Sentences with phrase «biggest donor state»

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As in years past, recipients of Donors Trust cash include the biggest players in conservative politics today: the David Koch - chaired Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Cato Institute, the FreedomWorks Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, and the influential State Policy Network.

Our state - by - state analysis will help you figure out the most important issues you should consider for a parenting partnership in your state, and we'll more broadly tackle the big - picture issues like co-parenting agreements and known donor agreements.

Here are some details on this process: The milk drive's goal is to collect as much milk as possible to stock up the milk bank in Denver, where we get our donor breastmilk from for much of the state of Oregon (especially St Vincent and Emanuel, big users of paseurized breastmilk!).

They're also big - time donors to politicians in both the United States and Israel with contributions approaching $ 1.8 million, although none of the money has funneled into Western New York.

She said Cuomo is beholden to his big - dollar donors, tarred by corruption, secretly supportive of keeping Republicans in power in the state senate, and to blame for the condition of the failing subways run by the state - controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

The big question confronting Sanders: Can he turn grass - roots donors» enthusiasm into votes in states that will decide the nomination?

As a result, Obama's ad buyers filled swing - state TV screens with anti-Romney messaging while the Republican hoarded the pennies he had left over from the primaries, waiting to become the official nominee and able to tap those big donors for the second time.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is the party's biggest elected official donor, ($ 25,000).

«We did not become the most taxed state in America by accident; it is due to a systematic break down caused by politicians beholden to big donors and party leaders rather than the people,» Giambra said.

The majority of the 25 Moreland Act commissioners say a public campaign finance system modeled on New York City's matching donor system is the only way to curb the undue influence of big money donors in state government.

The Doe Fund's George McDonald (he's a big Cuomo donor who got his start in Democratic politics working for Sen. Ted Kennedy and was wearing a Kennedy / NY pin on his suit lapel today), state Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King (he ran as Andrew Cuomo's LG candidate in 2002), and Paul Francis, a former aide / campaign advisor to ex-Gov.

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.

His supporters cast this as a major victory, noting Coffey has never before held elected office and, unlike the straw poll winner, former state Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo, has never been involved in government and has deep ties to the party rank - and - file, although he has been a big Democratic donor for some time.

No charges have been filed, but prosecutors are examining «substantial payments» from a tax firm that has helped some of New York City's biggest developers (who double as the state's top political donors) reduce the property tax bills on their holdings.

The biggest donor to New York 2014 is Kenneth Griffin, founder and CEO of hedge fund Citadel LLC, who also recently made the largest single contribution in the history of the state of Illinois.

Independent expenditures are corrosive to our democracy, but they played no role in the Silver or Skelos» corruption capers, and played no role in the deals involving state controlled non-profits, the governor's top aides and some of his biggest donors in Central and Western New York.

Giant real estate interests will continue to enjoy favored big - donor status, and you will continue to plan your retirement anywhere but here — what a waste of our beautiful state.

One of the biggest beneficiaries of Clinton's campaign spending in 2007 was also one of her top donors, former Rhode Island Democratic state chairman Mark S. Weiner.

The 100 - year - old investor was also the biggest donor to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's re-election campaigns.

He ripped Cuomo for the MTA mass transit crisis, accused him of «emboldening a Republican state Senate majority» by not doing enough to reunify fractured Senate Democrats, and knocked his support for charter schools and big - money hedge fund donors.

Its biggest donor is the Republican Governors Association, whose chairman, Gov. Chris Christie, recently campaigned with Foley and headlined a state party fundraiser in Greenwich, the candidate's hometown.

In 2013, Glenwood and its affiliates were the second - biggest political donor to state - level candidates, NYPIRG data showed.

Mayor de Blasio's team raised conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Cuomo one a day after the state put on hold a Brooklyn construction project because Cuomo ESDC appointees expressed similar concerns about the developer who made donations to a fund supporting the mayor.

Even if their White House hopes seem to be doomed, watch for big Republican donors to funnel their money to congressional and state - level races.

Just weeks before Daniel Loeb, an outspoken charter school proponent and one of the biggest donors in New York politics, unfavorably compared a top African - American state senator to the Ku Klux Klan, he exchanged a separate series of caustic and racially charged emails with a top official in the de Blasio administration.

