Sentences with phrase «aide to the governor»

But a top aide to the governor said it might be awhile before the proposals could become law and take effect.

The measures come after the arrests of prominent upstate developers and a former close aide to the governor.

But a top aide to the governor says it might be a while before the proposals could become law and take effect.

Eight powerful men, including a former top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo, were in federal court Thursday, entering pleas in a massive state corruption scheme.

Sean Finnerty, who headed natural gas development at Competitive Power Ventures, said it was a «red flag» when government relations executive Peter Galbraith Kelly told him the money was going to a spouse of a top aide to the governor of New York.

DeFrancisco, meanwhile, kept the focus on the corruption trial of Joe Percoco, the former close aide to the governor who is accused of fraud and bribery.

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed grief over the sudden deaths of the Speaker of the House of Assembly Oyo State and the Media aide to Governor of Sokoto State.

ALBANY — Several longtime aides to Governor Andrew Cuomo received 10 percent salary increases at the start of the Democratic governor's second term, payroll records obtained by Capital show.

Rhodes, an Esopus native and onetime press aide to governor Andrew Cuomo, is taking time off from his studies at Harvard Law School for the campaign.

Afterward, aides to the Governor told the advocates that Cuomo would «consider» the bill if it passed both houses of the legislature.

Lere Olayinka, the media aide to Governor Ayo Fayose, disclosed this via his Twitter handle today, February 3, 2016.

John Cahill is a former top aide to Governor George Pataki.

Maloney, who served as White House staff secretary under Bill Clinton and was a top aide to governors Spitzer and Paterson, said he was not chiefly motivated to support Quinn simply because she would be New York City's first female and first openly gay mayor.

Risa Sugarman, the enforcement counsel for the NYS Board of Elections has a long history as aide to the governor and is widely perceived -LSB-...]

Fran Reiter, a former senior aide to the governor who serves on the commission, the State Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation, said the reasoning was largely based on the public's distaste for Albany's continuing ethics problems.

On June 13, aides to the governor left urgent messages with same - sex marriage advocates, who had just left a meeting in Mr. Cuomo's office, to return there immediately, offering no explanation.

According to a Media Aide to Governor Shettima, Isa Gusau, the committee was unsure whether the family was actually abducted considering the fact infants were amongst them while it may be unlikely for insurgents to abduct infants.

Cuomo's administration has also been investigated by the U.S. attorney's office under the tenure of Preet Bharara, who probed the shuttering of the Moreland Commission and charged a top former aide to the governor in an unrelated bribery and bid - rigging case.

Theirs was a inventive effort, involving the imposition of heretofore unknown and unwritten park curfews and exceedingly energetic conversations between aides to the governor and Mayor Gerald D. Jennings of Albany, whose resolve crumbled as a confrontation between the police and demonstrators loomed 12 days ago.

The bill is being pushed after the arrests of developers and a close former aide to the governor accused of bid rigging and fraud.

She was replaced as chief of staff formally last week by Linda Lacewell, a longtime aide to the governor dating back to his time as attorney general.

Sola Fasure, media aide to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement said...

Media Aide to Governor Kashim Shettima, Malam Isa Gusau on Sunday reacted to a statement issued by Media Director of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi...

The recipients of the memo included Joe Percoco, a longtime Cuomo loyalist who served as a top aide to the governor until last year, and the state Democratic Party Committee, which is effectively controlled by the governor.

Former - aide to the governor Joseph Percoco, former SUNY Polytechnic Institute President Alain Kaloyeros and other officials indicted last year all have an upcoming corruption trial in October.

Aides to the governor declined to say how the duo ended up in lockstep.

Corruption in Albany has affected both Republican and Democratic law makers, with aides to the governor currently under federal indictment for a pay to play scheme.

Affordable - housing developer Jonathan Coren funded a plane tickets, hotel stay and Giants - Cowboys tickets to a top aide to Governor David Paterson, according to the...

One staffer with some state experience is Michael Mandell, a veteran of Malloy's 2010 campaign who went on to work as a legislative aide to the governor.

While Joseph Percoco's pay as a high - level aide to the governor was on its way up, his approximately $ 150,000 salary in 2012 wasn't enough to support them.

Aides to the governor often downplay all that 2020 talk, and for good reason.

The stink of corruption continues to linger over Cuomo's administration, with one former top aide to the governor recently convicted of fraud and accepting bribes, and another headed to trial on corruption charges in June.

Aides to Governor Sonny Perdue tried to recruit House Republican Leader Jerry Keen as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, while State Senators Casey Cagle and Bill Stephens jockeyed for support among Senate Republicans.

He worked as a top aide to the governor for years, and took a leave of absence for much of 2014 to run Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Rhodes, a law student and onetime press aide to governor Andrew Cuomo, raised $ 153,191 during the last quarter of 2017.

In June, Mr. Cuomo appointed Bennett Liebman, a former commissioner of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, as his gambling adviser; aides to the governor said Mr. Liebman had been given the task of undertaking a broad review of all gambling in the state, including horse racing, Indian - run casinos and the lottery.

Gareth Rhodes of Esopus finds his brief tour as a press aide to governor Andrew Cuomo, not necessarily a good thing in the local district, more discussed as the candidates head for the clubhouse turn.

Joseph Percoco served as Cuomo's executive deputy secretary and is charged with soliciting $ 315,000 in bribes which Todd Howe, a former aide to the governor who became a lobbyist, helped facilitate.

Afterward, aides to the governor told the advocates that Cuomo would consider the bill if it passed both houses of the legislature.

Talk about ethics reform in the new legislative session has been largely muted this year, even as a year filled with corruption trials involving prominent New York figures is underway, including the ongoing trial this week of Joe Percoco, a former close aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo.

John Cahill, a former top aide to Governor George Pataki, is the Republican candidate running against Schneiderman.

Risa Sugarman, the enforcement counsel for the NYS Board of Elections has a long history as aide to the governor and is widely perceived as being one of his loyalists.

Governor David Paterson is under siege with a series of swirling controversies... the awarding of bids for the Aqueduct racino, his conversations with a woman who has accused a top aide to the governor of domestic violence, and the cloud over how the governor obtained Yankees» World Series tickets.

Linda Lacewell described Percoco as a trusted loyal and very senior aide to the governor.

A statement signed by media aide to the governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso - Markson, said the news was a good one for the family.

The investigation into apparent misconduct by top aides to the governor and his close allies underscore the need for real changes in the way the state's contracts are awarded — bringing much greater openness and accountability to state contracting is a must.

Aides to the governor said UNICEF is largely footing the bill for the rebuilding work, with some supplies having been donated as well.

Ojudu was reacting to a claim on Sunday a news portal allegedly operated by an aide to Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti, Mr. Lere Olayinka, which reported that Ojudu was about to leave the APC to realise his ambition on the platform of the AD.

But a corruption scandal last year — engulfing a former close aide to the governor, prominent upstate developers and the ex-president of SUNY Polytechnic — has caused lawmakers to reconsider oversight.