Sentences with phrase «federal inquiry»

A police commander who was stripped of his gun and badge in April amid an extensive federal inquiry into municipal corruption has filed for retirement, his lawyer and the New York Police Department said.

More recently, Ms. Wiley was assigned to help craft the administration's legal response to the state and federal inquiries as well as to requests for the public disclosure of documents, notably emails between Mr. de Blasio and trusted advisers outside the administration.

In its most recent scandal, Uber's use of the software «Greyball,» which was used to track authorities in cities that were cracking down on the app and have drivers avoid picking them up, has subjected the company to federal inquiry by the U.S. Department of Justice.

A police official has been reassigned and a detective has been fired amid an extensive federal inquiry into municipal corruption, the NYPD announced.

Uber is mired in multiple federal inquiries and lawsuits, including one brought against its former CEO, Travis Kalanick, by Benchmark, one of his early investors.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) is reported to be facing another tricky federal inquiry, involving his private legal practice.

UFT spokeswoman Alison Gendar said the union «will always fully cooperate with any state or federal inquiry if and when one is made.»

A senior NYPD official, Deputy Chief John Sprague, 45, was stripped of his gun and badge and placed on modified duty in connection with a broad federal inquiry into municipal corruption.

Tonko called for an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General, joining 11 ongoing federal inquiries.

The investigator, Florence L. Finkle, is leaving less than a month after a damning federal inquiry chronicled assaults on teenage inmates by guards at Rikers, and criticized the division she oversaw as «ineffectual,» «understaffed» and biased in favor of correction officers.

Facebook announced the findings in a blog post by its chief security officer, Alex Stamos, and said that it was cooperating with federal inquiries into influence operations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

That, along with state and federal inquiries into Mr. de Blasio's fund - raising practices, appears to be reshaping the way he is raising money.

In addition, Uber has been dealing with an intellectual property lawsuit from Waymo, the self - driving car business that operates under Google's parent company, and a federal inquiry into a software tool that Uber used to sidestep some law enforcement.

In their report on Uber's behavior, however, Portland officials indicated last week that they had been notified by the U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of California that «Uber is the subject of a federal inquiry.»

And now this relationship appears to be the subject of a federal inquiry.

ALBANY — A lobbyist at the center of the federal inquiry into the Cuomo administration's Buffalo Billion program has been advising one of the key agencies overseeing it, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, as well as development companies that it contracted to build multimillion facilities at its campuses.

A grand jury had previously declined to indict Haste and a federal inquiry into the matter ended without charges.

Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, is also reportedly a figure of interest in the federal inquiry that has centered on Cuomo's signature «Buffalo Billion» project.

There is a federal inquiry into the incident that is ongoing.

The mayor is also facing a federal inquiry into the fundraising efforts of the Campaign for One New York, a nonprofit to advance the mayor's agenda that was not subject to campaign finance rules regarding disclosure and donation limits.

The governor's handling of the commission, as well as the decision to shut it down, is now part of a federal inquiry by the U.S. attorney's office.

The federal inquiry, led by Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, has now metastasized across the state and reached all the way to the governor's office.

By last month, when investigators subpoenaed Mr. Cuomo's office, the federal inquiry appeared to be focusing on the links between state officials and the sprawling investment New York has made, not only in Buffalo, but also in Syracuse and other struggling upstate cities.

John Sampson, a former Senate Leader, held the Brooklyn seat until he was convicted of obstruction of justice for trying to prevent a federal inquiry.

The three entities are reportedly caught up in a federal inquiry into the Cuomo administration's flagship economic development program, the Buffalo Billion.

Also entangled in the federal inquiry are Buffalo developer Louis Ciminelli — a top Cuomo donor and one of the main beneficiaries of the state's largesse — and State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Alain Kaloyeros, described as the «centerpiece» of the Buffalo Billion program.

The Cuomo administration has repeatedly denied open records requests — including from the Times Union — regarding the federal inquiry into upstate development deals and other matters because they were being «compiled for law enforcement purposes.»

«I'm not so sure Gov. Christie would want to be hanging out with Gov. Cuomo,» Astorino said in Kingston, citing Cuomo's 42 percent favorable rating in this week's Marist College poll and the federal inquiry into his handling of the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption.

The governor's folded Moreland Commission is now the subject of a federal inquiry as is the work the panel generated.

Meanwhile, grand juries have been hearing evidence related to separate state and federal inquiries into the de Blasio administrations fundraising practices.

Late last week, the company, in a statement provided to Newsday, said it was not the target of any federal inquiry, but intended to cooperate fully with any investigation.

The federal inquiry focused on payments that Mr. Silver received from a small law firm that specializes in seeking reductions of New York City real estate taxes.

Zev Brenner — who sold air time to Hikind's radio show — also refused to say if there was a federal inquiry.

De Blasio's past fundraising has been the subject of state and federal inquiries, although no charges have been filed.

Shortly after the revelations in late April about the federal inquiry, Mr. Howe was fired from his job as president of WOH Government Solutions, a lobbying firm, where his list of clients included some with ties to state projects.

Mr. Percoco, a longtime Cuomo loyalist who has been referred to as a brother by the governor, is also believed to be one of the focuses of a review ordered by Mr. Cuomo on Friday, shortly after news of the federal inquiry surfaced.

The abysmal sockeye run on British Columbia's Fraser River this summer was such big news it precipitated a federal inquiry into the fish's disappearance.

The impetus for the federal inquiry came as the result of a report in the Houston Chronicle that focused on policies of TEA that proactively encouraged districts to reduce referrals to special education.

According to a report filed in the New York Post citing unamed sources, Apple is set to face a federal inquiry from either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission, dependent on inter-agency negotiations regarding Apple's recent moves to ban Adobe's iPhone Flash - based iPhone app compiler in its latest developer terms of service.

The congressmen requested a federal inquiry following disclosures in a series of articles published by InsideClimate News beginning on Sept. 21.

The company has said that it will respond to the federal inquiries, which Bloomberg first reported on Tuesday.