Sentences with phrase «as aide to the governor»

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-...]

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.

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She also served as a senior aide to now Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on his successful race for Attorney General and in that government office.

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

Lere Olayinka, media aide to Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing human rights lawyer Festus Keyamo, as his campaign spokesman...

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.

After that, not a lot happened policy-wise for weeks as attention turned not to post-budget issues, but to the growing corruption scandal surrounding the governor's key upstate economic development program, the Buffalo Billion, which has focused on lobbyist Todd Howe and former Cuomo aide and confidant Joe Percoco.

«Our government will spare no effort in its bid to reposition the state most especially the education sector as we are bent and irrevocably ready to provide necessary facilities and equipment to aide teaching and learning process through conducive atmosphere,» The governor pointed out at the site.

Spitzer's closest aide, Richard Baum, got the biggest bonus of $ 200,000 and then went into the government payroll as secretary to the governor.

As expected, Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo has decided to keep Larry Schwartz, the top aide to outgoing Gov. David Paterson, to assist with the transition.

The push for procurement oversight reform began last year following the arrests of ex-SUNY Polytechnic President Alain Kaloyeros and a former close aide to the governor, Joe Percoco as well as prominent upstate developers, accused of rigging bids for economic development contracts.

The poll decline for Schumer comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ratings have also dipped in polls this month, which the governor's office has insisted is tied to the national mood facing Democrats and a reflection of the shutdown politics in Washington, not to the trial of Cuomo's former aide, Joe Percoco.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed a new top aide, naming his already - close advisor, Melissa DeRosa, as secretary to the governor.

As a political neophyte, Khojasteh says he recognizes what he doesn't know, and therefore hired some recognizable names to assist him in his Senate quest, including Mollie Fullington, a former Pataki administration spokeswoman, who is handling media; and Mike Lawler, an Astorino administration aide who ran the former county executive's failed 2014 run for governor, as campaign manageAs a political neophyte, Khojasteh says he recognizes what he doesn't know, and therefore hired some recognizable names to assist him in his Senate quest, including Mollie Fullington, a former Pataki administration spokeswoman, who is handling media; and Mike Lawler, an Astorino administration aide who ran the former county executive's failed 2014 run for governor, as campaign manageas campaign manager.

-LRB--- promoted by EaBo Clipper) The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09… and the Associated Press are reporting that aides to President Barack Obama, with Obama's consent, have asked New York Governor David Paterson to quit his already announced campaign for a full term as Governor of New York.

There's Herb — the affectionate nickname given to Joe Percoco, a former aide to Cuomo that the governor has referred to as a brother.

The companies in question were all represented by Howe, who also has deep ties to the Cuomo family and who hired Percoco to work as a personal aide to the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, the current governor's father.

And spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer says as soon as the Governor learned that his former top aide was charged with corruption, he hired an outside firm to assess any weak points and corrected the system to «to increase transparency and accountability.»

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 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09… and the Associated Press are reporting that aides to President Barack Obama, with Obama's consent, have asked New York Governor David Paterson to quit his already announced campaign for a full term as Governor of New York.

«Maria Comella is a great friend and has been a valued asset to the governor and this administration,» said Melissa DeRosa, who as secretary to the governor is Cuomo's top aide, in a statement.

Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has hired Jim Malatras to work as director of state operations, a post occupied until last month by Howard Glaser, according to an email written by the governor's top aide, Larry Schwartz, and provided to The Wall Street Journal.

Bloomberg has largely avoided commenting on local politics, though he has allowed aides, such as Wolfson, to occasionally defend his record, and did criticize Governor Cuomo earlier this year for his decision to ban hydrofracking statewide and allow casinos in upstate regions.

He said some of the governor's top aides and allies viewed the economic development and energy policies «as a gold rush, where they were supposed to make themselves wealthy.»

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

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.

In a statement made available to newsmen by Simeon Nwakaudu, the governor's media aide, Dakuku Peterside, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were joined as respondents.

Percoco spent decades as one of the closest friends and aides to the governor, who referred to Percoco as the late Mario Cuomo's third son.

If the proposal to mandate season shutdowns starting next year were truly meant to cripple Indian Point, it would represent the boldest assertion of political muscle by Cuomo in the service of that goal at least since his first year as governor, when his aides reportedly informed Entergy that the administration intended to work toward the plant's closure.

The breaking point came with the revelation as to why Governor McGreevey had appointed Golan Cipel, an obscure aide, as head of the state's Homeland Security office.

Cahill, a top aide and official in former Governor George Pataki's Administration, says as Attorney General he'd bring more focus to creating jobs and helping small business, improving education and protecting Charter Schools, and fighting crime.

If the governor and state legislative leaders are really serious about curbing corruption, then they should prioritize meaningful reform next year — especially as two of the governor's former aides are scheduled go to trial on charges related to bribery and bid - rigging some of the state's keystone economic development projects

Last week — Sunshine Week — saw the conviction of a former top aide to Governor Cuomo, a man who was once described as «brother» to the gGovernor Cuomo, a man who was once described as «brother» to the governorgovernor.

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.

DeRosa, who as secretary to the governor is Cuomo's top aide, recalled how she and many other women felt in the aftermath of Donald Trump's win in the 2016 presidential election.

Two former Cuomo aides — Michael Balboni, who previously served as deputy secretary for public safety, and Mylan Denerstein, who was counsel to the governor — will serve on the panel.

On more than 50 of those occasions, Cuomo, in his duties as governor, was there on the same day, according to state records, raising critics» questions about whether the governor noticed his aide using public resources down the hall while on campaign duty and how well the administration kept the public and private functions separate.

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

A federal investigation of two former Cuomo aides, including Percoco, threatens to taint the governor's economic development efforts even as it adds to Albany's reputation for insider dealing.

A former top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo had to appear in federal court Thursday as he prepares to be tried on corruption charges, but all of the drama occurred outside of the courtroom.

A former top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo is spearheading a media campaign to require insurers to offer out - of - network benefits as part of their health exchange plans next year.

Paterson abandoned his re-election hopes in February as Cuomo investigated whether the governor and state police influenced a Bronx domestic violence victim to drop charges against a top gubernatorial aide.

Cuomo's decision to name senior Blackstone Group official William Mulrow as his «secretary,» or top aide, for his second term is being seen by influential Democrats as a likely - to - fail effort to tone down the confrontational image the governor and his former secretary, Larry Schwartz, earned in his first term.

We may find out precisely what that is later today, as legislative leaders work to make some further amendments to their bill — per the input of the governor's aides, presumably — and then submit it for the governor's official approval.

His aides went so far as to charter a plane that sat idling on the tarmac of the Albany airport, waiting to take the governor to New Hampshire to file as a candidate.

Yet as we've reported, aides to the governor have done just that.

Cuomo said he doesn't regret failing to ask his former top aide Joe Percoco to identify the private consulting clients he worked for during the seven months he was away from the Executive Chamber in 2014 — the same period in which Percoco was serving as the campaign manager of the governor's re-election effort.

As part of a probe into former top Cuomo aide and friend Joseph Percoco and others close to the governor, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a subpoena to the administration for records and communications pertaining to various economic development and nano - tech projects.

He said during the meeting of the Governors Forum held in Abuja, the forum unanimously condemned the decision by former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, to forcefully declare himself as chairman of the party.

Caputo cites a recent Times profile of Percoco, in which he is described as Cuomo's «most pugnacious aide» who is routinely dispatched to «marshal his supporters, undercut his rivals and clear a path for him to become the prohibitive favorite in the race for governor of New York.»