Sentences with phrase «between campaign contributions»
Or do coincidence or inaccurate study metrics explain the correlation between campaign contributions and rulings by the Ohio Supreme Court?
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Convergence between the two parties reflects the privatization of politics by political lobbying and campaign contributions.
The $ 8,000 transfer had to in part with the different contribution limits between a primary and general election campaign.
As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers.»
• Assembly Member Jose Rivera, former head of the Bronx Democratic County Committee, and his children received $ 8,850 in campaign contributions from the Yankees between 2006 and 2008.
In response, in papers filed Tuesday, Eastern District prosecutor Lara Treinis Gatz said while both cases involved investigations into potential bribery, legally there was a fundamental difference between the two: the Mangano case involved personal enrichment, giving of gifts and a no - show job to Mangano's wife while DeBlasio's involved campaign contributions.
Maffei's campaign said it has seen a rising level of grassroots support for the congressman, with 64 percent of his contributions between April 1 and June 30 coming from individual supporters who gave less than $ 200.
«While we do not comment on any specific campaign contributions, we categorically deny any quid pro quo between contributions and legislation,» Anna LaPorte, a spokeswoman for Extell, said in a statement to ProPublica.
Governor Cuomo has received $ 47 million in direct campaign contributions between December 31, 2010 and November 30, 2014.
New York City's campaign finance laws provide a 6 - 1 match to candidates for contributions of between $ 10 - $ 175 from City residents, but mayoral candidates must meet the thresholds of receiving at least $ 250,000 in eligible contributions from at least 1,000 City resident contributors.
In his quest to keep two feet firmly planted in Albany after 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised $ 5.1 million in campaign contributions between January and July, including at least $ 595,000 from active New York City real estate developers and executives.
«Between in or around 2010 and in and around September 2015, I gave and raised tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to an elected New York City official in exchange for efforts by that official... and other City officials to obtain action from a New York City agency that would benefit myself and restaurants I owned.»
The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.
At a heated debate last night between Councilman Charles Barron and Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, both of whom are attempting to unseat Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns, Mr. Barron leveled a big charge against Mr. Jeffries over his campaign contributions from the Police Benevolent Association, calling them «blood money,» a phrase he repeated to The Politicker this afternoon.
(Contributions were split between the Huffstetler campaign and VoteVets.)
Kim wrote that campaign contributions were a critical part of the relationship between the alleged co-conspirators.
«As the jury unanimously found, Daniel Halloran played a key role in two distinct political corruption schemes: first, for $ 20,000, Halloran was willing and able to serve as a go - between to deliver bribes to political party officials, and second he also took nearly $ 25,000 in cash and illegal campaign contributions to steer $ 80,000 in City Council money to other bribe payers,» Mr. Bharara said in a statement.
The plan includes a total contribution limit of $ 2,600 for all candidates running for state office, a complete ban on corporate campaign contributions, the elimination of «housekeeping accounts,» a $ 2,600 limit for transfers between party and candidate committees, and the repeal of the Wilson Pakula provision of the State Election Law which allows non-party members to be approved for candidacy by party officials.
In his quest to keep two feet firmly planted in Albany after 2018, Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised $ 5.1 million in campaign contributions between January...
Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.
When the relationship between Aiello and Howe began in 2011, Howe told Aiello, Gerardi and others at COR to make political contributions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's campaign.
Rather, he is contesting that there was a connection between what he did and the campaign contributions prosecutors say he sought in return.
Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, who has pledged to reduce the gap between the rich and poor, has collected more than 40 percent of his campaign contributions from big - ticket donors.
The complaint alleges that the difference between the «fair market value and the $ 22.50 - per - person cost» is an in - kind campaign contribution.
A Catsimatidis campaign spokesperson confirmed that those contributions were for use of a company airplane by Governor Cuomo on a round trip between Albany and Binghamton.
He chose to use his campaign contributions to pay for his plane ride to Kansas City to watch the first game of the World Series between the Mets and Royals.
Tellingly, NYC's leading rental developers donated more to Klein — $ 320,000 — than to any other senator between 2004, the year he was elected to the Senate, and 2015, according to an analysis of campaign contributions last year by The Real Deal and ProPublica.
The president raised about $ 85 million in contributions between his own campaign and the national Democratic Party, leaving him with nearly four times as much money in reserve as Romney.
The ad describes a «love affair» between Chocola and those industries, showing them exchanging flowers, chocolates and campaign contributions.
«There is a world of difference between a subpoena to a party committee, which falls within the Moreland Commission's mandate to examine campaign contributions and spending, and a subpoena that is a fishing expedition if you will, aimed at legislators and their lawful activities unconnected to campaign contributions.
Olsen's contribution didn't show up in the state's campaign finance database because it occurred in the five - week window between the semi-annual campaign report and the 24 - hour election cycle reporting period, which began Aug. 6.
Just when we thought the campaign for Assembly between New Paltz Town Supervisor Susan Zimet and incumbent Kevin Cahill was all over but for the shouting, they're back knocking heads again, this time about campaign contributions.
But Citizens Union's report noted there is often correlation between lawmakers who direct discretionary spending and campaign contributions from beneficiaries, like grants for an oulet mall on Staten Island and renovations to the Ed Sullivan Theatre for CBS» «Late Show with Stephen Colbert.»
Between them, Brown and Collins have received $ 18,900 in campaign contributions from Delaware North and members of the Jacobs family.
The right of individuals to make campaign contributions would not be infringed, but they would have to make a choice between their lobbying activities and their personal financial contributions to the political process.
Their contributions underscored the extent to which the race to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown, at least as far as campaign contributions go, is becoming a proxy war between competing sides on a range of issues affecting the growth and management of charter schools in the state.
Between 2009 and 2011, American Electric power spent $ 579,000 on federal campaign contributions.
Berger received $ 46,700 in campaign contributions from fracking interests between 2009 and 2011.
Programs, mandates, and subsidies beget vocal beneficiaries, industries, lobbyists, and crony corporatist arrangements between them and elected representatives — who receive dinners, trips, and campaign contributions in exchange for votes that perpetuate programs, mandates, subsidies, and electoral success.