Sentences with phrase «favored wealthy developers»

Leading up to the June 2015 bill, Cuomo criticized the mayor's proposal, saying that it favored wealthy developers and only certain labor groups.

Additionally, Imperiale wants to prevent hyper - development in District 1, and believes that Council Member Chin has «sold out» communities within the district by favoring wealthy developers over everyday constituents.

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Stern and the undercover FBI agent led the politicians involved to believe that they were wealthy developers looking for to curry favor and would use their economic resources to help Smith bribe his way into City Hall in exchange for political favors that would pave the way for their upstate development projects.

At noon, advocates and leaders will use a City Hall protest Friday to launch a major new campaign against his Goldman Sachs housing plan that favors a few wealthy developers while harming millions of New Yorkers.

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty in March to charges of corruption, testified at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, on Thursday that he «was giving money to the mayor of New York in exchange for favors.»

Jona Rechnitz, 33, a wealthy Brooklyn real estate developer who pleaded guilty to charges of corruption, alleged at the bribery trial of Norman Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, that he gave money to the mayor's campaign in exchange for favors from City Hall.