Sentences with phrase «aides to the governor told»

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

Perry, in the midst of a re-election campaign in Texas, asked for his name to be kept off the ballot, an aide to the governor told CNN.

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Jurors have been chosen in the public corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and told to report back at 9:15 am Tuesday morning for opening statements.

The lone female legislative leader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, was told in February by an aide to the governor that she would be included this year to help shape the state's anti-sexual harassment policies.

«If this gets done, it's through coordination,» the governor's top aide, Steve M. Cohen, has told the advocates, according to those who have participated in the Friday afternoon sessions.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay to play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

The protesters attempted to deliver petitions asking for more state aide to Cuomo, but were told the governor was busy.

Both governors set about to closing massive budget deficits, with Malloy often reacting negatively to comparisons to Cuomo's efforts in New York, which reportedly culminated with a call from Cuomo's top aide telling Malloy's office: «We operate on two speeds here: Get along, and kill.»

Paterson told associates that Silver began seeking his ouster months ago, well before last week's bombshell allegation that he and his staff sought to block a Bronx woman from seeking an order of protection against David Johnson, the governor's longtime aide.

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.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders are devising a plan to block the appointment of Roland Burris to the Senate for weeks in hopes it will prevent Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich from deciding who fills the seat vacated by President - elect Barack Obama, a Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN Wednesday.

Patient advocates say Cuomo's aides told them the governor would consider the Gottfried - Savino bill to permit wider use of medical marijuana if it were passed by both houses of the legislature and came to his desk.

The lone female legislative leader, Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, was told back in February by an aide to the governor that she would be included this year to help shape the state's anti-sexual harassment policies.

Jurors have been chosen in the public corruption trial of Governor Cuomo's former top aide Joe Percoco and told to report back at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday morning for opening statements.

He told reporters the trial of Governor Cuomo's closest aide, Joe Percoco, going on inside the courthouse, is revealing that Cuomo presided over a pay - to - play culture in his office, where large donors to his campaign were rewarded with special favors.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters during a visit to the Adirondacks today that he has not been subpoenaed as part of the investigation into two former aides.

Aides to Cuomo, in the wake of recent corruption scandals that have also hit his administration, recently told the Daily News the governor would not go to bat for any raises unless the Legislature agrees to a new round of ethics reforms.

The Republican candidate for governor in Virginia will rake in $ 350,000 on Monday thanks to a pair of fundraisers headlined by GOP stars Newt Gingrich and Bobby Jindal, a campaign aide told CNN.

The governor, through one of his aides, Executive Assistant on Political Matters, Dr. Morohunkola Thomas, has been moving around, telling people about the governor's ambition to return to Senate.

The governor's office says Foye told Cuomo's office about the email only after it was sent — he forwarded the email to a top Cuomo aide several hours later — informing them that something strange had happened that he was trying to get to the bottom of, but did not point the finger at Christie or his appointees.

The former Massachusetts governor will hold an event in the Columbia area on Saturday to discuss the economy with small business owners, a Romney aide told CNN.

A source told DAILY that trouble, however, started when the officers searched Uwah's most popular business centre, Eni Gardens, his residence and finally his farm along Akwa Ibom Airport Road, but refused to release the Governor's aide, insisting he would be taken to Lagos to have his statement documented even when nothing was found.

The death of an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was caught in the crossfire between two gangs hours before New York City's West Indian Day parade, should be a call to action to quell gun violence in the city, the governor told mourners Saturday at the slain aide's funeral.

Although Palin aides criticized the depiction, the former Alaska governor told ABC News that the film did not matter to her.