Sentences with phrase «defensive over a scandal»

Now, with Cuomo on the defensive over a scandal involving his ethics commission, Astorino says he's seeing some gains in fundraising and interest in his campaign.

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Last spring, after Albany's long season of scandals, plus a battering from the state teachers union over evaluations and Common Core, the governor was on the defensive, his poll numbers falling.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's deep ties to the Bobov Hasidic group have put him on the defensive, amid a scandal over a nursing home chain run by a prominent Bobov businessman.

Burnham, who was forced on to the defensive earlier this year over his actions as health secretary relating to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, is viewed as the most at - risk figure from the final year of the New Labour government.

Despite recent government chaos over the Windrush scandal, Labour has spent the last few weeks in a defensive posture against a media onslaught that has undoubtedly had an impact.