Sentences with phrase «close ties to»

Son of Greek immigrants, native Chicagoan, a long - time political staffer with close ties to City Hall, Vallas was a total political insider whose entire professional life had been in politics — the Chicago equivalent of President George W. Bush's putting staffers like Andrew Card or Karl Rove in charge of the Department of Homeland Security.

Anat Kurz, director of Tel Aviv University's Institute for national security studies, which has close ties to Israel's government and security establishment, reflects the changed attitudes in official Israeli thinking.

«This is a strategic achievement on a par with Hamas» success in closing (Tel Aviv's) Ben Gurion international airport for a couple of days last month,» commented DEBKAFile, a news website with close ties to Israel's military and intelligence establishment.v Hamas is likely to cement its achievement with the war threatening the opening of the school year in chunks of Israel.

So, a completely fresh approach... and the new vision was to have those close ties to the community, which is very important, and reflect the local culture, history and the landscape, wasn't it?

The character has close ties to Ant - Man, as she's the daughter of Hank Pym — the former Ant - Man and a brilliant biochemist — and his wife and fellow adventurer, Janet.

Parker will play a character named Naomi Highland, who has close ties to Reddington.

We're still awaiting official word on who will be cast as Dani Moonstar, a Native American mutant which has close ties to one of the film's antagonists, the Demon Bear, and Warlock, who's a bio-mecha alien.

With Deadpool and Cable having central roles, Deadpool 2 could have close ties to a potential X-Force movie.

could have close ties to a potential X-Force movie.

Film critic Tatti Sanguineti has arrived in Palermo to investigate what became of the film Belluscone: A Sicililian Story, which Maresco was supposed to make and which was supposed to expose Berlusconi's close ties to Sicily's organized crime.

Hank takes a gig rewriting dialogue on a zombie sequel but threatens his job when he hooks up with a sexy woman with close ties to the film's female lead; Marcy tells Stu she's pregnant but not that the baby may be Charlie's.

Thread's close ties to Facebook bring a few risks.

Since Asians greatly value close ties to family, there may be travel or even a big move involved should things progress in your relationship.

Research shows that the happiest people have close ties to friends and family.

Kosta has undergone extensive training and was certified with five different schools: Yoga 23, Sivananda Yoga, Mysore Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, Andiappan Yoga and Universal Yoga and maintains close ties to many other yoga schools around the world.

Perhaps for reasons of self - preservation, he also fails to disclose his close ties to Big Pharma, including his patent on the rotavirus vaccine he co-invented.

Now, with the election of 25 new members and close ties to TWAS, the Academy of Sciences of Ecuador is emerging as an engine for the nation's scientific development.

«His overall record and the backdrop of cabinet nominations with close ties to the fossil fuel industry cause us grave concern.»

A company called CHETEK, which seems to enjoy close ties to the Soviet Ministry of Atomic Energy, is offering to carry out the nuclear blasts for profit.

Tepco, Asia's largest listed power utility, had long enjoyed close ties to regulators and lax government oversight.

Technology transfer offices, law firms, venture capital firms, economic development authorities, and biotechnology companies with scarce resources or close ties to universities are all organizations that can offer such an experience.

But the clusters themselves are of diverse origin, with close ties to people now in Germany, Belgium, and France.

Pharmaceutical companies dominate the landscape in BC because of their close ties to the province's universities, in particular to the University of British Columbia (UBC).

In particular, he means finding a program with close ties to industry.

Hawass, who reportedly has close ties to the Mubarak family, stood accused of misusing funds and covering up antiquities theft.

Its distribution is also tightly regulated due to its close ties to nuclear technology.

He would also note that Tory columnists with close ties to cabinet ministers are more or less suggesting that his party is not serious because it does not support all the right - wing measures proposed by the Conservative leadership.

First in line were 35 to 40 «V.I.P.s,» including some with close ties to the governor's office, such as SUNY trustee and former Clinton administration official Richard Socarides, ABNY chairman and real estate mogul Bill Rudin, and former New York City Republican mayoral candidate George McDonald.

Al D'Amato, a prominent lobbyist with close ties to the Cuomo administration, issued a statement calling on Astorino to apologize.

Democratic Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who has close ties to teachers unions, has balked at the latter notion, leading to a game of brinksmanship as the program and the Albany legislative session expire this month.

The Coalition for the Homeless employs consultant Berlin Rosen — a firm with close ties to Mr. de Blasio — as its press representative, while other groups involved in the report like Make the Road and New York Communities for Change are linked the the mayor's allies in the Working Families Party and in the labor movement.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is also believed to considering a run for 2017 — despite his close ties to the mayor.

Mayor de Blasio, meanwhile, who has close ties to the party, has said he will vote on the Democratic line.

According to Politico, United for Affordable NYC's other donors were unions with close ties to City Hall, including the United Federation of Teachers ($ 125,000), the municipal union District Council 37 ($ 30,000) and health care workers» union 1199 SEIU ($ 25,000).

The use of placeholders would also pre-empt any early endorsement by the party of one of the Democratic candidates for attorney general, two of whom — State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman and Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky — have close ties to the Working Families coalition.

James has endorsed Cabrera in his September 9 Democratic primary challenge against Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera, a progressive with close ties to the LGBT community.

Jasmine Gripper of the Alliance for Quality Education, a union - supported group with close ties to the mayor, said that test scores shouldn't be used as a measuring stick on de Blasio's success with mayoral control.

The parent company has close ties to the Cuomo administration: Michael Dowling, the president and CEO of North - Shore LIJ, was co-chair of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team in 2011 and served as former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's chief health adviser in the early 1990s.

Schneiderman was asked about his close ties to unions and how that might affect his relationship with Andrew Cuomo, who has said that, if he become governor he intends to make the kinds of cuts that unions will not like.

The activist, with close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus and the Clinton campaign, cited several high - profile moves by Jeffries to defend Clinton in the face of attacks by Bernie Sanders as evidence of his newly emerged point man's role.

The Democratic - controlled Assembly, with close ties to teachers unions, wants to block the «windfall,» as the governor describes it.

The Rev. Michael Walrond, of the First Corinthian Baptist Church, who has close ties to Al Sharpton, and the Rev. Calvin Butts, of the Abyssinian Baptist Church, have expressed an interest in running.

In recent years, firms like Hilltop, SKDKnickerbocker, Mercury Public Affairs, and BerlinRosen with close ties to elected officials they help get elected have come under criticism and scrutiny because they have skirted state lobbying registration laws.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

A health care consultant with close ties to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo did not violate state lobbying regulations when he contacted state officials on behalf of a Queens hospital seeking more Medicaid financing, a confidential investigation by the state ethics commission has determined.

The case was prosecuted by the Bronx district attorney's office after Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance recused himself because of close ties to Spitzer, who also served as state attorney general from 1999 to 2006 and was dubbed the sheriff of Wall Street.

Several have close ties to his labor allies.

The Rev. Michael Walrond Jr., 43 years old, a Harlem pastor with close ties to Rev. Al Sharpton, was in third place with...

Minning's candidacy has also frustrated some of Grayson's most loyal allies in his district, many of whom are supporting Susannah Randolph — Grayson's former district director and political adviser who has close ties to the grass - roots progressive activists in Orlando.

Mr. Grodenchik worked for Parkside, a firm with close ties to the Queens Democratic establishment, lobbying on behalf of the scandal - plagued Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation.