Sentences with phrase «republican culture of corruption»

«Tonight's the first step in cleaning up the Republican culture of corruption and bringing real reform that saves Nassau tax dollars,» said Schnirman in an election night celebration in Freeport.

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And the head of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, has said that testimony in the trial, including Percoco's use of the state offices while he was not an employee, shows that Cuomo fostered a «culture of corruption and disrespect for the law».

He opened the broadcast with a blast at the culture of corruption in Albany that enabled Silver, the Democratic former Assembly speaker, and Skelos, the Republican ex-Senate majority leader.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful John DeFrancisco attacked Gov. Cuomo on Sunday for allowing a culture of «corruption» and «pay - to - play» to flourish through his economic policies.

AG Andrew Cuomo pulled no punches at at his gubernatorial campaign kick - off today, condemning fellow Democrats and Republicans alike for contributing to Albany's culture of corruption and pledging to do whatever it takes to clean up the Capitol.

«It is absolutely needed to sort of scrub down the Democratic culture of corruption up here,» the Republican gubernatorial candidate said of the plan in a news conference outside the state Capitol.

«We call on Senator Flanagan and the Long Island Republican Senators to stand up for real reform and to restore the confidence of the residents of Long Island by enacting campaign finance reform efforts by instituting a system of publicly funded elections that will stop Albany's culture of corruption,» said Lisa Tyson, executive director of the LIPC.

The head of the state's Republican Party, Ed Cox, has said that testimony in the trial, including Percoco's use of the state offices while he was not an employee, shows that Cuomo fostered a «culture of corruption and disrespect for the law.»

In January, Mark Vafiades, the chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party, described a «culture of corruption» in Sacramento.

RYE BROOK, N.Y. — As Andrew Cuomo prepared to accept the Democratic nomination for governor, Republicans outside the convention today started their assault on the attorney general, calling him «Prince Andrew» and saying he let Albany slip into a «culture of corruption.»

Let's be clear about what the Congressional Republican tax plan really is: It is Washington's culture of soft - corruption at its worst - nothing more than paying back wealthy donors and lobbyists through corporate welfare, at the expense of the middle class.

He went on to condemn the «culture of corruption that is pervasive» in Albany, and, as usual, insisted that neither Democrats nor Republicans are immune from criticism.

Interestingly, that «culture of corruption» line is one that Republicans lobbed at Cuomo back in May.

They also insist that the former majority leader's departure won't hurt their ability to make Washington's «culture of corruption» a major issue against Republicans in November.

Nassau Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs said voters «feel there is a culture of corruption with Republicans.

But if the GOP really wants to clean up Albany and not merely take political pot shots in between taking big campaign checks, Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan would declare, this Monday morning, that he and his conference are ready to end one of the most flagrant tools of the culture of corruption they so decry.

And yet, in conjunction with the Percoco trial, the state Republican Party posted a web video proclaiming Governor Cuomo's «culture of corruption» guilty.

«The trend that I see is not prosecutors being the problem, but a culture of corruption in Albany,» he said, noting corruption has hit Democrats, Republicans, lawmakers and members of Cuomo's executive branch.

One candidate for mayor, Republican billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, said the arrests «point to a culture of corruption that permeates our city and state, corruption fueled by career politicians who put personal advancement before public service.»

Typical corrupt Republicans with their usual «culture of corruption»... oh wait, these crooks are Democrats.

Pointing to economic stagnation and a culture of official corruption, state Senate Republican Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco on Tuesday announced his bid to seek the Republican nomination for governor.