Sentences with phrase «women in the state senate»

In New York state, 59 out of the 213 lawmakers in the state legislature are women — 15 black women in the state Assembly and three black women in the state Senate.

«Not only is Jerry Nadler bucking the unity agreement that Governor Cuomo, Senate Democrats and labor leaders have worked for, he is working to unseat the only Latina and first Dominican woman in the State Senate, which only demonstrates how out of touch he is with the goals of the Democratic Party and it's leadership,» said Barbara Brancaccio, spokesperson for Alcantara's campaign.

Her election makes for 14 women in the state Senate and cuts the Republican advantage in the chamber to 23 - 16 — the SD 16 seat resigned by Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala will remain vacant until November.

«There are hardly any women in the State Senate.

At the time, Mr. Pataki was a State Assemblyman who was preparing to challenge the only Republican woman in the State Senate, Mary Goodhue, who was also an advocate for abortion rights.

Not exact matches

Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who is president of the state Senate, listed what he called a «Women's Privacy Act» as one of his top 10 priorities when the legislature reconvenes in January.

In last night's elections two states passed gay marriage laws, two states legalized marijuana for recreational use, and an openly gay woman was elected to the US Senate.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

This law, known as the Postpartum Depression Law, was introduced by State Senate President Richard Codey inspired by his wife, PPD Advocate Mary Jo Codey, and is known for being the first in the United States to require healthcare providers / facilities to screen women who have recently given birth for postpartum depression and to educate women and families.

«Our officers are some of the bravest men and women in the nation and I look forward to proudly representing them in the State Senate.»

Democratic state Senate candidate Ross Barkan in a fundraising email blasted Republican incumbent Marty Golden after The Daily News reported the lawmaker in 2005 was the driver in a crash the led to a woman in a coma that resulted in a large settlement to her family.

Stewart - Cousins has been the leader of the Senate Democrats since 2012 and is the first woman to lead a legislative conference in the state Legislature.

«Whether in the State Senate, the Assembly, the Westchester County Board of Legislators, or the Rye City Council, George Latimer has steadfastly supported working men and women throughout three decades of public service,» said John Santos, Vice-President of 32BJ.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, a Yonkers Democrat, said during a CapTon interview that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has been outspoken in his support of abortion rights, should pressure the Senate Republicans to codify Roe v. Wade in state law by including the tenth plank of his erstwhile Women's Equality Act — the only plank the GOP - controlled Senate has refused to pass — in this year's budget.

«I am proud that we have the most women of any of the three conferences that make up the state Senate, and am pleased that they will be a strong voice in defining who we are and, even more importantly, who we work for.»

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

«This special election for the State Senate is crucial for the future of New York women, especially in the era of Trump.

Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer, one of two women in the ever - shifting field of contenders for a vacant Hudson Valley state Senate seat, has a new mailer out that stresses her long - standing political history and family ties to the Yonkers area.

Democratic lawmakers, along with the League of Women Voters, rallied outside the Senate chambers Tuesday for bills that would allow same - day voting and early voting by mail in New York state.

The Baker Project recruits pro-choice Democratic women to run in Senate districts throughout the state.

On her «Meet Mindy» page, Ms. Meyer improbably describes herself as «the first young woman in the history of New York to run for New York State Senate» and touts her endorsement from the Brooklyn Conservative Party.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

A leading Senate Democrat says if a planned unification between rival factions in the State Senate occurs, do not expect any immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns and transgender rights.

«I was pleased to be able to support the endorsement of Amber Small for the Women's Equality Party in her run for the 60th State Senate district,» said WEP Vice Chairwoman Dian Cihak.

Democrats in New York hope Trump's rhetoric aimed at women, Hispanics and Muslims will help their down - ballot candidates, especially in closely watched state Senate races.

There has never been a woman leader in the state Senate, either.

Staying in Westchester, Republican county clerk candidate Mary Beth Murphy (perhaps best known to state politics junkies as the woman who lost a 2010 state Senate GOP primary to a fellow named Greg Ball) is knocking Democrat Tim Idoni for not seeking Silver's resignation.

