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A slew of prominent communications firms may be forced to register as lobbyists under a proposal by the state ethics commission, JCOPE.
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This new alliance saw them recognised within the Banaban community as their international lobbyists under the banner of Abara Banaba («Banaba our homeland»), taking and promoting the Banaban cause on a world stage.
But as I told Civil Eats readers last spring, the FFVP has been under constant threat by lobbyists for fruit and vegetable processors and canners who've tried to shoehorn their clients» frozen, dried and canned produce into the program.
A former Cuomo aide, Joe Percoco, has received payments from two companies linked to state contracts, while lobbyist Todd Howe, who represented those firms linked to development, is under investigation as well.
* May 15, 2007 - The Republican Conference names Tom Feeney - under investigation for his work with convicted lobbyist Republican Jack Abramoff — to replace Calvert as the senior Republican on the Space Subcommittee of the Science Committee.
Those under investigation include Joseph Percoco, one of Cuomo's closest aides, and Todd Howe, a lobbyist whose law firm had relationships with several companies that received work from the state as well as state entities in charge of awarding that work.
Associates of the governor, including lobbyist Todd Howe and former top aide Joe Percoco under investigation as part of a broader probe.
The governor also pointedly mentioned a proposal that would require political consultants to elected officials register as lobbyists, an area in which Mayor Bill de Blasio in New York City has come under fire.
Howe, a former lobbyist with the firm Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna, represented firms that had contracts with the under - investigation Buffalo Billion, as well as SUNY Polytechnic, which is being investigated by the state attorney general's office.
At the same time, lobbyist Todd Howe, who worked as a go - between with SUNY Polytechnic, is under scrutiny as well.
His former top aide, Joe Percoco, is also under the scrutiny of investigators, as is a Todd Howe, a lobbyist with ties to Cuomo.
Todd Howe, the Washington - based lobbyist who is under federal investigation and has close ties to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has quietly been added to a state ethics website as a lobbyist for entities also tied up in the probe.
Lobbyist and longtime Cuomo family ally Todd Howe's name and biography were deleted from the website of his Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna today as he is under scrutiny by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office.
«We can find no exception to the requirement that those entities register as lobbyists and report their lobbying as required under state law.»
The New York Public Interest Research Group in November sent a letter asking for a formal opinion from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics as to whether political parties should be considered lobbyists under state law.
DraftKings, FanDuel and Fantasy Sports for All failed to register as lobbyists and under - reported their lobbying expenses to persuade Albany to legalize the online rotisserie leagues, one source said.
However, if Owen Smith is under attack as a lobbyist for Big Pharma, no matter how spurious the charge, this appointment hands his opponents ammunition.
Such advocacy, the commission determined, did not meet the definition of lobbying under state law and did not require Mr. Sachs to register as a lobbyist.
During the legislative session, when the good - government groups criticized Cuomo for a lack of ethics reform action, a Cuomo spokesman took a clear shot at them, saying «more disclosure by not - for - profits as to who actually funds them» and «whether they are shadow lobbyists» were topics under discussion.
This new alliance saw them recognised within the Banaban community as their international lobbyists under the banner of Abara Banaba («Banaba our homeland»), taking and promoting the Banaban cause on a world stage.
As Steve Conafay, then a lobbyist for Pfizer, recalls, «There was definitely the feeling that the industry was under attack and that something big had to be done.»
As a former industry lobbyist, his pending EPA appointment threatened to disrupt the development of Clean Air rules, and undermine ongoing efforts begun under the Clinton EPA to hold polluters accountable for their violations of the Clean Air Act.