Sentences with phrase «authority after the scandal»

With New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie adopting a hands - off approach to the Port Authority after the scandal known as Bridgegate, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to exert more control over the bi-state authority and its vast resources.

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Chinese authorities recently launched another food safety crackdown after contaminated milk products confiscated during the scandal began to resurface.

The scandal hit headlines last September, when a senior official in the Hellenic competition authority was charged with blackmail after allegedly demanding about $ 2.5 m from a company under investigation.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said that the banks need to take swift and decisive action to compensate the businesses caught up in the mis - selling scandal, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reports that 90 per cent of these complex products were mis - sold.

Unlike the original bill, the new one also codifies several of the generally well - received governance reforms the authority instituted after the scandal over lane closures on the George Washington Bridge.

New Jersey state Sen. Bob Gordon, chairman of a powerful oversight committee that has looked closely at the Port Authority after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, said he was aghast to learn what changes are included in the draft legislation.

As the Port Authority's operations come under intense scrutiny after the George Washington Bridge scandal, some lawmakers are calling for abolishing its regional - banks spending.

Embattled state Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn is set to turn himself in to authorities today after being ensnared in a bribery scandal involving former colleague - turned - rat Shirley Huntley, sources said.

Mr. Christie and the Port Authority, after all, were central characters in the lane - closing scandal at the George Washington Bridge in September 2013.

Three years after Christie's deputies at the Port Authority closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, tying up traffic for days and spawning the scandal known as Bridgegate, the New Jersey governor — who early in his term promised to bring about a more favorable balance of power between his state and New York — is now largely deferring to Degnan and leaving the authority to its ownAuthority closed access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, tying up traffic for days and spawning the scandal known as Bridgegate, the New Jersey governor — who early in his term promised to bring about a more favorable balance of power between his state and New York — is now largely deferring to Degnan and leaving the authority to its ownauthority to its own devices.

In 2014, more than a year after Bridgegate and on the Saturday between Christmas and New Year's, Christie and Cuomo issued a press release unveiling their plan to reform the Port Authority, which controls the George Washington Bridge and is at the center of the Bridgegate scandal.

The scandal has since caused great embarrassment to Ghana and officials of the GOC have since last week suspended two staff of the National Sports Authority after initial investigations implicated them.

Christopher Plummer nails this performance with a staggering authority and wryly ironic touch, all the more remarkable since he didn't even have the part until six weeks ago, when Scott went into crisis mode to save the movie after the Spacey scandal hit.

Regulators in the District of Columbia are seeking more legal authority over management firms after two recent scandals.

US authorities earlier this month issued an arrest warrant against Volkswagen's former chief executive, Martin Winterkorn, after indicting him on four felony charges in the diesel emissions scandal.

Facebook failed in an attempt to get a handle on the Cambridge Analytica scandal Monday, after British authorities ordered its auditors to vacate the political consultancy's offices.