Assemblyman Michael Blake's campaign train for one of four Democratic National Committee
Vice Chair posts is quickly gaining momentum as it hurls towards the February 26 vote in Washington DC.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed on Tuesday two New Yorkers for
vice chair posts at the Democratic National Committee.
Cuomo did endorse two New York Democrats who won at - large
vice chair posts: New Yorkers Grace Meng, a Queens representative, and Assemblyman Michael Blake of the Bronx.
Cuomo himself has not endorsed in the DNC chair race, though he has given the nod to those running for
vice chair posts in the national party, backing Rep. Grace Meng of Queens and Bronx Assemblyman Michael Blake.
Seven lawmakers who hold
vice chair posts in the chamber have received stipends otherwise designated for committee chairs.
All have received tens of thousands of dollars for holding
the vice chair post for the funds available for the committee chair.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's penchant for angering his fellow Democrats continued this weekend as he inserted himself into the heated race for DNC chairman, and then backed a Californian — over two New Yorkers — for
a vice chair post.
Not exact matches
If you listen to public chatter, it's going to be a toss - up between Fed
Vice Chair Janet Yellen, the long - time favourite among economists, and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, whom the Washington
Post «s Ezra Klein says is at the top of Barack Obama's short - list.
According to the paper, O'Neill — pictured her with her state
chair replacement, Jay Jacobs — is leaving her position as state Executive Committee chairwoman and also from her
post as
vice chair of the St. Lawrence Democratic Party.
Sen. Patty Ritchie, the deputy
vice chair of the Senate Health Committee, said she did not expect to receive money for the
post.
The comment was in response to a New York
Post story on some
vice chairs — who receive stipends normally reserved for committee chairman — not attending committee meetings.
The use of falsely classifying lawmakers as committee
chairs came under scrutiny on Friday as The New York Times reported members of the Independent Democratic Conference — Sens. David Valesky, Jose Peralta and Diane Savino — have received stipends, or «lulus» in Albany parlance, despite holding the
post of
vice chair.
Not long after our interview comes to an end, Ben Bradley, the 28 - year - old Tory MP appointed
vice chair for youth, comes under fire for a 2012 blog
post in which he suggested benefit claimants should have vasectomies.
On the panel was Momentum
vice chair Jackie Walker, who was suspended by the Labour party earlier this year for a Facebook
post in which she linked Jewish people to the slave trade.
But he highlighted the assemblyman's rookie status, and what he described as the risk of having two New Yorkers as
vice chairs, as Queens Congresswoman Grace Meng already holds one of the
posts.
Vincent Tabone, the
vice chair of the Queens County Republican Organization, quit his
post.
Three Democratic senators signed a letter encouraging President Barack Obama to nominate the current
vice chair of the Fed and former chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers to the
post, according to Senate aides.
With the resignation, the party leadership
post falls to current
vice chair John Helf of Peconic.
Michael D. Rodriguez, a Latino progressive from Commissioner Jesus «Chuy» Garcia's neighborhood and committeeman of the 22nd ward, was elected as executive
vice chair of the Cook County Democratic Party; a
post previously held by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who just rose as the first African - American and woman elected to lead the Democratic party in the county.
But he receives a higher stipend for the
vice -
chair position than the amount he would have received if he were paid for the committee
chair post.
The group's GM is Star Magazine's Marshall Fine (in a newly created
post) and its
Vice Chair is IndieWire's Eric Kohn.
Christy MacLear to leave Rauschenberg Foundation for Sotheby's Robert Rauschenberg Foundation CEO Christy MacLear is to leave the organisation to take up the
post of
vice chair of Sotheby's fine arts division in January.
In two of my other
posts here, I showed how IPCC
Vice Chair Jean - Pascal van Ypersele had prominently accused a particular skeptic scientist of industry corruption, and how Ypersele cited Naomi Oreskes for his insinuation that the ClimateGate email leaks were the result of an effort ««organized» to undermine efforts to tackle global warming.»
He is a long standing member of the Bar Council Remuneration Committee (
Vice Chair Civil) where he continues to be actively involved in
post Jackson law reform.