dan Losquardo was elected Brookhaven Town Highway Superintendent earlier this year.

Both parties have interviewed numerous potential candidates for the 2nd Assembly District seat, left vacant by Mr. Losquadro.

Governor Andrew Cuomo this week called for special elections on April 24 to fill two vacant state Senate and nine vacant state Assembly seats.

He believes when the North Fork's vacant state Assembly seat is filled in November, Southold's deer management issue will be better represented and more progress will be made.

The Republicans did not nominate someone to run for the state Assembly seat left vacant when Dan Losquadro was elected Brookhaven highway superintendent in March — but they are expected to do so soon.

Lopez's seat in the 102nd Assembly District has since been vacant, and Republicans have the edge in active voters with 28,609, compared with 22,655 registered active Democrats.

The AFL - CIO, meanwhile, also endorsed two Democrats running to fill vacant seats in the state Senate, Shelley Mayer and Luis Sepulveda, both current members of the state Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office signaled Tuesday it would move to schedule a special election on May 23 to fill a vacant seat in the state Senate and Assembly.

There are currently 11 vacant seats — nine in the Assembly and two in the state Senate — due to legislators leaving office after being elected to different state and local positions in November.

(The seat is currenly vacant, and two of the district's last three assembly members have left office due to bribery charges, including, most recently, Eric Stevenson, who was convicted in January of accepting bribes).

If the governor calls a special session on April 19 to fill former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's Lower Manhattan seat, the Staten Island Advance would like to see a similar contest held for the vacant South Shore seat most recently held by Joe Borelli, who was sworn into his new position in the NYC Council last week.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — With the blessing of some of Staten Island's most popular Republican elected officials, lawyer Ronald Castorina Jr. was selected Thursday evening as the GOP candidate to run for the vacant South Shore Assembly seat.

With the elections of Senator Eric Adams to Brooklyn borough president and Assembly members Vanessa Gibson, Inez Barron, Alan Maisel and Rafael Espinal to the New York City Council, there will be at least five vacant seats without representation come January in the city alone.

Now - City Councilman Joe Borelli left the South Shore Assembly seat vacant when he resigned in November.

«To be clear, we will be calling special elections for these soon - to - be open Senate and Assembly seats, the timing of which will be determined in January when the seats become vacant,» Azzopardi said.