Sentences with phrase «silver awarded taub»
So, in 2005, Silver awarded Taub's research center a $ 250,000 research grant from an $ 8.5 million pool of taxpayer money established by the state Health Care Reform Act — which was disbursed at the speaker's sole discretion with no public disclosure, court papers state.
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Testimony and other evidence showed that Mr. Silver had arranged to have the State Health Department award two grants totaling $ 500,000 to Dr. Taub, whose research focused on mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer related to asbestos exposure.
Dr. Robert Taub has been ordered to appear in Manhattan federal court with records involving «grants received, awarded or applied for from 2000 through the present,» and «referrals provided to law firms, including... Weitz & Luxenberg,» the firm with which Silver was affiliated.
In Mr. Silver's awarding of a grant to Dr. Taub, Ms. Phillips said on Monday, «I didn't think there was any scheming or manipulation or anything dangerous.»