Sentences with phrase «for payments to his son»

ESD last year tried to direct $ 15 million from the «transformative investment fund,» a $ 400 million pot created in the 2015 - 16 budget by former Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, who left office after he was convicted of several federal felonies for trading official actions for payments to his son.

But the situation is volatile, and the details of the indictment aren't pretty — including a claim that Skelos pressed for payments to his son's company outside a wake for a slain Nassau County cop.

In exchange for payments to his son, Dean Skelos voted in favor of the Rent Act of 2011 which extended the controversial 421 - a tax abatement, according to the documents.

Dean Skelos helped Glenwood on tax and rent - control legislation in Albany in exchange for payments to his son, prosecutors said.

In exchange for the payments to his son from the real estate firm and environmental firm, Dean Skelos introduced legislation to extend the controversial 421 - a program which provides tax abatements to developers and voted for legislation that allows landlords to increase rent on rent stabilized apartments.

Not exact matches

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamfor David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of MesopotamFor Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Moreover, Jesus» death for our sins can be likened to a payment because God's gift of his Son was precious.

He wants Arsenal to include him in the deal payment for his 21 year old son so that he'll get paid too before he'll give his blessing to his son to accept Arsenal proposal to hire his services.

NEW YORK, NY — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that former New York State Senate Majority Leader DEAN SKELOS was sentenced today to five years in prison after having been found guilty by a federal jury of using his official position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in bribes and extortion payments that were paid to his son, ADAM SKELOS, in exchange for DEAN SKELOS's official acts.

DEAN SKELOS repeatedly used this power to pressure companies with business before New York State to make payments to his son, ADAM SKELOS, who substantially depended on these companies for his income.

Mr Conway's prospective LibDem opponent called for a police investigation into payments to the MP's sons.

According to the complaint, they sought Mr. Percoco's help in reversing a decision by the state's economic development agency that would have forced COR — Mr. Cuomo's largest donor in central New York — to make an expensive labor peace agreement; pushing the state to release payments that it owed to COR; and getting a $ 5,000 raise for Mr. Aiello's son, who worked for Mr. Percoco at the governor's office.

Prosecutors say Dean Skelos arranged for his son to receive more than $ 300,000 through bribes, gratuities and extortion payments from a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer.

Authorities say Skelos traded his influence as the state's most powerful Republican to arrange payments for his son Adam Skelos, 32, who also was charged.

Prosecutors allege that Skelos did political favors for AbTech Industries, an Arizona environmental company, and Glenwood Management, a large New York developer, in exchange for payments to himself and his son.

Prosecutors alleged that the elder Skelos traded his influence for payments from a real estate firm and environmental technology company that went to his son, Adam Skelos.

In another aspect of the alleged schemes, officials at COR Development paid tens of thousands of dollars to Percoco — using Howe as a pass - through to conceal the payments — in exchange for official favors that included reversing a state decision that would have forced the company to enter into a costly «labor peace agreement»; freeing up a backlog of state funds that had been promised to the developer; and securing a $ 5,000 raise for Steven L. Aiello, the son of COR president Steven F. Aiello.

An eight - count indictment accuses the two men of «a corrupt scheme to monetize Dean Skelos's official position,» in which the senator used his power to obtain for his son jobs and payments from companies with business before the state.

But in the end, it wasn't enough to avoid prison sentences: six - and - a-half years for Adam; five years plus a $ 500,000 fine for Dean, who, as senate majority leader, strong - armed companies into giving payments and largely no - show jobs to his son.

Authorities arrested Skelos a week ago on charges that he used his position to extort payments for his son, Adam Skelos, who is also charged.

Former Senate Leader Dean Skelos, R - Long Island, is charged with using his influence to extort payments and a job for his son.

As Glenwood was lobbying Skelos about rent laws, Skelos pressured an executive at the firm, identified by sources as senior vice president Charles Dorego, to arrange a $ 20,000 payment to his son Adam that prosecutors say was disguised as a commission for title work which he did not perform.

Prosecutors said Dean Skelos arranged for his son to receive more than $ 300,000 through bribes, gratuities and extortion payments from a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and PRI.

