Hawkins recently testified in support of a state single payer program that would make health care a right for all residents while eliminating the county and New
York City contribution to Medicaid, a major driver of high property taxes.
Not exact matches
Known for their brand Estee Lauder, the Lauder family should also be recognized for their
contribution to New
York City, said Michael Kors.
New
York City Wine and Food Festival raised more than $ 1 million last year, bringing its total
contribution to $ 8.5 million to help fight hunger.
It's all too easy to think of pizza or street hot dogs when thinking of New
York City's food
contributions.
Disclosure forms filed by the Campaign For One New
York show it accepted numerous
contributions from companies that did business with the
city or wanted something from his administration.
According to campaign disclosure reports the Erie County GOP received five separate
contributions of $ 20,000 each in 2012 from Limited Liability Corporations with the same address as New
York City real estate company Glenwood Management.
«Italian - Americans have a history of giving back to this
city, and that's what that statue represents: a
contribution to the
city of New
York from Italian immigrants,» Savino said.
New
York City announced it filed a multibillion dollar lawsuit against five top oil companies, citing their «
contributions to global warming,» as it said it would divest fossil fuel investments from its $ 189 billion public pension funds over the next five years.
Cuomo's
contributions include $ 31,000 from supermarket magnate and potential Republican New
York City mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis.
The move comes as another mayor Cuomo has differed with, New
York City's Bill de Blasio, has decided to return
contributions from Glenwood Management, the real - estate firm that has played a role in multiple corruption cases and donated heavily to the convicted former leaders of the Senate and Assembly, Dean Skelos and Sheldon Silver.
It was announced today that Kerrey, the former president of the New School in New
York City, had signed on to the effort to tighten campaign finance laws by introducing a voluntary public matching system similar to New
York City and lower
contribution limits.
Only 7 percent of the
contributions to New
York City candidates for the 2013 election came from special interests compared to 69 percent of
contributions to New
York State Legislative candidates in the 2012 election.
Cuomo would like to model the state's system on the New
York City campaign finance system, which offers candidates matching funds, once they have solicited small
contributions from individual donors.
Similarly, though New
York City's contributions to the MTA are at historic lows, it won't do much good for the city to restore transit funding to its rightful levels if that just results in an equivalent MTA revenue sweep by the st
City's
contributions to the MTA are at historic lows, it won't do much good for the
city to restore transit funding to its rightful levels if that just results in an equivalent MTA revenue sweep by the st
city to restore transit funding to its rightful levels if that just results in an equivalent MTA revenue sweep by the state.
The New
York City area was the largest geographic source of
contributions for both Derrick and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R - Willsboro.
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Contributions are so common at the state level because Albany controls many interests in New
York City real estate, from property tax breaks to rent regulation and land use.
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Contributions: Pay - to - play contributions must be limited in State campaigns as they are now in New York Ci
Contributions: Pay - to - play
contributions must be limited in State campaigns as they are now in New York Ci
contributions must be limited in State campaigns as they are now in New
York City elections.
By contrast, in New
York City, where profound reforms were implemented in 1989, the Campaign Finance Board imposed 128 penalties on 31 candidates that accepted
contributions above the legal limit.
In New
York City,
contributions up to $ 175 are matched with public funds by a factor of six.
Policy agendas for important issues like the 421a tax abatement and New
York City rent laws are being set by publicly elected leaders who have become dependent on the real estate industry's onslaught of millions of dollars in campaign
contributions.
In addition to the online
contributions, McDonald received checks from prominent same - sex marriage advocates, including $ 10,300 from New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and $ 5,000 each from actor David Hyde Pierce and his spouse Brian Hargrove.
By most ways of measuring, New
York City developers are the largest source of campaign funds in the state — they accounted for 10 percent of total
contributions in the last election cycle.
New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $ 1 million to the Senate Republicans» housekeeping committee, a
contribution that continues his support for the last lever of power controlled by the GOP in the state.
If he does, his first
contribution could be to the New
York City budget — saving the expense of a runoff election,» Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement, referring to the runoff election that will take place in October if no candidate gets 40 percent of the primary vote on Sept. 10.
New
York City's campaign finance laws provide a 6 - 1 match to candidates for
contributions of between $ 10 - $ 175 from
City residents, but mayoral candidates must meet the thresholds of receiving at least $ 250,000 in eligible
contributions from at least 1,000
City resident contributors.
According to this story in the New
York Post, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, once a generous patron of both the statewide Independence Party, and the New
York city Republican Party, doesn't plan to give those parties any more
contributions.
In his quest to keep two feet firmly planted in Albany after 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised $ 5.1 million in campaign
contributions between January and July, including at least $ 595,000 from active New
York City real estate developers and executives.
