Sentences with phrase «awarding millions of dollars»

Some of these cases were highly visible, with settlements awarding millions of dollars for clients from all lifestyles.

During the campaign, Singas said if elected she would expand a review of the county's contracting system that her office conducted in April, to include towns and cities in an effort to «expose vulnerabilities to corruption» when it comes to municipalities awarding millions of dollars in taxpayer - funded contracts.

But the federal Bureau of Justice Assistance bypassed Syracuse for its body - worn camera pilot program, instead awarding millions of dollars in matching grants to 72 agencies nationwide.

Over the years he has been awarded millions of dollars for funded research related to both virtual reality and augmented reality.

As surveillance over executive compensation escalates, Bloomberg reported that Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE: SIX) and Tempur Sealy International Inc (NYSE: TPX) have «awarded millions of dollars in stock to top bosses and given the equity a unique value: zero.»

And when she wins her civil rights lawsuit and is awarded millions of dollars, I'm sure the residents that tore it down will LOVE paying the special assessment all residents will be subjected to.

Anthony Gulino, a former contractor who had been awarded millions of dollars in contracts from Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay testified Thursday that he gave Edward Mangano $ 3,600 in cash after a job in 2012 to ensure that the then - county executive «would take care» of any of the contractor's problems.

A Mayor Bill de Blasio fundraiser — whose engineering firms have been awarded millions of dollars in city contracts — has been charged with enlisting his employees to donate to...

In addition, according to the Journal News, Latimer is also claiming that 28 firms, awarded millions of dollars in contracts related to the Westchester County Airport deal, have also contributed to Astorino's campaign.

A Mayor Bill de Blasio fundraiser — whose engineering firms have been awarded millions of dollars in city contracts — has been charged with enlisting his employees to donate to the 2013 mayoral election and reimbursing them through end - of - the - year bonuses in a bribery - filled corruption scheme, Manhattan prosecutors said Wednesday.

A former contractor who had been awarded millions of dollars in work from Nassau County and the Town of Oyster Bay testified Thursday that he gave Edward Mangano $ 3,600 in cash in 2012 to ensure the then - county executive would «take care» of any problems that might arise.

Also gone is the 2008 platform's proposal for a government - sponsored «Climate Prize,» which would award millions of dollars to «scientists who solve the challenges of climate change.»

-- The National Science Foundation (NSF) promoted the NCTM standards beginning in 1991 and awarded millions of dollars in grant money for the writing of math texts that embraced them and to state boards of education whose math standards aligned with them (see Figure 1).

The New York City - based foundation awards millions of dollars in grants each year to organizations and institutions that work to improve...

These districts, working with their unions and parents, were willing to think out of the box, and were awarded millions of dollars to create transparent, fair, and sustainable teacher effectiveness models.»

Here was a fellow who had just been awarded millions of dollars in damages, not to mention the option to destroy the offending works.

In some instances, attorneys may recommend victims join a class action lawsuit against defective drug manufacturers, which can potentially award millions of dollars to victims.

His clients have been awarded millions of dollars in verdicts and judgments and millions more in settlements.

Have been awarded millions of dollars in contracts.

Not exact matches

The move, which Denton confirmed on Monday via Twitter, will temporarily prevent Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler whose real name is Terry Bollea, from collecting millions of dollars in damages he was awarded from Denton in an invasion - of - privacy lawsuit in May.

In 2007, the board of Goldman Sachs awarded its CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, a pay package of around $ 70 million dollars.

The thinking here is that shareholders may have been objecting not just to Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit's US$ 15 million dollar pay, but also to the $ 10 million retention payment awarded to him, and the general lack of correlation between Pandit's pay and the company's financial performance.

Notable among them is Million Dollar Baby, which made 36.5 % of its money after the awards.

The US government has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in no - bid contracts related to Hurricane Maria.

Since taking that position, Sanger has clawed back tens of millions of dollars in stock awards and compensation due to Stumpf and Tolstedt.

NASA has embraced the incredible potential of 3D printing technology and is holding a Centennial Challenge, presented in several phases, that should total up to $ 2.5 million dollars granted to challenge award winners.

