Sentences with phrase «week run governor»

As the New York State Fair continues its two - week run Governor Cuomo has announced plans to tear down

As the New York State Fair continues its two - week run Governor Cuomo has announced plans to tear down the grandstand and remove the dirt race track.

Not exact matches

Jenny Wilson, a Democratic candidate running for Senate in Utah, said this week that «Utah families deserve another Utahn as their senator, not a Massachusetts governor who thinks of our state as his vacation home.»

Rick Perry, former governor of Texas who also ran in the 2012 presidential race and who suggested last week he would make his own bid, also made it official Thursday.

Astorino last week opened a preliminary exploratory committee for governor and hired former Republican Party Executive Director Michael Lawler to run it.

With actress Cynthia Nixon announcing her Democratic primary run for governor last week, Cuomo supporters believe the governor — with his fiat - trigger temper and penchant for off - the - cuff remarks that often go awry — is the only one who can beat himself.

Antonacci this week announced he would run for the seat held by Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican who plans to retire at the end of the year as he suspends his campaign for governor.

This week, Cuomo's Democratic State Committee is running a television advertisement to tout the governor's gun control push from five years ago.

The subpoena comes after Newsday made inquiries last week about why Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who is considering a run for governor on a third - party line, has filed a different financial disclosure form than the one mandated by county law.

The news came as a huge shock to yeshiva leaders who only last week were celebrating TAP's passage, «It's really sad that the Governor, who introduced this proposal for our yeshivas when he was running for re-election, was the one who ended up killing it after he decided not to run anymore,» said one yeshiva administrator who suspects that politics may have been to blame.

First: While the Indys backed Democratic AG Andrew Cuomo for governor (who stood with party leaders in Troy two weeks ago, but accepted their nod via teleconference today) and his preferred running mate, Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy, they crossed over to the GOP line to back Harry Wilson for state comptroller.

DeFrancisco, who has never been shy in his criticism of Cuomo, said he won't run in a GOP primary for governor, should one materialize, nor is he particularly interested in facing off against Democratic Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, whom he counts as a friend, and whose name surfaced this week as a potential primary challenger to the governor next year.

State GOP spokesman Alex Carey insisted to me in no uncertain terms that Mullen and Cox never discussed the possibility of Mullen running for governor, although he did confirm the two spoke several weeks ago.

In the interview, DeFrancisco said his decision to run is based largely on current Governor Andrew Cuomo's $ 168 billion budget proposal unveiled last week that includes $ 1 billion in tax and fee increases in order to close a $ 4.4 billion shortfall.

DeFrancisco, who is exploring a run for governor in 2018, visited Orleans County this week.

For the record, Brodsky insisted last week during an interview with me on «Capital Tonight» that 1) Cuomo has informed him he won't be endorsing anyone running for the job he's expected to give up to run for governor, and 2) the whole ticket - balancing thing is IRrelevant in this year's elections.

Nixon, who headlined a fundraiser for the union - aligned advocacy group Alliance For A Quality Education this week, issued a statement Thursday pushing for more school funding — fueling more talk that she will run for governor herself next year.

Though far drier than the governor's State of the State addresses last week, the budget plan made clear that Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, remained intent on casting his 2017 agenda as an answer to the concerns of the middle class and the economic struggles of upstate New York, a formula that some observers have taken as the prelude to a possible presidential run in 2020.

Cuomo has not publicly declared his intention to run for governor, but is expected to declare his candidacy in Manhattan sometime this weekend or early next week.

ALBANY — Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Islander who has clashed with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in recent weeks, is considering a Republican run for governor in 2018, according to three Republicans who spoke to Flanagan about the bid.

Division of Budget spokesman Morris Peters released the following statement last week addressing the lack of school aid runs: «There's no need to have school aid runs until we have agreement on getting the reforms that the governor has asked for.»

DeFrancisco said last week that he fully understands state election law bars him from running for his Senate seat if he becomes the GOP nominee for governor.

That's the significance of the legislation authored by State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R - Port Jefferson) and Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. (I - Sag Harbor) signed into law last week by Governor Andrew Cuomo providing that if any future East Hampton Town Board wants a Federal Aviation Administration grant running 10 years or more, it would have to be approved by the voters.