Mayor de Blasio's team ripped off a counterpunch Wednesday, raising conflict - of - interest questions about the state awarding two big contracts to a firm owned by a top campaign donor to Gov. Cuomo.

The filing is a big haul for a mayor who has spent the last six months, and longer, under the cloud of state and federal investigations into his fundraising efforts, and who had pledged this spring to follow the example set by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who raised the majority of his presidential campaign's funds from donors giving small amounts.

Leonard Litwin, one of the state's biggest real - estate developers and one of New York's most prolific donors to politicians of all stripes, including Governor Andrew Cuomo, may have helped fund a Virginia outfit that ran TV attack ads that helped Skelos and the Republicans retain a majority in 2012.

She noted that New York City has a database that links subsidiaries to their parent companies and the state could do the same to identify big donors.

The report recommended public financing of campaigns to limit big donors» influence, closing loopholes that allow companies to ignore current state contribution limits and toughening bribery penalties.

«It's not a coincidence the biggest donors he has are real estate developers that are building luxury condos all across the state and it's driving up the rent for everybody,» he added.

In a state assembly race one big donor can give $ 4,100 dollars — already 150 % more than what you can raise from 50 neighbors giving $ 50.

The list of top donors to housekeeping accounts is dominated by special interests that are highly regulated and / or subsidized by state government: real estate firms, health - care and pharmaceutical interests, labor unions, telecom companies, the beverage industry, big tobacco and gambling interests.

The state would probably save more than this if its policymakers felt less beholden to big donors.

«[Litwin's] definitely become the biggest donor in the state,» Bill Mahoney, New York Public Interest Research Group's research coordinator, told the World.

Before the scandal, Bonomo and PRI were among the state's biggest political donors, including to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The state party saw fit to honor some of its biggest donors, including, most conspicuously, David Koch, the billionaire industrialist who has bankrolled a number of conservative causes, and is funding a massive advertising campaign aimed squarely at President Obama.

Like the AFSCME affiliates that finished fifth, the state workers represented by PEF are usually among the state's biggest donors.

«He is regarded as philanthropist of note that is equal to non among politicians in the state because he remains the only politician who has not been elected or appointed into political office but yet he remains biggest donor in all spheres to salvage people from grinding poverty.

Last week it was revealed that upwards of $ 350,000 was transferred a few weeks prior to the 2014 elections from New York City - based big donors via «Team de Blasio» to the Ulster County Democratic Committee, providing funding for the failed state Senate campaign of then - incumbent Cecilia Tkaczyk.

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accostate contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accoState Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

Is this investigation motivated by a much bigger political game in which Governor Cuomo encouraged / spurred / initiated Sugarman's investigation to achieve a number of goals: (a) torpedo the efforts of democrats to regain the state senate by scaring off potential big democratic donors (it is widely reported that the governor prefers working with a GOP controlled senate); (b) distract the press from Albany's complete failure to pass meaningful ethics reforms; (c) hurt his political foe, Mayor de Blasio.

Time Warner is always one of the state's biggest donors, but the amount of business it has before government has increased since it has been involved in potential mergers with Comcast Corporation and then Charter Communications.

ALBANY — Mayor Bloomberg is their biggest donor, but state Senate Republicans may have finally had enough of their Daddy Warbucks.

Hedge funder Simons, whose money to the state Democrats made him the third - largest donor of the 2014 election cycle, arguably had his biggest influence on state politics when he made a $ 150 million donation to Stony Brook University contingent on the Legislature agreeing to a SUNY - wide raising of tuition.

The state teachers» union, meanwhile, is consistently one of the biggest donors to state - level candidates and parties, giving heavily to Democrats in the Assembly and the Senate.

It was only a few short winters ago the Occupy Albany tents were set up across from the Capital in Academy Park, trying to shake loose the hold of Wall Street and big money donors on state government.

Big donors need to be convinced that state legislative races matter as much as the Presidency; congressional leaders, desperate to retake the House in 2018, need to recognize that long - term down - ballot success is crucial to unlocking future majorities.

The nuclear industry is the fourth largesT donor to both political parties in the United States, behind big oil and big tobacco.

The celebration is corporately sponsored by one of the megachurch's biggest donors, who is also one of the state's biggest industrial polluters.