Sentences with phrase «veteran lawmaker»

Assembly Majority Leader Joseph D. Morelle, a Rochester - area Democrat who was first put in his leadership post by Silver, called it a «sad day,» especially for veteran lawmakers who rose through the ranks with Silver.

She has accused the 20 - year veteran lawmaker of being too much of a «party boy» in Albany to speak out against Silver.

No one, however, wants to lose veteran lawmakers because seniority does count for so much in Washington.

Saland, a 32 - year veteran lawmaker who never before faced a challenge from within his own party before this year, found himself embroiled in a GOP primary following his 2011 vote in support of legalizing same - sex marriage in New York.

Many veteran lawmakers were left wondering whether they had met their...

Chances of a budget deal seem to be slipping ever more into the realm of impossibility with each passing day, leaving even veteran lawmakers like Assembly Majority Leader Ron Canestrari questioning if an agreement will ever be reached.

Albany, New York — In a move that veteran lawmakers called «unprecedented», Governor Andrew Cuomo sent his Lieutenant Governor, Robert Duffy, to defend his proposed school aid cuts to a joint hearing of the legislature's education and fiscal committees.

In the West Village's Assembly District 66, veteran lawmaker Deborah Glick beat back a bid by longtime gay, anti-war, and environmental activist Jim -LSB-...]

Always accessible, Valerie has been patient in her explanation of the budget process — ensuring freshman legislators and veteran lawmakers alike understand the intricacies of each year's document and the impact each plan will have on taxpayers — and has given each of us the most accurate information available to make an educated decision on the budget.

Other veteran lawmakers were beginning to realize the true meaning of the extender: deals that had been previously agreed to could now be re-opened, especially if one party — in this case the governor — found it in his benefit to hold out.

Many Connecticut veteran lawmakers are deciding to sit out the 2016 campaign season.

Last year, veteran lawmaker Gene Yaw of Lycoming County profited from royalties he received from several different drillers.

Apparently, Albany has become so toxic in this election season that veteran lawmakers who havebeen in office since January 1997 are choosing to overlook that part of their resume in campaign mailers.

On March 12th, athletic trainers from all over the state will convene on 300 North Street at the state Capitol to sit down with rookie and veteran lawmakers to further promote our cause and educate them about what Athletic Trainers do.

Already, Sen. John Bonacic, another veteran lawmaker, is calling for Skelos to step aside, Capital New York reported.

A former staffer of U.S. Rep. John Conyers said the veteran lawmaker made unwanted sexual advances toward her, including inappropriate touching, adding to allegations by other unnamed former employees that have prompted a congressional investigation.

Already embroiled in an ethics probe now entering its tenth month, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D - N.Y.), chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, received more bad news Wednesday night as the House ethics committee announced it would look into Caribbean trips taken by the veteran lawmaker and four other Democrats.

U.S. District Attorney Preet Bharara's office claims the veteran lawmaker sold out to real estate interests in exchange for kickbacks from a real estate tax law firm.

Calls have been mounting for Lopez to give up both his party post and his Assembly seat in the wake of last week's announcement by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that he had censured the veteran lawmaker after a bipartisan ethics committee found he had sexually harassed two female staffers.

Despite his age — Rangel turned 82 on Monday — the veteran lawmaker remains as fiery, as passionate and as likable as ever.

He changed his mind when GOP leaders statewide began urging to him reconsider, saying he was a more viable candidate than DeFrancisco, a veteran lawmaker with little name recognition beyond Syracuse and Albany.

It was unlikely to succeed in ousting the veteran lawmaker because Republicans hold a one - seat majority in the Senate.

But the veteran lawmaker says his goal of achieving balance in his life — making time for family, focusing on policy as well as politics, cultivating friendships across the aisle — has kept him from trying to climb any higher on the political ladder.

The veteran lawmaker, who retires at the end of his current term, raised eyebrows in May when he made an appearance at a fundraiser for former Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV last month, a two - time rival.