A new poll conducted six weeks after Cynthia Nixon announced she was running for New York governor finds the actor and activist trailing two - time incumbent Andrew Cuomo by a wide margin in the Democratic primary.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State message last week has been analyzed in terms of policy and as a talisman of whether or not he wants to run for President in 2020.

In his second national TV interview in as many weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told CBS News he was not thinking of making a run for president in 2016 and is focused on is job as governor.

«As the Governor and Mrs. Hochul have alluded over the past week, the Lt. Governor is a heartbeat from running the State,» Moss said.

As they draw closer to deciding whether to run for governor in 2018, two of four potential GOP candidates — Harry Wilson and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb — traveled last week to Texas for a meeting of the Republican Governors Association.

Governor Ambode said he delay of the project was from the Federal Ministry of Works as his administration was ready to hit the ground running and begin construction of the Airport Road within two weeks and finish same within a period of six months of approval.

A top advisor to Republican candidate for governor Rob Astorino said an unveiling of his running mate will come in the next several days ahead of the state convention, to be held next week in Rye Brook.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Long Islander who has clashed with Cuomo in recent weeks, is considering a Republican run for governor in 2018, according to three Republicans who spoke to Flanagan about the bid.

It was gathered that having quietly pressurized Akpabio for weeks, the staff ran out of patience and resorted to protesting on Monday to compel the governor to pay before handing over to his successor on Friday.

Conservative Carl Paladino, who also has reportedly shown interest in running for governor in 2014, made a stop at a Suffolk 9 - 12 Project meeting at the Riverhead's Elk's Lodge a week before his upset win in the 2010 Republican primary for Governor, and Democrat Eliot Spitzer met with Riverhead Democratics in 2003 at the Calverton home of Art Binder prior to announcing his intentions to run for governor governor in 2014, made a stop at a Suffolk 9 - 12 Project meeting at the Riverhead's Elk's Lodge a week before his upset win in the 2010 Republican primary for Governor, and Democrat Eliot Spitzer met with Riverhead Democratics in 2003 at the Calverton home of Art Binder prior to announcing his intentions to run for governor Governor, and Democrat Eliot Spitzer met with Riverhead Democratics in 2003 at the Calverton home of Art Binder prior to announcing his intentions to run for governor governor in 2006.

COLONIE — U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson took steps this week toward running for governor of New York State in 2018.

State Sen. John DeFrancisco said Friday he's leaning toward running for governor this year, and plans to announce his final decision next week.

He was profiled in a BuzzFeed story this week that documenting him running a perpetually fake campaign, and suggested he was worried that people weren't taking his potential run for governor, or maybe president, seriously enough.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's much - an ticipated announcement that he's running for governor could come a week from Wednesday, as he holds a major fund - raiser in Manhattan, sources said last night.

Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive running for governor on the Republican line, seemed dead in the water just a little more than a week ago.

Political activist Howie Hawkins in the coming weeks will announce he is running for governor again on the Green Party line.

Former NY Governor George Pataki is privately gearing up for a 2016 presidential run, according to sources, and was spotted meeting GOP kingmaker David Koch last week.

Two weeks ago, Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo that while he thinks Hochul is great, her greatness would be greatest if she ran for a House seat now held by Republican Rep. Chris Collins, an enthusiastic critic of the governor.

Political activist Howie Hawkins in the coming weeks will announce he is running for governor again on the Green Party line, our colleagues at Spectrum News in Syracuse report.

New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams this week filed paperwork to form a new campaign committee as he publicly considers running for governor in 2018.

Astorino was the 2014 Republican nominee for governor and is believed to be considering a second run next year, but faces re-election to a third term as county executive next week.

Duffy, who is not running for a second term alongside Cuomo, acknowledged the governor last week said he would refrain from commenting on the ongoing controversy, citing U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's investigation.

Joe Holland, a former aide to Gov. George Pataki, filed paperwork this week to run for governor.

«So you will take a facility like this, will now be running 24 hours a day 7 days a week,» the Governor said.

«In the coming weeks, as I explore this run for governor, I'll be talking and listening to you and to thousands of other citizens across Connecticut to see if you share that vision — and to see if you think I can be that leader,» the email reads.

In the weeks since Cynthia Nixon announced that she's running for governor, it's become clear how she and opponent Andrew Cuomo are planning to deal with each other.

De Blasio was ranked under the banner «The New New Left» alongside Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu, who are challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate, Kathy Hochul, in next week's Democratic primary.