The award ceremony of «The 7th HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition» («the Competition»), hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology («HKUST») Entrepreneurship Center...

Wood has 15 years of nightlife and hospitality experience working for multiple award - winning venues and million - dollar companies.

Last week, an additional million - dollar grant was awarded to Mass Audubon, in partnership with the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Program.

The award was presented at the 17th Annual Million Dollar / Champagne Salute sales award dinner sponsored by the Sales and Marketing Council of the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago.

All ten regions competing for economic development money were awarded some portion of $ 788 million dollars in funds in a ceremony led by Governor Cuomo Thursday, but some regions were more equal than others, with four areas receiving the top grant prizes.

A year before the indictment of top Cumo aides and important Upstate business leaders, leading transparency and fiscal watchdog groups warned that the state's use of a mixture of non-profit groups like Fort Schuyler Management Corporation, SUNY Polytechnic and SUNY Research Foundation to award business subsidy contracts «[b] lurred responsibility and reduced the accountability for decisions worth hundreds of millions of dollars.»

Court papers say the charges announced Thursday come from «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption, and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in State contracts and other official State benefits.»

Silver also opposed curtailing medical malpractice awards, which add hundreds of millions of dollars to medical costs annually, but insisted his position had nothing to do with his work for Weitz & Luxenberg, the huge personal - injury law firm.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced a grant of more than a million dollars being awarded to the Oneida County Health Department for the purposes of improving environmental health surveillance in... Read more

«With an award from Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Council initiative, Phase II is moving forward and injecting millions of dollars into Rome and the Mohawk Valley.

The six women list 20 causes of action each and seek tens of millions of dollars in damages and awards.

On Thursday, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, perpetual thorn in Albany's side, formally announced the charges, which stem from two corruption schemes between state officials and private companies that had millions of dollars worth of business before New York state, including those awarded contracts under the «Buffalo Billion» program — one of the governor's key initiatives meant to draw businesses to upstate New York to revive the flagging economy.

As speaker, he had the power to award or withhold grants worth millions of dollars.

The annual event, held near the holidays, usually has a festive atmosphere as hundreds of civic leaders from around the state come to the Capitol to cheer millions of dollars in grants awarded.

The complaint says that the men were involved in «two overlapping criminal schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the awarding of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts and other official state benefits.»

«This does not include the hundreds of millions of dollars believed to have been lost through inflated contracts as the President has presided over the effective shredding of the Public Procurement Act, giving him and his people the free range to award contracts without the very transparency and accountability he is now promising to deliver if re-elected.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Hundreds of Nassau County contracts worth a total of nearly $ 10 million have been awarded in recent years at amounts just dollars below the threshold for legislative approval.

As New York nears the midpoint of its five - year, $ 8 billion project to reform Medicaid, hundreds of millions of dollars awarded from the federal government have yet to be spent, and that could negatively impact the Cuomo administration's effort to overhaul the system.

A fight over the ice rink at Buffalo's Canalside involves state officials, the project's designer and a local construction company, and has escalated to lawsuits and accusations that political donations influenced the award of a state contract worth millions of dollars.

The awarding of a license to the Lago Resort & Casino in the Finger Lakes Region capped a 25 - year quest by developer Thomas Wilmot, who has spent millions of dollars, formed multiple alliances with Native American tribes and at one point learned Spanish in his effort to cash in on gambling.

Three of seven regions in competition in upstate New York were awarded $ 500 million dollars each in economic development money, in a contest by Governor Cuomo that critics have called the «hunger games».

Joseph Percoco, a former top aide and confidant of Cuomo, as well as SUNY Polytechnic Institute's founding President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros and officials at some of upstate New York's most prominent development firms were charged in a federal complaint with allegedly engaging in two overlapping schemes involving bribery, corruption and fraud in the award of hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts and other official benefits.

The governor says schools that achieve their agreements early, by September, will get credit toward a competition for $ 250 million dollars in grants that Cuomo intends to award, as part of his school aid budget.