Sentences with phrase «abuse of taxpayer money»
The campaign released two government - funded mailers from Martins's office, calling it an abuse of taxpayer money.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»
«All the appropriate concern about public office, public integrity or the lack thereof in too many situations where you have corruption, you have waste, you have abuse of power and of the taxpayers» money — that's what we look at in our respective roles,» he said.
«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»
Where it gets muddled in day to day context is that people of course abuse those privileges that taxpayers pay for essentially, which allows the other side to say, see we could have spent the money better.
Not sure that the electorate will be too happy about more taxpayers» money going to political parties after the way that politicians tend to abuse financial assistance of any kind.
MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — Assemblyman Sheldon Silver was the greedy architect of two scams that robbed taxpayers of money and abused his official position to secretly net millions for himself, prosecutors said in federal court Monday morning, during closing arguments.
The government has alleged that Mr. Silver, 71, abused his position as one of the most powerful men in the state for personal gain, and in the case of Dr. Taub directed $ 500,000 of taxpayer money to him.
«It is my hope that this review and analysis of the statistical data will ensure that the Justice Center is utilizing the taxpayer's money properly to investigate abuse so no child will ever have to suffer due to inadequate protection.»
We talk about transparency in public programs and we spend a lot of time talking about fraud and abuse and misuse of taxpayers» money in a number of other programs.
It was widely decried as an abuse of prosecutorial power, a waste of taxpayer money, and a threat to academic freedom.