Sentences with phrase «fatone playing culture»

That's the best answer to our pay - to - play culture.»

«The crystal clear lesson from this election is that voters have had it with the pay - to - play culture that has ruled Washington for so long,» said Ilyse Hogue, co-director and co-founder of Friends of Democracy.

DeFrancisco said the proceedings show that Cuomo presided over a pay - to - play culture, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

Dadey said the pay - to - play culture is one of the reasons one - third of incumbents ran unopposed in last fall's elections and only three out of 199 incumbents were defeated.

That it took nearly 11 long years for prosecutors finally to make a case along those very lines reveals both the complexity of Silver's alleged scams and Albany's rotten pay - to - play culture.

The case, likely to highlight Albany's chronic insider, pay - to - play culture, comes at a bad time for the governor, who is running for a third term in 2018 and is widely considered a possible candidate for president in 2020.

Cuomo was not accused of any wrongdoing, but the trial put a spotlight on Albany's pay - to - play culture.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union called the fund - raisers «outrageous,» saying they prove that «the pay - to - play culture is alive and well in Albany — even in the face of significant corruption.

In a verdict celebrated at the time as a landmark setback for Albany's pay - to - play culture, Silver, 73, a Manhattan Democrat who had become a Capitol institution, was convicted of two schemes in which he allegedly made $ 4 million in legal referral fees for abusing his power as speaker.

Albany's notorious pay - to - play culture is alive and well, despite corruption indictments and convictions that have rocked both houses of the Legislature and Gov. Cuomo's office.

Today, the New York Times used vivid details to show New Yorkers that Albany remains awash in money and utterly dominated by a cynical, pay to play culture that exploits every possible legal loophole, and often seems bereft of basic ethics.

Karen Scharff, executive director of Citizen Action, penned an op - ed in the Buffalo News over the Holidays, encouraging New Yorkers to combat the pay - to - play culture prevalent in Albany.

Karen Scharff, with Citizen Action, is a major supporter of the commission, which she says has an «historic» opportunity to change Albany's pay to play culture.

The groups urged bans on a pay - to - play culture in Albany to limit political donations by firms seeking state contracts, closing a loophole heavily used by Cuomo and others that allow limited liability companies to skirt donation limits to politicians by private companies, creation of «truly independent» ethics oversight agencies, a public, searchable database of state economic development deals and creation of «clean contracting» systems to govern awards of state contracts.

As for Sean Coffey, the TU says he «could arguably be cast as the most independent of the bunch,» but added: «His past political contributions to officials who did business with his firm are all too reminiscent of the pay - to - play culture that an attorney general must be unquestionably above.»

They are the pay to play culture in NY.

He also supports campaign finance reform to address Albany's pay - to - play culture.

Congresswoman Kathleen Rice says it created pressure to hold people accountable and will be recognized by history for helping change the pay - to - play culture.

Cuomo also is taking heat from lefty activists for failing to limit Albany's pay - to - play culture and the role of special interest money in campaigns.

Cuomo wasn't accused of any wrongdoing, but the trial and others on the upcoming docket involving former high - profile state government figures highlight Albany's pay - to - play culture.

And about that pay to play culture, why won't the Democrats do something about?

«People spend a lot of time talking about the problems with the culture in Albany» Krueger said, «and the fact that it is such a pay to play culture without strong enough standards.»

Nojay, a freshman Assemblyman from the Rochester region, says he, too is «appalled» by Albany's pay to play culture, but he has a different solution for curbing corruption.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay - to - play culture.

For the past four months, the people of Manhattan have grappled with accusations of their District Attorney cultivating a pay - to - play culture in which the rich and powerful skate by serious criminal charges — if their lawyers contribute sizable donations to DA Vance's campaign.

Scharff says the groups don't expect the governor to «unilaterally disarm,» but she says the current lax rules give at least the appearance of a pay to play culture.

Sunday, in an interview with Dave Debo of WBEN News Radio, 930 AM, Heaney covered a range of related issues, including the investigation, the state's pay to play culture and the significance of Bharara's interest in allegations that LPCiminelli may have overcharged the Buffalo school system hundreds of millions of dollars to manage the reconstruction of scores of school buildings.

«Rob Astorino is so desperate to get to Albany that he has even begun to imitate its pay - to - play culture right here in Westchester County.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay to play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

Reformers were harshly critical of Cuomo and the legislature during the 2016 session for failing to enact more fundamental changes that could curb what they say is a rampant pay - to - play culture.

The attorney general's investigation of the pay - to - play culture at the state pension fund during the tenure of DiNapoli's predecessor, Alan Hevesi, led Cuomo to push for reforms to the comptroller's office that would diminish its power.

The possibility that de Blasio presides over a pervasive pay - to - play culture can not be dismissed.

Bharara's investigation of the «pay - to - play culture» of state government intensified last April, when he inherited the files of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

NY1 asked Cuomo at an unrelated event Thursday if the LaGuardia connections to his campaign warchest might also draw scrutiny or raise red flags about a pay - to - play culture.

He said the trial of Cuomo's former aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay - to - play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

It's about pay to play culture,» Barnhart said in a statement.

In Albany, which has been criticized for having a pay - to - play culture, special interest groups including lobbying firms, unions and corporations often steer contributions toward those in power, regardless of their ideology.

«The defeat of the Constitutional Convention is a triumph for all of the enemies of reform in Albany: Andrew Cuomo, the political bosses in the State Legislature, and the lobbyists and special interests who thrive in New York's pay for play culture of corruption,» said Bill Samuels, the Democratic activist who had supported the referendum, with the hope of ushering in campaign finance and ethics reforms.

Budget bills are passed in the dark of night with little time to scrutinize them, pay to play culture is thriving, and voter apathy is rising.»

They say they will step up efforts to close campaign donation loopholes that benefit politicians and companies, and will press for more independent government ethics monitors and tighter restrictions on Albany's long pay - to - play culture by individuals, groups and corporations with business before the governor or Legislature.

Free publicity isn't easy to come by in a pay - for - play culture such as ours.

«They're going to illustrate Albany's pay - to - play culture, and it's not going to be pretty for New Yorkers to see,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

The initiative — which comes with the hashtag #Protect­Progress — started last week amid a slew of stories highlighting de Blasio's alleged pay - to - play culture with donors.

The push for public financing of campaigns comes as a study by the New York Public Interest Research Group finds more evidence of Albany's pay to play culture.

They don't fix New York's notoriously weak campaign - finance laws, reduce contribution limits or close loopholes that leave the capital awash in money, the fuel for its corrupt pay - to - play culture.

The move, some said, raised questions about Cuomo's commitment to rooting out Albany's pay - to - play culture and could harm his efforts to cast himself as an anti-corruption reformer.

The Times editorial page has covered the Moreland Commission's initial report on the pay - to - play culture in Albany: The panel deputized this summer to investigate corruption in Albany released its first report this week.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay - to - play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

The Buffalo News wrote, «the effort to establish a voluntary system of public financing of elections in New York is a critical component to change in Albany's pay - to - play culture.»

The Times editorial page has covered the Moreland Commission's initial report on the pay - to - play culture in Albany: