Sentences with phrase «under federal probe»

Critics note he made no mention of the fact that some of his signature upstate economic development programs have been under a federal probe that led to criminal charges against 10 Cuomo associates.

The artist, Simmie Knox — who also did official portraits for then - President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary — recalled Howe giving guidance on how they wanted the painting done, but clammed up when he found out that the lobbyist was under a federal probe.

State Sen. Malcolm Smith and US Rep. Gregory Meeks are under a federal probe for their ties to a charity they helped form called the New Direction Local Development Corp..

It is now under a federal probe.

The GOP conference is meeting privately this afternoon, their first session together after The New York Times revealed that Skelos is under a federal probe for potentially placing undue influence to help an Arizona - based company.

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After U.S. multi-level marketing company Herbalife settled a probe of its sales practices with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last month, top executives assured investors that the company would be able to thrive under the new rules.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has reacted to «a story entitled, CJN, Okonjo - Iweala, Fayemi, Fayose, Others Under Probe - EFCC, which appeared in The Punch Newspaper of today Wednesday September 6, 2017 regarding a list of high profile persons, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, who are said to be currently under investigation by the CommisUnder Probe - EFCC, which appeared in The Punch Newspaper of today Wednesday September 6, 2017 regarding a list of high profile persons, including the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo - Iweala, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and Justice Abdu Kafarati of the Federal High Court, who are said to be currently under investigation by the Commisunder investigation by the Commission.

Peters, who served as de Blasio's campaign treasurer before being named investigations commissioner, has been under fire for not refusing to step aside from the sweeping federal probe that is centered on two wealthy businessmen who were large donors to de Blasio, and who ware embroiled in a gifts - for - favors corruption scandal that has already toppled a handful of top ranking NYPD officials.

At the time of the meeting, Cohen was under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors in New York, who still are probing a $ 130,000 payment Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair with Trump.»

Under asset forfeiture laws, agencies such as Nassau and Suffolk police can take cash, cars, homes and other property linked to local and federal probes and then sell them at auction.

Mangano's chief deputy, Rob Walker, admitted under a grant of immunity during the trial that he was being investigated in a separate federal probe for allegedly awarding county contracts to campaign contributors.

Mangano and Walker have both been identified in Newsday stories as being under scrutiny in an unrelated corruption probe by federal prosecutors on Long Island stemming from charges against restaurateur Harendra Singh, who was a major campaign contributor to Mangano and others on the Island.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The New York Post.

Todd Howe, the Washington - based lobbyist who is under federal investigation and has close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has quietly been added to a state ethics website as a lobbyist for entities also tied up in the probe.

The Lopez non-profits are under federal and state investigation, probes that have drawn the attention of Island lawmakers, particularly those whose districts stretch into Brooklyn.

NEW YORK CITY — Two more high - ranking police officials under a federal NYPD corruption probe have filed for retirement, sources told DNAinfo New York.

Espada is also under investigation by the Bronx district attorney regarding whether he lives in his district and is also the target of a federal corruption probe.

Former City College President Lisa Coico resigned under fire in 2016 amid a federal probe that she took $ 136,000 for personal expenses from a school - related foundation without prior approval.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than answer questions about his upcoming meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than...

Former Congressman Rev. Floyd Flake, an investor in Aqueduct Entertainment Group and the leader of a publicly - subsidized housing empire in Queens, is coming under close scrutiny as a federal probe into the selection the new Aqueduct racino operator gets underway.

New York state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, now under federal investigation, was under scrutiny this year by a state anticorruption probe looking into the sources of his six - figure outside income, people involved in the probe said.

The Inner Harbor was not one of the projects under question in the federal probe.

Recall that members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, in the institution had earlier in November shut down the university in protest, calling on the Federal Government to probe the activities of the institution under the leadership of Oyewole.

Long before a deranged doctor opened fire inside Bronx - Lebanon Hospital, the place was under an ongoing federal corruption probe, mobsters controlled the construction of its new outpatient center, executives were enjoying million - dollar pay packages and fat bonuses, doctors were allegedly offered per - patient bounties to drum up clinic business, and whistleblowing staffers sounded the alarm about poor patient care but were ignored.

Indictments could be imminent as a federal grand jury meets this week in an ongoing probe of the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office under former prosecutor Charles Hynes, a source told The Post.

Federal and state probes, under way since the late 1980's, have netted some of the nation's largest food - service and dairy companies, including Borden Inc., Pet Inc., SYSCO Corporation, and Southland Corporation.

Sallie Mae disclosed in August that it was under investigation for how it treated service members, but didn't specify whether the probe targeted private loans, federal student loans, or both.

Although a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) probe into any deal of this size is standard, two people familiar with the investigation tell the Financial Times that the Instagram deal could be under the microscope for anything from six to twelve months.

Quoting a remark made by the privacy commissioner in 2000, Steele - John — who last month probed the Department of Home Affairs, the Peter Dutton - led superministry created last year that sees the majority of the federal government's enforcement agencies under one roof, on its «cybermoat» strategy — said the proposed political exemption to the Privacy Act was «not appropriate».