«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign
contributions to an elected New
York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other
City officials to obtain action from a New
York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today echoed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for the
city to put up more money toward the City University of New York system — but backed Mayor Bill de Blasio's criticism of the governor's plans to add new layers of state oversight on affordable housing funds and to cut the state's contribution toward Medic
city to put up more money toward the
City University of New York system — but backed Mayor Bill de Blasio's criticism of the governor's plans to add new layers of state oversight on affordable housing funds and to cut the state's contribution toward Medic
City University of New
York system — but backed Mayor Bill de Blasio's criticism of the governor's plans to add new layers of state oversight on affordable housing funds and to cut the state's
contribution toward Medicaid.
The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New
York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for
contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New
York residents.
Public Matching Funds in NYC Amplify Voices of Small Donors New
York City's public financing program provides matching funds for candidates who can raise a certain number of small - dollar
contributions from constituents in their district.
Disclosure forms filed by the mayor's nonprofit group, the Campaign For One New
York, show that it accepted numerous
contributions from companies that did business with the
city or wanted something from his administration.
The defense claim of selective prosecution stems from recent revelations that Singh, the government's star informant, secretly pleaded guilty in October 2016 to bribing Mangano and Venditto, and also to trying to bribe a New
York City elected official with campaign
contributions — identified in Azrack's decision as Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Catsimatidis insisted that while he's contributed to a variety of political candidates (and ran for mayor of New
York City himself in 2013), has never received anything in return or asked for anything as a result of the
contribution.
The pension liabilities for New
York state and New
York City have been kept in check over the years by hiking
contributions, but increasing costs could place pressure on future budgets, according to report released this week by Moody's.
For the county committees,
contributions from unions, businesses, and other New
York City donors were passed through directly to the candidate committees, the report says.
In April, Governor Cuomo helped the M.T.A. forge a workable compromise with the unions representing New
York City's subway and bus workers that involved raises and greater employee
contributions to health plans.
It renewed rent regulations for over a million apartments in New
York City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign contributions — and authorized New York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another y
City, authorized property tax rebates for 2.5 million homeowners on Long Island and upstate, restructured and extended a tax subsidy for the real estate industry — the biggest source of state campaign
contributions — and authorized New
York City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of city schools for another y
City mayor Bill de Blasio's control of
city schools for another y
city schools for another year.
«As discussed,» Davis wrote, «Broadway Stages and its owner and president, Gina Argento, appear to be involved parties in State and Federal investigations into campaign
contributions to New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.»
They recommend enacting New
York City style public campaign financing for statewide elections, and closing loopholes that allow limited liability corporations and party housekeeping accounts to blatantly shirk existing limits for campaign
contributions.
«
Contributions are coming through the door every day from working people across New
York City, and we're confident they'll grow exponentially in the weeks ahead.»
In New
York City, campaign contributions from people doing business with the city are sharply restricted, as are contributions from L
City, campaign
contributions from people doing business with the
city are sharply restricted, as are contributions from L
city are sharply restricted, as are
contributions from LLCs.
An in - kind
contribution is one in which goods or services instead of cash are given to a campaign, and in this case the entire
contribution is also listed as an expenditure towards «campaign literature and assets,» according to the latest filings with the New
York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB).
The week began with the leak of a confidential report by the state's elections enforcer that alleged that New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's city agenda in Alb
City Mayor Bill de Blasio had engaged in an illegal effort to circumvent campaign
contribution limits in his 2014 push to bolster the re-election prospects of some sitting state Senate Democrats, who presumably would be more favorable to the democrat mayor's
city agenda in Alb
city agenda in Albany.
Catsimatidis also gave to de Blasio's now - defunct political nonprofit, the Campaign for One New
York, an organization U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is now probing to determine if the mayor traded
city favors for
contributions.
Palladian Health, like most of the firms named in the subpoena that arrived at
City Hall in July, made political
contributions to Mayor Byron W. Brown over the years, according to financial reports filed with the New
York State Board of Elections.
The Coalition called on New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New
York City Council to match New
York State's
contribution of $ 10 million toward the End the Epidemic initiative.
De Blasio campaign spokesman Dan Levitan said, «Under Mayor de Blasio, New
York City is making a record
contribution to fixing and upgrading subways and buses, affordable housing is being built at a record rate, and graduation rates and test scores continue to rise.
Michael Tolkin, a 32 - year - old tech entrepreneur who is among over a dozen long - shot candidates running to unseat New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, appears to have outspent every other contender in the race, including the mayor, with a $ 5 million in - kind
contribution to his own campaign.