Sentences with phrase «york campaign efforts»

Malliotakis, who chaired Sen. Marco Rubio's New York campaign efforts during last year's Republican presidential primary and has been opposed to President Donald Trump, is joining a crowded field of hopefuls seeking the Republican line in this year's mayoral race.

Not exact matches

With all these marketing efforts, Nesi has lofty goals in mind, such as reaching former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg with Roar's Soda Sucks campaign.

The campaign, created by New York - based agency Arnell Group, was also one the best early efforts to push viewers online for additional, extended editions of the TV spot.

«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

Following on their successes in Florida, the Russian campaign replicated its efforts to produce rallies in New York and Pennsylvania, according to the indictment.

Jim Beam's TV advertising campaign was created by FutureWorks, a partnership between three independent agencies who lead Jim Beam creative efforts in key markets: StrawberryFrog (New York), The Works (Sydney) and Jung von Matt (Hamburg).

The campaign, which features 30 - second videos on YouTube, is part of an effort from Families for Excellent Schools opposing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's recent reduction of $ 210 million in capital as well as a new charter rent policy.

A political organization funded by a top hotel - trades union has helped develop the Share Better campaign — a multifaceted lobbying effort to persuade New York City politicians to curtail Airbnb, according to emails and records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The Human Rights Coaltion's Campaign for New York Marriage continues with this video starring actor / actress Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, who are the first couple to record a pro-same sex marriage missive for the effort.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

And a nationwide effort is underway to include same - sex marriage approval as a plank on the Democratic platform this summer at the Charlotte convention (New York Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs was the latest to sign on to the campaign).

De Blasio faces multiple inquiries into his efforts in 2014 to help Democrats take full control of the Senate as well as his relationships with donors to the Campaign For One New York.

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.

Goff has been serving as Associate Vice President for Strategy in the New York City office of Blue State Digital, the firm co-founded by Rospars that was instrumental in the 2008 campaign's online efforts.

This month the Raise the Age initiative kicked off a statewide campaign in upstate New York, renewing their effort to keep kids under 18 out of adult prisons.

Gambling Industry Donates Millions to New York Politicians As Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature discuss the process of amending the State Constitution to allow up to seven new full - scale, privately owned casinos in New York, the gambling industry is funneling millions of dollars into lobbying efforts and campaign war chests.

The organization's ad campaign is part of a $ 2.5 million digital effort to tout the tax law, which has come under fire from Democrats in New York, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

PhRMA, the trade association representing pharmaceutical companies, launched a new ad campaign in New York today as part of a multi-million dollar national effort to bolster the industry's image.

Sweeney's efforts on behalf of Gingrich puts him at odds with most of the Republican establishment in New York, which is backing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, not to mention his former colleagues in the Pataki administration, who are very pro-Romney (Pataki's longtime political aide, Rob Cole, worked on Romney I in 2008 and is also on this campaign).

«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.»

But in 2015, the Campaign for One New York decided not to register as a lobbyist because the group was mainly focused on launching The Progressive Agenda, de Blasio's somewhat failed effort to make income inequality a central issue in the 2016 presidential elections.

«New York proudly leads the fight against this public health crisis and this campaign will further our efforts to provide support, aid recovery, and take one more step toward a stronger, healthier Empire State.»

On a conference call to discuss the state's preparations for a nor» easter hitting mainly in the Hudson Valley, Cuomo was asked if he believed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was behind the effort to get Nixon in the race (Nixon has been working with two former de Blasio campaign aides).

A state Supreme Court justice today thwarted the Onondaga County GOP's effort to kick Democratic Rep. Dan Maffei off the labor - backed Working Families Party line, rejecting the party's argument that the congressman's campaign manager is not a New York resident, and therefore should not have been able to circulate WFP petitions on his behalf.

«This attack ad, funded by those closely aligned with my opponents, is an all - out effort to undermine New York City's public campaign finance system, the most progressive system in the country and one I have worked hard to strengthen.

«We have an enormously popular governor committed to getting this done now, strong support from New Yorkers all around the state and a group of advocates who are highly coordinated,» said Brian Ellner, who is directing the Human Rights Campaign's efforts to legalize same - sex marriage in New York.