Bonacic, a veteran lawmaker from Orange County, told Capital New York in a statement on Thursday that the bill was meant to start a «statewide discussion» on end - of - life issues.

The NRCC attacked Democratic NY - 11 candidate and Brooklyn Councilman Vincent Gentile in an email this afternoon, taking aim at the veteran lawmaker for skipping a City Council hearing.

After placing near the bottom in the congressional contest, the veteran lawmaker took an oddly lackadaisical approach to getting re-elected to his state seat, raising little money and making few appearances in his district.

Having chaired the influential Committee on Codes since the early 1990s, Mr. Lentol has had decades to cement bonds with the veteran lawmakers in the Assembly and could pitch himself as the experienced hand required to guide the legislature through one of the more pivotal sessions in years (rent laws and the mayoral control of city public schools are both set to expire.)

A veteran lawmaker close to the city and state teachers» unions and Mr. de Blasio, Ms. Nolan is the shrewd Cuomo antagonist the liberals in the body would want.

Though Flanagan is a veteran lawmaker, Wednesday marked the first time he sat on the stage on a State of the State address as the leader of a majority conference.

In 2011, DeFrancisco praised Cuomo as a «friend to the taxpayer» but the veteran lawmaker says now that his assessment has shifted as Cuomo tilted toward the left while his economic promises have failed to materialize.

Mr. Rodriguez said in a statement earlier this afternoon that Mr. Linares should stand down and run for Mr. Espaillat's seat, something the veteran lawmaker tried to do in 2012.

Not only did he step aside to allow the (eventually disastrous) candidacy of Assemblyman David Weprin in the NY - 9 special election last year, but he also stepped aside this time around to clear the path for a veteran lawmaker: Ackerman.

The veteran lawmaker says she will continue her run for re-election in her redrawn congressional district, where she is being challenged by Republican Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks.

As they battle to keep control of the state Senate, Republicans are facing a series of departures from veteran lawmakers, top staff and a rising star.

Republicans are also worried about the possibility that veteran lawmakers will follow the example of Representative Ileana Ros - Lehtinen of Florida, who last month announced that she was retiring.

Rangel has had an up and down relationship with President Obama, who suggested in 2010 that ethics charges against Rangel were «very troubling» and that he hoped the veteran lawmaker could end his career «with dignity.»

The National Republican Campaign Committee attacked Mr. Gentile, a Democratic councilman challenging Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan for an open House seat, in an email this afternoon, taking aim at the veteran lawmaker for skipping a City Council hearing.

New York State Senate Republicans are headed into a fight for their survival, dealing with the departure of veteran lawmakers, top staff, and one rising star.

Wood had worked with former state Assemblywoman Janet Duprey for four years prior to her retirement, and the veteran lawmaker regularly renewed the resolution.

«He'd scream at you in public and privately work against you,» said a veteran lawmaker.

Kissell is making his second run at Hayes after coming within 329 votes of unseating the veteran lawmaker in 2006.

The veteran lawmaker, who earned 74 % of the vote, admits he had to introduce himself to thousands of new voters.

A federal court threw Rep. John Conyers a lifeline Friday with a decision that stops Michigan election officials from throwing the veteran lawmaker off the primary ballot.

Another veteran lawmaker who appeared at the conference, Assemb.

After over four decades representing a mostly African - American district anchored by Harlem, Rangel will campaign, as in 2012, in a district that is Latino - majority and where many residents are not familiar with the veteran lawmaker.

A veteran lawmaker who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2002 before winning his first Senate election in 2008, Witkos is known for working behind the scenes to get amendments passed.

At a Brooklyn rally, he chided the veteran lawmaker for previously lamenting how he's been attacked.

Battleground District: GOP Sen. Frank Padavan eked out a narrow win in 2008, fueling Democratic hopes of ousting the veteran lawmaker this year.

Five veteran lawmakers — including one subcommittee chairman — are leaving the panel for seats on more prestigious committees.