In the other case, a former State Senate majority employee and a former local official was accused of «sexually oriented physical contact, gestures, threats and unwanted exposure to pornographic materials» in a 2009 lawsuit allgeging misconduct toward a woman staffer in the Senate's Buffalo officIn the other case, a former State Senate majority employee and a former local official was accused of «sexually oriented physical contact, gestures, threats and unwanted exposure to pornographic materials» in a 2009 lawsuit allgeging misconduct toward a woman staffer in the Senate's Buffalo officin a 2009 lawsuit allgeging misconduct toward a woman staffer in the Senate's Buffalo officin the Senate's Buffalo office.

McIntosh is enthusiastic about women's chances of picking up a few more Senate seats in 2014, and cites EMILY's List's work training 1,000 female candidates for state legislative races.

Alcantara, who is nearly assured victory in the heavily Democratic district, would be the first Dominican woman to serve in the State Senate and the first Latina to serve since 2004.

The Senate's annual «Women of Distinction» program, which began in March to coincide with Women's History Month in New York State, allows senators statewide to select one honoree from their respective legislative districts for this distinguished, statewide tribute.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins is the first woman to head a legislative conference in the state legislature and the first black female Senate minority leader (now that a group of breakaway Democrats has disbanded).

Supervisor Crane will join the other Women of Distinction honorees from throughout the state at a ceremony hosted by the Senate in May at the Capitol in Albany.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

The coalition that supports a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate on Thursday launched a «day of action» aimed at promoting Republican opposition to the abortion provision in the Women's Equality Act.

Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in the state of Alabama, was accused of sexual misconduct by five women.

Both sides will benefit, Democrats would get Downstate (which in my humble opinion should be called the Commonwealth of New Amsterdam after the most progressive city in Europe and in reference to the city's history), a guaranteed two seats in the US Senate (+1 because Gillibrand did well Upstate in the last election, so 3 seats for the Democrats), guaranteed control of the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive branches, and the once in a lifetime opportunity to write a state constitution to their own liking (firearms rights applies only to military and police, right to choose for women, protections for LGBT New Yorkers, etc)

In particular, WFP Director Bill Lipton singled out the governor's newly formed Women's Equality Party as a «fake party» and knocked Cuomo for not spending more money to help Democrats retake full control of the state Senate.

«I'm running for the State Senate because the 26th District deserves someone who knows how to get things done, and because I'm appalled by how few women currently serve in the New York State Senate,» Naples said in a statement.

That stems from a Lancaster woman's accusation that Aronow made unwelcome and crude comments beginning in 2007 when both worked in the State Senate Majority Office.

The Senate, which is currently controlled by Republicans and a group of breakaway Democrats, was responsible last year for blocking the final plank in the Women's Equality Act proposed by Mr. Cuomo, which would have codified in state law the right to abortion as established by Roe v. Wade.

Twice now — first in 2012 and again in 2014 — the Westchester Democrat appeared on the cusp of becoming the first woman to lead the State Senate.

Messinger said in a statement this week that Lasher «will bring a true progressive agenda to the State Senate — on issues from affordable housing to women's health to environmental protection.»

Walzak is a political veteran who has served as a senior aide on the 2012 Senate campaign of Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the first woman to represent the state in the Senate and as the first openly gay member.

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Cuomo, to chants of «four more years», promised to deliver in his next term on a mostly progressive agenda, including enacting a number of items that were stalled in the State Senate over the past couple of years, like an abortion rights provision as part of a women's rights agenda and public financing of political campaigns.

Ms. Maertz said she believes Democrats have a good chance of securing a voting majority in the Senate for 2015 and she believes that will lead the state to approve the Women's Equality Act in the near future.

Jennifer Maertz, a former Democratic state Senate candidate and an activist on women's rights issues, was in Cutchogue Sunday collecting signatures and speaking with potential voters about the new party platform.

A leading Senate Democrat said if a planned unification between rival factions in the State Senate occurs, don't expect any immediate action on key items like women's reproductive rights, public financing of campaigns and transgender rights.

Cuomo's Women's Equality Act, failed in the State Senate, when both parties could not muster enough votes for an abortion rights provision.