Sentences with phrase «voted in favor of us»

Grisanti, who has voted in favor of the gun control law the SAFE Act and the legalization of same - sex marriage, faces Republican Kevin Stocker of Kenmore on Tuesday.

During the interview, which will air at 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Zimpher reiterated her support for Sen. Bill Stachowski, whom she has called one of the «champions» of the plan, even though he eventually ended his stand - off and voted in favor of the revenue bill based on the most tenuous of «framework» deals for SUNY empowerment.

With a unanimous vote of 5 - 0, the East Greenbush Town Board voted in favor of a site - specific resolution for a $ 300 million casino on Thompson Hill.

Martins told Long Island Business News: «I fully and unequivocally support redistricting reform and voted in favor of the most recent constitutional amendment that was passed by the Senate... Unfortunately, there are still those who would have the very process of reform turned on its head to become a bitter, partisan one.»

Six of the town's seven voting precincts voted in favor of the spending plan.

The board of trustees at Monroe Community College has voted in favor of signing a new five year lease for its downtown campus at the Sibley Building.

The New York State Assembly voted in favor of legalization, as did the Senate on Feb. 1, according to Syracuse.com.

Rodriguez numbered among the council members who voted in favor of MIH, but he was ultimately swayed by community opposition to the Inwood proposal, which would have rezoned a lot at the corner of Broadway and Sherman Avenue that Acadia had purchased in early 2009 for $ 19 million.

Two appointees from the Legislature voted in favor of the pay increase.

Chief among them is the fact that while any zoning application ultimately needs the approval of the City Council's 51 members — 42 of whom voted in favor of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing — when it comes to individual projects, the council's long - standing tradition is to defer to the local council member.

Legislator Ken Barraga (R - West Islip) voted in favor of moving the agreement to voters on the merits of giving the public the power to make its own decision.

Town Supervisor Jeremy Wilber, Councilwoman Cathy Magarelli, and Councilman Jay Wenk last week voted in favor of a resolution supporting opposition to the pipeline, while Councilmen Bill McKenna and Ken Panza did not vote.

Rep. John Katko (R - N.Y.), who represents Syracuse, voted in favor of a bill that defunded Planned Parenthood in September 2015.

The lower rate will not do much good for Milwaukee when offered to companies moving from, for example, a neighboring county, said Milwaukee Alderman Robert Donovan, who on Wednesday voted in favor of the plan based only on company water use and job creation.

Many Republicans ran on a promise to repeal the law, and beat incumbent Democratic opponents who had voted in favor of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Earlier this month, the Oneida County Legislature voted in favor of a law which would allow the sale of sparklers.

Local legislator Al Krupski (D - Cutchogue), who voted in favor of the first legislation said he was still worried by «security» problems posed by drones, and would vote in favor of legislation that curtails the perceived threat.

The leaders of two influential unions said today they have no plans to follow the Civil Service Employees Association's strategy of withholding political support from lawmakers who voted in favor of the Tier Six pension overhaul.

Mr. Schneiderman said he voted in favor of the voucher program, which involves providing homeless sex offenders $ 90 a night to stay in a motel, even though he didn't like it because he believed it was a better plan than the current trailer policy.

The Niskayuna Central School District was formed in 1953 when area residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of centralizing five area districts.

Town Supervisor Greg Helsmoortel and board members Leeanne Thornton, Fred Costello and James Bruno voted in favor of the resolution at Wednesday night's board meeting.

That all five board members voted in favor of the appointment may speak to town supervisor Greg Helsmoortel's influence to an apolitical approach to town government.

Jeff Sessions (R — Ala.), who was nominated for attorney general, and some Democratic and independent senators voted in favor of his confirmation.

The Syracuse Common Council has voted in favor of an ordinance that will require contractors working on city projects to hire 20 percent of their workforce from within the city.

The mayor's office has said it didn't need Diaz's approval because a majority of the LRA voted in favor of the shelter plan on Nov. 23, 2010.

But the 4,091 Southold Town residents who voted in favor of Mr. Price Tuesday made certain Mr. Goggins will at least have to wait for that day.

«He voted in favor of the property tax cap, which is successfully keeping taxes down for seniors and homeowners.»

Representative Claudia Tenney voted in favor of the tax bill.

Some Democrats, however, voted in favor of the bill, arguing that it served their upstate constituents» interests.

The City of Tonawanda Common Council voted in favor of keeping Young Street closed for another three months, between Delaware and Main Street, but will continue to study whether to keep the closure permanent.

[20] That month, Kennedy voted in favor of a WEA amendment that would have allowed late - term abortions based upon women's health.

His main focus when he ran an unsuccessful primary challenge against then - US Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2000 was his opposition to the Iraq War and the fact that she had voted in favor of it.

They previously voted in favor of a similar measure to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy in 2015.

A spokesman to Mr. de Blasio surreptitiously reminded reporters that Ms. James had voted in favor of the Downtown Brooklyn rezoning while in the Council.

Common Council members voted in favor of changing the name back in June.

Also, thank all the legislators that co - sponsored and voted in favor of giving the hard working union members of AFSCME Local # 1095 a $ 1,000 payment to settle the expired contract of 2016.

North Fork Assemblyman Anthony Palumbo voted in favor of the bill as well.

Two Republicans from the New York City area, senators Marty Golden and Andrew Lanza, and Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn who caucuses with the G.O.P., all voted in favor of the bill.

Legislators David Knapp, the committee chair, Monica Williams and Pat Kilmartin voted in favor of bonding.

And he once again criticized the two lone New York Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted in favor of the GOP budget plan, Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed as modern - day «Benedict Arnolds.»

The governor, a Democrat who is seeking a third term this year, has singled out Republicans members of Congress from New York who voted in favor of the plan, launching him into a collision course agains GOP lawmakers like Reps. Chris Collins and Tom Reed.

Cuomo in 2012 did not endorse a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate, choosing instead to make surgical endorsements of lawmakers from the mainline conference, the IDC and Republican Sens. Stephen Saland and Roy McDonald — both of whom voted in favor of the legalization of same - sex marriage (and both of whom ended up losing their seats).

Cuomo has focused his ire on the two GOP congressmen from that area, Rep. Chris Collins and Rep. Tom Reed, both of whom voted in favor of the House spending bill which paved the way for the tax bill.

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He has repeatedly voted in favor of legislation criminalizing keeping firearms available for self - defense in the home, voted in favor of various firearm and ammunition prohibitions and attacked those who disagree with him on the floor of the Assembly

May 11, 2015 (readMedia)-- The election of Senator John Flanagan as the the leader of the New York State Senate Republican Caucus is a divisive blow to the freedom loving people of New York and should send a chill down the spine of every gun owner since the new leader voted in favor of the so - called SAFE Act.

Cuomo launched the «New York Fights Back» campaign Tuesday in New York City with a focus on unseating Republicans who voted in favor of the American Health Care Act.

Two more Republicans, Louisiana's John Kennedy and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski, voted in favor of the measure as well.

Indeed, a review of the statute's legislative memoranda and other supporting materials on file in the state library indicate lawmakers who voted in favor of the statute never considered that it would be used to conceal misconduct by police or correction officers.

Yet this past December John Faso voted in favor of allowing anyone from one of seven states that don't require either a concealed carry permit or training — Maine, Arizona, Kansas, Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont, and Missouri — to visit the area with as many guns and as much ammunition as they please.