Sentences with phrase «as a lobbyist before»

He is the son of a civil servant and worked as a lobbyist before being elected.

All are registered as lobbyists before the state.

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In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

Before joining the White House this year, Delrahim served as an antitrust lobbyist for Comcast *, which purchased NBCUniversal in 2011, and he also worked the halls of Congress and the federal government on behalf of Qualcomm, federal records show.

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

And at Silver's retrial, prosecutors say all the activities that may no longer be official acts — meetings with lobbyists, helping Taub set up a mesothelioma charity race and find jobs for his kids, using official letterhead to oppose a methadone clinic near a Glenwood property — can still be put before the jury as «circumstantial evidence.»

He worked for Andrew Cuomo for two years at HUD before leaving for a career as a lobbyist in the private sector.

Adam Skelos was not registered with the state as a lobbyist, and county lawmakers said they didn't know he had often contacted county officials before the contract's 2013 approval.

Manhattan - based Park Strategies, which is also one of the larger state lobbyists, filed in Nassau to represent 20 clients, including Forest City Ratner (which also registered its own employees as lobbyists); Gannett Fleming Engineers, which has won more than $ 6 million in county contracts since 2011, mostly to design and oversee wastewater treatment plant improvements; and Allvision, a company that was poised to erect large electronic billboards across Nassau before the project stalled earlier this year.

``... Most observers see this as a fictional crisis manufactured by gambling lobbyists who want you to re-convene so they can try to make one more run at a major expansion of gambling before the November elections, when Florida voters will likely approve Amendment 3,» he added.

Howe had represented a number of companies with business before the Buffalo Billion and was listed as a lobbyist for SUNY Poly, which plays a key role in distributing economic development spending.

Before leaving City Hall to run for the seat following Mr. Weprin's sudden decision to take a position with the Cuomo administration, Ms. Lynch worked in Mr. de Blasio's Community Affairs Unit and once served as a lobbyist for the Teamsters union.

He currently works as a lobbyist, pulling $ 4,000 a month for representing Dart Container Corporation on business matters before the City Council.

While Mulrow was listed as a Blackstone lobbyist working to influence the $ 289 billion New York state pension system, Blackstone secured hundreds of millions of dollars in new pension investment commitments for the firm — far more than it had during the four - year period before Cuomo's first term.

Silver's long - suffering wife, Rosa, remained stoic, even as Caproni lit into her husband for his politically - charged extramarital affairs which Bharara's prosecutors detailed in filings — one with a lobbyist who had extensive business before the state and another with a former beauty - queen turned assemblywoman who landed two cushy public - service jobs.

Political consultants who advise elected officials while also representing clients before the government do not currently register as lobbyists either - and they should also.

«He's quickly learning what Mike Bloomberg, Rudy Giuliani and everyone before him learned: you can be mayor of the biggest city in the state but still have no say about what happens in Albany,» said David Catalfamo, an adviser to former Governor George Pataki who now works as a lobbyist and political consultant.

Before rejoining Mr. Schneiderman's staff as Mr. Kwatra's replacement, Mr. Lasher spent 15 months as executive director of the education reform group StudentsFirstNY, but before that, he worked for Mayor Bloomberg as the administration's chief lobbyist in ABefore rejoining Mr. Schneiderman's staff as Mr. Kwatra's replacement, Mr. Lasher spent 15 months as executive director of the education reform group StudentsFirstNY, but before that, he worked for Mayor Bloomberg as the administration's chief lobbyist in Abefore that, he worked for Mayor Bloomberg as the administration's chief lobbyist in Albany.

According to Mr. Bharara's office, Developer 1 — not charged with any wrongdoing — hired the law firm Goldberg & Iryami as its lobbyist for matters before the state on Mr. Silver's advice, knowing that the powerful speaker received lucrative referral fees from the firm.

According to state records, both men worked for companies with extensive development business before the state: Howe in his capacity as a lobbyist - consultant — though the scope of his work remains unclear — and Percoco as a consultant to two development firms during a seven - month period in 2014 when he was also managing Cuomo's re-election campaign.

Smith, the feds said, told the lobbyists «they should treat the fund - raiser as an «IPO» [initial public offering] by donating early while prices were low and while there was still an opportunity to participate» before Democrats took control of the state Senate.

After a snowstorm postponed the union's originally scheduled Lobby Day on March 14, UFT member lobbyists boarded buses at dawn on March 27 for a three - hour ride to the state capital five days before the April 1 budget deadline as negotiations became more intense.

A Cuomo spokesman said the governor used the name of the campaign on the state website months before the group registered as a lobbyist.

Yet since the beginning of 2015, Regan has been listed in the firm's lobbying filings as a lobbyist for 64 different Whiteman Osterman clients, including many with business before the Cuomo administration.

Therefore, «it may behoove biomedical lobbyists to think twice before citing the cost of high - tech science as a rationale for pumping up NIH's budget.»

We've seen him play charming political types before, most notably Thank You For Smoking «s smooth - as - butter lobbyist and The Dark Knight «s Harvey Dent.

[17] Before joining the Bush White House, Philip Cooney who had spent years on the payroll of the American Petroleum Institute where he worked as a leading lobbyist against regulation of the oil and gas industry and served as the former «climate team leader» of API.

As DeSmogBlog and PolluterWatch revealed in late October, lobbyists hired by coal companies and associations spent a full four months lobbying officials from the EPA and the White House Office of Management and Budget to prevent proper regulation of coal ash before the American public was given a formal chance to add its voice.

She also maintained a general law practice while representing clients in government affairs before state and municipal adjudicatory boards, and as a registered lobbyist she has lobbied for community organizations and citizens» groups initiatives and funding.

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Until just over a year ago, Mary Alice had served for years as the top lobbyist for the American Association of Law Libraries, advocating for information policy before the federal government.

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg considers whether to testify before a Senate committee next month, Facebook is reportedly adding lobbyists in an effort to help shape any new policies that may come out of Washington in the wake of the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian election meddling.