When the environmental technology company was up for a multi-million contract from Nassau County in 2013, Skelos, a Republican, and his son threatened to block the contract unless monthly payments jumped to $ 10,000 per month from $ 4,000 per month.

«The evidence you've heard over the last few weeks establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that Senator Skelos got these payments for his son through his official powers, his official powers to make or break the companies that paid his son,» Mukhi continued.

Democrat Todd Kaminsky faces Republican Chris McGrath in the April 19 Senate election for the seat long held by ex-Senate Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican convicted last year of using his position to obtain payments and jobs for his son.

Dean Skelos is charged with prodding several people, including Bonomo, into making payments to his son in exchange for government favors.

A prosecutor in the case, Jason A. Masimore, then questioned him about legislation that the government has alleged was part of three schemes under which Senator Skelos used his position to obtain more than $ 300,000 in payments for his son.

Silver, charged with five federal counts of theft of honest services, mail fraud, wire fraud, and extortion for improperly using his public position to obtain nearly $ 4 million in illicit payments, and Skelos, charged with six federal counts of conspiracy, extortion, wire fraud, and soliciting bribes in connection with exploiting his public position in order to secure a lucrative no - show job for his son, have both declared their innocence, with Silver's legal team attempting to paint its client's dealing as par for the course in Albany.

Skelos is accused of using his position to extort payments from real estate interests and finagle employment for his son from an environmental firm and a medical malpractice company.

Among other things, this executive «disguised a $ 20,000 payment to [Skelos» son]... to falsely make it appear that the payment was in return for work by» him.

«The evidence you've heard over the last few weeks establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that Senator Skelos got these payments for his son through his official powers, his official powers to make or break the companies that paid his son.»

Senator Skelos, the prosecutors charged, arranged to meet Long Island politicians at the wake of Wenjian Liu, a New York City police officer shot dead in December, to press for payments to the company employing his son.

I have a student loan I took for my son paid on it for years then my wife forgot to make payments for a while.

Shortly after our son was born 11 years ago, I made several bleary - eyed trips to the drugstore in which I paid for diapers and baby formula with a credit card because I wasn't sure we had enough money in our bank account to cover both those necessities and the mortgage payment going out the next morning.

This company says they'll «settle» with the original lender (for 50 % of the outstanding amount), take over the loan, and my son would then make payments to THEM instead of the lender, and that their lawyers would take care of any problems that the original lender might cause.

Although Debtors do not believe they are liable for these debts, Debtors have made a good faith effort to make payments on the loans because the recipients of the loans are their son and granddaughter.

You could own the policy yourself and make the payments on your son's life insurance policy for now and at some point, you could transfer the ownership as well as the payments to him.

If your son were to earn more than $ 15,720, Social Security would deduct $ 1 from his benefit payments for every $ 2 he earns above the annual limit.

My son almost needed to do this for a down payment on a house.

My cash is then focused on saving for the next down payment (investor properties require 25 - % -30 % down), funding retirement accounts, and making a contribution to my son's 529 account.

If my son had to leave school for medical reason and did not graduate can we still get a refinancing loan to lower the payment?

But having to cover debt payments on a limited income left her little money for much else — even things she and her son needed, like food.

to make payments to and how far is the hotel from the airport and how much will it be for transfers from airport and how much for baggage so i know how much the whole holiday is going to be for myself and my son.

To make booking a holiday at Son Bou Gardens hotel in Son Bou easier for you, we provide a range of different payment options.

When a child's other parent fails to make child support payments that their daughter or son is entitled to, it is important to have a Manassas child support lawyer with experience in enforcing child support orders for payments that were overdue or that were not made in full.

With respect to (2), the ONCA accepted the trial judges» determination of the parties» incomes but engaged in a thorough review of the case history, concluding that spousal support should terminate as of January 2012 (not 2006) and child support for the son should cease as of December 2010 when he began receiving ODSP payments.

I'm wondering how hard would it be to find life insurance for me because if I die while my son is in college I don't want to leave my family in debt and my disability check pays our house payment and car insurance.

You will have to make a single payment of about Rs. 35 lakh to get Rs. 20,000 per month for your son.