Sentences with phrase «estate donors»

Cuomo and Christie have also proposed selling off the Port Authority's real estate assets, and many believe there will soon be a fire sale for the largest real estate donors who just wrote huge checks to both governors for their respective re-election campaigns.

By contrast, City Council Speaker Quinn — who has raised more funds than any other candidate — drummed up just under $ 20,000 and Public Advocate de Blasio raised a mere $ 12,730 from real estate donors in the same period.

They just wanted to get rid of their bad headlines without angering the real estate donors who support the B.C. Liberal Party.

The investigation became news in 2014 after Cuomo attempted to close down the Moreland Commission, an anti-corruption panel, shortly after it began investigating real estate donors with relationships to legislators and the governor himself.

Because that's where Christy Clark's big real estate donors live and that's where they make their money.

His real estate donor wish list contained the name of DUMBO developer Jed Walentas of Two Trees Management who eventually gave $ 100,000 to the Campaign for One New York.

And as the trial shined a light on the role real estate donors play in the halls of Albany, the industry has been cool to donate to the disgraced politician's successor.

The largest real estate donor on the group's list is the Real Estate Board of New York, a statewide group that advocates for real estate developers.

Follow the lobbying, and follow Ashley Cotton and her relationship with Empire State Development, Joe Percoco and Cuomo's real estate donor Ratner.

Bharara's probe originally began making headlines after Cuomo's move in 2014 to shut down an anti-corruption panel just as it reportedly began investigating real estate donors with close ties to legislators and the governor.

«This is the guy who spent the last eight years — two of them after Donald Trump got elected — keeping Republicans and their real estate donors in power,» Lipton said.

This landlord group gave to a few Democrats, but has remained one of the few real estate donors that has not shifted its money to the party with stronger positions in favor of issues such as rent control.

In the last eight years, Governor Cuomo's real estate donors have dictated housing policy in our state — and the results have been disastrous.

«All Bloomberg has to do is send a message to the real estate donors that Larry's the guy, or the charter school people, and the money will start flowing,» said a Harlem insider who knows all three men.

While other major real estate donors — Related Companies» Steve Ross and the Durst Organization's Douglas Durst among them — have similar interests and comparably large (or larger) companies, none come close to giving as much as Glenwood.

Of all the real estate donors, Related Companies» employees have been pretty generous.

That the Governor who raised 33 million dollars from real - estate donors and corporate entities before the gubernatorial campaign even started may have allowed undue influence for these entities to lobby and pass legislation they desired as a result of their donations to the Cuomo campaign war chest.

Real estate donors are apparently lining up to support a Trump campaign for the New York governorship, according to the New York Daily News, while the Donald himself is reportedly well aware of the possibility of succeeding Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018.

The billionaire gave him $ 20,000, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the $ 34,000 Peralta received from city real estate donors this year.

All told, Flanagan received nearly $ 8,000 from real estate donors.

While real estate donors were slow to contribute to Heastie in the early part of 2015, he collected more than $ 10,000 from real estate players by the close of the year.

Flanagan's largest real estate donor was Staller Associates, a commercial landlord based in his Long Island district.

Among her top real estate donors are employees of Rudin Management, who contributed $ 74,600 to her campaign.

Avella's kickoff today comes as state and federal grand juries contemplate evidence that the mayor and / or certain of his political aides may have engaged in illegal fundraising tactics and pay - to - play schemes with large real estate donors.

«You're the biggest real estate donor to yourself,» Stringer continued.

Among the real estate donors were Two Trees Management, which gave $ 100,000 through an LLC, Brookfield Financial Property L.P., which donated $ 50,000, Douglaston Development, which contributed $ 25,000, and Alma Realty Corp., which gave $ 5,000.