The DCCC, the campaign arm of House Democrats, views New York as one of the key battleground states in its effort to flip enough Republican seats to gain control of the House in the November election.

The effort also included Emma Wolfe, the mayor's director of intergovernmental affairs, Offinger and Josh Gold, who at the time was political director for the New York Hotel Trades Council and campaign manager for Campaign for One New York, the repocampaign manager for Campaign for One New York, the repoCampaign for One New York, the report says.

The coordinated fundraising effort started, she said, with de Blasio, who Sugarman noted also had created the Campaign for One New York to serve as an «independent spending» organization to support his priorities.

«Every mental health organization in the country disapproves of conversion therapy,» said Shurka, 29, a New York City resident who travels the country to lobby for efforts to ban gay conversion therapy as part of the #BornPerfect campaign.

Moreland Commission Subpoenas Real Estate Developers for Documents The Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption has issued subpoenas to three high profile real estate developers in an apparent effort to examine whether there is any link between their campaign donations and huge tax breaks that were granted for several luxury apartments in New York City.

Governor Cuomo says he's starting a new effort to push campaign finance reform in New York's elections.

You know what, [my campaign] is an effort to generate an independent voice who can be the comptroller of the city of New York.»

The mayor is facing investigations into whether his unsuccessful bid to bring the state Senate under Democratic control in 2014 as well as fundraising efforts for the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda, violated campaign finance and electiCampaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda, violated campaign finance and electicampaign finance and election laws.

Representatives of de Blasio and Campaign for One New York, his campaign effort, declined to comment for thiCampaign for One New York, his campaign effort, declined to comment for thicampaign effort, declined to comment for this story.

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 Albany.

Ciminelli and members of his family, in the meantime, were contributing generously to Cuomo campaigns to further strengthen their effort to become the preferred developer for New York's Buffalo Billion program, according to the complaint.

Councilmember Justin Brannan is calling on local officials to meet funding levels mandated for New York City public schools under the terms of a decade - old legal settlement and thanks to the efforts of the Campaign for Fiscal Equality (CFE).

Others involved in this battle include the Marriage Equality New York PAC and the Human Rights Campaign, a Washington, DC - based lobbying group which recently hired Brian Ellner, a former aide to Mayor Bloomberg, to spearhead this effort.

Donald Trump's newly reorganized campaign team has notified its rattled New York operatives that despite a massive gap in the polls, it's «full steam ahead» in Trump's effort to carry...

The New York Times Thomas Kaplan reports on the efforts of Governor Andrew Cuomo's campaign to knock challenger Zephyr Teachout, law professor and former Howard Dean internet director, off the September 9 primary ballot by challenging her New York state residency.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has more than $ 35 million on hand for his re-election effort, according to campaign finance reports filed with the state Board of Elections released on Tuesday.

In particular, she blamed Cuomo's political machinations for the failure of campaign finance and ethics reform efforts, and for New York not outlawing natural gas extraction through the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing.

Uber and Lyft both stepped up their lobbying efforts last year, with Uber aggressively campaigning local and state politicians from across New York.

The Governor also unveiled the «Open Doors Campaign,» a new promotional effort highlighting New York's longstanding role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

Authorities allege part of the scheme included an effort to get the New York City Campaign Finance Board to supply matching funds to the ones contributed by the straw donors.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, stumping for Rivera before heading off to help the campaign of District 4 candidate Keith Powers, remarked that he had been retail campaigning so long he could still remember when the Sony Walkman disrupted efforts to woo voters near subway stops.

The mayor is also facing a federal inquiry into the fundraising efforts of the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda that was not subject to campaign finance rules regarding disclosure and donationCampaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda that was not subject to campaign finance rules regarding disclosure and donationcampaign finance rules regarding disclosure and donation limits.

The report notes that one of these board members, Rob Speyer of Tishman Speyer, gave the maximum contribution to the Cuomo campaign during the 2010 cycle, $ 55,900, before incorporating what the New York Times has called the Governor's «secret slush fund» and pledging $ 1 million to the effort.

Cuomo has often decried the Citizens United decision, which ushered in the era of the «super PAC» of unlimited political spending on the national level as constraining efforts in New York to limit the state's porous campaign finance laws.