Sentences with phrase «big campaign donors»

Advocates including the Hunger Action Network and members of Occupy Albany favor a raise to at least $ 10 an hour, which could rile Cuomo's biggest campaign donors in business.
ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law yesterday an ethics measure that he said would reduce the influence of big campaign donors.
«We're endorsing Dana Balter and Ammar Campa - Najjar because they're authentic, inspiring progressives who will fight for workers and against big campaign donors who rig the tax laws to benefit themselves.»
As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors over the past six months include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.
As has been the case in previous filings, Cuomo's biggest campaign donors include people from the New York City real estate industry and supporters of charter schools.
Fossil fuel companies and real estate developers were among Clark's biggest campaign donors and, between B.C.'s climate leadership plan and the long time inaction to address housing inflation, they certainly seem to have had her ear on policy decisions.
De Blasio claimed the firing of a top city official had «nothing to do» with the aide telling federal investigators City Hall improperly intervened on behalf of a big campaign donor.
The investigations into the state's contracting also identified allegations of a «pay - to - play» system in which government contracts were allegedly awarded to big campaign donors.
Many companies that stand to benefit from the LaGuardia Airport renovation project also happen to be big campaign donors to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo had to get to Utah for the debut of his longtime girlfriend Sandra Lee's new documentary on her battle with breast cancer, he hopped on a private plane owned by his big campaign donors, billionaire hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and his wife, Lizanne
«Chris Collins is again admitting to us that he's representing his big campaign donors in Congress — millionaires, billionaires, special interests — and not Western New York families,» Bunny said.
Real estate executives were among de Blasio's biggest campaign donors, but The Real Deal recently discovered that a top executive at WeWork was the mayor's biggest campaign bundler to date, having bundled $ 68,750 in donations for de Blasio's re-election campaign.
Consistent with the 2016 study, nearly nine - in - ten (86 %) business leaders in New Mexico say that big campaign donors have either a great deal of impact (39 %) or some impact (47 %) on state government corruption.
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